Phase II: Professional courses
Third Year
| 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course | Title | Credit Hours | Course | Title | Credit Hours |
| CLAB 311 | Laboratory Procedures | 1 | CLAB 313 | Immunology & Virology | 3 |
| CLAB 312 | Body Fluids | 2 | CLAB 318 | Clinical Microbiology | 3 |
| CLAB 317 | Clinical Biochemistry | 2 | CLAB 319 | Clinical Microbiology Laboratory | 2 |
| CLAB 324 | Clinical Chemistry | 5 | CLAB 416 | Microbiology Clinical Education | 5 |
| CLAB 412 | Chemistry/Urinalysis/phlebotomy | 5 | CLAB 316 | Parasitology | 1 |
| CLAB 413 | Laboratory Medicine Seminar | 1 | |||
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 | ||
Fourth Year
| 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course | Title | Credit Hours | Course | Title | Credit Hours |
| CLAB 314 | Hematology | 3 | CLAB 322 | Immunohematology | 3 |
| CLAB 315 | Hematology Laboratory | 3 | CLAB 323 | Immunohematology Laboratory | 1 |
| CLAB 414 | Laboratory Management I | 1 | CLAB 418 | Laboratory Medicine Case Studies Seminar | 1 |
| CLAB 411 | Hematology\Coagulation Clinical Education | 5 | CLAB 417 | Blood Bank/Immunology Clinical Education | 5 |
| CLAB 419 | Laboratory Management II | 1 | CLAB 415 | Histo / Cyto Techniques | 2 |
| CLAB 320 | Molecular Diagnostics | 2 | |||
| CLAB 321 | Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory | 1 | |||
| Total | 13 | Total | 15 | ||
Internship
The university offers a one-year rotating internship program in cooperation of the NGHA hospital laboratories that are accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), Joint Commission International (JCI), and the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB). This training provides students with the professional experience needed to meet the certification requirements established by the Saudi Commission for Health Sciences (SCHS).
