MLT 130 - Clinical Chemistry

Class: 3 Lab: 3 Credits: 4
This course focuses on the study of nutritional, functional and excretional chemicals in blood and body fluids, including testing techniques and clinical significance.

Prerequisite(s): Take MLT 101 MLT 105 MLT 108 and MLT 115 with a minimum grade of “C”.

Course Topics:

General Chemistry techniques, math calculations, statistical QC and pipetting
Instrumentation
Total Protein measurement including Protein Electrophoresis
Non-Protein Nitrogens
Clinically Significant Enzymes
Carbohydrates and Lipids

Textbooks:
Textbook information can be found on the Book Inn Web site

Required Materials:
In order to participate in lab, students must be wearing floor-length pants, closed-toe, closed heel shoes. Pants may not have rips, tears, etc. Students must also wear a liquid impervious lab coat, gloves and a face shield (available in SCC bookstore) whenever handling clinical specimens. Additional classroom/lab materials and guidelines will be on the course syllabus addendum distributed by the instructor.

Grading System:
Grades are not rounded. An overall grade of C or higher is required to pass this course.

A 90 - 100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69
F 0 - 59

Student Learning Outcomes:

Identify the basic components of a spectrophotometer, apply Beer’s law.
Discuss the purpose of blanks and value of automation in the laboratory.
Evaluate the tests to assess protein disorders.
Evaluate the tests to assess kidney function.
Evaluate the tests to assess enzyme status.
Evaluate the tests to assess hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia.
Evaluate the tests to assess lipid abnormalities.

For SCC Online Courses:
If the course you are taking is online, please review the SCC Online Policies that include:

Required materials for all online courses
Mandatory Attendance Requirement
Proctored Exams

Face Covering Requirements:
All faculty, staff and students must wear a face mask/covering at all times (absent a medical condition) on all SCC campuses when safe social distancing measures are not possible or difficult to follow. For further details, refer to the Student Guidelines for Face Coverings and Social Distancing on the SCC Coronavirus COVID-19 Information page.

Standard SCC Course Policies:
Please review the Standard SCC Course Polices on the following topics:

Academic Integrity
Academic Misconduct
Add/Drop period
Appeals Process
Class Attendance
Classroom Behavior (traditional and online)
Classroom Conduct/Expectations
Lab Procedures (general SCC policy regarding this)
Online Confidentiality
Services For Students with Disabilities
Withdrawal Policy

Official Course Syllabus
2020-2021