Department of Medical Laboratory Diagnosis

Graduates readily enter careers across the whole spectrum of the modern life sciences. Graduates are employed, for example, in companies (pharmaceuticals and healthcare, food safety and manufacture)

Vision

The department will arouse to be a competitive contributor in developing & applying knowledge, skills and up-to date technologies to improve healthcare services

Mission

The program is to prepare graduates with knowledge, attitudes, skills and practice at an advanced level in essential competencies in laboratory investigations. They will be prepared to provide Services to individuals, community and research centers.

Objective

On completion of this program, students will acquire the knowledge, attitude and skills which enable them to:

  1. Obtain sampling of all body fluids for diagnostic purposes.
  2. Perform different laboratory preparations.
  3. Perform examination, diagnosing and reporting of laboratory investigations.
  4. Use up to date laboratory techniques.
  5. Isolation and identification of different microorganisms Medical specimens.
  6. Perform culture and sensitivity tests and reporting sensitivity results.
  7. Diagnose and report different infectious.

Job Description

Graduates readily enter careers across the whole spectrum of the modern life sciences. Graduates are employed, for example, in companies (pharmaceuticals and healthcare, food safety and manufacture), in clinical and environmental laboratories, in countless research institutes and in education. A degree in lab diagnosis is a degree in one of the most important and demanding in health & Medical care.

In addition to providing subject –specific knowledge, we equip all our students with the best possible skills for future careers. The degree will have a strong emphasis on particular based teaching, small group teaching and problem solving. Throughout the degree, students will gain a wide range of transferable skills which are highly valued by employers.

Curriculum

Level Semester No. M Code Module Title ECTS
UGI One 1 EN1106 General English  (I) 5.00
2 IR1104 Academic Debates 4.00
3 IR1105 Kurdistan Studies 5.00
Kurdish Language
4 IT1106 Computer skills 6.00
5 MLS1101 Organic Chemistry 7.00
6 MLS1102 Cell Biology 3.00
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Semester No. M Code Module Title ECTS
Two 1 MLS1201 General Bacteriology 7.00
2 MLS1202 General English (Terminology) 4.00
3 MLS1203 General Parsitology&Mycology 5.00
4 MLS1204 Analytical Chemistry 5.00
5 MLS1205 General Virology 4.00
6 MLS1206 General Histology 5.00
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Level Semester No. M Code Module Title ECTS
UGII Three 1 MLS2301 Human Anatomy & Physiology (I) 6.00
2 MLS2302 Bio-safety 6.00
3 MLS2303 Immunology 3.00
4 MLS2304 Genetic & Molecular Biology 3.00
5 MLS2305 Lab. Instruments 6.00
6 MLS2306 Hematology 6.00
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Semester No. M Code Module Title ECTS
Four 1 MLS2401 Human Anatomy & Physiology (II) 5.00
2 MLS2402 Medical Virology 5.00
3 MLS2403 Medical Parasitology&Mycology 6.00
4 MLS2404 Medical Bacteriology 5.00
5 MLS2405 Bio-security 5.00
6 EN2407 Professional Writing 4.00
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Note 1: The student should complete 4 weeks of Summer Internships to fullfil the requirements of the Bachelor of Science degree
Level Semester No. M Code Module Title ECTS
UGIII Five 1 MLS3501 Pathology 6.00
2 MLS3502 Basic Nutrition 4.00
3 MLS3503 Clinical Immunology 4.00
4 MLS3504 Antimicrobial Agents 4.00
5 MLS3505 Biochemistry (I) 7.00
6 MLS3506 Elective 5.00
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Semester No. M Code Module Title ECTS
Six 1 MLS3601 Research Methodology&design 6.00
2 MLS3602 Food & Water Microbiology 6.00
3 MLS3603 Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases 3.00
4 MLS3604 Biochemistry (II) 6.00
5 MLS3605 Biostatistics 6.00
6 MLS3606 Microbial Physiology 3.00
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Note 1: The student should complete 8 weeks of Summer Internships to fullfil the requirements of the Bachelor of Science degree
Level Semester No. M Code Module Title ECTS
UGIV seven 1 MLS4701 Diagnostic Bacteriology (I) 5.00
2 MLS4702 Diagnostic Virology (I) 5.00
3 MLS4703 Diagnostic Parasitology (I) 5.00
4 MLS4704 Diagnostic Mycology (I) 5.00
5 MLS4705 Clinical Biochemistry (I) 5.00
6 MLS4706 Elective 5.00
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 Note 2: The student should start with the graduation project with the beginning of the seven semester
Semester No. M Code Module Title ECTS
Eight 1 MLS4801 Diagnostic Bacteriology (II) 6.00
2 MLS4802 Clinical Immunology 3.00
3 MLS4803 Bioethics 3.00
4 MLS4804 Genetic & Molecular Techniques 6.00
5 MLS4805 Clinical Biochemistry (II) 6.00
6 MLS4806 Graduation Project 6.00
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