COURSE DESCRIPTION


Medical Laboratory Sciences

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University Requirement

Faculty Requirement

Major Requirement

Free Ellective

Complementary Requirement

Total Credit Hours

Complementary Requirement is not calcualted in total credit hours



University Requirement - 24 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 15 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0161201 English Communication Skills 3 Grammar: question tags, modals, future forms, articles, adjectives, adverbs, if structures; vocabulary: relationships, work, activities, media, war, sport; writing skills: essay, notes, messages, application letters; basic and advanced reading skills; basic and advanced listening skills; verbal skills: oral presentations, arguments.
A0161101 Arabic Communication Skills 3 Language levels: phonological level, grammatical level, rhetorical level, orthographic level, comprehension and speaking; grammar exercises, nominal sentences, verbal sentences, kana and its sisters, Inna and its sisters, dual, masculine plural, feminine plural, indeclinable nouns, vocative, appositives; exercises in morphology, present participle, and past participle; spelling and punctuation, dictionaries, listening and speaking.
A0161301 National Education 3 Concepts and terms; Geography of Jordan; contemporary political history of Jordan; Jordanian Society; Jordanian constitutional and democratic life; Jordanian national institutions; challenges facing Jordan; threats to civic life: fanaticism, extremism, terrorism, violence; corruption: definitions, types, causes, impact, and prevention.
A0161112 Leadership and Societal Responsibility 1 This course deals with prominent titles related to leadership, such as: the meaning of leadership, the vocabulary that falls under the term, leadership styles, leadership and social responsibility, change management and strategies, building an effective team, the leader and managing diversity, how to discover future leaders and support them, and women leaders.
A0161113 Life Skills 1 This course deals with the vital interest of the individual on the individual and collective level. It is like a passport to the success of individuals and helps them understand their personal competencies. It discusses the meaning of skills, their levels, characteristics and importance, communication skill and communication, and trains them on self-skills such as the skill of time management, organizing and defining it, and providing examples of its fields of application and activities. carried out by the students themselves. It also deals with thinking skills, its importance, education, and forms such as problem-solving and decision-making as forms of complex thinking or its strategies. The course also deals with training students on methods of dialogue and exchange of views as an entry point to resolving differences and mitigating frictions when we witness the openness of societies, correct study skills, family success and conservatism.
A0161401 Military Sciences 3 The establishment and development of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; the history of the Arab Legion; peacekeeping troops; preparing the nation for defense and liberation.
A0161111 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 1 Economic science definition: its objectives and the economic problem; The relation between the economic science and other sciences; Economic analysis methods; Production possibilities curve; National income accounts; Consumption; Investment; Saving; Unemployment; Inflation; Money and Banking; Financial and monetary policy and its role in dealing with the imbalanced economy through these policies; Economic development in terms of importance and objectives and economic planning to achieve such objectives; Demand and supply theory and consumer equilibrium; Cost and production theory; Producer equilibrium in different markets.

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0161501 Islamic Culture 3 Definition of the culture, characteristics of the Islamic culture, Islamic culture and other cultures; the sources of Islamic culture: The Holy Quran, Sunna, the Arabic language, history of Islam; fields of Islamic culture: faith, worship, morals; challenges facing the Islamic culture: orientalism, globalization, secularism; young people and the impacts of foreign cultures, women and Islam, Islam and terrorism.
A0161701 History of Jordan and Palestine 3 The geography of Jordan and Palestine, Jordan and Palestine in ancient times, general historical look, Jordan, and Palestine in the Mamluk era, Jordan, and Palestine during the First World War (1914- 1918), Emirate of East Jordan (Transjordan), constitutional and legislative life in Jordan, Palestine under the British Mandate, and Jordanian-Palestinian relations, Jerusalem, historical status.
A0161703 Archaeology and Tourism in Jordan 3 Tourism definition; Classification of Tourism; The difference between tourist and other traveler?s concepts, Travel types, The definition of Archaeology and archaeological sites: Archaeological surveys and excavations; Documentation; Jordan through the ages; Components of tourism in Jordan; Elements of tourist attractions in Jordan: Archeological sites, Natural sites, Natural reserves, Forests; Tourist movement and types in Jordan; Economical impact of tourism in Jordan.
A0161601 Contemporary Issues 3 Identify the most important contemporary local, national and regional issues, the most prominent contemporary challenges and their questions from development, youth, extremism, globalization, culture and identity; Jerusalem and its central position, the Arab-Israeli conflict
A0161802 Development and Environment 3 The course provides awareness and insight into the environmental issue, its vocabulary, the human relationship with the ecosystem, and environmental hazards to avoid. It also works to develop students' understanding and awareness of basic ecological concepts, and to reinforce their attitudes and values, in order to practice solving environmental problems. And linking it to comprehensive development and its relationship to water, food and energy security.
A0411601 Legal Education and Human Rights 3 This course identifying the basic concepts of human rights in an analytical way, and then realistic clarify of the international & regional means dealing with human rights such as treaties, recommendations and international means that are in the process of formation, such imperative rules & customs, this course also address realistically the content of human rights and the rights of the first generation such as right of living. The second-generation rights such as the right to work and third-generation rights such as the right of environment. International ways to protect human rights in general. In addition, the extent to which the Jordanian constitution is compatible with international human rights standards.
A0161901 Media and Public Relations 3 The nexus between media and society in terms of the social, political, economic and cultural power of the media, the role of the media in giving people the opportunity to express their opinions and promote international relations. Communication and public relations, communication and its types, levels, forms, properties, fields, activities, physical and nonphysical (symbolic) environment, and obstacles to the communicative process. Public relations: its beginnings, development, principles, bases, importance, functions, planning, activities.

Elective Courses - 3 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0871103 Principles of Renewable Energy 3 Introduction to renewable Energy include Photovoltaic, Wind power, Micro hydropower, Biomass energy, Waste power, Solar thermal power, Geothermal power, Ocean energy (tidal, tide-flow and wave), Ocean energy (OTEC), , Comparison of characteristics and cost of renewables. How we can use the sun, wind, biomass, geothermal resources, and water to generate more sustainable energy. It explains the fundamentals of energy, including the transfer of energy, as well as the limitations of natural resources. Starting with solar power, the text illustrates how energy from the sun is transferred and stored; used for heating, cooling, and lighting; collected and concentrated; and converted into electricity
A1321100 Sport and Health 3 Defining health and fitness: physical education, health education; the cognitive, emotional, skill-oriented, and social goals of physical education; the history of physical education: ancient, medieval, and modern ages, the Olympics, Athletics in Jordan: nutrition and exercising; athletic injuries: bone, joint , muscle, skin injuries; special exercises for figure deformation; diseases related to lack of exercise: diabetes, obesity, being underweight, back pain, cancer; hooliganism: causes and recommended solutions for hooliganism.
A0591111 Digital Literacy 3 Digital Literacy is a concept that describes how technology and the Internet are shaping the way people interact and how they affect us as individuals and as a society. This course educate students on the uses of digital technologies, the dangers of digital technology and the need to build a culture of ethical use of the Internet and introduce the concept of responsible freedom.
A0612303 Society Health 3 The course aims to provide students with the basic principles that enhance the concept of health and health prevention in its various physical, psychological and social aspects. The student will also be provided with information that helps individuals realize their health needs in the context of the culture and values ??systems they live in and how to meet these needs, which is known as improving health and quality of life.
A0161602 Critical Thinking Skills 3 The concept of critical thinking, its components; characteristics of critical thinking individuals; Critical thinking skills: the skill of interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, expectation, prediction; Stages of critical thinking: Motivation, searching for information, linking information, evaluation, expression, and integration


Faculty Requirement - 22 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 22 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0111301 General Chemistry 3 "Chemistry and the atomic/ molecular view of matter; scientific measurements elements compounds, and the periodic table; the mole and stoichiometry; molecular view of reactions in aqueous solutions: doublereplacement reaction, redox reaction the quantum mechanical atom: electron configuration, properties of elements; basics of chemical bonding: ionic bonds, covalent bonds, intermolecular forces; chemical kinetics: rates laws; acids and bases: strong acids, weak acids, buffers. "
A1163605 Ethics in applied medical careers 1
A1162200 Physiology (1) 2
A1161109 Medical terminology 1
A0111401 General Biology 3 Introduction to Biology Lab; Compound light microscope; Preparing slides of: Plant cells and animal cells; Macromolecules chemical properties; Cellular division; Animal tissues and Plant tissues; preparing bacterial smear; Algae, Fungi, and Bryophytes; Protozoan & Plants and animals Biodiversity.
A0331702 Computer Skills (Health) 3
A1162109 Pathology 3
A1162606 Scientific research methods and biostatistics 3
A1161105 Anatomy and Histology 3


Major Requirement - 89 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 83 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A1163401 Practical Microbiology 1
A1113502 Diagnostic Hematology (2) 2 Introduction to white cells types and formation; granulocytes monocytes and their benign disorders; Lymphocytes and their benign disorders; The spleen; The etiology and genetics of hematological malignancies; Management of hematological malignancy; Acute myeloid leukemia; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Myeloproliferative disease; Myelodysplasia; Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; The chronic lymphoid leukemia?s; Hodgkin lymphoma; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; Multiple myeloma and related disorders; Introduction to platelets; Blood coagulation and hemostasis; Bleeding disorders caused by vascular and platelet abnormalities; Coagulation disorders; Thrombosis..
A1113510 Diagnostic immunology 2
A1113506 Blood Transfusion & Blood Banking 2 Introduction to blood bank; the basic concepts in blood banking; reagents used in blood bank; ABO blood group system, Rh blood group system; Minor blood group systems; Compatibility testing in blood transfusion: ABO grouping, Rh typing, cross matching, antibody screening and antibody identification. Transfusion practice: donor selection, testing of blood units, separation of blood components, storage of blood components; quality control in blood bank; adverse reaction of blood transfusion and in pregnancy; Organ transplantations and methods of rejections; HLA typing, bone marrow transplantation.
A1162603 Analytical Chemistry 2 Introduction; Analytical process; Chemical measurements; Math Toolkit; Statistics; Gravimetric and Combustion analysis; Acid-base reactions; buffers; Acid-base titrations; Polyprotic Acid.
A1112104 Light Microscopic Techniques 1
A1162301 Biochemistry (2) 2
A1113308 Practical Diagnostic Molecular Biology and Cytogenetic 1
A1114607 Seminar In Biomedical Sciences 1 Introduction to scientific research; Grant proposal writing; Types of scientific research; Research articles organization and writing; Publication data bases; Students select a project offered by the Department to practice writing of grant proposal; The student at the end of the course must give a seminar, on published research article in any topic of interest.
A1161304 Heredity and genetics 3 This course gives a clinical overview of major and current genetics topics. The goal is to give students a broad and fundamental understanding of genetics while also presenting selected challenges and issues that genetics research and communities face today. Furthermore, the course will provide an overview of the mechanisms underlying the development of genetic diseases. Different inheritance patterns, such as dominant, recessive, autosomal, and sex-linked inheritance, are discussed. Single-gene, chromosomal, and multifactorial genetic diseases will be classified. The identification of genes and variants in the genome, including gene mapping, will be discussed in order to understand how variation can lead to disease.
A1114310 Practical Body Fluid Analysis 1
A1114605 Quality Control & Laboratory Mangement 2 Introduction to quality system essentials; Facility and space organization management; Equipment quality control; Inventory and purchasing quality management; Documents and records managements; Process and laboratory quality assurance for: qualitative testing, seme- qunatitive testing, and quantitative testing; Calibration, accuracy, and limitation in analytical procedure; occurrence management; Assessment management and accreditation.
A1162300 Biochemistry (1) 2 Introduction to biochemistry; Biological oxidation; Carbohydrates: chemistry of carbohydrates, digestion and absorption of carbohydrates metabolism of carbohydrates, diabetes mellitus; lipids: chemistry of fatty acids, digestion and absorption of lipids, lipids metabolism, hyperlipidemia and fatty liver. Introduction; enzymes; amino acids: chemistry of amino acids, inborn errors of amino acids metabolism, protein structures; Molecular biology: nucleic acids structures and metabolism, central dogma of molecular biology, DNA replication, gene replication, gene expression.
A1163400 Microbiology 3 Introduction: discovery of microorganisms, definition of microorganisms, bacterial morphology; Structures of bacteria, viruses, and fungi; Bacterial growth and environmental conditions influencing microorganisms: growth; Microbial genetics and mutagenesis; Biofilm formation and quorum sensing; Sterilization and disinfection; Bacterial metabolism; Host pathogen interaction; Mechanisms of pathogenesis; Common pathogenic microorganisms spread, route of infection, symptoms, diagnosis and treatments. Bactria as normal flora.
A1113410 Practical Diagnostic Microbiology 2
A1162604 Practical analytical chemistry 1 Introduction; Glass calibration; Statistical Evaluation of analytical results; Gravimetric determination of Chloride; Gravimetric determination of Nickel; Measuring of the calcium ion content in dried milk powder; Measuring of vitamin C concentration by Redox titration; Precipitation titration.
A1113302 Practical Clinical Chemistry (1) 1
A1114703 Field Training in Hematology, Blood Bank& Histopathology 3
A1113504 Immunology And Serology 3 Introduction to immunology; basic principle; immune response; Innate and adaptive immune response, humoral and cellular immune response; immunological disorder: Hypersensitivity, Tissue transplantation and Rejection, Tolerance and Autoimmune disease; Tumor Immunology and AIDS.
A1113508 Practical Diagnostic Hematology (1) 1
A1112102 Practical Light Microscopic Techniques 1 Introduction and safety regulations; Basic histological techniques; Fixation; Dehydration; Washing; Clearing; Paraffin Infiltration and Embedding; Microtome; Spreading the sections and mounting of sections to glass slides; training in the using of: microtome, embedding center, cryostat, cytospin centrifuge.
A1114309 Body Fluid Analysis 1
A1161601 Organic chemistry 3 Introduction to organic chemistry: Bonding: Polarity, Structural formulas Isomerism, and Hybridization; Classification of organic compounds; Aliphatic compounds: Nomenclature and reactions, Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, and cycloalkanes; Aromatic compounds; Alcohols; Ethers; Aldehydes; Ketones Carboxylic acids; Esters; Acyl halides; Amides; Amines.
A1114705 Field Training in Routine Testing, Phlebotomy 3
A1114702 Field Training in Microbiology 3
A1113403 Medical Parasitology 2 Introduction to Parasitology; Terms and definitions: parasitology, parasitism, and host relationship; Protozoa: Malaria, Leishmania, Toxoplasma, and others; Trematodes; Cestodes; Nematodes; Arthropodes; Signs and symptoms of parasitic disease; Serological tests in Parasitology.e
A1114401 Medicalvirology & Mycology 2 Introduction to virology and mycology; Pathogenesis of virus infections; Families and classifications of viruses: Envelope DNA viruses, non-envelope DNA viruses, envelope RNA viruses, non-envelope RNA viruses; Methods for cultivations, diagnosis, and preventions of viruses; Types of fungi; classification of fungi: cutaneous mycosis, subcutaneous mycoses, systemic mycoses, opportunistic mycoses; Isolations and cultivations of fungi; Laboratory diagnosis, Control of mycological infection.
A1162404 Medical Microbiology 2
A1113303 Clinical Chemistry (2) 3 Disorders of plasma lipids and lipids profile; cancer and tumor markers; In-born errors of metabolism; Free radicals and antioxidants; anemia and CBC; Coma; Clinical endocrinology: pituitary gland disorders, adrenal gland disorders, thyroid gland disorders, gonads hormones, GIT hormones: Clinical nutrition: assessment of nutritional state, nutritional support, parenteral nutrition, malabsorption, obesity; Clinical cases.s.
A1113301 Clinical Chemistry (1) 3 Introduction to clinical biochemistry; sampling and types of specimens; Fluid and electrolytes balance; Renal function tests; liver function tests; Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycemia; Calcium metabolism and Bone diseases; Plasma proteins and clinical enzymology; acid-base balance; Cardiac performance; Clinical cases.
A1112606 1
A1113509 Practical Diagnostic Hematology (2) 1
A1162302 Practical Biochemistry 1 Introduction and safety regulations; Biologically important chemical compounds; qualitative and quantitative determination of carbohydrate: glucose fructose, sucrose, starch; qualitative and quantitative determination of lipids: saturated and unsaturated fatty acids; qualitative and quantitative determination of proteins: amino acids, enzymes, and nucleic acids.
A1113307 Diagnostic Molecular Biology and Cytogenetic 2
A1162201 Physiology (2) 2
A1113511 Practical Diagnostic immunology 1
A1162205 Practical Physiology 1
A1113404 Practical Medical Parasitology 1 Introduction; Types of Specimens, Types of laboratory tests: egg counts, Larval diagnosis, and serological tests; Practical classes on the diagnosis of Parasites of medical importance: Protozoa, Trematodes, Cestodes, Nematodes, and Arthropodes.
A1113507 Practical Blood Transfusion & Blood Banking 1 Introduction to blood bank: safety and phlebotomy in blood bank; ABO forward and reverse grouping; Rh-D typing and weak D antigen determination procedure; Direct and Indirect coombs test; Cross-match test; Antibody screen test; Antibody identification test; Local visit to governmental blood bank facility.
A1114704 Field Training in Clinical Chemistry, Immunology & Hormones 3
A1113409 Diagnostic Microbiology 2
A1113304 Practical Clinical Chemistry (2) 1 Introduction; liver function tests: total protein, albumin, liver enzymes; Cardiac assessment: troponin, cardiac enzymes; Lipids profile: triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol.
A1113501 Diagnostic Hematology (1) 2 Haemopoiesis; Erythropoiesis and general aspects of anemia; Hypochromic anemias; Iron overload; Megaloblastic anemias and other macrocytic anemias; Hemolytic anemias; Genetic disorders of hemoglobin; Aplastic anemia and bone marrow failure; Special laboratory testing & Automation in Hematology.
A1112605 1
A1161106 Practical Anatomy and Histology 1
A1114201 Clinical Endorcinology 3 Introduction to Endocrinology; Biochemistry of hormones; Mechanism of hormonal action; Pituitary gland hormones; Adrenal gland hormones; Thyroid gland hormones; Hormonal regulation of calcium; Male and female reproductive gland hormones; Pancreas hormones; Gastrointestinal hormones.

Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A1114302 Biotechnology Application In Laboratory Medicine 3 Introduction to biotechnology; cell and gene expression; recombinant DNA technology and its applications; recent methodological approaches used in DNA and protein analysis; animal, plant, environmental, and medical biotechnology; cloning and genetic engineering; plant genetic engineering; gene therapy; vaccines; Technologies in assested reproduction; Technological applications in forensic medicine. monoclonal antibodies production.
A1114313 Assisted Reproductive Technology 3
A1142101 Pharmacology for Students Cosmetology 3 The course includes an explanation of cosmetic science medication: retinoids; cosmeceutical vtamins: E, C, B, physiologic lipids for barrier repair in dermatology, cosmeceutical botanicals and metals, moisturizers, skin lightening agents, exfoliant, peptides and proteins, nutritional antioxidants, sunscreens, cosmeceuticals and contact dermatitis.
A1114311 Clinical Nutrition 3
A1114312 Cancer Biology 3


Free Ellective - 2 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 2 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0111302 Practical General Chemistry 1 Basic laboratory techniques: safety rules, handling chemicals and glassware operating balances and Bunsen burner, write the scientific report ; identification of chemical substances: physical properties of matter as boiling point and melting point; physical separation of mixtures: distillation, extraction, recrystallization; empirical formula; chemical reaction : metathesis, solubility of salts; preparation of solutions: prepare a solution of known concentration; standardization of a base: titration, molecular weight determination; indicators, buffers and measurement of pH
A0111402 Practical General Biology 1 Introduction to Biology Lab; Compound light microscope; Preparing slides of: Plant cells and animal cells; Macromolecules chemical properties; Cellular division; Animal tissues and Plant tissues; preparing bacterial smear; Algae, Fungi, and Bryophytes; Protozoan & Plants and animals Biodiversity.


Complementary Requirement - 9 Credit Hours:



Compulsory Courses - 9 Credit Hours

Course Code Course Name Credit hours Description
A0161200 Remedial English Language 3 Grammar: auxiliary verbs, tenses (past, present, future) Vocabulary: friendship, communication, IT, TV shows, media, houses, places description, compound nouns, free time activities, books and movies description, food, dinning out. Variety of skills: paragraph writing, verifying formal and informal letters, writing unofficial emails, ways of using punctuation, upper case letters and conjunctions, outlining main ideas and details, inferring conclusions and impeded meanings, determining author?s perspectives, presentations, argumentation and persuasion, agreeing and disagreeing expressions, making comparisons, narrating events, expressing opinions, making official phone calls, ordering food, correct pronunciation.
A0331700 Remedial Computer Skills 3 Introduction to basic computer hardware and software; copyrights; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power point, Access; Introduction to Internet.
A0161100 Remedial Arabic Language 3 Language level and definition, speaking and comprehension texts, syntax exercises, Nominal Sentence, safe feminine plural, safe masculine plural, singularity, auxiliaries, duality, numbers, subordinates, punctuations, morphological exercise, dictation issues, Nunnation.

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