医学实验室科学学士学位有两个重点领域：临床实验室科学和组织技术。临床实验室科学家是在临床实验室分析的各个方面受过教育的医疗保健专业人员，包括测试开发，性能和评估。它们可能在许多领域起作用，包括临床化学，血液学，免疫血液学，免疫学，临床微生物学和分子诊断学。组织技术人员是医疗专业人员，他们通过学术和应用科学教育与培训合格，可以提供组织技术以及与解剖病理学相关领域的服务，研究和管理。通过执行常规和复杂的程序来保存和处理组织标本以供病理学家检查和诊断，它们对于解剖病理学部门的成功至关重要。
The BS in Medical Laboratory Science has two areas of emphasis: clinical laboratory science and histotechnology. Clinical laboratory scientists are healthcare professionals educated in all aspects of clinical laboratory analysis, including test development, performance and evaluation. They may work in many areas, including clinical chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, immunology, clinical microbiology and molecular diagnostics. Histotechnologists are healthcare professionals who are qualified through academic and applied science education and training to provide service, research and management in histotechnology and areas related to anatomic pathology. They are integral to the success of the anatomic pathology department by performing routine and complex procedures to preserve and process tissue specimens for examination and diagnosis by a pathologist.