Students of the ?programme offered by Roosevelt University?complete a minimum 90 semester hours of academic course work at Roosevelt University, including the University Writing Requirement and the College of Arts and Sciences general education requirements, in addition to the histotechnology concentration requirements outlined below. They complete their last 30 semester hours in a one-year, full-time, daytime clinical training program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Upon successful completion of the clinical program, students receive a certificate in histotechnology from the hospital, a Bachelor of Science in Allied Health from the University, and are eligible to sit for the ASCP certification examination.

Outcomes

Histotechnologists process patient samples for the detection of tissue abnormalities and to determine the best treatment for the diseases causing the abnormalities. In addition to the dyes and chemicals used to prepare and stain tissues for microscopy, immunological and DNA techniques are used to determine specific cell types in tumors. Histotechnologists work in conjunction with the pathology department at a variety of hospital, surgical and clinical locations.?