Bachelor of Science in Medical Analysis

1.   Establishing scientific and practical skills and abilities for students.

2.   Developing and enhancing students’ communication skills and professional ethics.

3.   Creating a culture of integration among healthcare service providers.

4.   Keeping up with developments in the local and international job market to update and improve academic programs.

5.   Promoting applied scientific research and its activities.

6.   Attracting and encouraging students to enroll in graduate programs.

7.   Continuously developing the skills and abilities of the academic and research faculty members.

8.   Meeting and engaging with the needs of the local community.

Jordanian General Secondary Certificate with min 60% average

0308103 – Essentials & Ethics of Clinical Laboratory Profession & Safety
Delivery: Online
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisite: 0304101
This course provides an overview of the medical laboratory profession and the major branches of clinical laboratory sciences. It introduces students to the field’s historical background, ethical standards, organizational structures, and regulatory requirements, including licensing and accreditation. Students learn fundamental laboratory concepts such as safety procedures, phlebotomy basics, specimen handling, laboratory information systems, and the structure of healthcare and laboratory settings. The course also presents an introduction to essential clinical laboratory techniques, the purpose of ordering laboratory tests, and how laboratory findings support patient care. A field visit to an operating clinical laboratory is included.

0308102 – Medical Terminology
Delivery: Online
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisite: 0304101
This course teaches students how medical terms are constructed through prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. They learn methods for forming and analyzing terminology, interpreting commonly used medical abbreviations, and applying these terms correctly in clinical contexts.

0308211 – Histology
Delivery: Blended
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: 0304111 or concurrent + 0308102
Students study the structural and functional characteristics of the main tissue types, including epithelial, connective, bone, cartilage, muscular, blood, and nervous tissues. The course also examines the microscopic anatomy of major body systems such as the integumentary, digestive, respiratory, lymphoid, endocrine, reproductive, and excretory systems. Emphasis is placed on identifying cells, tissues, and organs using microscopy.

0308214 – Histological Microtechniques
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisite: 0308211 or concurrent
This course introduces the microtome and the principles of preparing specimens for histological evaluation. Students learn fixation, decalcification, tissue processing, embedding, and microtomy. The course relates these procedures to core areas of medical laboratory sciences.

0308215 – Pathology
Delivery: Blended
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308234 or concurrent
This course explains the fundamental mechanisms of disease, including etiology, pathogenesis, morphological changes, and clinical implications. Topics include cell injury, necrosis, inflammation, wound repair, and neoplasia. These principles are applied to disorders affecting the musculoskeletal, immune, gastrointestinal, renal, cardiopulmonary, endocrine, and nervous systems.

0308233 – Human Anatomy & Physiology (1)
Delivery: Blended
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite: 0308211 or concurrent
This course emphasizes how human anatomical structures relate to physiological functions. Students explore hormonal and neural regulation, homeostasis, and system-level anatomy and physiology, including skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. Molecular-level signaling pathways are also highlighted.

0308234 – Human Anatomy & Physiology (2)
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308233
This course continues the study of the human body’s structure and function, focusing on the physiological integration of different systems. Topics include the lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems and how they work together to maintain body function.

0308332 – Endocrinology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308234 or concurrent
This course examines the structure, function, and hormonal activity of the endocrine glands. Topics include hormone synthesis, secretion, mechanisms of action, metabolism, and endocrine-related disorders associated with hypersecretion or hyposecretion.

0308241 – Medical Laboratory Instrumentation & Techniques
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308101
This course offers an overview of laboratory instrumentation and analytical methodologies used in clinical settings. Students study instrument principles, calibration, selection, and maintenance. Covered instruments include spectrophotometers, centrifuges, balances, ion-selective electrodes, clinical chemistry analyzers, hematology and coagulation systems, osmometers, chromatographic systems, electrophoresis units, and automated and molecular diagnostic equipment.

0308242 – General Biochemistry
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite: 0303216 + 0333233
Topics include acid-base chemistry and buffer systems, as well as the structure, function, and metabolism of biomolecules such as amino acids, proteins, enzymes, lipids, carbohydrates, and vitamins.

0308251 – General Microbiology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite: 0304101
The course covers the history and scope of microbiology, prokaryotic cell structure and function, microbial growth, nutritional needs, environmental factors affecting growth, antimicrobial control, genetics, gene transfer, classification, bacterial groups, microbe–environment interactions, symbiosis, and basic immunology including antigen–antibody reactions.

0308321 – Molecular Biology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: 0308251
Lectures cover DNA chemistry, structure, replication, gene regulation, transcription and translation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, mutation, and DNA repair. The laboratory component includes nucleic acid extraction, quantification, restriction enzyme use, PCR, plasmid manipulation (pGLO), bacterial transformation, gene expression, protein isolation, cloning, and Southern blotting.

0308322 – Diagnostic Genetics
Delivery: Blended
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: 0308321
This course explores Mendelian inheritance, chromosomal abnormalities, sex determination, quantitative genetics, mitochondrial inheritance, multifactorial traits, and the genetics of common disorders. It covers genetic testing, counseling, biochemical genetics, and pharmacogenetics. Laboratory sessions include chromosome analysis and molecular diagnostic techniques.

0308333 – Pharmacology and Toxicology
Delivery: Blended
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308234 + 0308242
Students learn general pharmacology concepts, major drug classes, and drug–laboratory test interactions. The toxicology component examines toxic agents, their mechanisms, biomarkers, xenobiotic metabolism, animal models, and laboratory methods for detecting toxicological changes.

0308343 – Clinical Chemistry (1)
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: 0308242 + 0308234
This course explains the biochemical basis of diseases and clinical laboratory diagnostic principles related to carbohydrate, lipid, protein, and amino acid disorders; enzyme function; liver function tests; and cardiovascular assessment.

0308345 – Clinical Chemistry (3)
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: 0308343
Topics include water and electrolyte balance, acid–base disorders, renal and respiratory regulation, calcium and phosphate metabolism, nutritional assessment, digestive function tests, and laboratory evaluation of malignancies.

0308351 – Clinical Microbiology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: 0308265
The course covers bacterial pathogenesis, host defense, epidemiology, and infection prevention. Lectures and labs emphasize specimen collection, culture methods, identification, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing across various specimen types.

0308356 – Medical Parasitology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: 0308265
This course examines major human parasites, transmission routes, host responses, disease manifestations, and laboratory methods for parasite detection and identification.

0308357 – Medical Mycology
Delivery: Blended
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: 0308251
Students study medically significant fungi, their pathogenic mechanisms, host defense, and laboratory diagnostic procedures.

0308355 – Medical Virology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308265 or concurrent
This course covers virus structure, taxonomy, replication, evolution, persistent and latent infections, oncogenic viruses, immune responses to viral infections, interferons, antivirals, and vaccinations.

0308365 – Immunology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308251
Students learn about immune system cells, tissues, molecules, antigen recognition, and host defense. Topics include hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, graft rejection, tumor immunity, and antigen–antibody reactions.

0308366 – Clinical Immunology & Serology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308265
This course focuses on immune disorders, autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivity, transplant rejection, cancers, and serological laboratory diagnostics.

0308367 – Hematology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: 0308234
Topics include hematopoiesis, blood cell identification and function, erythropoiesis and anemia, leukocyte biology, platelet function, iron metabolism, hemoglobin physiology, and hemostasis.

0308368 – Clinical Hematology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308367
Students examine anemias, hemoglobinopathies, leukemias, platelet disorders, and coagulation abnormalities. The course includes routine and specialized tests used in diagnosing hematologic diseases and monitoring therapy.

0308364 – Blood Banking & Transfusion
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: 0308365 + 0308368
This course covers blood group systems, compatibility testing, antibody screening, transfusion reactions, hemolytic disease of the newborn, and safe blood product preparation and issuance.

0308414 – Embryology & In-vitro Fertilization
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308211
Students learn the fundamentals of human embryonic development, fertilization, implantation, and organ formation. The course also covers assisted reproductive technologies, embryo grading, cryopreservation, and preimplantation genetic testing, along with ethical and legal considerations in IVF.

0308423 – Medical Biotechnology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308321
This course introduces gene expression systems, protein production, therapeutic enzymes and hormones, peptide antibiotics, blood factors, cytokines, gene therapy, gene editing, antisense technologies, stem-cell-based therapies, tissue engineering, immunotherapy, vaccine technologies, nanomedicine, patents, and ethical considerations.

0308426 – Bioinformatics
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308321
Students learn to use bioinformatics tools and databases to analyze protein and nucleic acid sequences, identify genetic information related to hereditary disorders, and construct genetic maps. Practical training includes database searching and software-based genetic analysis.

0308446 – Urine and Body Fluids Analysis
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 1
Prerequisite: 0308345 + 0308351
The course focuses on the analysis of bodily fluids including urine, CSF, synovial, serous, and other fluids. Students learn fluid physiology, collection procedures, analytical variables, and laboratory techniques that correlate findings with clinical conditions.

0308447 – Metabolism
Delivery: Online
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308242
This course reviews major metabolic pathways and their regulation. Students engage in continuous reading and active study to build a strong understanding of biochemical metabolism and its applications in health and disease.

0308453 – Epidemiology and Public Health
Delivery: Blended
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308355 + 0301131
The course introduces public health principles, prevention strategies, and epidemiological methods. Topics include maternal and child health, environmental and occupational health, demography, and basic biostatistics relevant to medical research.

0308454 – Special Tests in Microbiology and Immunology
Delivery: Blended
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308351 + 0308366
Students explore advanced diagnostic methods in microbiology and immunology through case studies. Topics include rapid diagnostic tools, histocompatibility testing, HLA typing, and quality assurance in laboratory procedures.

0308475 – Laboratory Management & Quality Control
Delivery: Online
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308345 + 0308368 + 0301131
This course prepares students for laboratory management, covering organizational structure, workflow, financial and logistical planning, HR management, safety, risk control, waste disposal, and accreditation standards. It also teaches internal/external quality control, sample handling, and quality assurance processes across pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases.

0308473 – Clinical Pathology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: 0308351 + 0308345 + 0308366 + 0308368
Students study the laboratory diagnosis of diseases affecting tissues and fluids such as blood, urine, and body tissues. The course integrates microbiology, immunology, molecular diagnostics, clinical chemistry, hematology, transfusion science, and cytogenetics.

Field Training Courses (Rewritten Clearly and Fully)

All training courses below include:
• 96 hours (or 48 where stated),
• Supervision by departmental faculty,
• Weekly departmental seminars,
• Written and oral exams,
• Pass/Fail assessment,
• Development of technical, analytical, and communication skills.

0308485 – Laboratory Training in Clinical Chemistry & Hormones
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308345 + 0308332
Students train in certified laboratories, working with clinical chemistry, endocrinology, urine chemistry, and molecular biology tests. They learn equipment handling, routine and advanced testing, result interpretation, troubleshooting, and professional communication.

0308486 – Laboratory Training in Hematology & Phlebotomy
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308368
Training includes routine and special hematology testing, phlebotomy, and reception procedures. Students practice instrument use, result interpretation, and problem solving.

0308487 – Laboratory Training in Blood Banking & Transfusion
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308364
Students train in blood bank procedures, immunohematology tests, blood component separation, and serological techniques.

0308488 – Laboratory Training in Microbiology & Routine
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308351 + 0308356 + 0308357 + 0308355 + 0308446
Training includes bacteriology, parasitology, mycology, immunology, and body fluid analysis, with hands-on culture methods for diverse samples.

0308489 – Laboratory Training in Immunology & Serology
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308355 + 0308366
Students practice a wide range of immunological and serological diagnostic tests and learn to interpret results accurately.

0308480 – Laboratory Training in Histological Microtechniques & Reception
Delivery: Face-to-face
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: 0308214
This course provides 48 hours of training in slide preparation, histological staining, and operation of histology laboratory equipment. Students learn proper tissue handling, sectioning, and staining protocols.