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Future applicants need to be warned about the state of the MS-MLS program. The current program chair is running a scam of a program that does not prepare students for the required skills of lab personnel. The cost of the program is absurd compared to the average annual wage for med techs. Classes and exams are riddled with errors, and teachers do not take any responsibility for the content, even when students bring the issues forward. Certain portions of the program (such as hematology) are being taught by... Read More instructors with no experience in the field, and do not have any advanced knowledge of the topic. Other classes (Clinical Lab Management) the teacher assigns about half the assignments/quizzes listed in the syllabus and doesn't reply to emails. This specific instructor didn't update her course shell until almost a month into the semester, and still had students who had graduated the previous year listed as group members. This is the only course she teachers, and it's only offered once a year. Students have to pay ($2500 for 3 credits) to be scheduled as a TA, and yet no information is provided to the "second year" students on what the role of a TA entails. Several of the instructors do not provide a schedule to their TAs (including the program chair). The clinical rotation portion of the program is equally messy and disorganized. Schedules aren't provided to students, the Clinical Practical Coordinator doesn't respond to student communications in a timely manner, and doesn't update the materials in the online portion of the class (such as the required quizzes) even when errors are reported. She also doesn't line up assignment due dates for the respective rotation each student is in (if a student is enrolled in Chemistry in September, the Chemistry assignments might not be due until December, even though the rotations are only 4 weeks). The program is not set up in a way to best support students or provide them with a strong foundation for this field. Overall this program is not worth the cost or the hassle. I wish I would have known what I know now before I accepted a place in this program, and had attended elsewhere.