The Bachelor of Biomedical Laboratory Technology programme is an evening programme that runs for a period of three years (six semesters) and involves lectures, practicals, industrial training, tutorials, seminars, field visits and a project written and submitted for examination in the second semester of third year. The programme structure is summarised below:LH = Lecture Hours, PH = Practical Hours, T/SH = Tutorial or Seminar Hours, F/ITH = Field / Industrial Training Hour, CH = Contact Hours, CU = Credit Hours.
| Course Title | Course Code | Credit Units | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation Principles and Techniques | BLT 1102 | 4 | Graduate Level |
| Bioethics, Human Rights, Laboratory Safety & Procurement | BLT 1101 | 2 | Graduate Level |
| Industrial, Research & Education Attachment I Students will undertake a practicum at a research and / academic institution in form of an attachment for a training period of 8 weeks. | BLT 1108 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Hospital Attachment I | BLT 1107 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Histology, Histopathology & Histochemistry | BLT 1106 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry | BLT 1105 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Functional Anatomy and Physiology | BLT 1104 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Microscopy and Microphotography | BLT 1103 | 2 | Graduate Level |
| Course Title | Course Code | Credit Units | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial, Research & Education Attachment VI (Herbarium & Museum Technology) | BLT 2213 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Industrial, Research & Education Attachment III | BLT 1209 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Hospital Attachment III | BLT 1208 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Industrial, Research & Education Attachment II | BLT 1207 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Hospital Attachment II | BLT 1206 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Clinical Chemistry & Clinical pathology | BLT 1205 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Hematology & Blood Transfusion Science | BLT 1204 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Biomedical Parasitology | BLT 1203 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Principles of Quality Assurance and Control | BLT 1201 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Biomedical Microbiology | BLT 1202 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Course Title | Course Code | Credit Units | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genetics, Breeding and Gene Bank Technology | BLT 2104 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Biologicals & Vaccine Production | BLT 3102 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Serology, Immunology & Immunochemistry | BLT 2101 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Applied Nutrition & Food Laboratory Science | BLT 2102 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Plant Biology, Museum & Herbarium Technology | BLT 2102 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Environmental Toxicology & Aquatic Laboratory Science | BLT 2103 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Molecular Biology & Biotechnology Fundamentals | BLT 2103 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Hospital Attachment IV | BLT 2106 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Industrial, Research & Education Attachment IV | BLT 2107 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Course Title | Course Code | Credit Units | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory & Captive Animal Management | BLT 3101 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Diagnostic Endocrinology & Reproductive Health | BLT 3103 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Principles of Epidemiology & Disease Prevention | BLT 3104 | 2 | Undergraduate Level |
| Course Title | Course Code | Credit Units | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Clinical & Diagnostic Technologies | BLT 3201 | 4 | Undergraduate Level |
| Project Planning, Management and Evaluation | BLT 3202 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Management & Entrepreneurship | blt 3203 | 3 | Undergraduate Level |
| Non-Thesis Research Project | BLT 3204 | 10 | Undergraduate Level |