Textbooks
Textbooks listed are for undergraduate and graduate Medical Laboratory Science students enrolled in on-campus and online/distance courses.
- Keep all your MLS textbooks until you have completed the program.
- Textbooks will also be helpful for preparing for the national certification exam.
- You can purchase all books listed for UND MLS courses anywhere you choose or through the UND Bookstore.
Undergraduate
MLS 110 Introduction to Medical Laboratory Science
No required textbook.
Instructor: Karen Peterson
MLS 220 Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Operations
Required:
Clinical Laboratory Science Concepts, Procedures, and Clinical Applications. 9th edition. Mary Louise Turgeon. ISBN: 9780323829342
Instructor: Allison Waswick
MLS 226 Introduction to Clinical Immunology
Stevens CD, Miller LE: Clinical Immunology and Serology: A Laboratory Perspective.
5th Edition. Philadelphia: FA Davis; 2021. ISBN: 978-0803694408
ISBN Ebook: 9780803694415
Instructor: Heather Langerud
MLS 234 Human Parasitology
Required, choose from one of the two below:
Garcia LS, Bruckner DA: Diagnostic Medical Parasitology. 6th ed. Washington D.C.: American Society for Microbiology, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1555818999 or ISBN-10:1555818944
*Zeibig EA: Clinical Parasitology: A Practical Approach. 2nd ed. St Louis, MO:Elsevier-Saunders. 2013.
*Note: The Zeibig lacks some information covered in lecture, quizzes, and tests. To supplement missing information, post on Blackboard Discussion Board or look for internet references or previous Zeibig edition.
Instructor: Mary Coleman
MLS 332 Introduction to Clinical Hematology
Required:
McKenzie SB, Williams JL: Clinical Laboratory Hematology. 4th Edition. Boston: Pearson
Education, 2020. ISBN (e-text): 9780134818115 or 9780134818108
Note: be sure to purchase the lifetime version of this text rather than renting it, as you will use it in multiple courses across semesters.
Instructor: Samantha Peterson
MLS 334 Introduction to Clinical Microbiology
Required:
Mahon CR, Lehman DC. Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. 6th Edition. St. Louis:
Saunders-Elsevier, 2019. ISBN: 9780323613170.
Students will also be required to purchase a subscription to Top Hat.
Recommended:
Leventhal R. Medical Parasitology A Self Instructional Text. 7th Edition. Philadelphia:
F.A.Davis, 2020. ISBN: 9780803675797 (paper copy) ISBN: 9780803675803 (ebook).
Instructor: Hannah Hove
MLS 340 Introduction to Molecular Diagnostics
Buckingham, Lela. (2019). Molecular Diagnostics, Fundamentals, Methods & Clinical
Applications. 3rd Edition. FA Davis Company.
ISBN-10: 0803668295, ISBN-13:978-0803668294.
Instructor: Linda Ray
MLS 394 Medical Microbiology
Mahon CR, Lehman DC. Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. 6th Edition. St. Louis: Saunders-Elsevier, 2019. ISBN 13: 9780323613170.
Instructor: Robert Porter
MLS 411 Clinical Chemistry I
Bishop M, et al. Clinical Chemistry: Principles, Techniques, and Correlations. 9th Ed. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2023. ISBN 13: 978-1284238860
Instructor: Mary Coleman
MLS 412 Clinical Hematology & Hemostasis I
Required:
McKenzie SB, Williams JL: Clinical Laboratory Hematology. 4th Edition. Boston: Pearson
Education, 2020. ISBN (e-text): 9780134818115 or 9780134818108
Note: be sure to purchase the lifetime version of this text rather than renting it, as you will use it in multiple courses across semesters.
Instructor: Brooke Solberg
MLS 413 Clinical Immunohematology I
Harmening, D. Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices. 7th Ed. Philadelphia: FA Davis, 2019, ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-6888-1
Instructors: Robert Porter and Chris Triske
MLS 414 Clinical Microbiology I
Mahon CR, Lehman DC. Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. 6th Edition. St. Louis: Saunders-Elsevier, 2019. ISBN 13: 9780323613170.
Instructor: Becca Bakke
MLS 415 Clinical Urinalysis & Body Fluids I
Brunzel, Nancy, A. Fundamentals of Urine and Body Fluid Analysis. 5th Edition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2022. ISBN 9780323711975.
Instructors: Karen Peterson and Allison Waswick
MLS 416 Clinical Immunology & Molecular Diagnostics
Stevens CD, Miller LE: Clinical Immunology and Serology: A Laboratory Perspective. 4th Edition. Philadelphia: FA Davis; 2017. ISBN: 978-0-8036-4466-3.
or
Stevens CD, Miller LE: Clinical Immunology and Serology: A Laboratory Perspective. 5th Edition. Philadelphia: FA Davis; 2021. ISBN: 978-0803694408 ISBN Ebook: 9780803694415
Instructor: Hannah Hove
MLS 420 Clinical Laboratory Operations
Required:
Clinical Laboratory Science Concepts, Procedures, and Clinical Applications. 9th edition. Mary Louise Turgeon. ISBN: 9780323829342
Instructor: Shannon Jongeward
MLS 421 Clinical Chemistry II
Bishop M, et al. Clinical Chemistry: Principles, Techniques, and Correlations. 9th Ed. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2023. ISBN 13: 978-1284238860
Instructor: Linda Ray
MLS 422 Clinical Hematology & Hemostasis II
Required:
McKenzie SB, Williams JL: Clinical Laboratory Hematology. 4th Edition. Boston: Pearson
Education, 2020. ISBN (e-text): 9780134818115 or 9780134818108
Note: be sure to purchase the lifetime version of this text rather than renting it, as you will use it in multiple courses across semesters.
Instructor: Samantha Peterson and Brooke Solberg
MLS 423 Clinical Immunohematology II
Harmening, D. Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices. 7th Ed. Philadelphia: FA Davis, 2019, ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-6888-1
Instructors: Robert Porter and Chris Triske
MLS 424 Clinical Microbiology II
Mahon CR, Lehman DC. Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. 6th Edition. St. Louis: Saunders-Elsevier, 2019. ISBN 13: 9780323613170.
Instructor: Becca Bakke and Hannah Hove
MLS 425 Clinical Urinalysis & Body Fluids II
Brunzel, Nancy, A. Fundamentals of Urine and Body Fluid Analysis. 5th Edition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2022. ISBN 9780323711975.
Instructors: Karen Peterson and Allison Waswick
MLS 449 Capstone in Medical Laboratory Science
No required textbook.
Instructors: Heather Langerud and Shannon Jongeward
MLS 471 Clinical Chemistry
Bishop M, et al. Clinical Chemistry: Principles, Techniques, and Correlations. 9th Ed. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2023. ISBN 13: 978-1284238860
Instructor: Linda Ray
MLS 472 Preanalytical Skills
McCall RE: Phlebotomy Essentials. 7th ed. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2020. ISBN: 9781284209945
Instructor: Mary Coleman
MLS 473 Clinical Hemostasis I
McKenzie SB, Williams JL: Clinical Laboratory Hematology. 4th Edition. Boston: Pearson
Education, 2020. ISBN: Print version: 978-0134-709239,
E-Text Version: 9780134818108
Instructor: Brooke Solberg
MLS 474 Clinical Urinalysis I
Brunzel, Nancy, A. Fundamentals of Urine and Body Fluid Analysis. 4th Edition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2018. ISBN 9780323374798.
Instructor: Karen Peterson
MLS 477 Clinical Immunohematology I & MLS 477L Clinical Immunohematology Laboratory
Harmening, D. Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices. 7th Ed. Philadelphia: FA Davis, 2019, ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-6888-1
Instructor: Robert Porter
MLS 478 Clinical Microbiology I
Mahon CR, Lehman DC. Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. 6th Edition. St. Louis: Saunders-Elsevier, 2019. ISBN: 9780323613170.
Instructors: Chris Triske
MLS 479 Clinical Hematology I
1. McKenzie SB, Williams JL: Clinical Laboratory Hematology. 4th Ed. Boston: Pearson
Education, 2020. ISBN Print Version: 978-0134-709239
ISBN E-Text Version: 9780134818108
OR
McKenzie SB, Williams JL: Clinical Laboratory Hematology. 3rd Ed. Boston: Pearson
Education, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-13-307601-1.
2. Carr, JH, Rodak, BF: Clinical Hematology Atlas. 5th Edition. Saunders, 2013 ISBN:
978-0-32332249-2.
OR
Instructor: Samantha Peterson
Instructor for students in Categorical CERT Training Program(s): Chris Triske
MLS 480 Clinical Immunohematology II
Same textbook as MLS 477
Harmening, D. Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices. 7th Ed. Philadelphia: FA Davis, 2019, ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-6888-1
MLS 481 Clinical Chemistry II
Same textbooks as MLS 471
Bishop M, et al. Clinical Chemistry: Principles, Techniques, and Correlations. 9th Ed. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2023. ISBN 13: 978-1284238860
MLS 483 Clinical Hemostasis II
Same Textbook as MLS 325
McKenzie SB, Williams JL: Clinical Laboratory Hematology. 4th Edition. Boston: Pearson
Education, 2020. ISBN: Print version: 978-0134-709239,
E-Text Version: 9780134818108
MLS 484 Clinical Microbiology II
Same textbook as MLS 478
Mahon CR, Lehman DC. Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. 6th Edition. St. Louis: Saunders-Elsevier, 2019. ISBN: 9780323613170.
MLS 485 Clinical Urinalysis II
Same textbook as MLS 474/MLS 489
Brunzel, Nancy, A. Fundamentals of Urine and Body Fluid Analysis. 4th Edition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2018. ISBN 9780323374798.
MLS 487 Clinical Mycology
Mahon, C. and Manuselis, G. (2015). Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. 5th Edition.
Saunders-Elsevier, St Louis.
ISBN-978-0-323-08989-0.
Instructor: Karen Peterson
MLS 488 Clinical Hematology II
Same textbook as MLS 325/MLS 479
McKenzie SB, Williams JL: Clinical Laboratory Hematology. 4th Edition. Boston: Pearson
Education, 2020. ISBN: Print version: 978-0134-709239,
E-Text Version: 9780134818108
MLS 489 Clinical Body Fluids
Brunzel, Nancy, A. Fundamentals of Urine and Body Fluid Analysis. 4th Edition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2018. ISBN 9780323374798.
Instructor: Brooke Solberg
MLS 490 Financial and Quality Management of the Clinical Laboratory
Harmening, Denise, M. Laboratory Management- Principles and Processes. 4th Edition. St Petersburg, Florida: D.H. Publishing & Consulting, Inc., 2021. ISBN: 9780943903187
Instructor: Heather Gilbert and Shannon Jongeward
MLS 491 Clinical Chemistry III
Same textbook for MLS 471/MLS 481
Bishop M, et al. Clinical Chemistry: Principles, Techniques, and Correlations. 9th Ed. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2023. ISBN 13: 978-1284238860
MLS 492 Clinical Immunohematology III
Same textbook as MLS 477 / MLS 480
Harmening, D. Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices. 7th Edition. Philadelphia: FA Davis, 2019, ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-6888-1.
MLS 494 Clinical Immunology
Stevens, CD: Clinical Immunology and Serology: A Laboratory Perspective. 4th Edition. Philadelphia: FA Davis; 2017. ISBN-13: 9780803644663.
MLS 495 Clinical Microbiology III
Same textbook as MLS 478 / MLS 484
Harmening, D. Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices. 7th Ed. Philadelphia: FA Davis, 2019, ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-6888-1
MLS 498 Clinical Hematology III
Same textbook as MLS 479 / MLS 488
McKenzie SB, Williams JL: Clinical Laboratory Hematology. 4th Edition. Boston: Pearson
Education, 2020. ISBN: Print version: 978-0134-709239,
E-Text Version: 9780134818108
Graduate
MLS 501 Advanced Laboratory Practice: Technical Concepts
No Required Textbook
Instructor: Shannon Jongeward
MLS 502 Advanced Clinical Hematology: Erythrocytes
No Required Textbook
Instructor: Samantha Peterson
MLS 503 Advanced Clinical Hematology: Leukocytes
Required
1. McKenzie SB, Williams JL: Clinical Laboratory Hematology. 4th Edition. Boston: Pearson
Education, 2020. ISBN: Print version: 978-0134-709239,
E-Text Version: 9780134818108
2. *Kaushansky K, Lichtman MA, Prchal JT, Levi MM, Press OW, Burns LJ, Caligiuri M:
Williams Hematology. 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-07-183300-4
*Available online through UND SMHS Library
Recommended
1. Swerdlow SH, Campo E, Harris NL, Jaffe ES, Pileri SA, Stein H, Thiele J, Arber DA, Hasserjian RP, Le Beau MM, Orazi A, Siebert R: WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. Revised 4th Ed. Herndon, VA: Stylus Publishing. 2017.
2. Anderson- Young SC, Poulson KB: Anderson’s Atlas of Hematology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott ,Williams & Wilkins, 2021. ISBN-13: 978-1975118259, ISBN-10: 1975118251
Instructor: Mary Coleman
MLS 505 Advanced Laboratory Practice: Financial Management
TBD
Instructor: Robert Porter
MLS 506 Advanced Clinical Chemistry
TBD
Instructor: Linda Ray
MLS 507 Advanced Clinical Immunohematology
Harmening, D. Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices. 7th Ed. Philadelphia: FA Davis, 2019, ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-6888-1
Instructor: Robert Porter
MLS 509 Medical Laboratory Education: Teaching Principles
Svinicki MB & McKeachie WJ. McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategirs, research, and theory for college and university teachers. 14th ed. Belmont (CA): Wadsworth, 2014.
Instructor: Brooke Solberg
MLS 515 Capstone in Medical Laboratory Science
No Required Textbook
Instructor: Mary Coleman
MLS 517 Advanced Laboratory Practice: Administrative Concepts
No Required Textbook
Instructor: Shannon Jongeward
MLS 518 Advanced Molecular Diagnostics
No Required Textbook
Instructors: Linda Ray, Chris Triske
MLS 525 Professional Communication in the Medical Laboratory
Recommended
Hoffman, A. Writing in the biological sciences: A comprehensive resource for scientific
communication. Oxford University Press. Any edition is acceptable.
MLS 526 Advanced Clinical Hemostasis
No Required Textbook
Instructor: Brooke Solberg
MLS 531 Medical Leadership: Practical Applications
Required
Cases in Health Care Management. 1st Edition. Sharon B. Buchbinder, Nancy H. Shanks,
and Dale Buchbinder. ISBN-13: 978-1449674298. ISBN-10: 1449674291.
Instructor: Becca Bakke
MLS 589: Readings in Medical Laboratory Science
No Required Textbook
Instructor: Samantha Peterson