* If the application deadline falls on a weekend, the applications will be accepted until the close of business on the next business day.
Before you meet with a health sciences academic advisor, apply to AACC and submit official transcripts from prior academic institutions. If you plan to transfer general education requirements, have your official transcripts sent directly to the college's records and registration office. The official transcripts from all previously attended institutions of higher education must be submitted.
Attendance at an information session is highly recommended prior to submitting the Histotechnician program application. Call 410-777-7310 for dates, times and locations, or view the schedule on AACC's online calendar.
You must demonstrate eligibility for ENG-101/ENG-101A. There are a number of ways this can be done:
See an academic advisor for information, or visit our Determine Placement page.
You must demonstrate eligibility for College Algebra (MAT-137) and Statistics (MAT-135). There are a number of ways this can be done.
Note: MAT-145, MAT-151, MAT-191 or MAT-230 satisfies the MAT-137 requirement. (Former MAT courses MAT-121, MAT-131, MAT-141 or MAT-142 will also satisfy the MAT-137 requirement)
For information see an academic advisor or visit our Determine Placement page.
Applicants must have a minimum adjusted grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 at this college to be considered for selection to the Histotechnician program.
If you have taken program general education courses at a nationally recognized institution other than AACC, you must submit official transcripts with your application for review.
Learn more about transfer credit.
Note: A transcript/equivalency certificate is considered official when enclosed in a sealed envelope from the institution or sent electronically by the sending institution. It must also include a graduation/completion date, if applicable, and a school official’s signature. Your application will not be considered complete if the required documentation is not received prior to or at the time your application is submitted.
Foreign educated students must have their college and high school transcripts evaluated by one of the following credential evaluators:
Foreign educated students must successfully pass the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 550 (213 is the equivalent computer score and 79 is the equivalent internet-based score) OR must have completed the ENG-101 or ENG-101A and ENG-102 course sequence with grades of C or better prior to applying to Histotechnician program. Anne Arundel Community College’s code for TOEFL is 5019.
If you are an international student, there may be additional requirements for you. Visit our international student pages to learn more about visa status and other information.
Note: If you do not have a Social Security number, you may not be permitted at some clinical rotation sites and site availability could delay or inhibit your progression in the program. An international student admission specialist in AACC's Admissions and Enrollment Development office may be able to assist students with F-1 visa status to obtain a Social Security number through practical training. Contact them at 410-777-2677.
The required program courses for this program can be found in the Loading.... All students must receive a minimum grade of C or better in each program course and general education course and a mark of satisfactory in the clinical laboratory to proceed in the program.
Due to the selection process, the Histotechnician program cannot accept pass-fail as a replacement for letter grades in the required courses.
The criteria used to select the conditional acceptance candidates will be applied in the following order:
Applicants who have met the academic and admission requirements and have been selected into the program are given conditional acceptance. If you are granted conditional acceptance, you must submit a completed health examination record and criminal background check. You must also submit verification of current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR certification by a designated deadline. Students who do not meet this deadline will not be considered further for admission and the next person on the list will be contacted. Instructions on how to complete these items will be enclosed in the selection packet and are not to be done until instructed to do so.
Students conditionally accepted to this program must submit a health examination record completed by a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant validating that the student meets the technical standard of good physical and mental health as established by the School of Health Sciences, and verifying that the student is free of communicable diseases as evidenced by required immunizations/titers.
Learn more about the health examination record to include vaccinations and technical standards.
All students who are offered conditional acceptance and/or clinical placement into the Histotechnician program are required to satisfactorily complete a criminal background check and possible urine drug screening. For complete details visit the Criminal Background Checks and Drug Screening page.
Conditionally accepted students must successfully complete the American Heart Association Basic Life Support CPR certification course. CPR Certification must be valid through graduation.
Anne Arundel Community College and/or the School of Health Sciences reserves the right to revise requirements for admission into the Health Sciences programs, the selection criteria and procedures, and the required courses for programs of study as deemed necessary without prior notification.
