The Bachelor of Science program in Histotechnology offers a course of study that will prepare students for careers as Histotechnologists. Histotechnologists play a fundamental role in the allied health profession. A histotechnologist will prepare very thin slices of human, animal or plant tissue for microscopic examination. This is an important part of the intricate process of scientific investigation used in establishing and confirming patient diagnosis. Students have three options:

1. Students may elect to enter the program for the B.S. in Histotechnology awarded by Lewis University in which the first three years of classes would be at Lewis University with the remaining professional classes at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Admission to the professional phase of the program is based upon successful application to the program at NMH after the second semester of the junior year. Student applicants are considered and evaluated solely by the faculty and staff at NMH. Student admission to the program is not guaranteed.
2. Another option is for students to complete the four-year B.S. in Biology and then apply for admission to Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) for a certificate program in Histotechnology. Students must obtain/maintain health insurance and submit to a criminal background check as requirements of the program.
3. Students may also double major in Biology and Histotechnology.  This would take five years with the first four years spent taking classes at Lewis University and the last year at NMH.  Students would apply for the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program in the spring of their fourth year with the understanding that NMH determines acceptance into this program. 

Transfer students must have a cumulative and biology GPA of 3.0. If a transfer student does not have the minimum GPA, students may become a DMS major once their GPA is raised to 3.0. Students currently attending Lewis University, who wish to declare DMS as a major must meet the same requirements as transfer students. Transfer students must complete a minimum of three semesters of the program before they can apply as an affiliated student for the DMS program.