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Radiography

A QUICK INTRO

Detail-oriented? Have an eye for photography? A career in Radiography allows you to put those skills to use as a critical part of the medical team working to diagnose and treat patients. In this program, you'll use radiation to produce images of the human body.

 

WHAT YOU STUDY

Course work includes clinical rotations to area health care facilities, radiographic exposure, image processing, radiographic procedures, physics, pathology, patient care and management, radiation protection, quality assurance, anatomy and physiology, and radiobiology.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Graduates may be employed in hospitals, clinics, physicians’ offices, medical laboratories, government agencies, and industry.

 

A CLOSER LOOK

Check out this video to learn about the program and the perks of working in this field.

 

Admission Criteria JRCERT Accreditation Criteria Transfer Agreements Estimated Expenses

COURSE INFORMATION

Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.

 

FALL SEMESTER 1

Prefix No. Title Credit
ACA 111 College Student Success 1
ENG 111 Writing & Inquiry 3
RAD 110 Radiography Intro & Patient Care 3
RAD 111 RAD Procedures I 4
RAD 151 RAD Clinical Education I 2
RAD 181 RAD Clinical Elective 1
Choose one of the following:  
BIO 163 Basic Anatomy & Physiology 5
BIO 168 Anatomy & Physiology I (requires BIO 169 in Spring I) 4
    Totals 18-19

 

SPRING SEMESTER 1

BIO 169 Anatomy & Physiology II (not required with BIO 163 choice from Fall 1) 4
MAT 143 Quantitative Literacy 3
RAD 112 RAD Procedures II 4
RAD 121 Image Production I 3
RAD 161 RAD Clinical Education II 5
    Totals 15-19

 

SUMMER SEMESTER 

PSY 150 General Psychology 3
RAD 122 Image Production II 2
RAD 171 RAD Clinical Education III 3
RAD 281 RAD Clinical Elective 1
    Totals 9

 

FALL SEMESTER 2

ENG 114 Professional Research & Reporting 3
RAD 141 Radiation Safety 2
RAD 211 RAD Procedures III 3
RAD 231 Image Production III 2
RAD 251 RAD Clinical Education IV 7
    Totals 17

 

SPRING SEMESTER 2

COM 140 Intro to Intercultural Communication 3
RAD 261 RAD Clinical Education V 7
RAD 271 Radiography Capstone 3
    Totals 13
Photo of Meg Petty
Radiography Program Coordinator/Instructor

 

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