Radiography, A.A.S. (A45700)

Courses required to meet graduation requirements in this curriculum are offered during daytime hours. Minimum time for completion: five semesters full-time attendance. The Associate in Applied Science degree is awarded graduates of this curriculum.

The Radiography curriculum prepares the graduate to be a radiographer, a skilled health care professional who uses radiation to produce images of the human body.

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.

Graduates of accredited programs are eligible to apply to take the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists’ national examination for certification and registration as medical radiographers. Graduates may be employed in hospitals, clinics, physicians’ offices, medical laboratories, government agencies, and industry

General Education Courses:

English/Communications:

ENG 111 - Writing and Inquiry Credit Hours: 3
English - Elective Credit Hours: 3

Students are required to take one (1) course from the following:

ENG 112 - Writing/Research in the Disciplines Credit Hours: 3
ENG 113 - Literature-Based Research Credit Hours: 3
ENG 114 - Prof Research & Reporting Credit Hours: 3

Humanities/Fine Arts:

Elective Credit Hours: 3

Natural Sciences/Mathematics:

BIO 168 - Anatomy and Physiology I Credit Hours: 4
BIO 169 - Anatomy and Physiology II Credit Hours: 4
MAT 143 - Quantitative Literacy Credit Hours: 3

Social/Behavioral Sciences:

PSY 150 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3

Major Courses:

RAD 110 - Rad Intro & Patient Care Credit Hours: 3
RAD 111 - RAD Procedures I Credit Hours: 4
RAD 112 - RAD Procedures II Credit Hours: 4
RAD 121 - Radiographic Imaging I Credit Hours: 3
RAD 122 - Radiographic Imaging II Credit Hours: 2
RAD 131 - Radiographic Physics I Credit Hours: 2
RAD 151 - RAD Clinical Ed I Credit Hours: 2
RAD 161 - RAD Clinical Ed II Credit Hours: 5
RAD 171 - RAD Clinical Ed III Credit Hours: 4
RAD 211 - RAD Procedures III Credit Hours: 3
RAD 231 - Radiographic Physics II Credit Hours: 2
RAD 241 - Radiobiology/Protection Credit Hours: 2
RAD 245 - Image Analysis Credit Hours: 2
RAD 251 - RAD Clinical Ed IV Credit Hours: 7
RAD 261 - RAD Clinical Ed V Credit Hours: 7
RAD 271 - Radiography Capstone Credit Hours: 1

Total Credit Hours Required: 76

Developmental Course Requirements:

Developmental coursework (including all prerequisites) will be required of students whose placement test scores indicate a need for greater proficiency in the areas of reading, English, mathematics, and computers. Please refer to the Course Descriptions section for prerequisite course information.

DRE 098 - Integrated Reading Writing III Credit Hours: 3
DMA 010 - Operations With Integers Credit Hours: 1
DMA 020 - Fractions and Decimals Credit Hours: 1
DMA 030 - Propor/Ratio/Rate/Percent Credit Hours: 1
DMA 040 - Express/Lin Equat/Inequal Credit Hours: 1
DMA 050 - Graphs/Equations of Lines Credit Hours: 1

Suggested Program Sequence:

Fall - 1st year:

BIO 168 - Anatomy and Physiology I Credit Hours: 4
ENG 111 - Writing and Inquiry Credit Hours: 3
PSY 150 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3

Total Hours: Class 9 | Lab 3 | Clin/Wk Exp 0 | Credit 10

Spring - 1st year:

BIO 169 - Anatomy and Physiology II Credit Hours: 4
ENG 112 - Writing/Research in the Disciplines Credit Hours: 3 (Preferred)
OR
ENG 113 - Literature-Based Research Credit Hours: 3
OR
ENG 114 - Prof Research & Reporting Credit Hours: 3
MAT 143 - Quantitative Literacy Credit Hours: 3
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credit Hours: 3

Total Hours: Class 11 | Lab 5 | Clin/Wk Exp 0 | Credit 13

Fall - 2nd year:

RAD 110 - Rad Intro & Patient Care Credit Hours: 3
RAD 111 - RAD Procedures I Credit Hours: 4
RAD 151 - RAD Clinical Ed I Credit Hours: 2

Total Hours: Class 5 | Lab 6 | Clin/Wk Exp 6 | Credit 9

Spring - 2nd year:

RAD 112 - RAD Procedures II Credit Hours: 4
RAD 121 - Radiographic Imaging I Credit Hours: 3
RAD 161 - RAD Clinical Ed II Credit Hours: 5

Total Hours: Class 5 | Lab 6 | Clin/Wk Exp 15 | Credit 12

Summer - 2nd year:

RAD 131 - Radiographic Physics I Credit Hours: 2
RAD 122 - Radiographic Imaging II Credit Hours: 2
RAD 171 - RAD Clinical Ed III Credit Hours: 4

Total Hours: Class 2 | Lab 6 | Clin/Wk Exp 12 | Credit 8

Fall - 3rd year:

RAD 211 - RAD Procedures III Credit Hours: 3
RAD 231 - Radiographic Physics II Credit Hours: 2
RAD 241 - Radiobiology/Protection Credit Hours: 2
RAD 251 - RAD Clinical Ed IV Credit Hours: 7

Total Hours: Class 5 | Lab 6 | Clin/Wk Exp 21 | Credit 14

Spring - 3rd year:

RAD 245 - Image Analysis Credit Hours: 2
RAD 261 - RAD Clinical Ed V Credit Hours: 7
RAD 271 - Radiography Capstone Credit Hours: 1

Total Hours: Class 1 | Lab 6 | Clin/Wk Exp 21 | Credit 10

Grand Total Hours: Class 38 | Lab 38 | Clin/Wk Exp 75 | Credit 76

Note:

Students must complete BIO 168 , BIO 169 , ENG 111 , ENG 112 or ENG 113 or ENG 114 , MAT 143 or higher, PSY 150 , and a Humanities/Fine Arts elective, prior to the program application deadline and prior to admission to the program. Students must also be accepted into the Radiography program prior to taking RAD courses.