Radiography

Radiography Technology

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.

Program Mission Statement: The mission of the Sandhills Community College Radiography Program is to prepare students for entry-level positions in health care facilities.

Program Goals:
I. Graduates will be competent radiographers.
II. Graduates will possess needed interpersonal and professional skills.

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.

The Radiography program is accredited by:

The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2850
Chicago, IL 60606-2901
Phone: 312-704-5300
Fax: 312-704-5304
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Website: www.jrcert.org

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Radiography
(A45700)
Associate in Applied Science Degree Program


  Course Hours
Class
Per Week
Lab
Semester Hours
Credit
FIRST SEMESTER (Fall)
ACA 115 Success & Study Skills 0 2 1
BIO 165 Anatomy & Physiology I 3 3 4
ENG 111 Expository Writing 3 0 3
RAD 110 RAD Intro & Patient Care 2 3 3
RAD 111 RAD Procedures I 3 3 4
RAD 151 Clinical Education I 0 6 2
  11 17 17
SECOND SEMESTER (Spring)
BIO 166 Anatomy & Physiology II 3 3 4
ENG 112 Argument Based Research 3 0 3
RAD 112 RAD Procedures II 3 3 4
RAD 121 Radiographic Imaging I 2 3 3
RAD 161 Clinical Education II 0 15 5
  11 24 19
THIRD SEMESTER (Summer)
RAD 122 Radiographic Imaging II 1 3 2
RAD 131 Radiographic Physics I 1 3 2
RAD 171 Clinical Education III 0 12 4
  2 18 8
FOURTH SEMESTER (Fall)
RAD 211 RAD Procedures III 2 3 3
RAD 231 Radiographic Physics II 1 3 2
RAD 241 Radiation Protection 2 0 2
RAD 251 Clinical Education IV 0 21 7
*** Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective 3 0 3
  8 27 17
FIFTH SEMESTER (Spring)
RAD 245 RAD Quality Management 1 3 2
RAD 261 Clinical Education V 0 21 7
RAD 271 Radiography Capstone 0 3 1
*** Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3 0 3
  4 27 13
Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit: 74
 

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