Radiography Program

• Availability and Admission Information
• Program Purpose
• Program Length
• Additional Admission Requirements
• Curriculum
• Eligibility for ARRT Certification
• Positive Drug Screens
• Positive Criminal Background Checks

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Radiography

Associate of Applied Science Degree

Availability and Admission Information:

North Metro Campus.

Program Purpose:

The Radiography program is a sequence of courses that prepares students for positions in Radiology departments and related businesses and industries. Learning opportunities develop academic, technical, and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program emphasizes a combination of didactic and clinical instruction necessary for successful employment. Program graduates receive a Radiologic Technology Associate of Applied Science degree, and possess the qualifications of an entry-level radiographer and are eligible to take the national boards administered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) once all academic and clinical requirements are met.

Program Length:

A full-time student with Regular Admission who has already passed all prerequisite courses with a 'C' or better and maintains satisfactory progress will complete the Radiography-specific course requirements in seven quarters.

Additional Admission Requirements:

Updated Radiography Program Information for Fall Semester 2011

Curriculum:

Program-specific completion requirements

In order for the program officials to certify program completion for ARRT eligibility purposes, each student must successfully complete all of the following:

• RAD prefix courses with a final course average of 75% or higher.
• Required clinical rotation hours.
• Published ARRT competency requirements for the Radiography Examinations.
• Terminal competency examinations with a final score of 80% or higher.
• Written terminal examination with a final score of 75% or higher.

Eligibility for ARRT Certification:

Every candidate for certification must, according to the governing documents, “be a person of good moral character and must not have engaged in conduct that is inconsistent with ARRT Rules of Ethics,” and they must “agree to comply with the ARRT Rules and Regulations and the ARRT Standard of Ethics.”

• A criminal proceeding where a finding or verdict of guilt is made or returned but the adjudication of guilt is either withheld or deferred,
• A proceeding in which the sentence is suspended or stayed
• A criminal proceeding where the individual enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere (no contest), or
• A proceeding resulting in a military courtmartial

ARRT investigates all potential violations in order to determine eligibility.
Further information may be found on the ARRT web site at www.arrt.org.

ARRT also investigates violations relating to:

“the student being subjected to a sanction as a result of a violation of an academic honor code, or suspended or dismissed by an educational program that was attended in order to meet ARRT certification requirements” in order to determine eligibility for certification.

Mandatory Drug Testing and Background Check for Radiography Students

In order to provide competent health care workers and be in compliance with clinical agency contracts, each student will be required to submit to drug screening as well as a criminal background check prior to being admitted into the Radiography Program. Cost associated with these screenings will be paid for by the student. The Radiography Program and the various clinical facilities associated with the program may also conduct random drug screenings. (See Student Handbook)

Positive Drug Screens:

It is unacceptable for students to have illegal drugs in their system, to be under the influence of alcohol, or to have levels of legal drugs which are not disclosed and/or for which no prescription can be produced. Positive findings on a drug screen or refusal to submit to a requested drug screen will result in ineligibility to be admitted to the program. Positive drug findings for students who are currently in the program will result in immediate administrative withdrawal from the program.

Positive Criminal Background Checks:

If a student has been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony (excluding misdemeanor speeding convictions, unless they are related to alcohol or drug use) they are required to report this to the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, which is the Radiography certifying agency. The ARRT may decide to take action in the denial of the student’s application for certification.
(See www.arrt.org for the Pre Application Review of Eligibility for Certification.) The student may also be prohibited from attending the required clinical rotations due to a positive background check, which would prevent the student from completing the Radiography program.