Medical Imaging B.S.

Admission Requirements for Concentrations in Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nuclear Medicine Technology, and Radiologic Technology 

Concentrators

1. Completion of the Enrollment Form signed by the program director.
2. Completion of all required courses, with a minimum grade of C in each course.
3. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.70.
4. An interview with the program director of the Rhode Island Hospital School of Diagnostic Imaging.

Admission Requirements for Concentrations in Certified RT Computed Tomography 

Prior American Registry of Radiologic Technologists certification and concurrent acceptance into the Rhode Island Hospital School of Diagnostic Imaging.

Retention Requirement for All Concentrations

A minimum grade of C in all required courses.

General Education Requirements for Concentrations in Certified RT Computed Tomography and Certified RT Management

Students must complete the college’s General Education requirements, with the following contingencies:

1. Students will take a required MATH course in the cognates for each program that will satisfy their General Education Mathematics category.
2. Students will receive transfer credit for NS 175, which will fulfill the Natural Science category.
3. Students will receive transfer credit for AQSR 175, which will fulfill the Advanced Quantitative/Scientific Reasoning category.

Course Requirements

CHOOSE concentration A, B, C, D, E, or F below.

A. Certified RT Computed Tomography

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
CTSC 300	Principles of Computed Tomography	2	As needed.
CTSC 301	Computed Tomography Physics and Radiation Protection	2	As needed.
CTSC 407	Sectional Anatomy and Pathology	2	As needed.
CTSC 432	Computed Tomography Clinical Practice	8	As needed.

Cognates

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
COMM 336	Health Communication	4	Spring.
MATH 139	Contemporary Topics in Mathematics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Note: MATH 139: Fulfills the mathematics category of General Education.

Electives

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ELECTIVES		8-11

Radiologic Technology Certification Transfer Credits

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
TRANSFER CREDITS		60
	Total Credit Hours:	90-93

B. Certified RT Management

Cognates

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
COMM 336	Health Communication	4	Spring.
MATH 177	Quantitative Business Analysis I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MGT 301	Foundations of Management	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	TWO COURSES in management at the 300-level or above	6

Note: MATH 177 Fulfills the mathematics category of General Education.

Electives

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ELECTIVES		9-12

Radiologic Technology Certification Transfer Credits

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
TRANSFER CREDITS		60
	Total Credit Hours:	86-89

C. Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
DMS 300	Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Sonography	4	Spring.
DMS 301	Abdominal, Obstetrical, and Gynecological Sonography	3	Spring.
DMS 303	Abdominal Sonography I	1.5	Summer.
DMS 305	Obstetrical and Gynecological Sonography I	1.5	Summer.
DMS 307	Sonographic Principles and Instrumentation I	1	Fall.
DMS 310	Clinical Practice I	4.5	Spring.
DMS 330	Clinical Practice II	8.5	Summer.
DMS 333	Abdominal Sonography II	1.5	Fall.
DMS 335	Obstetrical and Gynecological Sonography II	1.5	Fall.
DMS 337	Sonographic Principles and Instrumentation II	1	Spring.
DMS 403	Abdominal Sonography III	1.5	Spring.
DMS 405	Obstetrical and Gynecological Sonography III	1.5	Spring.
DMS 410	Clinical Practice III	8.5	Fall.
DMS 430	Clinical Practice IV	8.5	Spring.
RADT 201	Orientation to Medical Imaging	1	Fall, Spring.
RADT 255	Patient Care Interventions for Allied Health	1	Summer, Spring.

Cognates

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 108	Basic Principles of Biology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 231	Human Anatomy	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 335	Human Physiology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 336	Health Communication	4	Spring.
MATH 139	Contemporary Topics in Mathematics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHYS 110	Introductory Physics	4	Spring.
	Total Credit Hours:	75

D. Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MRI 301	Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging	5	Spring.
MRI 309	Clinical Observation	4	Spring.
MRI 310	Clinical Practice I	8	Summer.
MRI 311	Cross Sectional Anatomy and Imaging Procedures I	3	Summer.
MRI 321	Physical Principles I	3	Summer.
MRI 410	Clinical Practice II	8	Fall.
MRI 411	Cross Sectional Anatomy and Imaging Procedures II	3	Fall.
MRI 420	Clinical Practice III	8	Spring.
MRI 421	Physical Principles II	3	Fall.
MRI 430	Registry Review	2	Spring.
MRI 455	MRI Pathology	1	Spring.
RADT 201	Orientation to Medical Imaging	1	Fall, Spring.
RADT 255	Patient Care Interventions for Allied Health	1	Summer, Spring.
RADT 455	Comprehensive Radiographic Pathology	2	Spring.

Cognates

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 108	Basic Principles of Biology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 231	Human Anatomy	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 335	Human Physiology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 336	Health Communication	4	Spring.
MATH 139	Contemporary Topics in Mathematics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHYS 110	Introductory Physics	4	Spring.
	Total Credit Hours:	76

E. Nuclear Medicine Technology

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NMT 231	Clinical Observation	3.5	Spring.
NMT 301	Introduction to Nuclear Medicine Technology	4	Spring.
NMT 311	Radiation Safety and Radiation Physics	2	Spring.
NMT 321	Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Procedures I	3	Spring.
NMT 332	Clinical Diagnostic Procedures I	8.5	Summer.
NMT 402	Instrumentation and Radiobiology	2	Fall.
NMT 405	Radiopharmacy	1	Summer.
NMT 421	Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Procedures II	3	Summer.
NMT 425	Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Procedures III	3	Fall.
NMT 430	Registry Review	2	Spring.
NMT 431	Clinical Diagnostic Procedures II	8.5	Fall.
NMT 432	Clinical Diagnostic Procedures III	6.5	Spring.
RADT 201	Orientation to Medical Imaging	1	Fall, Spring.
RADT 255	Patient Care Interventions for Allied Health	1	Summer, Spring.
CTSC 300	Principles of Computed Tomography	2	As needed.
CTSC 301	Computed Tomography Physics and Radiation Protection	2	As needed.
CTSC 407	Sectional Anatomy and Pathology	2	As needed.

Cognates

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 108	Basic Principles of Biology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 231	Human Anatomy	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 335	Human Physiology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 103	General Chemistry I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 104	General Chemistry II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 336	Health Communication	4	Spring.
MATH 209	Precalculus Mathematics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHYS 110	Introductory Physics	4	Spring.
	Total Credit Hours:	83.5

F. Radiologic Technology

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
RADT 201	Orientation to Medical Imaging	1	Fall, Spring.
RADT 255	Patient Care Interventions for Allied Health	1	Summer, Spring.
RADT 301	Introduction to Radiologic Technology	3.5	Summer.
RADT 305	Skeletal Anatomy	3	Fall.
RADT 306	Radiographic Procedures I	3	Fall.
RADT 307	Radiographic Procedures II	3	Spring.
RADT 308	Radiographic Procedures III	3	Summer.
RADT 309	Clinical Education I	3.5	Fall.
RADT 310	Clinical Education II	3.5	Spring.
RADT 320	Principles of Radiography I	3	Spring.
RADT 321	Principles of Radiography II	3	Summer.
RADT 330	Radiation Physics I	3	Spring.
RADT 411	Clinical Education III	8	Fall.
RADT 412	Clinical Education IV	8	Spring.
RADT 425	Ethics/Critical Thinking and Problem Solving	2	Spring.
RADT 431	Radiation Physics II	3	Fall.
RADT 440	Cross-Sectional Anatomy	1	Fall.
RADT 455	Comprehensive Radiographic Pathology	2	Spring.
RADT 461	Registry Review	3	Spring.

Cognates

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 108	Basic Principles of Biology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 231	Human Anatomy	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 335	Human Physiology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 336	Health Communication	4	Spring.
MATH 139	Contemporary Topics in Mathematics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHYS 110	Introductory Physics	4	Spring.
	Total Credit Hours:	84.5