Radiography

Contact(s): Tiffany Barbee

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

Coursework includes clinical rotations to area healthcare 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.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

Accurately position patients for routine and non-routine exams.
Comply with radiation safety principles.
Evaluate radiographic images to determine diagnostic quality.
Implement critical thinking skills during non-routine exams.
Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for employment as a radiologic technologist.

Accreditation

Stanly Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees. The Radiography Program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT).

JRCERT standards for accreditation of radiography programs are located on the JRCERT website at http://www.JRCERT.org. If a student feels the Radiography Program at Stanly Community College is not in compliance with the standards set forth by the JRCERT, the student has the right to pursue allegations of non-compliance. The student should first report the allegations to the appropriate college personnel. If the allegations are not resolved, the student may follow the appropriate procedures for reporting non-compliance to the JRCERT. This procedure is located on the JRCERT website at http://www.JRCERT.org.

The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology

20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2850

Chicago, Illinois 60606-3182

312-704-5300

mail@jrcert.org

Radiography – Associate in Applied Science – A45700

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall		Credit Hours
BIO 163	Basic Anatomy & Physiology	5
MAT 143	Quantitative Literacy	3
RAD 110	Rad Intro & Patient Care	3
RAD 111	RAD Procedures I	4
RAD 151	RAD Clinical Ed I	2
	Credit Hours	17
Spring
CIS 110	Introduction to Computers	3
PSY 150	General Psychology	3
RAD 112	RAD Procedures II	4
RAD 121	Radiographic Imaging I	3
RAD 161	RAD Clinical Ed II	5
	Credit Hours	18
Summer
RAD 122	Radiographic Imaging II	2
RAD 131	Radiographic Physics I	2
RAD 171	RAD Clinical Ed III	4
	Credit Hours	8
Second Year
Fall
ENG 111	Writing and Inquiry	3
RAD 211	Radiographic Procedures III	3
RAD 231	Radiographic Physics II	2
RAD 241	Radiobiology/Protection	2
RAD 251	RAD Clinical Ed IV	7
	Credit Hours	17
Spring
ENG 112 or ENG 114	Writing and Research in the Disciplines or Professional Research & Reporting	3
RAD 245	Image Analysis	2
RAD 261	Radiographic Clinical Education V	7
RAD 271	Radiography Capstone	1
Humanities Elective ^*		3
	Credit Hours	16
	Total Credit Hours	76