CFCC 2024-2025 Catalog & Student Handbook 
    
    Nov 11, 2024  
CFCC 2024-2025 Catalog & Student Handbook

Radiography, A.A.S. (A45700)


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This program has selective admission requirements. Contact the Counseling Office for information and application deadlines.

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 this program 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, public health, mobile x-ray companies, and industry. With more specialized education, a qualified Radiographer may advance into the areas of Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasonography, Computerized Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), education, or hospital administration.

General Education Requirements (20 - 24 credits)


Required Courses


Take 3 credits:

Humanities/Fine Arts Electives


Take 3 credits:

Social/Behavioral Science Electives


Take 3 credits:

Biology Electives


Take 1 of 2 Groups:

Other Major Requirements (4 credits)


Total Credits: 74-78


Spring Semester I


Fall Semester II


Spring Semester II


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