Eligibility: All students must be graduates of an approved radiologic technology program and be registered or registry eligible according to the standards provided by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. Radiographers must be registered in Radiography for one year prior to being eligible to sit for the Computed Tomography Registry.

Program Requirements: All students must hold a current CPR-C certification. Students must maintain a C average in all courses. A career certificate will not be awarded until a grade of C or better is obtained in all didactic and clinical components.

Clinical Requirements: Students will be required to locate an imaging center/hospital to complete the clinical component of this course. An NVCC Preceptor Agreement must be presented to the clinical staff. The contract must be signed and filed in the radiography offices prior to beginning clinical rotations. Days and hours of clinical assignments will be agreed upon by the preceptor and the students. Students must complete the specified clinical hours by the end of the semester.

				Credits
One Semester
	ENG	/SPD	Elective	3
	RAD	242	CT Procedures and Instrumentation	2
	1 RAD	243	Clinical Internship in Computed
			Tomography	2
	2 RAD	244	Case Studies in CT	1
	RAD	247	Cross-sectional Anatomy	3
		Total Credits/Semester		11

Total credits for the Computed Tomography Career Studies Certificate = 11.

¹ The CT clinical internship will begin the fourth week of the semester. Students must complete 160 hours of clinical work in a 12-week period (approximately 13 hours weekly).

² Case studies will be offered in a weekend format.

Students may complete the Career Studies Certificate in Magnetic Resonance Imaging concurrently by registering for the following additional courses:

RAD 115 Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 3 cr. RAD 136 Clinical Procedures in MRI 3 cr. RAD 298 Seminar & Project - Case Studies in MRI 1 cr.