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Professional Organizations
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
Arkansas Society of Radiologic Technologists (ArSRT)

Professional Curriculum
The professional curriculum for the education of radiographers is organized into four (4) semesters and
leads to a certificate at the end of the program.

Clinical and academic involvement is no more than forty (40) contact hours per week. Students receive
over 700 contact hours of scheduled classroom studies and approximately 1,632 contact hours of clinical
experience during the two (2) year program. Daily clinical education is taught by ARRT registered staff
radiographers at all clinical laboratory affiliates. For equitable learning experiences, all students will
rotate through the same clinical sites. Evening shifts are also part of the clinical rotation schedule to
achieve proficiency in radiographic procedures involving trauma and for the development of critical
thinking skills.

Schedules include 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Students will
begin the day in clinical, with academics scheduled from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
In semesters II and III students in the program will participate in evening (1:00-8:30 p.m.) rotations,
where 1:00-4:00 p.m. is devoted to academics, and clinical follows from 4:00-8:30 p.m.

First Year: Fall Semester I
RADG 3001 Introduction to Radiography 1
RADG 3208 Clinical Education I 8
RADG 3301 Image Analysis I 1
SP 0001 Spiritual Perspectives in Healthcare 1
RADG 3101 Medical Terminology 1
RADG 3402 Patient Care in the Radiologic Sciences
(Basic Concepts) 2
RADG 3102 Radiographic Procedures I (Contrast Media) 2
RADG 3201 Medical Ethics and Law 1
RADG 3003 Radiographic Procedures II 3
RADG 3401 Radiation Production & Characteristics I 1
(21 credits)
First Year: Spring Semester I
RADG 3901 Patient Care in the Radiological Sciences
(Advanced Concepts) 1
RADG 3303 Radiographic Procedures III (Routine/Pediatrics) 3
RADG 3309 Clinical Education II 9
RADG 3501 Image Analysis II 1
RADG 2402 Radiation Production & Characteristics II 2
RADG 3302 Digital Image Acquisition & Display I 2
RADG 3601 Radiographic Procedures IV (Special Procedures) 1
RADG 3701 Imaging Equipment
(CT, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI) 1
(20 credits)

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