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

Additional Program Information
None

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 1,760 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. An evening shift is 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.

Fall Semester I
RADG 3001 Introduction to Radiography 1
RADG 3104 Clinical Education I 4
RADG 3301 Image Analysis I 1
*SP 0001 Spiritual Perspectives in Healthcare 1
RADG 3101 Medical Terminology 1
RADG 3002 Image Processing 2
RADG 3102 Radiographic Procedures I (Contrast Media) 2
RADG 3201 Medical Ethics and Law 1
RADG 3003 Radiographic Procedures II 3
RADG 3204 Clinical Education II 4
RADG 3401 Radiation Production & Characteristics I 1
(21 credits)
Spring Semester I
RADG 3103 Patient Care in the Radiological Sciences 3
RADG 3303 Radiographic Procedures III (Routine/Pediatrics) 3

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