Radiation Therapy Professional Sequence (08/28/08)

General Education and Prerequisite Courses                                   54 semester credit hours

*= Radiologic and Imaging Sciences Core Courses                        19 semester credit hours

Radiation Therapy Professional Sequence                                      54 semester credit hours

Total                                                                                                      127 semester credit hours

Junior Fall Semester                                                              Sem. Credit Hrs.

*RI   401               Computer Applications                                                                         3

  RIS 322               Radiation Protection Physics                                                               2

  RIS 458               Neoplastic Clinical Rad/Imaging Sci                                                   3

  RIT 330               Radiation Therapy Principals & Practices I                                       4

  RIT 331               Radiation Therapy Principals & Practices I  Lab                               1                     

                                                                                                                                                13

Junior Winter Semester                                                         Sem. Credit Hrs.

*RIS 320               Principles of Rad Imaging Sciences                                                    3

*RIS 441               Gross Human Sectional Anatomy                                                       4

  RIT 420               Radiation Therapy Physics I                                                                2

  RIT 332               Radiation Therapy Principles & Practices II                                      3

  RIT 333               Radiation Therapy Principles & Practices II  Lab                             1

  RIT 361               Radiation Therapy Clinical Ed. I                                                           2

                                                                                                                                                15

Junior Spring/Summer Semester                                           Sem. Credit Hrs.

  RIT 362              Radiation Therapy Clinical Ed. II                                                      4

                                                                                                                                              4

Senior Fall Semester                                                               Sem. Credit Hrs.

  RIS 452              GI/GU Clinical Rad/Imaging Sci                                                         3

  RIT 422               Radiation Therapy Physics II                                                            2

  RIT 430               Radiation Therapy Principles and Practices III                               3

  RIT 431               Radiation Therapy Principles and Practices III  Lab                      1

  RIT 460               Radiation Therapy Clinical Ed. III                                                     3

  RIT 470               Rad Therapy Treatment Planning                                                     2

  RIT 471               Rad Therapy Treatment Planning Lab                                             1

  RIS 424               Computed Tomography Instrumentation                                        2

                                                                                                                                            17

Senior Winter Semester                                                         Sem. Credit Hrs.

*RIS 310               Rad & Imaging Sci Management                                                       3

  RIT 322               Radiation Biology                                                                                 2

  RIT 432               Radiation Therapy Principals & Practices IV                                   3

  RIT 433               Radiation Therapy Principals & Practices IV  Lab                          1

  RIT 461               Radiation Therapy Clinical Ed. IV                                                      3

  RIT 472               Intro to Medical Dosimetry                                                                 2

  RIT 473               Intro to Medical Dosimetry Lab                                                         1

  RIT 495               Advanced Clinical Problems in Radiation Therapy (Capstone)    3

                                                                                                                                              18

Radiation Therapy majors are recommended to take General Education Theme #14 to include either NUR 354 or SS 381 as one of these courses is required for the major. When ANT 316 is also taken as part of this elective, it can be used to meet the General Education World Perspectives requirement.

Total clinical education contact hours = 1312