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The Off-Hour Assignment includes both evening and weekend shifts and will commence during the winter or spring quarter of the second year. 

Each student selects four eight-hour shifts in any of the following combinations:

• Two weekend day shifts
• Two weekend pm shifts
• Four pm shifts in the same week

Evening assignments occur between the hours of 1:00 pm and 9:30 pm and weekend day assignments occur between the hours of 8 am and 4:30 pm.

• El Camino
• Hazel Hawkins
• PAMF - Fremont
• PAMF - Los Gatos
• PAMF - Mt. View
• PAMF - Palo Alto
• PAMF - San Carlos
• PAMF - Sunnyvale
• Regional Medical Center
• Stanford Healthcare
• Valley Medical
• UCSF Medical Center (Parnassus, Mount Zion, Mission Bay, Orthopaedic Institute)

Visit our Clinical Affiliates page for more information.

Yes. The prerequisites are:

• High School graduation or a valid G.E.D.
• MATH 40A or equivalent completed with a grade of "C" or higher. 
• CHEM 30A, CHEM 25, or any equivalent college chemistry that includes a lab with a grade of "C" or better.
• ENGL C1000, or C1000H, or ESLL 26 or equivalent with a grade of "C" or better.
• COMM 2 or equivalent with a grade of “C” or better.
• BIOL 40A, 40B & 40C or a semester of Anatomy and a semester of Physiology with a minimum GPA of 2.5.
• AHS 52 or Medical Terminology course of 3 quarter units or more with a grade of "C" or better.
• RT 200L or equivalent with a grade of C or better.

All prerequisites must be completed with a grade on your transcripts prior to applying to the program. 

The online application is available from October to March. A Foothill Student ID is required to login to My Portal to apply.  Students are admitted once a year only, beginning in July. Annual selections are made by May 1st each year, and applicants are notified by email of acceptance or non-acceptance at that time. Prior to the deadline, complete an online application, and submit official college e-transcripts for each college attended to: 

Besides tuition, additional costs include books, supplies and uniforms. Program costs are detailed in the program information packet.

Non-residents must pay a non-resident fee at the time of registration. Reliable transportation is necessary since travel is required from the campus to hospitals.

Financial Aid and scholarships are available. In addition to the above, the standard Foothill College enrollment fees are required.

After 23 consecutive months of competency-based, clinical, classroom, and laboratory instruction, students will receive an Associate of Science Degree in Radiologic Technology; and qualify to take the California State and National Registry Exam.

The Foothill College Radiologic Technology Program does not admit students with advanced standing. Course content and competencies vary a great deal from program to program and therefore, students admitted to the Foothill College Radiologic Technology Program are required to complete all courses in the Radiologic Technology Curriculum.