Class Schedule

• Description: Continuation of R T 51B; radiographic anatomy, positioning, and terminology, related to the skull, vertebral column, bony thorax, genitourinary system, pediatric and trauma radiology. Intended for students in the Radiologic Technology Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in the program.
• Prerequisite: R T 51B.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory:
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week. 48 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: Third of four courses that includes clinical participation and application of basic positioning, patient care, equipment manipulation, radiation protection, and image analysis. Emphasis is placed on the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spines; sacrum and coccyx; and thorax and skull. A clinical presentation is also required with the same emphasis. Intended for students in the Radiologic Technology Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in the program.
• Prerequisite: R T 53B.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory:
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 176 hours lab per quarter. This is an 11 week course - 16 hours clinical laboratory per week.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: Third of three courses that include laboratory participation and application of basic positioning, patient care, equipment manipulation, radiation protection, image analysis, and technical radiographic experiments. Emphasis on vertebral column, sacrum and coccyx, ribs, skull, urinary system, trauma, and pediatric, as learned in the companion lecture course, R T 51C. Intended for students in the Radiologic Technology Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in the program.
• Prerequisite: R T 53BL.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory:
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lab per week. 36 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: Radiographic pathology of the respiratory, osseous, fractures, urinary, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, central nervous, hemopoietic and endocrine systems, bone densitometry and associated pathologies. Intended for students in the Radiologic Technology Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in the program.
• Prerequisite: R T 54B.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in R T 51D.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week. 36 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: Continuation of R T 55B, including physics and technique with the main focus on radiation protection of the patient and the occupational worker. Intended for students in the Radiologic Technology Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in the program.
• Prerequisite: R T 55B.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in R T 52B.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week. 36 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: Professional development in radiography, continuing education, and advanced modality opportunities. Intended for students in the Radiologic Technology Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in the program.
• Prerequisite: R T 62B.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory:
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week. 36 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: Special emphasis on reviewing the content specifications for the ARRT Examination in Radiography; radiation protection, equipment operation and quality control, image acquisition and evaluation, imaging procedures, patient care and education. Intended for students in the Radiologic Technology Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in the program.
• Prerequisite: R T 62B.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory:
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 3 hours lecture per week. 36 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

• Description: Third of three courses that includes clinical participation and application of basic positioning, patient care, equipment manipulation, radiation protection, and image analysis. Emphasis on radiographic techniques and positioning in trauma radiology. Intended for students in the Radiologic Technology Program; enrollment is limited to students accepted in the program.
• Prerequisite: R T 63B.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory:
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 32 hours lab per week. 384 hours total per quarter. This is a clinical laboratory course.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: Introduction to the radiological sciences and its role in health care. Focus on the use of ionizing radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and on the health professionals responsible for providing this medical specialty. Discussion of requirements for the Radiologic Technology Program. Three hours hospital observation included.
• Prerequisite: COMM 2.
• Corequisite:
• Advisory:
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 18 hours lecture per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:
• Transferability: None
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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