Radiography Program Options

We have program options for everyone with opportunities that reflect the diversity of career paths in Medical Imaging. Our radiology and advanced certificate programs prepare students, no matter what option is chosen, to succeed in the field of medical imaging. Our options are outlined below.

Please review our admissions requirements for details on how to apply.

Elgin Community College's Computed Tomography Program is designed around an R.T.’s busy work schedule. Students can elect to complete the program FULL-TIME or PART-TIME. Typically it takes twice as long to complete the program if enrolled part-time. The clinical component is completed in the second year.

Courses are either ONLINE or HYBRID (depending on the course). Online courses are delivered 100% online with no face-to-face sessions required. Hybrid courses deliver the content online, but 50% of the class is face-to-face (often, those sessions include lab activities).  Those class times are scheduled in the evenings.

Clinical assignments are 15-20 hours/week.  Students schedule themselves into available slots at assigned clinical site(s) around the student’s work schedule.

The CT Program is a 2-semester program if enrolled as a full-time student (Fall and Spring semesters). Full-time enrollees take all of the courses offered each of the 2 semesters, including clinical. It takes 2 semesters (one academic year) to complete the program. Part-time enrollees take the didactic courses in the first year and the clinical courses in the second year. It takes 4 semesters (2 academic years) to complete the program as a part-time student). The program has 25 credit hours and 560 total clinical hours.

Full-Time Option

Fall Semester
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
CTI 100** CT Physical Principles I (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
CTI 101** CT Procedures I 3 cr/4 cont 1st 8 weeks
AMI 110 Advanced Sectional Anatomy I (online) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
AMI 102 Patient Care and Safety (hybrid) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
CTI 103 CT Clinical Practicum I (~ 15 hrs/wk) 3 cr/15 cont 16 weeks
Spring Semester
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
CTI 200** CT Physical Principles II (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
CTI 201** CT Procedures II (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 1st 8 weeks
AMI 210 Advanced Sectional Anatomy II (online) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
AMI 204 CT Clinical Practicum II (~20 hrs/wk) 4 cr/20 cont 16 weeks

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**courses are only offered in the odd years (i.e., starting in Fall 2019)

Part-Time Options

A part-time student has THREE options, depending on the year of initial enrollment.

Part-Time Option One
Fall - Year 1
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
AMI 110 Advanced Sectional Anatomy I (online) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
AMI 102 Patient Care and Safety (hybrid) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
Spring - Year 1
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
AMI 210 Advanced Sectional Anatomy II (online) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
Fall - Year 2
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
CTI 100** CT Physical Principles I (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
CTI 101** CT Procedures I (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 1st 8 weeks
CTI 103 CT Clinical Practicum I (~15 hrs/wk) 3 cr/15 cont 16 weeks
Spring - Year 2
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
CTI 200** CT Physical Principles II (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
CTI 201** CT Procedures II (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 1st 8 weeks
CTI 204 CT Clinical Practicum II (~20 hrs/week) 4 cr/4 cont 1st 8 weeks

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**courses are only offered in the odd years (i.e., starting in Fall 2019)

Part-Time Option Two
Fall - Year 1
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
CTI 100** CT Physical Principles I (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
CTI 101** CT Procedures I (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 1st 8 weeks
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
CTI 200** CT Physical Principles II (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
CTI 201** CT Procedures II (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 1st 8 weeks
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
AMI 110 Advanced Sectional Anatomy I (online) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
AMI 102 Patient Care and Safety (hybrid) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
CTI 103 CT Clinical Practicum I (~15 hrs/week) 3 cr/15 cont 16 weeks

Elgin Community College's Magnetic Resonance Program is designed around an R.T.'s busy work schedule. Students can elect to complete the program FULL-TIME or PART-TIME. Typically it takes twice as long to complete the program if enrolled part-time.

Courses are either ONLINE or HYBRID (depending on the course). Online courses are delivered 100% online with no face-to-face sessions required. Hybrid courses deliver the content online, but 50% of the class is face-to-face (often, those sessions include lab activities).  Those class times are scheduled in the evenings.

Clinical assignments are typically 20 hours/week. Students schedule themselves into available slots at assigned clinical site(s) around the student's work schedule.

The MR Program is a 3-semester long program if enrolled as a full-time student (starts in the fall, ends in the summer). Full-time enrollees take all of the courses offered each of the 3 semesters, including clinical. It takes 3 semesters to complete the program. Part-time enrollees take the didactic courses in the first year and the clinical courses in the second year. It takes 6 semesters to complete the program as a part-time student). The program has 27 total credits and 720 total clinical hours.

Full-Time Option

Fall Semester
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
MRI 100** MR Physical Principles I (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
MRI 101** MR Procedures I (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
AMI 110 Advanced Sectional Anatomy I (online) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
AMI 102 Patient Care and Safety 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
MRI 103 MR Clinical Practicum I (~10 hrs/wk) 2 cr/10 cont 16 weeks
Spring Semester
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
MRI 200** Clinical Aspects in MR (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
MRI 201** MR Procedures II (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 16 weeks
AMI 210 Advanced Sectional Anatomy II (online) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
MRI 204 MR Clinical Practicum II (~20 hrs/wk) 4 cr/20 cont 16 weeks
Summer Term
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
MRI 205 MR Clinical Practicum III (~24 hrs/wk) 3 cr/15 cont 10 weeks

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**Courses are only offered in the EVEN years (i.e., starting in Fall 2018)

Part-Time Options

A part-time student has THREE options, depending on the year of initial enrollment.

Part-Time Option One
Fall - Year 1
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
AMI 110 Advanced Sectional Anatomy I (online) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
AMI 102 Patient Care and Safety (hybrid) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
Spring - Year 1
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
AMI 210 Advanced Sectional Anatomy II (online) 2 cr/3 cont 16 weeks
Fall - Year 2
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
MRI 100** MR Physical Principles I (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
MRI 101** MR Procedures I (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
MRI 103 MR Clinical Practicum I (~10 hrs/week) 2 cr/10 cont 16 weeks
Spring - Year 2
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
MRI 200** Clinical Aspects in MR (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
MRI 201** MR Procedures II 3 cr/4 cont 16 weeks
MRI 204 MR Clinical Practicum II (~20 hrs/week)) 4 cr/20 cont 16 weeks
Summer - Year 2
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
MRI 205 MR Clinical Practicum III (~24 hrs/wk) 3 cr/15 cont 10 weeks

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**Courses are only offered in the EVEN years (i.e., starting in Fall 2018)

 

Part-Time Option Two
Fall - Year 1
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
MRI 100** MR Physical Principles I (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
MRI 101** MR Procedures I (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2ng 8 weeks
Spring - Year 1
Course Number Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
MRI 200** Clinical Aspects in MR (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 2nd 8 weeks
MRI 201** MR Procedures II (hybrid) 3 cr/4 cont 16 weeks

Elgin Community College's Mammography Program is designed around an R.T.'s busy work schedule. Courses are either ONLINE or HYBRID (depending on the course). Online courses are delivered 100% online with no face-to-face sessions required. Hybrid courses deliver the content online, but 50% of the class is face-to-face (often, those sessions include lab activities). Those class times are scheduled in the evenings.

Clinical assignments are 15 hours/week. Students schedule themselves into available slots at the assigned clinical site(s) around the student's work schedule. The program has 13 credit hours and 240 total clinical hours.

The Mammography Program is a 2-semester program offered in the Fall and Spring terms.

Full-Time
Fall Semester Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
MAM 101 Fundamentals of Breast Imaging (online) 1cr/1 cont 1st 8 weeks
MAM 102 Instrumentation and QA 2 cr/3 cont 2nd 8 weeks
MAM 103 Breast Anatomy and Pathology (online) 2 cr/2cont 1st 8 weeks
MAM 104 Breast Imaging Techniques 2 cr/3 cont 2nd 8 weeks
MAM 105 Breast Imaging Procedures 3 cr/4.5 cont 1st 8 weeks
MAM 106 Mammography Clinical Practicum (~15 hrs/wk) 3 cr/15 cont 16 weeks
Part-Time Only
Spring Semester Course Title Credit/Contact # Weeks
MAM 106 Mammography Clinical Practicum (~15 hrs/week) 3cr/15conhr 16 weeks

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