Degrees and Requirements
Medical Imaging
This major is meant to prepare students for a career in Medical Imaging, including, but not limited to, radiography, MRI, nuclear medicine and ultrasound. A student must have already completed an approved hospital program in one of these areas.
To successfully complete the Medical Imaging major, the following coursework is required:
- Current RT or RDMS Certification (15 credits)/ Medical Imaging Science Credits (up to 45 credits)
- 21 credits of Liberal Arts courses
- 9 Health Services Credits
- 9 credits of CORE curriculum courses
- 21 credits of General Electives
- A minimum of 120 credits are required for the degree, the last 30 of which must be earned at La Roche University.
Summary of Requirements
Health Services Componenet: 9 credits
HMGT3010HEALTH FINANCE FOR THE HEALTH
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course is designed to provide medical imaging students with an overview of the financial management of medical imaging as well as the other important components of healthcare operating units. In this course, an emphasis will be placed on financial statements, financial analysis, budgeting, payment systems, performance analysis, and cost control. The course content will enable the student to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for effective understanding of medical imaging financial management as well as the overall effective financial management in healthcare organizations.
HMGT3030MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP FOR
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course is designed to provide students an opportunity to develop knowledge of management and leadership skills. Management and leadership roles in a variety of health care settings will be examined. Relevant research as it relates to the management and leadership role in healthcare will be explored.
HMGT3035HEALTH POLICY IN THE HEALTH
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of the current context of health care including the organization and financing of patient services, reimbursement, and the scope and role of regulatory agencies that define heath care practice. Health policy issues and the political process addressing those issues will be examined. Strategies for influencing the political process by health professionals, lay and special advocacy groups will be explored.
Liberal Arts Component 1: 12 credits
ADMG1018FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
An introduction to the three major schools of management thought: the classical, the behavioral and the management science schools. The major emphasis is on the fundamentals of each school of thought and also on the integrative approach to management, drawing on the systems and contingency approaches.
PHIL3027BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
The course addresses significant ethical issues and controversies that occur in the health professions. Students are not encouraged to adopt any particular ethical position or view but rather gain an ability to review and analyze the reasons that support various norms and opinions in this field.
PSYC1021INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This survey course introduces students to several critical areas of psychology. Throughout the course, there is an emphasis on the scientific method, its application to psychology, and the insights gained from scientific research. The interactions among biological processes, cognitive and emotional responses, sociocultural forces, and behavior are examined. Included are such diverse topics as: health, stress, and coping; consciousness, sleep and dreams; effects of psychoactive drugs on behavior and health; psychological disorders; social psychology; types of learning and behavior management, information processing approaches including memory, encoding and retrieval; and the relationship of the nervous system to thought, feelings, and behaviors.
SOCL1021RACE, CLASS AND GENDER: INTRO TO
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course is an introduction to the study of society through the critical analysis of social relations, behavior, and organization. It is designed to facilitate students to develop a broad knowledge of how social structures and human behavior influence each other, as well as to identify the issues that arise from such interactions. In order for students to critically analyze contemporary social issues and problems, such discussions will focus along the dimensions of race, class, and gender. No prior knowledge of sociology is expected.
Liberal Arts Component 2: 3 Credits (Select 1 of the following Courses)
MATH1004STATISTICS IN HEALTH CARE
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course focuses on the applications of statistics to the health sciences and nursing fields. The major topics are exploratory data analysis (graphical and numerical descriptions of data); data production and its design; basic concepts and properties of probability and probability distributions, including the normal distribution and sampling distributions; statistical inference (inference about a population mean or proportion and about comparing two population means or proportions, chi-square test for goodness of fit, and ANOVA to compare population means). This course is reserved for students in the health-sciences and nursing programs.
MATH1040PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: MATH1010 The study of the fundamentals of probability theory with applications to natural and social sciences as well as to mathematics. Discrete and continuous distributions, sampling theory, linear correlation, regression, statistical inference, estimation and analysis of variance are included.
Liberal Arts Component 3: 3 Credits (Select 1 of the following Courses)
ENGL2029BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ENGL1012 OR ENGL1012H This course is designed to teach students best practices in both written and oral business communication. Types of communications include: business letters, emails, reports, executive summaries, cover letters, resumes, PowerPoint presentations, and the job interview.
ENGL2030TECHNICAL WRITING
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ENGL1012 OR ENGL1012H Designed to apply the basic principles of communication to technical information so that the student can learn to present complex technical messages in the clearest possible way.
PREREQUISITES:
ENGL1012(H)
Liberal Arts Component 4: 3 Credits (Select 1 of the following Courses)
ADMG3024PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course is designed to provide students in the professional areas with training in preparing and giving professional presentations. Students will develop skills in audience/client assessment, research, presentation design and development, using presentation tools and presentation evaluation.
PREREQUISITES:
Reserved for JR/SR Only
SPCH1001MODERN PUBLIC SPEAKING
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
Intended to develop an understanding of and facility in the preparation, organization, delivery and criticism of speeches.