Getting Started

GETTING STARTED

Beginning with Summer 2025, RADT 99 Community Engagement Related to Medical Imaging will no longer be offered. RADT 99 is no longer a prerequisite course for the Rad Tech Program. See Application Worksheet below for more information about credit for having taken the course prior to Summer 2025.

Nondiscriminatory recruitment practices assure applicants have equal opportunity for admission. Defined admission practices facilitate objective student selection. In considering applicants for admission, the program must follow published policies and procedures. Statistical information such as race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, national origin, or any other protected class may be collected; however, the student must voluntarily provide this information. Use of this information in the student selection process is discriminatory. 

 

Counseling

Students must be eligible to enroll at Santa Rosa Junior College. An advising session with a Health Sciences counselor for an educational plan of program prerequisites is highly recommended to all prospective students. The latest Radiologic Technology Student Handbook is available for review.  

Counseling Department  Students should make an appointment with a Health Sciences counselor by calling (707) 527-4451. The Health Sciences counseling liaisons for the Radiologic Technology program are Geoff Navarro at gnavarro@santarosa.edu and Vince Hamilton at vhamilton@santarosa.edu

The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists requires an Associate Degree as an eligibility to sit for the licensing examination. Therefore, the SRJC Radiologic Technology program strongly urges all applicants who do not possess an Associates Degree or higher, to complete all of the GE requirements for an Associate of Science degree prior to admission to the program. The program prerequisites only fulfill a portion of the graduation requirements in local SRJC GE pattern.

The Radiologic Technology program has established articulation agreements with many local community colleges. The following link will help determine the transferability of your classes. For those classes and colleges not listed, please consult your college counselor. The program curriculum is available as a certificate of completion for those who already have an associate level degree of higher. It is also avialable as a Major for those who do  not. The link below will be useful.

See General Education for details.

See Certificate or Majors for details.

The Articulation Agreements with other colleges are listed here.

 

General Qualifications

  1. Minimum age requirement is 18 years.
  2. Students on academic probation or progress probation are not eligible, contact a Counselor or the Program Director if you have questions.
  3. If you have been convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony, please contact the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist for the pre-application process (651) 687-0048 http://www.arrt.org.
  4. Physical and psychosocial status: Sound physical and mental health. Clean and sober.
  5. Ability to speak, read, write, communicate and test in the English language fluently and proficiently at a college level as required by the program's licensing agency.
  6. Students should have reliable transportation. They will need to drive up to 100 miles to their clinical site several times per week.
  7. Other recommended skills include note taking, study skills, test taking skills, diligence, focus and initiative prior to entry into the program.

 

Selection Qualifications & Criteria

  1. All applicants must have a high school diploma, G.E.D. (or equivalent) OR completion of a degree from a community college or university.
  2. SRJC Unofficial transcripts must be submitted with the online application. Not including your unofficial SRJC transcript will disquaify your application. Screentshots of your SRJC transcript will not be accepted.
  3. For prerequisites taken at colleges other than SRJC: all official transcripts must be sent directly to Admissions & Records (A&R). Official transcripts not on file with Admissions & Records by the application submission deadline, will disqualify your application.
  4. Applications must document completion of all mandatory program prerequisites with a letter grade of C or better to qualify for review and ranking.
  5. All coursework must be completed and verifiable by official college transcript at the time of application.
  6. Prerequisite courses taken as  "Pass/No Pass" will NOT be accepted.
  7. Applications with courses “In Progress” will NOT be considered.
  8. A "recency" requirement is imposed on Anatomy 58 and HLC 160 to have been completed within 5-year period prior to the close of the current year application period.

Qualified applications will be reviewed for completeness as well as accuracy to be eligible for program selection. Responsibility of application completeness, accuracy and on-time submission rests solely on the student. Incomplete applications will be disregarded.

In order to be eligible for admission, students are required to complete these prerequisites:

See Application Worksheet below for more details.

  • English C1000 (formerly ENGL1A) or higher lever (For example, ENGL 5, ENGL C-1001, ENGL 1B) or EMSL 10
  • CS 5 (Computer Literacy)
  • Anatomy 58 (or higher) - Recency Requirement, must include an in-person lab.
  • Physiology 58 (or higher) - Must include an in-person lab.
  • HLC 160 (Medical Terminology) - Recency Requirement
  • PSYCH C1000 (formerly PSYCH 1A) or 30 or 8 or 46 (formerly PYSCH 56)
  • COMM 7, or approved communications and ethnic studies courses
  • RADT 100
  • Math: Psych 9, STAT C1000 (formerly Math 15), Math 10, or higher level*

* Previously approved degree applicable math courses that were successfully completed prior to Spring 2023 semester, including Math 101, 154, 155, 156, and 161, will continue to be accepted.

 

Worksheet

The point system worksheet, shown below, is provided to aid students in planning their classes prior to applying to the Radiologic Technology program and is subject to change by the department without notification. All courses listed will be compared to official transcripts for verification prior to points being awarded. Applications will be ranked according to points earned in the selection criteria for consideration of admittance to the RT program. Ties in points will be broken on the basis of overall GPA as listed on the students official transcripts on file with A&R on application due dates. Any further ties in points will be broken by random drawing. 

 

Click Here - Application Worksheet

 

Selection Process

Selection is based on information obtained from the admission requirements and the number of points the applicant has earned. Applications are numerically ranked according to the total number of points.  Applicant selection will be made in descending order beginning with the top-ranking application. Ties in points will be broken on the basis of overall GPA as listed on the student's transcripts on file with A&R on application due date. Any further ties in points will be broken by random drawing. 

A maximum of 22 students will be admitted, dependent on space-available at clinical education facilities. There will be a maximum of 10 alternate students chosen in case space becomes available prior to the beginning of the first semester. Each alternate will be offered a position based on the highest number of application points.

Applicants not selected may re-apply for consideration the following year.

Selected applicants will be required to complete a background check and drug screening in accordance with the requirements of clinical facilities affiliated with the Radiologic Technology program. In accordance with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) policies, applicants understand that acceptance is provisional pending results of the background check and drug screening. Students who do not comply with drug screen and/or background check requirements will have provisional acceptance withdrawn and the next highest-ranking applicant will be offered provisional acceptance. 

Students will be notified of their application status in mid-May. Applicants should check their email frequently, including spam and junk folders. Applicants will attend a mandatory program orientation in mid-June. It will be understood that provisionally accepted applicants who do not attend the mandatory program orientation are no longer interested in the Radiologic Technology program and forfeit their acceptance. The next highest-ranking applicant will be offered provisional acceptance. 

All selection results will be e-mailed out in mid-May of the application year. Do not contact the Program Director or the Health Sciences staff for results.

 

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