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Certificate Program: Prerequisites

The Medical Dosimetry program requires that applicants either have completed the following when they apply, or have a plan to complete the following courses and other prerequisites prior to summer semester before enrollment. Many applicants have biology, physics, chemistry, math, or health professions majors; however, the program has enrolled students that have graduated with a wide variety of other majors. Comparable courses from other accredited institutions are also acceptable.

Current Certificate Program:

  • Applicant must be:
    • Track 1
      • a registered radiation therapist; or
    •  Track 2

      • working "on-the-job training" in medical dosimetry.

  • Students for whom English is a second language must earn a minimum score of 600 (paper-based), 250 (computer-based), or 100 (internet-based) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) within two years of application to the program.
  • As this is an online program, applicants must meet the program computer requirements which is part of the application materials.

Academic Aptitude:

GPA:
We require a minimum cumulative GPA on all post-high school courses of 2.5, calculated on a 4-point scale.  A minimum science GPA of 2.7 is also required.

NOTE: The certificate program will be increasing in length for the Fall of 2010. It will be approximately 16 months in length and will no longer accept non-RTT applicants. This certificate option will be available for RTT professionals that are seeking certificate program options only.

Curriculum Schedule - Track 1

Curriculum Schedule - Track 2

 

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