The Yuba College Radiologic Technology Program accepts applicants once a year, in the Spring. The program is 22 months in length. Students, upon successful completion, will earn an Associate of Science (A.S.) degree.
Yuba College hosts a classroom in Marysville and Redding, California a now combined cohort. While we offer some courses via distance education Redding cohort selection will be traveling to Yuba College for first Fall and Spring Semesters for 3A and 3B positioning lab on Mondays. 25 students are selected applicants are selected for the Marysville campus even if applied in Redding. Effective 2023, a total of 5 alternates will be placed and hold for admission and those not admitted for the current Fall semester will have priority admission Fall of the following year.
Students accepted as well as alternates are required to take a mandatory orientation in May. An all-day orientation on the third Thursday in May will replace RT 55 in 2024. Failure to attend the orientation will result in the acceptance letter being revoked.
Below is a list of courses, a brief description of the course, the semester it is taken, and the unit hours.
Additional information is available in the Yuba College Catalog
Course ID | Course Description | Semester | College Units | Course Type |
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RT 1 | Fundamentals of Radiologic Sciences and Health Care | First Fall Semester | 4 | Hybrid |
RT 2 | Radiation Physics and Equipment | First Fall Semester | 4 | Hybrid |
RT 3A | Radiographic Procedures I | First Fall Semester | 3 | Hybrid but on campus lab |
RT 6A | Radiologic Technology Internship 1 | First Fall Semester | 5.5 | Assigned Clinical Facility |
RT 3B | Radiographic Procedures 2 | Second Spring Semester | 3 | Hybrid but on campus lab |
RT 4 | Principles of Radiation: Physics, Biology, and Protection | Second Spring Semester | 2 | Online |
RT 5 | Principles of Radiation Expsoure and Equipment | Second Spring Semester | 4 | Hybrid |
RT 6B | Radiologic Technology Internship 2 | Second Spring Semester | 4.5 | Assigned Clinical Facility |
RT 6C | Radiologic Technology Internship 3 | First Summer Semester | 7 | Assigned Clinical Facility |
RT 3C | Radiographic Procedures 3 | Second Fall Semester | 3 | Hybrid |
RT 6D | Radiologic Technology Internship 4 | Second Fall Semester | 8 | Assigned Clinical Facility |
RT 7 | Advanced Radiographic Studies | Second Fall Semester | 1 | Online/Hybrid |
RT 8 | Radiographic Pathology and Image Critique | Second Fall Semester | 2 | Online/Hybrid |
RT 3D | Radiographic Procedures 4 | Third Spring Semester | 2 | Online |
RT 6E | Radiologic Technology Internship 5 | Third Spring Semester | 8.5 | Assigned Clinical Facility |
RT 9 | Advanced Modalities | Third Spring Semester | 2 | Online |
RT 12 | Radiologic Technology Board Review | Third Spring Semester | 1.5 | Hybrid/with campus days assigned |