4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course is an introduction to the field of communication with emphasis on the history of communication study, concepts important to all areas of communication, the contexts in which communication occurs, and the issues that must be faced by students of communication. The course serves as an introduction to the strands of communication: interpersonal, small groups and teams, mass communication, organizational, intercultural, and rhetoric.

4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces the study of behavior and mental processes. Topics include brain and neuroscience, behavioral genetics, cognition, social and emotional development, perception, learning, memory, decision making, language, consciousness, emotions, motivation, psychological disorders, social identity, interpersonal interactions, and cultural processes.

4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course bridges the gap between high school mathematics and college-level mathematics and science courses. Topics include equations (linear, quadratic, conic, polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, and rational); graphing (inequalities, equations, functions, and relations); calculator use (scientific and graphing); and trigonometric functions and their applications.

4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces students to professional writing, English diction, sentence structure, and rhetoric with emphasis on thesis or claim development. Students will study writing skills and methods used in professional environments such as healthcare, focusing on academic texts, appropriate research, and documentation. The course prepares students to develop ideas through invention and express them clearly, creatively, and persuasively. It emphasizes the relationship between reading and writing in academic contexts, the application of Standard American English rules, and the ability to work cooperatively in academic and healthcare-related writing tasks.

4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course is an interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the environment. Topics include ecosystems, biodiversity, energy use, environmental policies, and sustainable practices. Students will examine environmental issues from scientific, social, and economic perspectives, with an emphasis on problem-solving and critical thinking.

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This laboratory course provides hands-on experience with MRI equipment, patient positioning, imaging accessories, safety procedures, and scan preparation. Students practice positioning techniques, coil selection, protocol setup, patient communication, and image acquisition in a controlled laboratory environment while reinforcing classroom concepts.

6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course requires in-person attendance at clinical sites partnered with DSDT College. Students will work directly with patients under the supervision of licensed and registered MRI technologists. The course includes a minimum of 200 in-person clinical hours and 70 simulation hours delivered asynchronously, for a total of 270 clinical hours. Students must follow all clinical site policies and procedures, which may include site orientation and proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This clinical externship requires onsite attendance at affiliate imaging centers and hospitals. Students will participate in hands-on MRI training under the supervision of licensed MRI technologists. A minimum of 200 in-person hours and 70 simulation hours (totaling 270 clinical hours) is required, including at least 16 hours per week onsite. Students must follow all clinical site policies, which may include site orientation and COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

8 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This clinical externship requires onsite attendance at affiliate imaging centers and hospitals. Students will participate in hands-on MRI training under the supervision of licensed MRI technologists. A minimum of 260 in-person hours and 100 simulation hours (totaling 360 clinical hours) is required, including at least 16 hours per week onsite. Students must follow all clinical site policies, which may include site orientation and COVID- 19 vaccination requirements.

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course examines professional standards, legal responsibilities, ethical decision-making, healthcare regulations, patient confidentiality, informed consent, cultural competence, quality improvement, and professional development within diagnostic imaging. Students explore current issues affecting MRI practice and healthcare delivery.

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces students to the principles of patient care, communication, and safety in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment. Topics include therapeutic communication, patient assessment, vital signs, infection control, patient transfer techniques, emergency response, MRI safety zones, screening procedures, implant safety, radiofrequency and gradient field hazards, cryogen safety, contrast safety awareness, and professional ethics. Emphasis is placed on creating a safe and compassionate patient experience while adhering to current MRI safety standards.

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course develops the medical terminology skills necessary for success in diagnostic imaging. Students learn medical word structure, anatomy terminology, body systems, pathology, diagnostic procedures, abbreviations, and imaging-specific terminology used in patient records, physician orders, and radiology reports. Emphasis is placed on applying medical terminology within the MRI clinical environment and healthcare communication.

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course examines the structure and function of the human body with an emphasis on organ systems relevant to magnetic resonance imaging. Students study normal anatomy, physiology, and anatomical relationships to develop the foundational knowledge necessary for image acquisition, patient positioning, and interpretation of cross-sectional anatomy.

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course focuses on cross-sectional anatomy as visualized through magnetic resonance imaging. Students identify normal anatomical structures of the brain, spine, head and neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, and musculoskeletal system using axial, sagittal, coronal, and oblique imaging planes. Emphasis is placed on anatomical relationships, sectional orientation, and recognition of structures commonly encountered during MRI examinations.

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces the physical principles underlying magnetic resonance imaging. Topics include magnetism, nuclear magnetic resonance, spin behavior, pulse sequences, gradients, radiofrequency systems, signal production, image contrast, instrumentation, and MRI system components. Students develop an understanding of how MRI images are created and optimized.

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course focuses on MRI pulse sequences and imaging parameters used to optimize image quality. Topics include T1-, T2-, proton density-, diffusion-, gradient echo-, inversion recovery-, and advanced pulse sequences. Students learn how TR, TE, flip angle, bandwidth, matrix, slice thickness, field of view, and other parameters affect image contrast and acquisition time.

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course examines MRI procedures of the brain, cranial nerves, spine, and spinal cord. Students study patient positioning, protocol selection, anatomy, pathology, contrast considerations, image evaluation, and advanced neuroimaging techniques used in neurological MRI examinations.

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course explores MRI image formation, k-space, data acquisition, image reconstruction, digital imaging, PACS, DICOM standards, image storage, quality assurance, and healthcare informatics. Students learn how acquisition parameters influence image quality and workflow throughout the imaging process.

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course examines factors affecting MRI image quality and methods used to identify and reduce imaging artifacts. Topics include motion artifacts, susceptibility, chemical shift, aliasing, RF interference, equipment performance testing, quality assurance, quality control procedures, and troubleshooting techniques.

6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None
This course covers MRI procedures of the abdomen, pelvis, musculoskeletal system, breast, and vascular anatomy. Students learn examination protocols, patient positioning, anatomy, pathology, contrast administration concepts, image evaluation, and specialized MRI applications for body imaging.