Radiation Sciences: Online

The Department Empowers Life by:   

• Educating students to be competent, professional, entry-level practitioners capable of assuming leadership roles in Radiography, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Therapy or Diagnostic Medical Sonography. 
• Educating students through higher education, multiple specialties and/or advanced modalities.  
• Promoting student and graduate participation in scholarly activity that enhances student learning, the professions and health care.
• Promoting student and graduate service opportunities. 

(2022)

The goals for the programs in the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences are to:

• Program Goal: Provide a career ladder for working professionals who are interested in elevating their educational level. The program meets this standard by:
  • Providing a curriculum that meets the standards of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the College of Allied Health, and the Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences Department for obtaining a baccalaureate degree.
  • Offering curriculum prerequisite options for students of different educational backgrounds such as programmatic accredited programs, non-programmatically accredited programs, associate-level programs, certificate programs, etc.
  • Offering all programmatic courses in a 100% online-asynchronous format that is accessible and meets the time constraints of a working professional.
     
• Program Goal: Prepare radiation science professionals for leadership roles in such areas as clinic management, teaching, and advanced healthcare professions. The program meets this goal by:
  • Providing coursework that challenges and increases skill level in writing, evidence-based medicine research, laboratory accreditation, and administration.
  • Allowing elective classes to complement individual interests and future goals.
  • Providing a collaborative experience that allows interprofessional exposure to enhance leadership opportunities throughout their career.
     
• Program Goal: Provide opportunities for career enhancement. The program meets this goal by:
  • Instilling and strengthening the team approach to healthcare by providing opportunities for interactions between disciplines in the majority of program-required classes. Classes that require interaction between disciplines either through discussion, assignments, or feedback loops include MIRS 3493, MIRS 4422, MIRS 3422, MIRS 4412, MIRS 4413, MIRS 3432, MIRS 3452, MIRS 3511, MIRS 3802, MIRS 4412, and MIRS 4452. (Refer to course descriptions.)
  • Offering the didactic component that allows individuals to obtain additional credentials in the radiography advanced modalities.

(Updated 2021-2026)