Nuclear Medicine Technology / Bachelor of Science 3 + 1 Program

Total Credit Hours:  141-147

Major Credit Hours: 98-104

A grade of “C-” or better must be earned in a prerequisite course in order to advance to the next course in sequence.

It is the policy of Biology department to support with letters of recommendation for the professional school applications only those students who have achieved a cumulative and science GPA of 3.0 by the time they complete BIOL 42200 Human Anatomy and have no withdrawals in their records. In the event that a student has his/her request for letters of recommendation denied, he/she has the right to petition for reconsideration with the understanding that there is no guarantee that the petition will be successful. Acceptance into any professional school is solely determined by the admission committee of that school. All faculty members have the right to decline a request to write a letter of recommendation for any student.

Nuclear Medicine Technology majors may take a Biology class only two times. If a student has not achieved a minimum grade of a “C-” after the second attempt, the student may not repeat the class.

Students are required to shadow, observe a NMT, for a day at Northwestern Memorial Hospital or the College of DuPage or show proof of such activity at another medical facility before applying to the program.

 

Degree Requirements

Program: BS-NMDT-1

I. Core Courses (63)

BIOL-11000	General Biology 1	4
BIOL-11100	General Biology 1 Lab	1
BIOL-11500	General Biology 2	4
BIOL-11600	General Biology 2 Lab	1
BIOL-22000	Genetics	4
BIOL-22100	Genetics Lab	1
BIOL-22400	General Microbiology	4
BIOL-22600	General Microbiology Lab	1
BIOL-32000	Biostatistics	3
BIOL-33500	Advanced Clinical Physiology	3
BIOL-33600	Case Studies in Human Physiology	1
BIOL-42200	Human Anatomy	3
BIOL-42300	Functional Human Anatomy Lab	1
CHEM-11000	General Chemistry 1	4
CHEM-11100	General Chemistry 1 Lab	1
CHEM-11500	General Chemistry 2	4
CHEM-11600	General Chemistry 2 Lab	1
CHEM-23000	Organic Chemistry 1	3
CHEM-22100	Organic Chemistry 1 Lab	1
CHEM-23500	Organic Chemistry 2	3
CHEM-22600	Organic Chemistry 2 Lab	1
MATH-20400	Calculus for the Life Sciences	4
	OR
MATH-20900	Calculus 1	4
PHYS-20000	College Physics 1	4
PHYS-20100	College Physics 1 Lab	1
PHYS-20500	College Physics 2	4
PHYS-20600	College Physics 2 Lab	1

II. Recommended

 

BIOL-35500	Molecular Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates	3
BIOL-42600	Immunology	3

III. Students complete the professional phase of the program at one of two sites: Northwestern Memorial Hospital or College of DuPage.

A. Northwestern Memorial Hospital Curriculum (35)

BIOL-34000	Management and Methods of Patient Care 1	1-3
BIOL-34200	Radiation Safety and Protection	2-3
BIOL-34400	Radiation Physics/ Instrumentation	3
BIOL-34600	Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging Clinical Practicum 1	4
BIOL-34800	Clinical Nuclear Medicine Procedures 1	4
BIOL-36000	Radiation Detection and Instrumentation	3
BIOL-44000	Management/Methods Patient Care 2	1
BIOL-44200	Computed Tomography and Cross-Sectional Anatomy	2
BIOL-44600	Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging Clinical Practicum II	4
BIOL-44800	Clinical Nuclear Medicine Procedures 2	3
BIOL-45000	Radionuclide Chemistry and Radiopharmacy	3
BIOL-45200	Radiation Biology	1-2
BIOL-45600	Clinical Correlations/Pathology	2

Nuclear Medicine Technology students enroll in BIOL 45200 Radiation Biology for one credit hour.

B. College of DuPage Curriculum (41)

DMIN-1100	Basics of Nuclear Medicine	3
DMIN-1101	Physics and Instrumentation in Nuclear Medicine	6
DMIN-1102	Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmacy	6
DMIN-1103	Radiation Biology and Radiation Safety	2
DMIN-1111	Clinical Nuclear Medicine I	3
DMIN-2111	Clinical Nuclear Medicine II	3
DMIN-2200	Nuclear Medicine Procedures II	4
DMIN-2202	Nuclear Medicine Procedures III	4
DMIN-2212	Clinical Nuclear Medicine III	4
DMIN-2220	Sectional Anatomy for Diagnostic Imaging	2
DMIN-2221	Positron Emission Tomography	3
DMIN-2222	Nuclear Medicine Review Seminar	1

See College of DuPage Catalog for course descriptions.

IV. General Education Credits (43)

V. Advanced Writing Requirement

The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by successful completion of the curricula at Lewis University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital or the College of DuPage.