| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2026-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Advanced Radiologic Sciences
The Advanced Radiologic Sciences program is designed to meet the educational needs of imaging professionals and provide a career ladder for those who wish to obtain additional skills in advanced areas.
Eligibility
- Must have an AAS or AS degree or higher
- Must have ARRT certification
- Applicants may apply while in progress of degree completion and certification, but these must be completed before the program start date
- All WSU general education requirements must be completed for bachelor's degree to be awarded
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Tanya Nolan
Degree Map
Available for the program.
What You Will Learn
You can expect to learn and gain advanced skills in clinical medicine, imaging pathophysiology, and research.
Job Opportunities
As an advanced radiologic technologist, you can work as a mid-level supervisor and apply for graduate school and pre-PA courses of study.
Locations and/or Delivery
WSU Campus
Campus and Regional programs are completed in 3 straight semesters, beginning each fall semester.
Independent Study Bachelor Completion
Independent Study allows currently certified technologists to complete a bachelor's degree online.
Concentrations
Quality Management
Technologists working in quality management are responsible for the quality and processes of systems within radiology departments, performing quality control tests, assessing film density, monitoring accuracy and identifying and solving issues associated with producing medical images.
What You Will Learn
Advanced skills in equipment quality control, general quality control procedures (analog or digital) and quality improvement activities.
Job Opportunities
You can work as a risk and quality management technologist.
Locations and/or Delivery
WSU Campus
Campus and Regional programs are completed in 4 straight semesters, beginning each fall semester.
Independent Study
This program allows you to earn a certificate of completion in a specialized area online.
Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS)
The healthcare professional who orchestrates a complex set of functions to achieve successful imaging informatics is often called a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) administrator. In this profession, you have a foot in two worlds: clinical healthcare and corporate information technology. You must communicate clearly with highly technical network personnel, while understanding the diagnostic process of the radiologist.
What You Will Learn
Image management, information technology, operations, communications, systems management, clinical engineering, medical informatics, procurement, project management and training and education.
Job Opportunities
Your value as a PACS administrator is clear: When clinicians have immediate electronic access to medical images, precious time is saved, allowing for timely medical decisions, reducing unnecessary repetition of exams and driving costs down.
Your role may also expand to system architect, workflow engineer and business analyst.
Locations and/or Delivery
WSU Campus
Campus and Regional programs are completed in 4 straight semesters, beginning each fall semester.
Independent Study
This program allows you to earn a certificate of completion in a specialized area online.
Interventional Radiology (IR)
Technologists working in interventional technology assist interventional radiologists with diagnostic angiographic procedures, complex vascular interventional procedures and therapeutic procedures. As an interventional technologist, you must have technical, radiologic and clinical skills.
Eligibility
- Must have an AAS or AS degree or higher
- Must have ARRT certification
- Applicants may apply while in progress of degree completion and certification, but these must be completed before the program start date
- All WSU general education requirements must be completed for bachelor's degree to be awarded
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Laurie Coburn
Degree Map
Available for the program.
What You Will Learn
Equipment and instrumentation, patient care and interventional procedures (neurological, thoracic, abdominal, genitourinary and gastrointestinal [non-vascular] and peripheral).
Job Opportunities
Cardiovascular-interventional (VI) radiographers utilize sophisticated imaging practices, which allow vascular procedures to be performed without invasive surgery. You may work in hospitals, clinics, labs, and outpatient centers.
Location and Delivery
WSU Campus
Requires travel to Ogden, Utah for classes once a month. Campus and Regional programs are completed in 3 straight semesters, beginning each fall semester. Campus students reside in Utah are assigned to clinical sites in Utah. Regional students reside outside of Utah must secure their own clinical site.
Computed Tomography (CT) Degree Emphasis and Online Certificate
Computed Tomography (CT) technologists use a rotating x-ray unit to obtain slices of anatomy at different levels within the body. A computer stacks and assembles the individual slices, creating a diagnostic image.
Eligibility
- Must have an AAS or AS degree or higher
- Must have ARRT certification
- Applicants may apply while in progress of degree completion and certification, but these must be completed before the program start date
- All WSU general education requirements must be completed for bachelor's degree to be awarded
Faculty Advisor
Taylor Ward
Degree Map
Available for the program.
What You Will Learn
Interactions of electromagnetic waves, instrumentation, imaging sequences and computer parameters of computerized tomography imaging; computed tomography of the torso and limbs and computed tomography physics and instrumentation.
Job Opportunities
As a CT technologist, you may work in a hospital or clinical setting or as a researcher, using experimental protocols and equipment to perform complex exams in a research facility or university. You may also become a radiology manager, leading a radiology department; a sales associate, selling CT equipment to hospitals and clinics; or an application specialist, teaching others to operate CT machines after they're purchased from a manufacturer.
Location and Delivery
WSU Campus
Requires travel to Ogden, Utah for classes once a month. Campus and Regional programs are completed in 3 straight semesters, beginning each fall semester. CT Fast Track option available, starts the 2nd block of spring semester. Campus students reside in Utah are assigned to clinical sites in Utah. Regional students reside outside of Utah must secure their own clinical site.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologists are specially trained to operate MR equipment. During an MRI scan, atoms in the patient's body are exposed to a strong magnetic field. The technologist applies a radiofrequency pulse to the field, which knocks the atoms out of alignment. When the technologist turns the pulse off, the atoms return to their original position. In the process, they give off signals that are measured by a computer and processed to create detailed images of the patient's anatomy.
Eligibility
- Must have an AAS or AS degree or higher
- Must have ARRT certification
- Applicants may apply while in progress of degree completion and certification, but these must be completed before the program start date
- All WSU general education requirements must be completed for bachelor's degree to be awarded
Faculty Advisor
Rex Christensen
Degree Map
Available for the program.
What You Will Learn
Physical principles and theories of magnetic resonance, instrumentation, imaging sequences and methods in normal and abnormal tissue, and computer parameters of magnetic resonance, along with advanced MRI procedures and safety and MRI of the central nervous system, torso and limbs.
Job Opportunities
As an MRI technologist, you may work in a hospital or clinic or as a researcher, performing complex exams using experimental protocols and equipment at a research facility or university. You may also become a radiology manager, leading a radiology department; a sales associate, selling MRI equipment to hospitals and clinics; or an application specialist, teaching clients to operate MRI machines after they're purchased from a manufacturer.
Location and Delivery
WSU Campus
Requires travel to Ogden, Utah for classes once a month. Campus and Regional programs are completed in 3 straight semesters, beginning each fall semester. Campus students reside in Utah are assigned to clinical sites in Utah. Regional students reside outside of Utah must secure their own clinical site.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - Primary Pathway
The MRI Primary Pathway program is available to students who are NOT ARRT certified or currently enrolled in an ARRT certification program.
Eligibility
- Must have an AS or AAS degree or higher
- Must have patient care experience
- Must be certified as a Limited Practical Technologist (LPT) before starting the program
- Must complete RADT 4601 before starting the program
- All WSU general education requirements must be completed for bachelor's degree to be awarded
Faculty Advisor
Rex Christensen
Degree Map
Available for the program.
What You Will Learn
Physical principles and theories of magnetic resonance, instrumentation, imaging sequences and methods in normal and abnormal tissue, and computer parameters of magnetic resonance, along with advanced MRI procedures and safety and MRI of the central nervous system, torso and limbs.
Job Opportunities
As an MRI technologist, you may work in a hospital or clinic or as a researcher, performing complex exams using experimental protocols and equipment at a research facility or university. You may also become a radiology manager, leading a radiology department; a sales associate, selling MRI equipment to hospitals and clinics; or an application specialist, teaching clients to operate MRI machines after they're purchased from a manufacturer.
Location and Delivery
WSU Campus
Requires travel to Ogden, Utah for classes once a month. Campus and Regional programs are completed in 3 straight semesters, beginning each fall semester. Campus students reside in Utah are assigned to clinical sites in Utah. Regional students reside outside of Utah must secure their own clinical site.
MRI & CT Combined
Computed tomography (CT) technologists use a rotating x-ray unit to obtain slices of anatomy at different levels within the body. A computer then stacks and assembles the individual slices, creating a diagnostic image. With CT technology, physicians can view the inside of organs, a feat not possible with general radiography.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologists are specially trained to operate MR equipment. During an MRI scan, atoms in the patient's body are exposed to a strong magnetic field. The technologist applies a radiofrequency pulse to the field, which knocks the atoms out of alignment. When the technologist turns the pulse off, the atoms return to their original position. In the process, they give off signals that are measured by a computer and processed to create detailed images of the patient's anatomy.
Eligibility
- Must have an AS or AAS degree or higher
- Must have ARRT certification
- Applicants may apply while in progress of degree completion and certification, but these must be completed before the program start date
- All WSU general education requirements must be completed for bachelor's degree to be awarded
Faculty Advisor
Rex Christensen
Degree Map
Available for the program.
What You Will Learn
This emphasis teaches you advanced magnetic resonance imaging procedures, along with principles and theories of magnetic resonance, instrumentation and more. In the area of computed tomography, courses cover interactions of electromagnetic waves, instrumentation, computed tomography physics and more.
Job Opportunities
As a CT or MRI technologist, you may work in a hospital or clinic or as a researcher, performing complex exams using experimental protocols and equipment at a research facility or university. You may also become a radiology manager, leading a radiology department; a sales associate, selling CT or MRI equipment to hospitals and clinics; or an application specialist, teaching clients to operate CT or MRI machines after they're purchased from a manufacturer.
Location and Delivery
WSU Campus
Requires travel to Ogden, Utah for classes once a month. Campus and Regional programs are completed in 4 straight semesters, beginning each fall semester. Campus students reside in Utah are assigned to clinical sites in Utah. Regional students reside outside of Utah must secure their own clinical site.
Women's Imaging - Mammography
The BS degree in Women's Imaging encompasses Mammography. Mammography aids in the early diagnosis of breast cancer. Screening and diagnostic mammography exams are performed by registered mammography technologists.
Eligibility
- Must have an AS or AAS degree or higher
- Must have ARRT certification
- Applicants may apply while in progress of degree completion and certification, but these must be completed before the program start date
- All WSU general education requirements must be completed for bachelor's degree to be awarded
Faculty Advisor
Ambree Penrod
Degree Map
Available for the program.
What You Will Learn
Mammography anatomy, physiology, positioning and quality assurance.
Job Opportunities
Mammography has been a continually growing profession. As women learn more about their bodies and prevention, the numbers of women obtaining mammograms also increases.
Location and Delivery
WSU Campus
Requires travel to Ogden, Utah for classes once a month. Campus and Regional programs are completed in 3 straight semesters, beginning each fall semester. Campus students reside in Utah are assigned to clinical sites in Utah. Regional students reside outside of Utah must secure their own clinical site.
Additional Certifications
Upon successful completion of the Mammography program, you also fulfill the federal requirements for the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).
This certification is accepted by many states and may be used to fulfill state licensing regulations. If you want to practice in Utah, you must be licensed as a radiologic technologist by the state.