2011 Radiologic Technology Application Process

Application deadline for admission into the clinical part of Radiologic Technology for fall semester 2010 is no later than 4:00 p.m. on May 13, 2011. 

This web site is designed for students that are in the process of applying to the MSU-Billings College of Technology Radiologic Technology program. This site includes a copy of the program application, program curriculum, application time line and notices of concern to those applying to the program.  These pages will be updated or pages added to this site as they are finalized.   Your program prerequisite courses must be completed before you can make an application to the clinical part of the program for fall 2011. To make application to this program you must also be registered as a student with MSU-Billings College of Technology. You may apply for admission on line or call the COT at (406) 247-3000. This program is a fall start program which means the clinical part of the program will start at the beginning of the fall semester, 2011 and those students will graduate at the end of spring semester, 2013. If you have any questions concerning the program prerequisite courses or registration, contact Angela Fulkerson at (406) 247-3018 or afulkerson@msubillings.edu.

The MSU-Billings College of Technology, Radiologic Technology program is a competitive program and the following selection process will be used to select those students who will continue into the clinical courses in Radiologic Technology starting September 7, 2011. Admission into this program involves two phases.  Phase One is a point system that will be used to select the 24 applicants that will progress to Phase Two of the selection process.  Details of the point system used for this process are included in the Radiologic Technology Application on this web site. Phase Two involves a personal interview with the Radiologic Technology Selection Committee. The exact days of the interviews will be posted on this site when confirmed.  Those students selected from Phase Two will become the new Radiologic Technology class of 2011-2013 and they will start their clinical courses in the fall semester of 2011.  The decision of the selection committee is final. 

It is very important that applicants to this program have a good understanding of the job responsibilities of a radiologic technologist.  You need to understand what is involved in being a radiologic technologist.  In order to assure this understanding, as part of the application process you are required to perform a site visit at a radiology department.  You will need to schedule a site visit at one of the Billings hospital radiology departments and spend approximately four hours "job shadowing" a radiologic technologist.  If you do not live in Billings, you may conduct your site visit at a radiology department at a hospital in your area.  Be sure to have the radiologic technologist sign you site visit form.  I recommend you do your site visit at a larger hospital as you will have a more complete understanding of the radiology profession.  If you are re-applying to the program you should plan to make another site visit or discuss this issue with me.  A schedule for the site visits will be posted on this web site as soon as they are available. 

It is also very important that you understand what is involved in providing quality patient care.  Patient care, and how you treat your patient, are just as important as the quality of the x-ray images you produce.  Therefore, it is important that you have experience in patient care. This patient care experience can include work in a nursing home, CNA patient care, working with patients in a hospital or clinical setting or a significant amount of volunteer work (for a minimum of 80 hours). This experience should involve direct contact with patients.  Not everyone is suited for work with ill patients and you need to have some idea if this is really something you want to do. 

Students applying to this program must complete the Montana Career Information System (MCIS) which is a career assessment tool for student exploration and planning.  It is the student’s responsibility to complete the MCIS career assessment which can be completed on line.  Instructions for taking the assessment are located at the Montana Career Information System (MCIS) link at the top of this web page.    Please go to the Montana Career Information System (MCIS) link at the top of this web page for complete instructions.  After completing and saving your assessment results, you need to write a short essay and discuss the results with Lisa Wallace.  If you live outside of Billings you can make a telephone appointment with Lisa to discuss the essay with Lisa over the phone.  Lisa Wallace can be contacted at MSU-Billings COT campus on Tuesday and Wednesday at the following phone number (406) 247-3006 or the MSU-Billings main campus on Monday, Thursday and Friday at (406) 657-1618.

If you have not taken a physics class in high school or college, it is strongly recommended that you complete a 3 credit hour introductory course in physics.  For those attending MSU-Billings, I recommend PHYS 101 Earth, Air, Fire and Water.  This physics course is NOT a required pre-requisite course but the knowledge obtained from this course will be very helpful when taking the two physics courses, AHXR 108 and AHXR 225, which are part of the program curriculum.  It is also recommended that you take Anatomy and Physiology II before you make application to the program.  Completing those two course can earn you 1/4 point each in the Phase I point system.

If you have decided to apply to this program, you should register with the MSU-Billings College of Technology so that we have your contact information should there be any changes in the program.  If either your permanent or current contact information changes, please contact contact Angela Fulkerson at (406) 247-3018 or afulkerson@msubillings.edu to update your information.  In most cases this site will contain the most complete and up to date information about the application process.  

Radiologic Technology applications can be turned in to Mick Ender, College of Technology campus, Health Sciences Building room 200; Jeanie Ullman, Health Science Building, room 226; or the office staff at the MSU-Billings College of Technology Tech Building.  Application must be submitted no later than 4:00 p.m. on May 13, 2011.  Applications may be sent by mail to MSU-Billings College of Technology, Radiologic Technology, 3803 Central Avenue, Billings,  Montana 59102.  Applications sent by mail must be postmarked May 13, 2011.  A PDF version of the application, that you can fill out on line and print, will be available in March.  If you have any question or concerns about the application process, or the program, please contact Mick Ender or Angela Ferguson. 

Note: Contents of this site are subject to change. 

     If you have problems with this site or you notice and error, please notify the site master, me, at  mender@msubillings.edu