A student must earn a minimum of 62 credit hours to earn the certificate in Nuclear Medicine Technology at Allen College.

• General Education Courses:  24 credit hours
• Nuclear Medicine Technology Courses:  38 credit hours

General Education Requirements: 

A minimum of 27 credit hours in required general education coursework must be completed prior to enrollment at Allen College.  Students attend a regionally accredited institution of their choice to complete the general education courses. 

• Humanities  (6 credits)
• Written Communication (3 credit hours)
• Oral Communications (3 credit hours)
• Natural Sciences and Mathematics  (15 credit hours)
• Anatomy & Physiology with Lab (6-8 credit hours)
• General Chemistry with Lab (3-4 credit hours)
• General Physics (3-4 credit hours)
• Statistics (3 credit hours)
• Elective Requirements (3 credit hours)
• Courses in the following areas are recommended:
  Pathophysiology
  Human Growth & Development
  Ethics
  Psychology
  History
  English

Nuclear Medicine Technology Certificate Curriculum:  

A minimum of 38 credit hours in required nuclear medicine technology coursework must be completed at Allen College.    

• RA:100  Medical Terminology (1 credit hour)
• RA:154  Imaging Methods and Sectional Anatomy (3 credit hours)
• NMT:300  Methods of Patient Care (1 credit hour)
• NMT:301  Introduction to Nuclear Medicine (3 credit hours)
• NMT:400  Nuclear Medicine Physics (3 credit hours)
• NMT:401  Nuclear Medicine Foundations I (clinical) (3 credit hours)
• NMT:402  Nuclear Medicine Foundations II (clinical) (6 credit hours)
• NMT:403  Basic Clinical Nuclear Medicine (clinical) (6 credit hours)
• NMT:404  Intermediate Clinical Nuclear Medicine (clinical) (6 credit hours)
• NMT:405  Advanced Clinical Nuclear Medicine (clinical) (6 credit hours)