High School Career Planning Outline

Career Pathways in:
Career Focus:
What is it?	Focuses on the use of equipment that creates images utilized for medical interpretation and diagnosis by a physician. Exception: Radiation Therapist who design radiation treatment for cancer patients.
Salary Range:	Radiologic, Mammographers & MRI Technologists: $40k - $50k, Nuclear Medicine Technologists & Sonographers: $50k - $60k, Radiation Therapists: $60k - $80k, Radiologists: $300k - $400k

College and Career Planning

Job Titles

Associate Degrees

Advanced Certificate

Bachelor Degrees

Graduate and Post Graduate Degrees

1. Radiologic Technologist

2. Computed Tomography Technologist

3. Diagnostic Medical Sonographer

4. Magnetic Resonance (MR) Technologist

5. Mammographer

6. Nuclear Medicine Technologist/ Positron Emision Tomography (PET) Technologist

7. Radiation Therapist

8. Radiologist

NH Community Technical College Concord

Radiologic Technology

Radiation Therapy (Fall 2004)

NH Community Technical College Concord

Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Radiation Therapy

Dartmouth College

Biology, Physics

Franklin University

Healthcare Management (3^rd year at NHTI, 4^th year on-line & Columbus, OH)

Keene State College. Plymouth State College, & Rivier College

Biology

St. Anselm College

Biochemistry, Biology

University of New Hampshire

Biology, Biochemistry, Physics

University of Vermont

Biomedical Technologies, Nuclear Medicine Technology, Radiation Therapy

Dartmouth Medical School

Radiology

Weber State University, Utah

Radiology Practitioner Assistant (only program in the US)

NOTE: The level to which an advanced degree is required will vary from one employer to the next and one position to the next.

High School Course Planning

	9^th Grade	10^th Grade	11^th Grade	12^th Grade
English	English 9	English 10	English 11	English 12 and or College Composition I*
Math	Algebra I	Geometry	Algebra II	Pre-Calculus or Calculus
Science	Introduction to Life Sciences or Physical Science	Biology	Chemistry Anatomy & Physiology*	Physics
Social Students	World History	Government and or Ethics	United States History	Economics
Foreign Language	Foreign Language I	Foreign Language II	Foreign Language III
Technical Core			Health Sciences & Technologies I or Health Occupations I	Health Sciences & Technologies II or Health Occupations II (may include Anatomy & Physiology I*)
Technology	IT & ME	Computer Applications
Electives		Ethics and Society	Introduction to Psychology*	Introduction to Sociology*

*College Credit Courses through NH Community Technical College Project Running Start Program

Note: Check with your guidance counselor to identify the comparable courses offered at your high school or technical center.

School to Career Connection

Informational Interview with a local employer
Hospital Tour
Postsecondary laboratory tour
Paid or unpaid Internship
Project Based Learning
Community Service or Service Learning Project

High School Career Planning Outline

College and Career Planning

Job Titles

Associate Degrees

Advanced Certificate

Bachelor Degrees

Graduate and Post Graduate Degrees

NH Community Technical College Concord

NH Community Technical College Concord

Dartmouth College

Franklin University

Keene State College. Plymouth State College, & Rivier College

St. Anselm College

University of New Hampshire

Dartmouth Medical School

NOTE: The level to which an advanced degree is required will vary from one employer to the next and one position to the next.

High School Course Planning

English

Math

Science

Social Students

Foreign Language

Technical Core

Technology

Electives

*College Credit Courses through NH Community Technical College Project Running Start Program

Eastern Region Partnership, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA Phone: (603) 433-1964 E-Mail Us

Eastern Region Partnership, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Phone: (603) 433-1964 E-Mail Us