General Course Requirements

Students enrolled in the Radiologic Sciences Program at Northwestern Health Sciences University has certain rights and responsibilities. Students’ rights and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: fair evaluations, advisement and counseling, and assistance in identifying and meeting learning goals.

The student is expected to:

Develop and maintain goal directed behavior with regard to learning and professional activities.
Take personal responsibility for his/her actions that facilitate, impede, or interfere with the achievement of learning objectives.
Demonstrate collaborative behavior to achieve course outcomes by communicating with and utilizing faculty as resource persons.
Take personal responsibility for managing information about course requirements, announcements, and assignments (dates due, etc.).
Communicate with the appropriate faculty when it is necessary to be absent from a planned learning activity.
Evaluate his/her behavior relative to progress toward learning objectives and goals at mid-term conferences.

Certain issues or conditions may result with a referral to the Dean of the College of Health and Wellness with recommendations of dismissal from the Radiologic Sciences programs. Some of these issues or conditions may be:

A student who has not successfully completed a radiologic science (RAD or RTH) course after taking the same course a second time
A student who refuses any clinical education site offered to him/her
A student who is not progressing satisfactorily in didactic courses or clinical training and/or who is unable to complete clinical training required competencies
A student who has not demonstrated professionalism &/or clinical suitability in either radiologic science programs
A student in violation of the Radiologic Science program’s clinical training attendance policies
A student has committed academic misconduct such as cheating or behaving in a way that is distracting to others (See the Academic Catalog)
A student is dismissed from Clinical Education will receive a failing grade when dismissed from a clinical site.