Master of Medical Radiation Science

Admission requirements

To ensure that academic standards in this program are maintained at a high level, strict prerequisite requirements will be applied to each applicant.

There are three possible levels of entry into the Masters program: Level 1 (entry credit not required), Level 2 (16 point entry credit) and Level 3 (32 point entry credit). Applicants must generally be qualified radiographers or nuclear medicine technologists. However, in the generic course, radiation therapists are allowed entry at Level 1, and in the radiographic image interpretation specialisation, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, chiropractics and podiatrists can enter at Level 1. Admission requirements vary for each entry level and also for each specialisation. Applicants must hold an appropriate two year diploma or a three or four year degree plus a minimum period of clinical work experience. For example in the generic course,

Level 1 entry:

• two years medical imaging / nuclear medicine / radiation therapy diploma plus three years clinical experience

or

• three year medical imaging / nuclear medicine / radiation therapy degree plus one to two years clinical experience

Level 2 entry:

• three year medical imaging / nuclear medicine degree plus more than two years clinical experience

or

• four year medical imaging / nuclear medicine degree with one year of clinical experience

Level 3 entry: (offered under very strict guidelines)

• four year medical imaging / nuclear medicine degree with more than two years clinical experience and have an active CPD portfolio including seminar / conference presentation, posters and publications.

Applicants should contact the Program Leader for admission requirements specific to all specialisations.

English proficiency

Applicants will be deemed to have sufficient English proficiency if they

1. have undertaken an academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with an average score of 6.5, and with scores of 6 or higher in each of the individual skill areas within the last 12 months;  or
2. undertaken a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a score of 577 (or computerised TOEFL score of 233), with a Test for Written English Score (where reported) of at least 5.0 or an Internet-based score of 90 with a written score of 24 within the last 12 months; or
3. undertaken other equivalent examinations, as determined by the Board of Graduate Studies;  or
4. completed a university degree where the language of assessment is in English;

The Presiding Officer of the Board of Graduate Studies may, in special circumstances, on behalf of the Board waive the above proficiency requirements after consulting the relevant Dean, Sub-Dean and nominated Supervisor.

NOTE: A Faculty may require a higher standard of proficiency than that specified above for programs deemed to be linguistically demanding.

Internet access

CSU places great emphasis on services to its students. It is a leader in the provision of online services and, in particular, the use of the internet in the support of teaching, administration and communications with students.

The online environment is so integrated into all aspects of student life and the learning experience at CSU that the University now assumes that all on campus and distance education students at CSU will have ongoing access to an internet connected computer capable of communicating with CSU online systems.

Students enrolled in Information Technology subjects (i.e. with an ITC subject code) may be required to have additional hardware and/or software that is deemed essential for the completion of the learning activities in that subject.