BSDMS General Vascular with Adult Echo Minor Academic Plan

Sample Academic Plan

Curriculum is subject to change

A three-year academic plan of study (full-time three-semester academic year) for those with few or no prior college credits seeking a Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (BSDMS).

Adult Echocardiography Minor (19 credits) consisting of the following courses:

HS 308: Nemesis: Disease and the Battle to Defeat It (3 credits)
EN 310: Empathetic Listening (3 credits)
PH 360: Contemporary Issues in Healthcare (3 credits)
DCS 100: Introduction to Adult Echo Evaluation (1 credit)
DCS 330: Adult Echocardiography I (3 credits)
DCS 335: Echo Clinical I (1 credits)
DCS 430: Adult Echocardiography II (4 credits)
DCS 435: Echo Clinical II (1 credits)

130 Credits
3- Year

Year 1 //Semester 1

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
BI 156	Anatomy & Physiology I	4
EN 115	Composition and Professional Writing	3
MA 101	College Algebra	3
PS 105	Introduction to Psychology	3
SS 100	Student Success	1
DMS 110	Fundamentals of Medical Imaging & Healthcare	2
	TOTAL	16

Year 1 //Semester 2

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
BI 256	Anatomy & Physiology II	4
CH 122	General Chemistry	4
CM 100	Health Communication	3
DMS 100	Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Ergonomics	3
	TOTAL	14

Year 1 //Summer Semester

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
DMS 206	Patient Care in Sonography	2
DMS 208	Sonographic Physics and Instrumentation	3
DMS 211	Abdominal Sonography I	3
DMS 240L	Sonography Lab	1
DMS 261	OB/GYN Sonography I	3
	Ethics/Philosophy Requirement	3
	TOTAL	15

Year 2 //Semester 1

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
	General Elective	3
DMS 221C	Clinical Sonography I	4
DMS 231	Vascular Sonography I	3
DMS 312	Abdominal Sonography II	3
DMS 362	OB/GYN Sonography II	3
	TOTAL	16

Year 2 //Semester 2

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
	Diversity Requirement	3
BU 221	Healthcare Economics	3
DMS 322C	Clinical Sonography II	4
DMS 332	Vascular Sonography II	2
DMS 413	Abdominal Sonography III	2
DMS 464	OB/GYN Sonography III	2
	TOTAL	16

Year 2 //Summer Semester

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
RS 302	Ancillary Imaging / Cross Sectional Anatomy	2
BU 320	Foundations of Healthcare Management	3
HS 204	History of Healthcare in the United States	3
DMS 350	Physics Synthesis	1
DMS 423C	Clinical Sonography III	4
	TOTAL	13

Year 3 //Semester 1

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
	General Elective	3
PH 360	Contemporary Issues in Healthcare	3
DMS 424C	Clinical Sonography IV	5
DMS 433	Vascular Sonography III - Abdomen	2
DMS 470	Specialized Sonography	2
	TOTAL	15

Year 3 //Semester 2

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
	General Elective	3
	Human Development Requirement	3
	Social Sciences Elective	3
DMS 425C	Clinical Sonography V	5
DMS 480	Sonography Synthesis	1
	TOTAL	15

130 Credits (62 BSDMS, 58 General Education, 10 DCS)

Credit Hour Ratio: 1 credit theory = 15 hrs; 1 credit lab (science) = 30 hrs; 1 credit lab (program) = 45 hrs; 1 credit clinical = 60 hrs

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