Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum 
    
2024-2025 Catalog with Addendum

Diagnostic Echocardiography, AAS

Location(s): Central Campus


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Our twenty-four-month Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree is designed to prepare skilled professionals to perform diagnostic examinations, as requested by a physician, using high-frequency sound waves to visualize structures of the heart. Sonographers work in hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ offices.

After successful completion of the prerequisites, you will be eligible to apply and compete with other applicants for acceptance into the program. Enrollment is limited. Students who complete the twenty-four-month curriculum will be awarded an Associate of Applied Science degree.

 

Associate of Applied Science
TSI Complete

General Education Requirements: 20 Credits


Every Associate of Applied Science degree plan must contain at least 15 semester hours of general education courses. At least one course must be taken from each of the following areas: humanities/fine arts (language, philosophy & culture/creative arts), social/behavioral science (social and behavioral sciences/American history/government/political science), and natural science/mathematics (life and physical sciences/mathematics).

Major Courses: 42
General Education Requirements: 20

Total Semester Hours: 62


Recommended Course Sequence:


Prerequisites


Note: All prerequisites must be completed by the end of the Spring semester prior to admittance into the program.

First Semester


Total Semester Hours: 62


Note:

  1. Selective Admissions  and retention rules apply. Department-specific courses must be taken in sequence and may have a prerequisite course. Major courses must be completed with a “C” or better for completion of degree. Contact the department chair for details.
  2. All major and prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better. In addition, all anatomy and physiology classes must have been taken within the last five years. A minimum grade of 75% is required in all diagnostic echocardiography courses. Students who do not earn the minimum score may not be allowed to progress in the program.
  3. Courses with an asterisk (*) represent general education requirements.

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