Austin Community College

FY 2006 Degree Plan

This degree plan is designed to prepare individuals for a career as a diagnostic medical sonographer through classroom study and supervised clinical experience. Upon completion of the prescribed curriculum, the student is eligible to apply to take examinations for the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) certification in Abdominal and OB/GYN specialties. This program is nationally accredited through the Committee on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 515 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60610; phone (312) 553-9355. ADMISSION TO THE COLLEGE DOES NOT GUARANTEE ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAM AND ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED. The minimum of a Nurse Aid Certification is required for all applicants.

Program website: www.austincc.edu/hltsci

Applicants must provide documentation of immunizations at time of application. Students accepted into the program are required to have a physical examination and verify annual tuberculosis status.

A Criminal Background Check will be required of students as mandated by law or as a condition of program approval/accreditation.

Program changes may not be reflected in the current ACC Catalog publication. Please access the most up to date information on the Program's Web Page through a link at http://www.austincc.edu/hltsci/ or by contacting the Health Sciences Admissions Office, Eastview Campus, Room 8356.

Prerequisites

	HPRS	1206		Medical Terminology	2
	ENGL	1301		English Composition I	3
+	MATH	1314		College Algebra	3
	PHYS	1405		Conceptual Physics I	4
+	BIOL	2304		Human Anatomy Lecture	3
+	BIOL	2101		Human Anatomy Lab	1
	PHIL	2306		Ethics	3
					------- 19

Semester I

	PSYC	2301		Introduction to Psychology	3
+	DMSO	1110		Introduction to Sonography	1
+	DMSO	1351		Sonographic Cross Sectional Anatomy	3
					------- 7

Semester II

				Oral Communication	3
+	DSAE	1100		Introduction to Diagnostic Imaging	1
+	DMSO	1441		Introduction to Abdominopelvic Sonography	4
+	DMSO	1172		Techniques of Medical Sonography	1
+	DMSO	1302		Basic Ultrasound Physics	3
					------- 12

Semester III

+	DMSO	2441		Sonography of Abdominopelvic Pathology	4
+	DMSO	1561		Medical Sonography Clinical I	5
+	DMSO	1342		Intermediate Ultrasound Physics	3
					------- 12

Semester IV

+	DMSO	2342		Sonography of High Risk Obstetrics	3
+	DMSO	2462		Medical Sonography Clinical II	4
+	DMSO	2351		Doppler Physics	3
					------- 10

Semester V

+#	DMSO	2345		Advanced Sonography Practices	3
+	DSVT	1103		Introduction to Vascular Technology	1
+#	DMSO	2663		Clinical Medical Sonography III	6
+	DMSO	2243		Advanced Ultrasound Physics	2
					------- 12
				TOTALS	------- 72

This degree plan is designed to prepare individuals for a career as a diagnostic cardiac sonographer (echocardiographer) through classroom study and a supervised clinical experience. Upon completion of the prescribed curriculum, the student is eligible to apply to take examinations for the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) certification in Adult Echocardiography. This program is nationally accredited through the Committee on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, 515 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60610; PHONE (312) 553-9355. ADMISSION TO THE COLLEGE DOES NOT GUARANTEE ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAM. ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED. The minimum of Nurse Aid Certification is required of all applicants.

Program website: www.austincc.edu/hltsci

Applicants must provide documentation of immunizations at time of application. Students accepted into the program are required to have a physical examination and verify annual tuberculosis status.

A Criminal Background Check will be required of students as mandated by law or as a condition of program approval/accreditation.

Program changes may not be reflected in the current ACC Catalog publication. Please access the most up to date information on the Program's Web Page through a link at http://www.austincc.edu/hltsci/ or by contacting the Health Sciences Admissions Office, Eastview Campus, Room 8356.

Prerequisites

	HPRS	1206		Medical Terminology	2
	ENGL	1301		English Composition I	3
+	MATH	1314		College Algebra	3
	PHYS	1405		Conceptual Physics I	4
+	BIOL	2304		Human Anatomy Lecture	3
+	BIOL	2101		Human Anatomy Lab	1
	PHIL	2306		Ethics	3
					------- 19

Semester I

	PSYC	2301		Introduction to Psychology	3
+	DMSO	1110		Introduction to Sonography	1
+	DMSO	1351		Sonographic Cross Sectional Anatomy	3
					------- 7

Semester II

				Oral Communication	3
+	DSAE	1100		Introduction to Diagnostic Imaging	1
+	DSAE	1315		Principles of Adult Echocardiography	3
+	DSAE	1203		Introduction to Echocardiography Techniques	2
+	DMSO	1302		Basic Ultrasound Physics	3
					------- 12

Semester III

+	DSAE	2404		Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pathology I	4
+	DSAE	1561		Clinical Echocardiography I	5
+	DMSO	1342		Intermediate Ultrasound Physics	3
					------- 12

Semester IV

+	DSAE	2337		Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pathology II	3
+	DSAE	2462		Clinical Echocardiography II	4
+	DMSO	2351		Doppler Physics	3
					------- 10

Semester V

+#	DMSO	2345		Advanced Sonography Practices	3
+	DSVT	1103		Introduction to Vascular Technology	1
+#	DSAE	2663		Clinical Echocardiography III	6
+	DMSO	2243		Advanced Ultrasound Physics	2
					------- 12
				TOTALS	------- 72