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AAS Degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography

 

DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY
Associate of applied science degree
(degree offered at LSC-CyFair)

 

 Prerequisite Semester
 Course Number  Title  Credit 
 BIOL

 2401

 Human Anatomy & Physiology I

 4 

 MATH  1314   College Algebra

 3

   

Semester Total 

 7

 
 Second Prerequisite Semester
 Course Number  Title  Credit 
 BIOL

 2402

 Human Anatomy & Physiology II

 4 

 PHYS1  1401   General Physics I  OR

 4

 PHYS1  1410   Elementary Physics   
 ENGL  1301   Composition & Rhetoric I  3
   

Semester Total 

 11

First Year

 First Semester
 Course Number  Title  Credit 
 DMSO 2

 1210

 Introduction to Sonography

 2

 DMSO 2  1360   Clinical

 3

 DMSO  1405  Sonography of Abdominopelvic Cavity

 4

 DMSO

 1302

 Basic Ultrasound Physics

 3

 DMSO

 1351 

 Sonographic Sectional Anatomy 

 3 

   

Semester Total 

 15

 

 Second Semester
 Course  Number  Title  Credit
 DMSO  1366  Practicum I

 3

 DMSO  2253  Sonography of Superficial Structures

 2

 SOCI 3  1301  Introduction to Sociology

 3

 DMSO  2405  Sonography of Obstetrics/Gynecology

 4 

 DMSO  1342  Intermediate Ultrasound Physics  3
   

 Semester Total

 15

 

 Third Semester
 Course Number  Title  Credit 
 DMSO  2342  Sonography of High Risk Obstetrics (12 weeks)

 3 

 DMSO  2351  Doppler Physics (12 weeks)

 3

 DMSO  1367  Practicum II (13 weeks)  3
 ITSC  1401  Introduction to Computers  OR  4
 COSC  1401  Microcomputer Applications  
   

 Semester Total

 13

Second Year

 First Semester
 Course Number Title  Credit 
 DMSO  2245  Advanced Sonography Practices  2
 DMSO  2130  Advanced Ultrasound Review  1 
 Elective     Humanities/Fine Arts  3
 DMSO 4  2366  Practicum III  3 
 DSVT  2200  Vascular Technology Applications   2 
   

 Semester Total

 11
   

 Total Credit Hours for Diagnostic Medical Sonography AAS Degree

 72

 


1 RADR 1313 AND RADR 2305 may be substituted for the PHYS course requirement.
2 Meets communication competency
3 Meets multicultural course requirement
4 Capstone course

Students must pass the THEA test and place into college level reading, writing and math prior to entering program.
Students must complete PHYS 1401 OR 1410, ENGL 1301, MATH 1314, BIOL 2401 and 2402 prior to the first DMSO course. Oral communications will be woven throughout laboratory courses and clinical courses.

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