BS Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program Course Descriptions
| Course | Course Description | Textbook |
|---|---|---|
| US301 Sonographic Exploration (2cr) | Examine the sonography program by utilizing DMS handbook and sonographic tools. Explores ultrasound as a career by reviewing the history and future of ultrasound, ultrasound applications, and sonographer attributes. Focuses on beginner sonography skills by discussing sonographic terminology, using an ultrasound machine, viewing the body in anatomical planes, protocols, and disease processes. SonoSim will be used to supplement student understanding of probe manipulation and scanning 3D objectsdical imaging such as CT, PET, and MRI images. | Required: Introduction to Sonography and Patient Care, 2/e. S. Penny LWW (2020) ISBN: 978-1975120108 Retail Price: $82.99 Sonography E-Book: Introduction to Normal Structure and Function. 5th Ed. R. Curry and M. Prince Saunders (2020) ISBN: 978-0323661355 Retail Price: $167.99 |
| US303 Patient Care & Professionalism in Sonography (2cr) | Explores patient safety with emphasis on infection control, patient needs, laws, and ethics related to ultrasound. Integrates sonographer safety and prevention of MSI through knowledge of workplace safety and best practices. Analyzes professionalism in sonography, including communications skills, credentialing options, the scope of practice, and research design. | Required: Craig’s Essentials of Sonography and Patient Care 4/e.. M. Robert DeJong Saunders. (2018) ISBN: 9780323545846 Retail Price: $89.99 |
| US305 Ultrasound Physics (4cr) | Analyze principles of ultrasound physics, instrumentation, and theory as relevant to the sonographer. Explores math, ultrasound physics, transducer construction and characteristics, sound beam formation and characteristics, instrumentation, image storage and display, Doppler instrumentation and principles, artifacts, and bio-effects. Uses SonoSim to support learning. | Required: Sonography Principles & Instruments F. Kremkau Saunders (2020) ISBN: 978-0323597081 Retail Price: $122.99 Suggested: Understanding Ultrasound Physics. 4/e. S. K. Edelman ESP Ultrasound (2012). ISBN: 978-0962644450 Retail Price: $158.90 |
| US360 Vascular Ultrasound I (2 credits) | Explores the cardiovascular system. Investigates the normal anatomy, relational anatomy, anatomical variants, and ultrasound appearance of peripheral and extra-cerebral vessels. Integrates physiology and Doppler analysis of the peripheral and extra-cerebral vessels. Uses SonoSim to support scanning protocols, probe manipulation, and ultrasound image recognition and acquisition. Explores limited pathophysiology and abnormal ultrasound appearance of the aorta, carotids, and limb vessels. Uses SonoSim and case studies to support the recognition of pathology by ultrasound. | Required: Introduction to Vascular Ultrasonography John S. Pellerito Elsevier (2020) ISBN: 9780323625234 Retail Price: $110.00 |
| RS300 Orientation to Advanced Modalities (1cr) | This course will provide students with the knowledge of advanced imaging technologies such as Computed Tomography (CT), Ultrasound (US), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and Positron Emission Tomography (PET). | Required: No Text Required. Resources will be provided as |
| RS390 Ethics & Law for Advanced Modalities (3cr) | This course provides details set forth by the unique responsibilities of law and ethics concepts in the healthcare setting. | Required: Ethical and Legal Issues for Imaging Professionals, 2nd Ed. D. Towsley-Cook, T. Young Mosby (2007) ISBN: 978-0323045995 Retail Price: $44.54 |
| US410 Ultrasound Board Review (2cr) | This course contains a review and preparation for additional certification exams that will be needed in order to become a working sonographer in the field. The course will utilize previous course materials as well as books. The objective will be to have a high-level overview of what will be expected in order to pass credentialing exams offered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) and the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (RDMS). | Required: Sonography Exam Review: Physics, Abdomen, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 3/e S. Ovel Mosby (2025) ISBN: 978-0323582285 Retail Price: $75.46 |
| US480 Sonography Capstone (2cr) | This course engages the student in the research process. Students engage in various levels of the research process throughout the term. Topics will include, but not be limited to, specializations in the field of sonography, a look at the application of sonography in the past, present, and future, and sonography market analysis. | Required: No required text. Resources will be provided as needed. |
| US390 Clinical A (4cr) | Students proceed to clinical rotation. Students will meet for a required, in-person boot camp in the first 3 weeks of the semester to learn about the technology used in the program and proper scanning techniques. Utilizes handheld ultrasound units to scan local volunteers and submit images for review during 5 weeks of virtual scan lab. Students will start clinical rotation at an assigned site focusing on observing ultrasound examinations, site orientation, machine knobology, imaging protocols, and patient care under the direct supervision of a registered technologist. Students will work on the required competencies. Clinical A students will be at their clinical site for 120 hours (about 20 hours/week for 6 weeks). | Required: No required text. Resources will be provided as needed. |
| US394 Clinical B (6cr) | In the second clinical rotation, students will attend a required, synchronous virtual boot camp the first week of the semester and return to their clinical site to continue the supervised clinical experience. Students will focus on gaining more hands-on experience acquiring ultrasound images and learning ultrasound protocols under the direct supervision of a registered technologist. Students will work on the required competencies. Clinical B students will be at their clinical site for 260 hours (about 20 hours/week for 13 weeks). | Required: No required text. Resources will be provided as needed. |
| US494 Clinical C (6cr) | In the third clinical rotation, students will attend a required, synchronous virtual boot camp the first week of the semester and return to their clinical site to continue the supervised clinical experience. Students will focus on gaining more hands-on experience acquiring ultrasound images and learning ultrasound protocols under the direct supervision of a registered technologist. Students will work on the required competencies. Clinical C students will be at their clinical site for 260 hours (about 20 hours/week for 13 weeks). | Required: No required text. Resources will be provided as needed. |
| US495 Clinical D (6cr) | In the final clinical rotation, students will attend a required, synchronous virtual boot camp the first week of the semester and return to their clinical site to continue the supervised clinical experience. Students will focus on gaining more hands-on experience acquiring ultrasound images, assisting with procedures, and independently completing ultrasound exams under the direct supervision of a registered technologist. Students will work on the required competencies. Clinical D students will be at their clinical site for 260 hours (about 20 hours/week for 13 weeks). | Required: No required text. Resources will be provided as needed. |
| US322 Abdominal Ultrasound I (2cr) | Examines abdominal anatomy through the lens of ultrasound. Investigates the normal anatomy, relational anatomy, anatomical variants, and ultrasound appearance of the peritoneal and retroperitoneal organs. Integrates physiology of the abdominal organs as it relates to ultrasound. Uses SonoSim to support scanning protocols, probe manipulation, and ultrasound image recognition and acquisition. | Required: Diagnostic Imaging: Obstetrics, 4/e. Paula J. Woodward Elsevier (2021). ISBN: 978-0323793964 Retail Price: $234.55 Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography E-Book , 9/e. S. Hagen-Ansert Elsevier (2023) ISBN: 978-0323826549 Retail Price: $259.89 |
| US324 Superficial & Small Parts Ultrasound I (2cr) | Examines superficial and small parts anatomy through the lens of ultrasound. Investigates the normal anatomy, relational anatomy, anatomical variants, and ultrasound appearance of the neck, chest, soft tissue, GI tract, and male pelvis. Integrates physiology of the neck, chest, and male pelvic organs as it relates to ultrasound. Uses SonoSim to support scanning protocols, probe manipulation, and ultrasound image recognition and acquisition. | Required: Sonography E-Book, 5/e R. Curry & M. Prince Saunders (2020) ISBN: 978-0323790802 Retail Price: $111.19 Examination Review for Ultrasound: Abdomen and Obstetrics & Gynecology. 3/e. S. M. Penny, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2022). ISBN: 978-1975185480 Retail Price: $99.99 Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography E-Book , 9/e. S. Hagen-Ansert Elsevier (2023) ISBN: 978-0323826549 Retail Price: $259.89 |
| US330 Gynecological Ultrasound (2cr) | Examines the non-gravid female pelvic anatomy through the lens of ultrasound. Investigates the normal anatomy, relational anatomy, anatomical variants, and ultrasound appearance of the female pelvic organs. Integrates physiology of the female pelvic organs as it relates to ultrasound. Uses SonoSim to support scanning protocols, probe manipulation, and ultrasound image recognition and acquisition. Explores the pathophysiology and abnormal ultrasound appearance of female pelvic organs. Uses SonoSim and case studies to support the recognition of pathology by ultrasound. | Required: Pelvic Ultrasound Imaging 1/e. Rebecca E Hall Elsevier (2022). ISBN: 9780323789783 Retail Price: $84.99 Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography E-Book , 9/e. S. Hagen-Ansert Elsevier (2023) ISBN: 978-0323826549 Retail Price: $259.89 |
| US332 Obstetrical Ultrasound I (2cr) | Examines the gravid female pelvic anatomy and first-trimester fetal anatomy. Investigates normal and abnormal ultrasound appearance of the first-trimester pregnancy. Integrates the physiology of pregnancy as it relates to ultrasound. Uses SonoSim to support scanning protocols, probe manipulation, and ultrasound image recognition and acquisition. Explores multiple gestations, complications, and procedures used in the first trimester of pregnancy. Reviews the role of ultrasound in imaging the fetus in the second and third trimesters. Explores the normal appearance of fetal anatomy in the second and third trimesters. Uses SonoSim and case studies to support recognition of the second and third-trimester fetal anatomy | Required: Pelvic Ultrasound Imaging 1/e. Rebecca E. Hall Elsevier (2022). ISBN: 9780323789783 Retail Price: $84.99 Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography E-Book , 9/e. S. Hagen-Ansert Elsevier (2023) ISBN: 978-0323826549 Retail Price: $259.89 |
| US422 Abdominal Ultrasound II (2cr) | Explores the pathophysiology and abnormal ultrasound appearance of peritoneal and retroperitoneal organs. Uses SonoSim and case studies to support the recognition of pathology by ultrasound. | Required: Sonography E-Book: Introduction to Normal Structure and Function, 5/e R. Curry & M. Prince Saunders (2020) ISBN: 978-0323790802 Retail Price: $111.19 Examination Review for Ultrasound: Abdomen and Obstetrics & Gynecology. 3/e. S. M. Penny Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2022). ISBN: 978-1975185480 Retail Price: $99.99 Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography E-Book , 9/e. S. Hagen-Ansert Elsevier (2023) ISBN: 978-0323826549 Retail Price: $259.89 |
| US424 Superficial & Small Parts Ultrasound II (2cr) | Explores the pathophysiology and abnormal ultrasound appearance of the neck, chest, soft tissue, GI tract, and male pelvic organs. Uses SonoSim and case studies to support recognition of pathology by ultrasound. Examines ultrasound’s role in invasive procedures of the neck, chest, and abdomen. | Required: Sonography E-Book: Introduction to Normal Structure and Function. 5/e R. Curry & M. Prince Saunders (2020) ISBN: 978-0323790802 Retail Price: $111.19 Examination Review for Ultrasound: Abdomen and Obstetrics & Gynecology. 3/e. S. M. Penny Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2022). ISBN: 978-1975185480 Retail Price: $99.99 Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography E-Book , 9/e. S. Hagen-Ansert Elsevier (2023) ISBN: 978-0323826549 Retail Price: $259.89 |
| US430 Obstetrical Ultrasound II (2cr) | Explores the pathophysiology and ultrasound appearance of congenital fetal anomalies diagnosed using ultrasound in the second and third trimesters. Uses SonoSim and case studies to support the recognition of pathology by ultrasound. | Required: Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography E-Book , 9/e. S. Hagen-Ansert Elsevier (2023) ISBN: 978-0323826549 Retail Price: $259.89 Obstetrics and Gynecology 5/e. S. Stephenson, J. Dmitrieva, Wolters Kluwer (2022) ISBN: 9781975176983 Retail Price: $178.45 |
| US423 Pediatric Ultrasound (2cr) | Examines pediatric patient’s pathophysiology and abnormal ultrasound appearance of diseases affecting the abdomen, pelvis, GI tract, head, spine, and hips. Uses SonoSim to support scanning protocols, probe manipulation, and ultrasound image recognition and acquisition. Also uses SonoSim and case studies to support the recognition of pathology by ultrasound. | Required: Sonography E-Book: Introduction to Normal Structure and Function, 5/e R. Curry & M. Prince Saunders (2020) ISBN: 978-0323790802 Retail Price: $111.19 Examination Review for Ultrasound: Abdomen and Obstetrics & Gynecology. 3/e. S. M. Penny Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2022). ISBN: 978-1975185480 Retail Price: $99.99 Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography E-Book , 9/e. S. Hagen-Ansert Elsevier (2023) ISBN: 978-0323826549 Retail Price: $259.89 |
| US426 Advanced Abdominal Ultrasound (2cr) | Explores the use of ultrasound to assess blood flow in the liver, kidneys, bowel, and transplanted organs. Introduces the student to new technologies in ultrasound, comparison studies, musculoskeletal and point-of-care ultrasound. Uses SonoSim and case studies to support recognition of pathology by ultrasound. Includes summative review of abdominal ultrasound and presentations. | Required: Sonography E-Book: Introduction to Normal Structure and Function, 5/e R. Curry & M. Prince Saunders (2020) ISBN: 978-0323790802 Retail Price: $111.19 Examination Review for Ultrasound: Abdomen and Obstetrics & Gynecology. 3/e. S. M. Penny Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2022). ISBN: 978-1975185480 Retail Price: $99.99 Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography E-Book , 9/e. S. Hagen-Ansert Elsevier (2023) ISBN: 978-0323826549 Retail Price: $259.89 |
| US434 Advanced OBGYN Ultrasound (2cr) | Explores the use of ultrasound in fetal testing, infertility, and invasive procedures. Examines the use of ultrasound in diagnosing maternal complications and the post-partum period. Introduces students to high-risk pregnancy, ethics in OB, comparison studies, and 3D/4D imaging. Uses SonoSim and case studies to support recognition of pathology by ultrasound. Includes summative review of OBGYN ultrasound and presentations. | Required: Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography E-Book , 9/e. S. Hagen-Ansert Elsevier (2023) ISBN: 978-0323826549 Retail Price: $259.89 |