Diagnostic Medical Sonography, BS

Requirements

Diagnostic Medical Sonography students complete a minimum of 73 credit hours of academic work, including the College of Science, Health and Pharmacy general education requirements, in addition to the Diagnostic Medical Sonography core courses outlined below. Students must take their final 30 credit hours before clinical training at Roosevelt University. They complete their last 47 credit hours in an 18-month, full-time, daytime clinical training program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital*.

Upon successful completion of the program, students are awarded a certificate of program completion for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) from the hospital and will be eligible to be certified through examination by the national certifying agency, the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Graduates of the school may also take the Sonography Principles and Instrumentation, Abdomen and OB/GYN examinations. Students will also earn a BS in Diagnostic Medical Sonography from Roosevelt University.

*

Acceptance into the clinical training is not guaranteed and is at the discretion of the clinical site.

Core
ALH 119INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY3
BIOL 123ANATOMY &PHYSIOLOGY I1,3
BIOL 124ANATOMY &PHYSIOLOGY II1,3
BIOL 202ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND GENETICS2,3
BIOL 301CELLULAR &MOLECULAR BIOLOGY2,3
CHEM 201GENERAL CHEMISTRY I2,3
CHEM 202GENERAL CHEMISTRY II2,3
CHEM 210SURVEY OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY2,3
MATH 121COLLEGE ALGEBRA3
MATH 122TRIGONOMETRY AND PRECALCULUS3
MATH 217ELEMENTARY STATISTICS3
PHYS 201INTRODUCTION TO NON-CALCULUS BASED PHYSICS I1,3
Clinical Courses for Diagnostic Medical Sonography
ALH 280FUNDAMENTALS OF SONOGRAPHY3
ALH 281MANAGEMENT & METHODS OF PATIENT CARE1
ALH 282PATHOPHYSIOLOGY2
ALH 283SECTIONAL ANATOMY FOR THE SONOGRAPHER2
ALH 284ABDOMEN SONOGRAPHY WITH LAB4
ALH 285OB-GYN SONOGRAPHY WITH EMBRYOLOGY3
ALH 286CLINICAL EDUCATION I: SONOGRAPHY2
ALH 305ULTRASOUND IMAGE CRITIQUE2
ALH 306SPECIALITY SONOGRAPHY2
ALH 307PRINCIPLES OF ULTRASOUND PHYSICS I3
ALH 308PRINCIPLES OF ULTRASOUND PHYSICS II3
ALH 309OBSTETRICAL/GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY4
ALH 310CLINICAL EDUCATION II3
ALH 311ABDOMINAL PATHOLOGY3
ALH 330CLINICAL EDUCATION III3
ALH 331INTRODUCTION TO PEDIATRICS AND VASCULAR IMAGING1
ALH 332CLINICAL EDUCATION IV WITH SPECIALTIES4
ALH 343REGISTRY REVIEW2
General Education, University Writing Requirement, and Electives37
Core requirements48
Clinical requirements47
Total Credits for Degree132

CORE Requirements (General Education)

First Year Success Course or Transfer Success Course
FYS 101FIRST YEAR SUCCESS COURSE1
or TRS 101 TRANSFER SUCCESS 101
Communication Requirement
ENG 101COMPOSITION I: CRITICAL READING & WRITING3
ENG 102COMPOSITION II: INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC RESEARCH3
COMM 101PUBLIC SPEAKING (or program specific CORE communications course)3
Ideas of Social Justice
3 credits in coursework categorized as Ideas.3
Humanities and Fine and Performing Arts 2, 3
9 credits from the following subject areas: African-American Studies, Art History, English (excluding ENG 101 and ENG 102), History, Languages, Music, Philosophy, Theatre, Communication and Women's and Gender Studies9
Mathematics
MATH 110QUANTITATIVE LITERACY (or above) 13
Science
One biological science and one physical science required (one must include a one credit lab).7-8
Social Sciences 2,3
9 credits from the following subject areas: African-American Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics, History, Journalism, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies9
Experiential Learning
6 credits from coursework categorized as Experiential Learning. 6
Total Credit Hours47-48
1

Higher level of Math may be required by major

2

Coursework must come from outside of students' major discipline

3

A maximum of 9 credits can be applied from a single discipline towards humanities and social science requirements

These quantitative requirements also apply to degrees.

  • Students must earn a minimum of 120 semester hours.
  • Students may apply no more than 60 credit hours of 100-level courses toward the degree.
  • Students must apply no fewer than 60 credit hours of 200- and 300-level courses toward the degree.
  • Students must have at least 18 credit hours (of the 60 credit hours above) at the 300 level.
  • Students may transfer in no more than 70 credit hours from community colleges.
  • Students earning less than 60 total hours in residence must take their final 30 hours at Roosevelt University. Note that some majors have additional requirements for RU hours.
  • Students must have a grade point average of 2.0 or higher to graduate. Note that some majors have additional GPA requirements.
  • Students may apply no more than 51 hours in the major (BA) or 57 hours in the major (BS)

Your degree map is a general guide suggesting courses to complete each term on the academic pathway to your degree. It is based on the most current scheduling information from your academic program. Your program’s degree map is reviewed annually and updated as schedules change (although you retain the same course requirements as long as you are continuously enrolled in your degree program).

Always work closely with your academic advisor to understand curriculum requirements and scheduling, as each student’s academic plan can look slightly different.

Year 1
FallCredit HoursSpringCredit Hours
FYS 1011ENG 1023
ENG 1013ALH 1193
CHEM 2015CHEM 2025
MATH 1213MATH 1223
Humanities #13 
 15 14
Year 2
FallCredit HoursSpringCredit Hours
BIOL 1234BIOL 1244
CHEM 211 or 2105MATH 2173
COMM 1013Humanities #33
Humanities #23General Elective3
 15 13
Year 3
FallCredit HoursSpringCredit Hours
BIOL 2025BIOL 301 (Experiential Learning #1)15
PHYS 2014Social Science #23
Social Science #13Social Science #33
 Ideas for Social Justice3
 12 14
Year 4
FallCredit HoursSpringCredit Hours
ALH 300A2ALH 311A2
ALH 310A2ALH 322A3
ALH 320A2ALH 323A1
ALH 321A1ALH 332A3
ALH 330A2ALH 333A1
ALH 331A1ALH 360A1
ALH 390A3ALH 391A (Experiential Learning #2, *)3
 ALH 312A1
 ALH 350A2
 13 17
Professional Year 1 Courses
FallCredit Hours 
ALH 351A1 
ALH 392A3 
ALH 352A2 
ALH 353A2 
ALH 380A2 
ALH 382A2 
ALH 393A4 
 16 
Total Credit Hours 129
1

Experiential Learning class must be 200/300 level and satisfies CORE requirement.

*

Must be accepted to clinical school for clinical training courses. Not guaranteed.