Diagnostic Medical Sonography / Bachelor of Science 3 + 1 Program
Diagnostic Medical Sonography / Bachelor of Science 3 + 1 Program
Total Credit Hours: 143-149
Major Credit Hours: 100-106
A grade of “C-” or better must be earned in a prerequisite course in order to advance to the next course in the sequence.
It is the policy of the Biology department to support with letters of recommendation for professional school applications only those students who have achieved a cumulative and science GPA of 3.0 by the time they complete BIOL 42200 Human Anatomy and have no withdrawals in their records. In the event that a student has his/her request for letters of recommendation denied, he/she has the right to petition for reconsideration with the understanding that there is no guarantee that the petition will be successful. Acceptance into any professional school is solely determined by the admission committee of that school. All faculty members have the right to decline a request to write a letter of recommendation for any student.
Diagnostic Medical Sonography majors may take a Biology class only 2 times. If a student has not achieved a minimum grade of a “C-” after the second attempt, the student may not repeat the class.
Students are required to shadow, observe a DMS, for a day at Northwestern Memorial Hospital or show proof of such activity at another medical facility before applying to the program.
Degree Requirements
Program: BS-DMDS-1
I. Core Courses (55)
| BIOL-11000 | General Biology 1 |
4 |
| BIOL-11100 | General Biology 1 Lab |
1 |
| BIOL-11500 | General Biology 2 |
4 |
| BIOL-11600 | General Biology 2 Lab |
1 |
| BIOL-22000 | Genetics |
4 |
| BIOL-22100 | Genetics Lab |
1 |
| BIOL-22400 | General Microbiology |
4 |
| BIOL-22600 | General Microbiology Lab |
1 |
| BIOL-33500 | Advanced Clinical Physiology |
3 |
| BIOL-33600 | Case Studies in Human Physiology |
1 |
| BIOL-42200 | Human Anatomy |
3 |
| BIOL-42300 | Functional Human Anatomy Lab |
1 |
| CHEM-11000 | General Chemistry 1 |
4 |
| CHEM-11100 | General Chemistry 1 Lab |
1 |
| CHEM-11500 | General Chemistry 2 |
4 |
| CHEM-11600 | General Chemistry 2 Lab |
1 |
| CHEM-23000 | Organic Chemistry 1 |
3 |
| CHEM-22100 | Organic Chemistry 1 Lab |
1 |
| CHEM-23500 | Organic Chemistry 2 |
3 |
| CHEM-22600 | Organic Chemistry 2 Lab |
1 |
| MATH-20400 | Calculus for the Life Sciences |
4 |
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| MATH-20900 | Calculus 1 |
4 |
| PHYS-20000 | College Physics 1 |
4 |
| PHYS-20100 | College Physics 1 Lab |
1 |
II. Students complete the Professional Phase of the program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. (45-51)
| BIOL-33000 | Management and Methods of Patient Care for Sonography |
1-4 |
| BIOL-33200 | Fundamentals of Sonography |
3 |
| BIOL-34100 | Sectional Imaging Anatomy Sonography |
2 |
| BIOL-34300 | Principles of Ultrasound Physics 1 |
3 |
| BIOL-34500 | Abdominal Sonography and Lab |
4 |
| BIOL-34700 | Obstetrical-Gynecological Sonography with Embryology |
3 |
| BIOL-34900 | Clinical Education 1 |
2 |
| BIOL-35100 | Clinical Education 2 |
3 |
| BIOL-35900 | Cellular Pathophysiology |
2 |
| BIOL-43800 | Ultrasound Image Critique |
1 |
| BIOL-43900 | Obstetrical-Gynecological Pathology |
4 |
| BIOL-44100 | Abdominal Pathology |
3 |
| BIOL-44300 | Principles of Ultrasound Physics 2 |
2 |
| BIOL-44400 | Clinical Education 3 |
3 |
| BIOL-44500 | Introduction to Pediatrics and Vascular Imaging |
1 |
| BIOL-45100 | Specialty Sonography |
2 |
| BIOL-45300 | Clinical Education 4 |
4 |
| BIOL-45500 | Registry Review |
2 |
III. General Education Credits (43)
IV. Advanced Writing Requirement
The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by successful completion of the curricula at Lewis University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
