Health Professions AAS – Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program

Code: AAS.HP.DMS

The Diagnostic Medical Sonography program specializes in abdomen, obstetrics/gynecology and cardiac sonography. Diagnostic Medical Sonographers work in close association with radiologists and physicians to provide quality images to aid in diagnostic interpretation. Students are required to complete all three specialties upon completion of the program. The program is a competency-based education and provides a curriculum sequence in order for the students to correlate didactic, lab and clinical skills sufficiently. 

Program length: 24 months; GPA for admissions eligibility: 2.50

Pre-Admissions Test: Diagnostic Medical Sonography Admissions Exam

Application Prerequisites: High school students are required to have taken advanced placement Biological Science (AP test documentation required), high school advanced placement Physics (AP test documentation required), and high school Algebra. If you have not taken these courses in high school, you need to take BIO-109 Anatomy & Physiology I, PHY-185 Introduction to Physics, and MAT-040 Algebra.

Application Deadline: February 1; Program Admits: Fall semester

Note: This regional program utilizes clinical education centers throughout the State of New Jersey. Students might be required to travel to distant sites and provide their own transportation.

The Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography, a Committee of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in these three areas and students are eligible to take the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) exam upon completion of the program.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate the ability to efficiently perform basic abdominal and small parts, pelvic, obstetrical, and cardiac ultrasound examinations at an acceptable level of competence. 
• Correlate ultrasound images with clinical findings, patient history, and pertinent pathophysiology.
• Possess the knowledge, skills and abilities of the student sonographer in caring for the ill patient. 
• Demonstrate the ability to promote good interpersonal relations with members of the health team.
• Possess a medical and professional sense of values and a concern for public health and safety.
• Have an awareness of the responsibilities and limitations of the role of the sonographer and to be able to function within these limits.
• Understand the importance of continued personal and educational growth.
• Recognize and appreciate the cost, preparation, maintenance and care of sophisticated instrumentation found within the ultrasound department.
• Be prepared to successfully complete the registry examinations offered by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) in the areas of Abdominal, Ob/Gyn, and Adult Echocardiography.

Total Credit Hours: 66

Specific Program Notes

Students are encouraged to take their courses in semester sequence order.

Please note that required courses may have prerequisites. Click on each course to view details.

*General Education Course List.

All DMS courses must be taken in the specified sequence.

Students enrolled in this program ARE REQUIRED to successfully complete a course in basic algebra if indicated by Placement Testing.

See the Course Descriptions section for course pre- and co-requisites.