Echocardiography Program

Areas of Study - Degrees & Certificates > Health Sciences > Diagnostic Medical Sonography Programs > Echocardiography Program

The associate of applied science degree in echocardiography is designed to prepare students to use ultrasound as a medical procedure to view internal organs for diagnostic purposes. Ultrasound is radiation free; it uses high frequency sound waves to produce images of the heart. The program provides training and scanning instruction in heart function and introduction to non-invasive vascular imaging.

Professionals performing these examinations are known as echocardiographers. Upon completion of this Lone Star College program, graduates may apply to take the credentialing exam to become a registered adult echocardiographer for the echocardiography specialty.

By completing the program, students will earn one award:

Echocardiography, AAS

Echocardiography, AAS

[AAS_ECHO offered at LSC-CyFair]

Total Credit Hours Required for Degree: 60

Prerequisite Semester Credits / Units: 14
MATH 1314 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 1410 - Elementary Physics Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 2404 - Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology Credit Hours: 4
First Semester Credits / Units: 13
DSAE 1415 - Principles of Adult Echocardiography Credit Hours: 4
DMSO 1302 - Basic Ultrasound Physics Credit Hours: 3
DSAE 1360 - Clinical Credit Hours: 3 *
DSAE 2303 - Cardiovascular Concepts Credit Hours: 3
Second Semester Credits / Units: 13
DMSO 1342 - Intermediate Ultrasound Physics Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 1301 - Principles of Sociology Credit Hours: 3
DSAE 1364 - Practicum I Credit Hours: 3
DSAE 2404 - Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pathology I Credit Hours: 4
Third Semester Credits / Units: 9
DSAE 2437 - Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pathology II Credit Hours: 4
DSAE 2264 - Practicum II Credit Hours: 2
DSVT 2300 - Vascular Technology Applications Credit Hours: 3
Fourth Semester Credits / Units: 11
DSAE 2365 - Practicum III Credit Hours: 3
Elective - Creative Arts or Language, Philosophy, & Culture Credits / Units: 3
DSAE 2335 - Advanced Echocardiography Credit Hours: 3
DMSO 2230 - Advanced Ultrasound Review Credit Hours: 2 Program Capstone

Note(s)

Students must pass test and place into college level reading, writing and math prior to entering program.
Students must complete PHYS 1410, ENGL 1301, MATH 1314, BIOL 2404 prior to the first DMSO course.
* The Student Success Course Requirement is satisfied through successful completion of DSAE 1360.

AAS Completed