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Allied Health
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Associate in Science (A.S.) Degree
Program Overview with Course Requirements
- For Information Sessions, Admission Guide, Program Application, and the most updated information, visit our Division website at: valenciacollege.edu/health.
Note: The Diagnostic Medical Sonography program is a selective admission, limited enrollment program.
Program Description
If you're fascinated by the inner workings
of the human body, then consider becoming a sonographer. When
a doctor needs to check out a patient's organs such as the
liver, it is the sonographer who provides the images by transmitting
high frequency sound waves into the patient's body via ultrasound.
You may also get to share in an experience most people remember
for a lifetime - providing the first glimpse of an expectant
mother's unborn child.
Characteristics Students Need to be Successful
- Common sense
- Critical thinking skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Self starter
- Flexible
- Ability to accept criticism
Alternative Ways to Earn Credit
- Credit for Industry Certifications: You may be eligible to receive college credit toward this program if you have earned an approved industry certification.To view the list of approved industry certifications and potential credits, visit
Industry Certification Agreements.
Potential Careers and Employers
- Careers: Diagnostic Medical Sonographer or Ultrasound Technologist
- Employers: A variety of exciting career opportunities are available for sonographers. They may work in physicians' offices, diagnostic imaging centers, ambulatory care facilities, research facilities, and hospitals in trauma/emergency and intensive/critical care settings.
Placement Rate and Salary Information
For the number employed, percent employed, and estimated average annual full-time wages of students who have graduated from Valencia's program, visit
Smart-College-Choices.com.
Contact Information
For more information,
contact the Health Sciences Program Advisor, at 407-582-1288 or email
HealthScienceAdvising@valenciacollege.edu.
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