Program Highlights
Our cardiac sonography degree program can help you get to the heart of a great career.
Within the medical industry, heart-related procedures ranging from surgery to sonography and monitoring require a great degree of care and training. By capturing images of the heart and its chambers, cardiac sonographers work to provide more information on a patient’s heart. The equipment used to diagnose and treat heart conditions is more sophisticated than ever, and it requires specialized training and experience to operate properly. This is a limited enrollment program.
- Our program provides classroom studies and lab experience to help you learn the latest techniques using the most up-to-date and advanced cardiac sonography equipment available.
- By combining our programs with real-world experience and extensive clinical course work, you’ll get the experience and training you need to become a credentialed sonographer leading to a successful career as a cardiac sonographer.
- The Associate of Applied Science in Cardiac Sonography degree program at Baker College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
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Learn Your Way
Cardiac Sonography classes are taught exclusively at the Owosso campus. Plus, general education and prerequisite courses are typically available through Baker Online, Online Live, and on all campuses throughout Michigan.
Learn MoreDirect Admission
Enrollment in the Cardiac Sonography program is limited, and admission is highly competitive. High-performing incoming freshmen may qualify for guaranteed enrollment and a $6,000-per-year scholarship through our direct admission program.
Learn MoreWhy Study Cardiac Sonography?
Your expertise as a registered cardiac sonographer will help put your patient’s mind—and heart—at ease. Baker College’s cardiac sonography degree program combines both academic study and hands-on training to provide the experience you need to properly perform cardiac echo testing for patients. Through academic and clinical training, this program will prepare you to provide patient services using diagnostic ultrasound equipment under the supervision of a doctor of cardiology.
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Curriculum
The Baker College Associate of Applied Science in Cardiac Sonography degree program is a two-year, CAAHEP-accredited program consisting of 73 credit hours (28 hours of prerequisites and 44 hours of major courses). Our curriculum includes human anatomy and physiology, three 16-week clinical experiences with required lab hours and a board review (capstone).
Outcomes & Performance
The mission of the cardiac sonography degree program is to provide each student with quality educational experiences, which will prepare them to readily make the transition from student to competent entry-level cardiac sonographer.
Accreditation
External peer review is the primary means of ensuring and improving the quality of higher education institutions and programs in the United States. This recognition is accomplished through program accreditation, approval or certification.
The cardiac sonography degree program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), 9355 113th St. N, #7709, Seminole, FL 33775; phone: 727-210-2350; fax: 727-210-2354; on the recommendation of the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS), 2025 Woodlane Drive, St. Paul, MN 55125-2998, 651-731-1582; email [email protected]
Classes Available
This program is offered in-person on our campus in Owosso. In Michigan our students come from Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, Cadillac, Dearborn, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Owosso, Traverse City, and many other locations. Beyond Michigan, our online graduates hail from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and other states.
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Core courses for this degree program are not offered through Baker Online.
For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available through Baker Online each semester.
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Core courses for this degree program are not offered through Online Live.
For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available through Online Live each semester.
Online Live