Start a High-Paying Career in 24 Months
Our 24-month associate’s degree is designed to prepare you to perform diagnostic examinations using high-frequency sound waves to visualize soft tissue structures.
Diagnostic Medical Sonography
The 24-month Associate of Applied Science degree is designed to prepare you to perform diagnostic examinations, as requested by a physician, using high-frequency sound waves to visualize soft tissue structures. As a sonographer, you'll work in hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ offices.
The Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS).
CAAHEP
9355 113th St. N, #7709
Seminole, FL 33775
Phone: 727-210-2350
Fax: 727-210-2354
Email: mail@caahep.org
JRC-DMS
6021 University Boulevard, Suite 500
Ellicott City, MD 21043
Phone: 443-973-3251
Fax: 866-738-3444
Upon graduation, you're eligible to take the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) examination in general physics, abdominal, and OB/GYN sonography.
Please note: All courses are face-to-face, in daytime hours only. No online or night classes are offered at this time.
Learn more about the program
Attendance to one Information Session is mandatory for all applicants. Fall dates are as follows:
- September 6, 2024, 10am in RNHS 1.131
- October 4, 2024, 10am in RNHS 1.131
- November 1, 2024, 10am Zoom link to be provided
Who We Are
- Kathryn Trantham, Department Chair/Professor, Diagnostic Medical Sonography
- Haley Chaneyworth, Clinical Coordinator/Professor, Diagnostic Medical Sonography
- Meredith Duffee, Professor, Diagnostic Echocardiography
- Kalie Hall, Professor, Diagnostic Echocardiography/Clinical Coordinator
- Carla Phillips, Professor, Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Clinical Coordinator
How to Apply
TJC is an open admissions college; however, acceptance into the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program is limited. Acceptance into the program is based on criteria utilizing a point system and reviewed by an admissions committee. Because of limited enrollment in the program, all applicants who meet the basic admission requirements will not be interviewed nor accepted into the program. Applicant ranking by the point system will determine admission decisions.
Diagnostic Echocardiography
TJC offers a twenty-four-month Associate of Applied Science in Diagnostic Echocardiography as well. Get the training you need to work in this high-demand field.