Imaging sciences (BS) is a two-track completion program which will prepare highly competent imaging practitioners for professional careers in a dynamic healthcare environment. The two tracks offered in imaging sciences are 1) management and 2) diagnostic medical sonography. Both degrees build upon the AAS degree in radiography. This baccalaureate program provides the educational foundation for registered radiographers to expand their career opportunities, while providing the community with quality healthcare practitioners in imaging sciences. The BSIS program allows registered radiographers to receive academic credit for previous radiography education and experience. At the professional level, the baccalaureate degree in imaging sciences will integrate liberal arts and imaging sciences education to foster critical thinking, human diversity, written and oral communication, and leadership in a collaborative and interdisciplinary mode.
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Degree Requirements
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The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.
| Pre-Program Requirements: |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 6 | English Composition Requirement | 1 | |
| 3 | Speech | 1 | |
| 6 | Mathematics | 1 | |
| 8 | Science | 1 | |
| 3 | Fine Arts | 1 | |
| 3 | Humanities | 1 | |
| 3 | History/Government | 1 | |
| 9 | Social Sciences | 1 | |
| 40 | Credit for the ARRT in radiography | | |
| Total Pre-Program Hours - 81 |
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| Support Core Courses: The following courses may be taken at any time once accepted into the diagnostic medical sonography program, or by consent of the director of Imaging Sciences. |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 3 | IS 3103 Legal and Ethical Considerations in Healthcare | | |
| 3 | IS 3113 Patient Information Management | | |
| 3 | IS 4103 Perspectives in Human Diversity | | |
| 3 | HLTH 4103 Research in the Health Sciences | | |
| 3 | HLTH 3103 Pathophysiology | | |
Diagnostic Medical Sonography
The DMS professional courses are sequential. Admission into the DMS program is required for enrollment into the ISS courses |
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| FALL SEMESTER: 8 hours |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 3 | ISS 3103 Acoustical Physics & Instrumentation | | |
| 3 | ISS 3113 Cross-Sectional Anatomy for Sonographers | | |
| 2 | ISS 3102 Clinical Lab Practice | | |
| SPRING SEMESTER: 8 hours |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 2 | ISS 3212 Acoustical Physics & Instrumentation II | | |
| 3 | ISS 3203 Abdominal Sonography I | | |
| 3 | ISS 3213 Clinical Practice I | | |
| SUMMER SEMESTER: 6 hours (10 weeks) |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 3 | ISS 4303 Obstetrical and Gynecological Sonography I | | |
| 3 | ISS 4323 Clinical Practice II | | |
| FALL SEMESTER: 9 hours |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 3 | ISS 4413 Abdominal Sonography II | | |
| 2 | ISS 4402 Special Applications and Pathological Considerations | | |
| 4 | ISS 4434 Clinical Practice III | | |
| SPRING SEMESTER: 8 hours |
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| Credit Hours | Courses | Notes | Grade |
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| 3 | ISS 4513 Obstetrical Gynecological Sonography II | | |
| 1 | ISS 4501 Professional Seminar | | |
| 4 | ISS 4544 Clinical Practice IV | | |
| Total Hours: 135—At least 45 hours must be upper level |
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The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.
| NOTES |
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| 1: General Education Core Requirements, 2007-2008 catalog: Follow requirements with these stipulations: Mathematics: MATH 1403 or mathematics with MATH 1403 as a prerequisite and MATH 2503; Science- must take BIOL 1524 and BIOL 1534; Social Sciences- select three courses in different areas from the courses listed ANTH 2803, ECON 2803 or 2813, GEOG 2753, HIST 1123 or 1133, HIST 2753 or 2763, POLS 2753, PSYC 1163, PSYC 2963 or SOCI 2753. |
Transfer Course Information
The Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS) contains information about the transferability of courses within Arkansas public colleges and universities. Students are guaranteed the transfer of applicable credits and the equitable treatment of the application of credits for the admissions and degree requirements. Courses transferability is not guaranteed for courses listed in ACTS as "No Comparable Courses." Courses with a D grade will not transfer unless an appeal for exception is submitted in writing to the provost prior to the first day of class. ACTS-Arkansas Course Transfer System
http://acts.adhe.edu -select Course Transfer. Students may also view the UA Fort Smith Transfer Credit Guide at
www.uafortsmith.edu/Transfer/TransferCreditGuide.
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