The Diagnostic Medical Sonography program is a sequence of courses that provides educational opportunities to individuals in didactic, laboratory and practicum components. Courses are structured to facilitate the achievement of educational and career goals. Sonographers are highly-skilled professionals who use specialized equipment to create images of structures inside the human body that are used by physicians to make a medical diagnosis. Sonographers have extensive, direct patient contact that may include performing some invasive procedures. Students will have an opportunity to train in the following specialties: abdomen, obstetrics, gynecology, and peripheral vascular. Upon successful completion, graduates are eligible to apply to take the national certification exams given by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) in the specialty areas of abdomen (AB), obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN).