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Students develop practical skills in transthoracic echocardiographic imaging, exam protocols, image optimization, patient positioning, and basic cardiac pathology recognition. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

With dynamic labs, immersive simulations, and action‑packed clinical rotations, you’ll master cardiac imaging fast gaining the confidence, speed, and professionalism today’s employers crave. This is hands‑on, high‑impact training designed to launch you into a rewarding career where you make a real difference every single day.<\/p>\n\n\n
Course #<\/th>Course Name<\/th>Credit<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
BIOL 2260<\/td>Anatomy & Physiology I<\/a><\/td>4.00 <\/td><\/tr>
HLTH 1106<\/td>Medical Terminology<\/a><\/td>2.00 <\/td><\/tr>
HLTH 1110<\/td>Nursing Assistant<\/a><\/td>3.00 <\/td><\/tr>
MATH 1200<\/td>Mathematics of Business and Industry<\/a><\/td>3.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 1000<\/td>Echocardiography I<\/a><\/td>3.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 1100<\/td>Echocardiography Lab I<\/a><\/td>3.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 1200<\/td>Ultrasound Physics I<\/a><\/td>3.00 <\/td><\/tr>
BIOL 2262<\/td>Anatomy & Physiology II<\/a><\/td>4.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 1500<\/td>Echocardiography II<\/a><\/td>3.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 1600<\/td>Echocardiography Lab II<\/a><\/td>3.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 1700<\/td>Ultrasound Physics II<\/a><\/td>3.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 2000<\/td>Echocardiography III<\/a><\/td>3.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 2100<\/td>Echocardiography Lab III<\/a><\/td>3.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 1900<\/td>Echo Clinical I<\/a><\/td>5.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 2200<\/td>Echo Clinical II<\/a><\/td>5.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 2300<\/td>Echo Clinical Capstone<\/a><\/td>5.00 <\/td><\/tr>
ECHO 2800<\/td>Echo Board Prep<\/a><\/td>1.00 <\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>General Education Electives<\/td> 4<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody>
Total Credits<\/strong><\/th>60<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tfoot><\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With dynamic labs, immersive simulations, and action‑packed clinical rotations, you’ll master cardiac imaging fast gaining the confidence, speed, and professionalism today’s employers crave. This is hands‑on, high‑impact training designed to launch you into a rewarding career where you make a real difference every single day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"bsu_hero":"","bsu_hero_on_children":false,"bsu_hero_height":"","bsu_hero_video":"","bsu_hide_from_navigation":false,"bsu_require_auth":false,"bsu_require_auth_usertypes":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/cardiac-sonography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/cardiac-sonography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/cardiac-sonography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/cardiac-sonography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/cardiac-sonography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/cardiac-sonography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/cardiac-sonography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/108"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/cardiac-sonography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/cardiac-sonography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}