• Program Offerings at Grand Valley Students spend two years completing the general education and prerequisite courses. Students should apply by February 1 prior to the fall semester entry. Applications available at After admission to the secondary competitive program, students complete two years of full-time professional coursework in one of the following areas:
  • general (abdominal and obstetrics/gynecology)
  • The diagnostic medical sonography general emphasis prepares students for clinical practice in abdominal and obstetrics-gynecology. Vascular sonography is additional course work that is taken concurrently.General (abdominal and obstetrics-gynecology) sonographers work collaboratively with radiologists or other specialized physicians to diagnose a diverse range of conditions using invasive and non-invasive procedures using complex computerized high frequency sound wave and Doppler signal equipment. The sonographer must acquire excellent knowledge of sectional anatomy, clinical medicine, pathology, and the use of sonographic instrumentation.
  • adult and pediatric echocardiography,
    • adult echocardiography and vascular sonography.
    • Coursework Students study a variety of topics that include:
    • Medical ethics and law
    • Pathophysiology
    • Patient care and professionalism
    • Ultrasound physics and instrumentation
    • Work-related musculoskeletal disorders