Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Diploma

Program at a glance

Credential

Diploma

Work experience

None

Study options

Full-time

Open to International

Area of study

Health Sciences

Length

2 years

High demand

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Info sessions

Vital part of healthcare

Start in May

This comprehensive program will prepare you for an essential role in the healthcare team by producing ultrasound scans used to diagnose, treat, and monitor a variety of medical conditions.

In demand profession

Certified ultrasound technologists are one of the most in-demand and sought-after diagnostic imaging health professionals. Due to expanding services, rapidly emerging technologies, and increasing patient populations sonographers command top salaries and often find permanent employment opportunities immediately after graduation.

Are you a future Diagnostic Medical Sonographer?

Sonographers and echocardiographers image vital organs, beating hearts, and babies in the womb to provide physicians with technical impressions of findings used for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring a variety of medical conditions.

To succeed in this demanding program and career, you should have strong academic skills, good organizational practices and a sense of social responsibility and caring. You'll be working in a team environment, using your ability to think critically and problem solve while expressing a real desire to serve the public.

You should be an independent learner with the ability to integrate and apply information. Computer literacy is essential since many courses will be taught online.

Information sessions

Become an in-demand medical imaging professional.��Get the skills you'll need to begin a challenging and rewarding career as a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer.

Indigenous Limited Priority Admissions��

The School of Health & Human Services (HHS) offers Priority Seating for Indigenous students in all Health related programs.

Visit��Eyēʔ Sqȃ’lewen - Centre for Indigenous Education & Community Connections (IECC)��for information on how to apply.��

Any questions about the application process, please contact��hhsindigenoussupport@camosun.ca

The��Indigenous Limited Priority Admissions��process, approved by the Board of Governors, supported by the Education Council, and approved by the BC Human Rights Tribunal, welcomes applications from all qualified Indigenous applicants.

What you'll learn

Current students wanting information about your program, go to student planning in��.

Program outline

For more details, including courses, please see the program outline in the academic calendar.

Program outline

Medical Sonographers in the making��

You'll learn a wide variety of practical and patient care skills. Our program is hands-on, with clinical placements throughout your time at Camosun. You'll learn about the science of ultrasound, anatomy and physiology, your role within the medical profession and how to treat patients ethically and with compassion. Located at our Interurban campus, you'll learn how to perform a comprehensive range of entry-to-practice general, obstetrical, cardiac, and vascular ultrasound scans while building theoretical knowledge for advanced and interventional sonography practice.

Diploma program

You'll experience a variety of approaches to educational delivery including traditional face-to-face classroom instruction, practical simulation labs, courses combining face-to-face instruction with distributed education (online learning) support, exclusively online courses, seminars, and supervised clinical practice.

Graduates who pass their National Certification exams are qualified to work all across Canada providing competent, compassionate, culturally appropriate sonography care and service with the highest level of professionalism in both public and private diagnostic imaging facilities.

Career/academic advancement opportunities��

After successfully completing your program and the Canadian Clinical Skills Assessments, you’ll be eligible to write the Sonography Canada National Certification Exams for your chosen specialty.

Sonography Canada requires that students have met exam eligibility requirements from an accredited institution. If you have questions regarding accreditation and exam eligibility, do not hesitate to contact us at��hhsinfo@camosun.ca. Sonography Canada lists .

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SONO program handbooks

Find current student information in the��School of Health and Human Services��and��SONO program��handbooks.

Tuition and fees

Effective from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025

Estimated tuition

Tuition estimates are for the entire program.

Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Diploma

$40,025 (domestic)

Domestic tuition fees vary depending on the individual course fees for the classes you select.

For International students visit: International Tuition & Fees.

Student fees

In addition to tuition estimates, student fees are calculated based on your enrolment. Refer to:��Student Fees.

Financial assistance

You may need to find more than one source of funding to help pay for your education and living costs while attending college. Check out sources of money you don't need to pay back as well as those that need to be repaid.

Financial Aid & Awards��

Application deadline

Competitive entry

Next intake: Summer 2026
Application period: May 15 – Aug 15, 2025
Document deadline: Sept 15, 2025

Admission requirements

One of:

B in English 12
B in English Language Proficiency
B in English 12 Camosun Alternative

One of:

B in Pre-calculus 12
B in MATH 100 or MATH 108
B in Math 12 Camosun Alternative

One of:

B in Physics 12
B in PHYS 105
B in Physics 12 Camosun Alternative
C+ in PHYS 165

One of:

B in Anatomy and Physiology 12
B in BIOL 143 or BIOL 150
B in BIOL 152 and BIOL 153
B in PNUR 101
B in Anatomy and Physiology 12 Camosun Alternative

One of:

B in MOA 155
Completion of a Medical Terminology course consisting of a minimum of 60 hours with a letter grade of B or higher

And all of:

Completed
Attendance at a Diagnostic Medical Sonography program information Session and completion of online questionnaire. An online option of the Information Session is available for anyone unable to attend in person
After the document submission deadline, all qualified applicants receive registration and scheduling instructions for their non-academic assessment. This assessment will be the CASPer test (Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics). CASPer is an open-response situational judgment test that measures aspects of your social intelligence and professionalism, like ethics, empathy, problem-solving and collaboration. Students may take the assessment one time per application cycle and must do so within the prescribed timeframe indicated by the program; Students applying to other Allied Health & Technologies programs at AV��Ʒ need only take the assessment once per application cycle

Admissions Process:

The rigour of this program requires students to have a high level of commitment and preparedness to be successful. In order to serve students best, admission processes for many Allied Health programs in British Columbia and across Canada include a selection process whereby applicants are selected, or compete for program entry. The program ranks students according to academic preparedness and non-academic qualities including situational judgement, proven to be reliable predictors of personal commitment and future professional behaviours. Applicants with the highest overall rankings are offered seats in the program. This process enhances students’ likelihood of program success and future employability.
Once all applicants have completed the non-academic assessment, the program calculates an aggregate score for each applicant by equally weighting the academic (combined GPA of admission requirements) and non-academic assessment scores (indicators of program and future professional success) to determine which applicants will receive program seat invitations. Once all aggregated scores are totalled, the students selected will be offered seats in the program for a given year, pending completion of the Program Participation Requirements prior to the program start date.
The program maintains a short waitlist for late entry into the same year due to student withdrawals or deferrals. Waitlists are not retained for future years. Those applicants meeting the admission requirements, but not gaining a seat in the year of application need to reapply in order to be eligible in a subsequent year.
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