Courses
DS 108 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY I 3.0 Credit(s)
This foundational course introduces the principles of cardiac ultrasound, including 2D, M-mode, and Doppler echocardiography. Students will focus on assessing left ventricular function and identifying common cardiac pathologies. Through lecture and lab, students gain hands-on experience with scanning protocols, imaging planes, and proper patient positioning techniques.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
DS 102 VASCULAR NONOGRAPHY I 3.0 Credit(s)
This introductory course offers foundational knowledge and hands-on training in vascular sonography. Students will learn to perform and interpret lower extremity venous exams, carotid studies, and abdominal vascular assessments. Emphasis is placed on Doppler techniques, image optimization, and waveform analysis. The course covers evaluation of key vascular structures, protocol adherence, and accurate documentation of findings.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
DS 103 VASCULAR SONOGRAPHY II 3.0 Credit(s)
This course builds advanced skills in peripheral vascular sonography, focusing on arterial and venous evaluation of the upper and lower extremities. Students will apply diagnostic criteria for vascular disease using duplex ultrasound, plethysmography, segmental pressures, and Doppler waveform analysis. Through lectures and labs, students gain hands-on experience with scanning protocols and explore therapeutic approaches to peripheral arterial disease.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
DS 104 ABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY I 3.0 Credit(s)
This foundational course combines classroom instruction and lab practice to develop core skills in abdominal sonography. Students will study detailed abdominal anatomy, pathology, and scanning protocols, with hands-on training in evaluating normal variants, congenital anomalies, and disease processes. Emphasis is placed on image optimization, Doppler techniques, patient history, and correlating sonographic findings with other imaging modalities.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
DS 109 ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY II 3.0 Credit(s)
This advanced course focuses on evaluating cardiac function and acquired heart diseases using M-mode, 2D, and Doppler echocardiography. Students will gain proficiency in identifying complex pathologies such as valvular disease, cardiomyopathies, and pericardial conditions. Through intensive lab work, students refine imaging skills and learn to correlate echocardiographic findings with clinical presentations for accurate diagnosis.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
ASP 199 ACADEMIC SUCCESS PLANNING II 0.0 Credit(s)
ASP-199 is a registered course for students who have fallen below good academic standing and satisfactory progress and require supplemental support entering their Fall semester at SHU. Students will be graded on a Pass/No Pass grading system which will appear on all transcripts as their final grade.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
PS 220 DRUGS & BEHAVIOR 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the nature of drug use, legal and illegal, in contemporary society. Emphasis is on behavioral and physiological effects of psychoactive substances, addictions, rehabilitation strategies, and ethical issues. Prerequisite: PS 110
Offered: All Semesters All Years
PS 222 SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY 3.0 Credit(s)
Provides information on and facilitates understanding of individual sport behavior. Emphasis is on the psychological constructs and concepts that relate to and help explain the phenomena of sports performance. Prerequisite: PS-110
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
PS 233 INTRO TO CLINICAL PSYCH 3.0 Credit(s)
Provides an understanding of basic principles and tools used in clinical practice to implement behavioral interventions. Students are expected to master some of the elemental principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy and to demonstrate the applicability of these principles to their own experience. Prerequisite: PS-110
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
FR 203 ADV. CONV. & CONTEMP. ISSUES 3.0 Credit(s)
Development of advanced proficiency and communicative competence through discussion of current events and contemporary issues. Varied readings (newspapers, magazines, technological sources) and activities (debates, skits). Prerequisite: Take FR 152 or by placement
IT 203 ADV CONV & CONTEM. ISSUES 3.0 Credit(s)
Development of advanced proficiency and communicative competence through discussion of current events and contemporary issues. Varied readings (newspapers, magazines, technological sources) and activities (debates, skits). Prerequisite: Take IT 152 or by placement
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
PS 275 PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN AND GENDER 3.0 Credit(s)
Surveys and examines current research and theories about women and gender including LGBTQ+ community and men. Examines social issues around gender. Topics include gender-role stereotypes, attitudes toward women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and men, gender-role socialization, women and work, sexuality, and the biology of women. Prerequisite: PS 110
Offered: All Semesters All Years
PS 295 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 3.0 Credit(s)
Focuses on the relationship between attitudes and personality factors and health. Emphasis is on stress management and behavioral change methods for health improvement and maintenance. Prerequisite: Take PS-110
Offered: All Semesters All Years
MK 240 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM & MARKETING 3.0 Credit(s)
This course, part of the SHU in Dingle program, studies the role of marketing when tourism is a main driver of an economy. Major topics include: country image, place-branding, role of the workforce, digital marketing for tourism, and digital marketing for small businesses. Prerequisite: Take MK-201
Offered: Winter Semester All Years
CM 201 INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES 3.0 Credit(s)
A study of the language of moving pictures. Unlike the linear sequence of speech and the written word, moving pictures create a simultaneity of sensory perception. Through an intensive study of experimental and feature films, this course explores the nature of the moving images and how they are organized to create a whole.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years