Requirements for a Health Science Major are as follows:
Policies for Health Science Majors
The Health Science major includes up to three years of undergraduate academic study including completion of the General Education degree requirements. Transfer students must take a minimum of 8 biology credits at Edgewood College for a Health Science major.
This major requires a 2-full year internship (including summer) at the University of Wisconsin Health (UW Health). Students can select either the sonography (1 summer internship) or radiography (2 summers internship) concentration. The number of credits earned during the internship depends on the concentration selected. For the radiography concentration, a student earns 73 credits.
After showing satisfactory progress in both years of the internship program, students will be permitted to participate in the May commencement ceremony. Upon completion of the clinical coursework in May of the second year of the internship, the students will be granted a B.S. degree in Health Science from Edgewood College. The student will then be eligible to take the examination for national certification.
The UW Health is a very competitive program with excellent certification and employment success and this curriculum has been designed to specifically improve Edgewood College students’ likelihood of acceptance. Interested students should seek advice from their major advisor as to how to improve the likelihood of admission to the UW Health program. Students will interview midsemester in Spring of their junior year, and if accepted, will continue onto the University of Wisconsin Health’s program (UW Health) for their final two years. If students are not accepted into the program, students can focus on the research requirement for Biology majors, and complete BIO 252 . Students who become Biology majors will have time to complete the remaining required courses for the Biology major (BIO 151 , BIO 353 , BIO 401 , BIO 402 , BIO 480 and Ecology and Evolution elective) in addition to the completion of a research project through BIO 252 , and BIO 489 in their fourth year at Edgewood College.
Students apply to the School of Diagnostic Medical Sonography for their internship in the Fall semester of their Sophomore or Junior year. Applications are due by December 1st for interns beginning in the following Fall semester, along with a $50 application fee to UW Health. Students should contact their advisors for more information.
Requirements
Students are required to shadow a sonographer 8 hours prior to application to UW Health in the Fall semester of their Junior year. Please talk to your major advisor to request a shadowing experience through UW Health. Students are encouraged to shadow general sonography, echocardiography, and radiography to make an informed decision and to facilitate a clear understanding of the differences between fields.
CPR certification through the American Heart Association’s Health-Care Provider CPR course is required prior to acceptance in the UW Health program and enhances the student’s application if the student has this experience prior to the student’s application to UW Health or students can submit documentation verifying that a waiver of the CNA requirement has been granted by the admissions committee of the UWHC School of Diagnostic Medical Sonography based on extensive prior patient care experiences.
