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Master of Science in Acupuncture

The curriculum tables that follow list the tentative schedule of courses each quarter.

Corequisite courses to the MSA program: The MSA curriculum has been designed so students missing one or more of these may take them after matriculating at Bastyr University. Previously completed coursework from other accredited institutions may satisfy these corequisites.

Students are required to complete a total of 36 interim clinic hours. (Usually students staff the shifts they were assigned to in the quarter just ended.) Students register and pay for this shift in their last quarter of attendance.

MSA Year I

Fall

BC3134Living Anatomy for AOM

4
OM3111Survey of Organic and Biochemistry

4
OM4109Meridians and Points 1

3
OM4118TCM Fundamentals

4
OM4315TCM Bodywork: Tui Na

1
OM4406Qi Gong

1
OM4800Clinic Entry

2
OM5121Medical Chinese 1

1
Total Credit Hours:20

OM3111: Corequisite course to the MSA program: The MSA curriculum has been designed so students missing one of more of these may take them after matriculating at Bastyr University. Previously completed coursework from other accredited institutions may satisfy these corequisites.

Winter

BC3135Anatomy and Physiology 1 Lecture/Lab (AOM)

5
OM4110Meridians and Points 2

3
OM4211TCM Diagnosis 1

3
OM4221TCM Pathology 1

3
OM4413TCM Techniques 1

1.5
OM4803Clinical Observation 1

2
OM5442Tai Chi

1
Total Credit Hours:18.5

BC3135: Corequisite course to the MSA program: The MSA curriculum has been designed so students missing one of more of these may take them after matriculating at Bastyr University. Previously completed coursework from other accredited institutions may satisfy these corequisites.

OM4803 can be taken in any of the five quarters preceding clinician status.

Spring

BC3136Anatomy and Physiology 2 Lecture/Lab (AOM)

4
BC4105Introduction to Western Pathology (AOM)

3
OM4111Meridians and Points 3

3
OM4212TCM Diagnosis 2

3
OM4222TCM Pathology 2

3
OM4804Clinical Observation 2

2
OM5432TCM Techniques 2

1.5
Total Credit Hours:19.5

BC3136: Corequisite course to the MSA program: The MSA curriculum has been designed so students missing one of more of these may take them after matriculating at Bastyr University. Previously completed coursework from other accredited institutions may satisfy these corequisites.

OM4804 can be taken in any of the five quarters preceding clinician status.

MSA Year II

Fall

BC4104Microbiology

3
OM5321Survey of Western Clinical Sciences 1

3
OM5414Acupuncture Therapeutics 1

2
OM5415Acupuncture Therapeutics 2

2
OM5439TCM Techniques 3

1.5
OM5803Clinical Observation 3

2
Total Credit Hours:13.5

BC4104: Corequisite course to the MSA program: The MSA curriculum has been designed so students missing one of more of these may take them after matriculating at Bastyr University. Previously completed coursework from other accredited institutions may satisfy these corequisites.

OM5803 can be taken in any of the five quarters preceding clinician status.

Winter

OM4130Pharmacology Overview for AOM

4
OM4806AOM Preceptor Observation

2
OM5322Survey of Western Clinical Sciences 2

3
OM5416Acupuncture Therapeutics 3

2
OM5417Acupuncture Therapeutics 4

2
OM5438TCM Advanced Techniques Lab

1
Total Credit Hours:14

OM4806 can be taken during observation or clinician phase, once OM4803 is completed.

Spring

OM5300Auricular Therapy

2
OM5303Public Health Issues in AOM

3
OM5324Survey of Western Clinical Sciences 3

3
OM5418Acupuncture Therapeutics 5

2
OM5419Acupuncture Therapeutics 6

2
OM5813-5814AOM Clinic 1-2

4
Total Credit Hours:16

Summer

PS5205Patient Communications

3
OM5815-5818AOM Clinic 3-6

8
Total Credit Hours:11

MSA Year III

Fall

OM5405TCM Whole Foods Nutrition

2
OM6110TCM Medical Classics

2
OM6417Acupuncture Therapeutics 7

2
PS6100Motivational Interviewing

2
TR6105Nutrition and Dietary Systems

3
OM6827-6829AOM Clinic 7-9

6
Total Credit Hours:17

Winter

OM4101History of Medicine

2
OM6111Practice Management 1

2
OM6310Case Review

2
OM6314Clinical Theater

1
OM6830-6832AOM Clinic 10-12

6
Total Credit Hours:13

Spring

BC5140Research Methods in AOM

3
OM5819AEAM Interim Clinic

1.5
OM6105Jurisprudence/Ethics

1
OM6112Practice Management 2

1
OM6833-6834AOM Clinic 13-14

4
Total Credit Hours:10.5

OM5819 Students are required to complete a total of 36 interim clinic hours(Usually students staff the shifts they were assigned to in the quarter just ended.) Students register and pay for this shift in their last quarter of attendance

Elective Requirements

Elective & Special Topics

8
Total Credit Hours:8

Electives/Special Topics: The MSA program requires a total of 8 elective/special topics credits. These credits may be any general electives/special topics as long as the prerequisites for each course are met.

For students who are approved to take an optional clinic in China, 8 credits (16 lab hours) will be applied toward AOM Clinical hours.

Total Requirements

Total Core Course Credits & Hours  99.5
Total Prerequisites/Corequisities  16
Total Elective Credits and Hours     8 
Total Clinic Credits and Hours   37.5 
Total Requirements  161
Curriculum and course changes in the 2015-2016 Bastyr University Catalog are applicable to students entering during the 2015-2016 academic year. Please refer to the appropriate catalog if interested in curriculum and courses required for any other entering year.