Bastyr University : Curriculum for Master of Science in Acupuncture (MSA) : Curriculum : Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Students earning the MSA must complete their degree requirements within five years including any credits completed as a bachelor's student and applied toward the master's.

In order to receive a license to practice acupuncture in the majority of states a student must earn either an MSA or MSAOM degree, pass the NCCAOM licensing exam and meet any additional state requirements.

Students may enter their course of study either into the combined BS/MS programs or directly into the MS programs. (The programs described below include required curriculum for the bachelor of science in natural health sciences.)

The curriculum tables that follow list the tentative schedule of courses each quarter. Next to each course are the number of credits per course (Crdt.), the lecture hours each week (Lec.), the lab/clinic hours each week (L/C) and the total contact hours for the course over the entire quarter (Tot).

MSA Year I
Quarter	Cat. No.	Course Title	Credits	Lec.	L/C	Total
Fall	BC3100	Survey of Organic Chemistry 1¹	4	4	0	44
	BC3134	Living Anatomy	4	4	0	44
	OM4106	Meridians & Points 1	4	4	0	44
	OM4118	TCM Fundamentals	4	4	0	44
	OM4315	TCM Bodywork: Tui Na	1	0	2	22
	OM4406	Qi Gong	1	0	2	22
	OM4800	Clinic Entry	2	2	0	22
	OM5121	Medical Chinese 1	1	1	0	11
		Quarterly Total:	21	19	4	253

Winter	BC3135	Anatomy & Physiology 1 Lec/Lab¹	5	4	2	66
	OM3110	Biochemistry¹	4	4	0	44
	OM4107	Meridians & Points 2	4	4	0	44
	OM4211	TCM Diagnosis 1	3	3	0	33
	OM4221	TCM Pathology 1	3	3	0	33
	OM4411	TCM Techniques 1	2	2	0	22
	OM4803	Clinic Observation 1²	2	0	4	44
	OM5442	Tai Chi	1	0	2	22
		Quarterly Total:	24	20	8	308

Spring	BC3136	Anatomy & Physiology 2 Lec/Lab¹	4	3	2	55
	BC4105	Introduction to Western Pathology	3	3	0	33
	OM4108	Meridians & Points 3	4	4	0	44
	OM4212	TCM Diagnosis 2	3	2	2	44
	OM4222	TCM Pathology 2	3	3	0	33
	OM4804	Clinical Observation 2²	2	0	4	44
	OM5430	TCM Techniques 2	2	2	0	22
		Quarterly Total:	21	17	8	275
MSA Year II
Quarter	Cat. No.	Course Title	Credits	Lec.	L/C	Total
Fall	BC4120	Microbiology Lec¹	2	2	0	22
	BC4120L	Microbiology (AOM) Lab¹	1	0	2	22
	OM5321	Survey of Western Clinical Sciences 1	3	3	0	33
	OM5414	Acupuncture Therapeutics 1	2	2	0	22
	OM5415	Acupuncture Therapeutics 2	2	2	0	22
	OM5436	TCM Techniques 3	2	2	0	22
	OM5803	Clinical Observation 3²	2	0	4	44
		Quarterly Total:	14	11	6	187

Winter	BC4125	Pharmacology Overview for AOM	4	4	0	44
	OM4806	AOM Preceptor Observation ³	2	0	4	44
	OM5322	Survey of Western Clinical Sciences 2	3	3	0	33
	OM5416	Acupuncture Therapeutics 3	2	2	0	22
	OM5417	Acupuncture Therapeutics 4	2	2	0	22
	OM5438	TCM Techniques Lab	1	0	2	22
		Quarterly Total:	14	11	6	187

Spring	OM5300	Auricular Therapy	2	2	0	22
	OM5302	Public Health Issues in AOM	2	2	0	22
	OM5323	Survey of Western Clinical Sciences 3	2	2	0	22
	OM5418	Acupuncture Therapeutics 5	2	2	0	22
	OM5419	Acupuncture Therapeutics 6	2	2	0	22
	OM6305	Survey of Biophysics/Electroacupuncture	2	2	0	22
	OM5805-6	Clinical Internship 1-2	4	0	8	88
		Quarterly Total:	16	12	8	220

Summer	OM5807-10	Clinical Internship 3-6	8	0	16	176
	PS5205	Patient Communications	3	3	0	33
	PS6100	Motivational Interviewing	2	2	0	22
		Quarterly Total:	13	5	16	231
MSA Year III
Quarter	Cat. No.	Course Title	Credits	Lec.	L/C	Total
Fall	OM5405	TCM Whole Foods Nutrition	2	2	0	22
	OM6110	TCM Medical Classics	2	2	0	22
	OM6315	Clinical Theatre	2	2	0	22
	OM6417	Acupuncture Therapeutics 7	2	2	0	22
	OM6801-3	Clinical Internship 7-9	6	0	12	132
	TR6105	Nutrition & Dietary Systems	3	3	0	33
		Quarterly Total:	17	11	12	253

Eligible to sit for the NCCAOM exam. Upon completion of 350 clinical hours (observation, internship or Chinese herbal medicine) and at least 1100 didactic hours, students are eligible to sit for the NCCAOM exam (a requirement for licensure.)

Winter	OM4101	History of Medicine	2	2	0	22
	OM6310	Case Review	2	2	0	22
	OM6804-6	Clinical Internship 10-12	6	0	12	132
		Quarterly Total:	10	4	12	176

Spring	BC5140	Research Methods in AOM	3	3	0	33
	OM5836	Internship Interim Clinic⁴	1.5	0	3.3	36
	OM6105	Jurisprudence/Ethics	1	1	0	11
	OM6113	Practice Management	3	3	0	33
	OM6807-8	Clinical Internship 13-14	4	0	8	88
		Quarterly Total:⁵	12.5	7	11.3	201

Elective Requirements: MSA
Quarter	Cat. No.	Course Title	Credits	Lec.	L/C	Total
Variable		Elective & Special Topics⁶	9	9	0	99
		Total Elective Credits and Hours:	9	9	0	99

Total Requirements: MSA
			Credit	Lec.	L/C	Total
Total Core Course Credits and Hours			105	100	10	1210
Total Prerequisites/Corequisites			20	17	6	253
Total Elective Credits and Hours			9	9	0	99
Total Clinic Credits and Hours			37.5	0	75.3	828
Total Requirements:			171.5	126	91.3	2390
¹Prerequisite/corequisite courses to the MSA program: the MSA curriculum has been designed so students missing one or more of these prerequisites may take a missing course(s) as a corequisite after matriculating at Bastyr University. ²Observation 1-3 can be taken in any of the five quarters preceding intern status. ³Preceptorship can be taken during observation or intern phase, once Observation 1 is completed. ⁴Students 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. ⁵All students who plan to study in China must take the one-credit required elective Clinic Entry for China in summer quarter of year three, just preceding their China internship. This course may be counted towards the nine required elective credits. ⁶Electives/Special Topics: The MSA program requires a total of nine (9) 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 choose to take an optional Clinic in China internship, eight (8) credits (16 lab hours) will be applied toward AOM Clinical Internship.
Curriculum and course changes in the 2007-2008 Bastyr University Catalog are applicable to students entering during the 2007-2008 academic year. Please refer to the appropriate catalog if interested in curriculum and courses required for any other entering year.

Curriculum for Master of Science in Acupuncture (MSA) 2007-2008