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Curriculum for Master of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MSAOM) 2007-2008

Students earning the MSAOM must complete their degree requirements within six 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).

MSAOM 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
	OM512	Medical Chinese 1	1	1	0	11
		Quarterly Total:	21	19	4	253

Winter	BC3135	Anatomy & Physiology 1 Lec/Lab ¹	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 1 ²	2	0	4	44
	OM5442	Tai Chi	1	0	2	22
		Quarterly Total:	24	20	8	308

Spring	BC3136	Anatomy & Physiology 3 Lec//Lab¹	4	3	2	55
	BC4105	Intro 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	Clinic Observation 2²	2	0	4	44
	OM5430	TCM Techniques 2	2	2	0	22
		Quarterly Total:	21	17	8	275

Summer	BO3101	Introduction to Botany¹	3	2	2	44
	CH6421	Chinese Materia Medica 1	4	4	0	44
	CH6831	CHM Dispensary 1³	2	0	4	44
	OM5122	Medical Chinese 2	1	1	0	11
		Quarterly Total:	10	7	6	143
MSAOM Year II
Quarter	Cat. No.	Course Title	Credits	Lec.	L/C	Total
Fall	BC4120	Microbiology Lec ¹	2	2	0	22
	BC4120L	Microbiology (AOM) Lab ¹	1	0	2	22
	CH6422	Chinese Materia Medica 2	4	4	0	44
	OM5123	Medical Chinese 3	2	2	0	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	Clinic Observation 3²	2	0	4	44
		Quarterly Total:	20	17	6	253

Winter	BC4125	Pharmacology Overview for AOM	4	4	0	44
	CH6423	Chinese Materia Medica 3	4	4	0	44
	OM4806	AOM Preceptor Observation⁴	2	0	4	44
	OM5124	Medical Chinese 4	2	2	0	22
	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:	20	17	6	253

Spring	CH6431	CHM Herbal Formulations 1	4	4	0	44
	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
	OM5805-6	Clinical Internship 1-2	4	0	8	88
	OM6305	Survey of Biophysics/ Electroacupuncture	2	2	0	22
		Quarterly Total:	20	16	8	264

Summer	OM5807-10	Clinic Internship 3-6	8	0	16	176
	CH6432	CHM Herbal Formulations 2	4	4	0	44
	PS5205	Patient Communications	3	3	0	33
	PS6100	Motivational Interviewing	2	2	0	22
		Quarterly Total:	17	9	16	275
MSAOM Year III
Quarter	Cat. No.	Course Title	Credits	Lec.	L/C	Total
Fall	CH6408	Chinese Herbal Therapeutics 1	4	4	0	44
	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 1	3	3	0	33
		Quarterly Total:	21	15	12	297
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	BC6100	Pharmacology of CHM & Drug Interactions	2	2	0	22
	CH6409	Chinese Herbal Therapeutics 2	4	4	0	44
	CH6803-4	Chinese Herbal Medicine Clinic 1-2	4	0	8	88
	OM4101	History of Medicine	2	2	0	22
	OM6310	Case Review	2	2	0	22
	OM6804-6	AOM Clinic Internship 10-12	6	0	12	132
		Quarterly Total:	20	10	20	330

Spring	BC5140	Research Methods in AOM	3	3	0	33
	CH6410	Chinese Herbal Therapeutics 3	4	4	0	44
	CH6832	CHM Dispensory 2³	2	0	4	44
	CH6805-6	Chinese Herbal Medicine Clinic 3-4	4	0	8	88
	OM5836	Internship Interim Clinic⁵	1.5	0	3.3	36
	OM6105	Jurisprudence/Ethics	1	1	0	11
	OM6113	Practice Management	3	3	0	33
	OM6807-8	Clinic Internship 13-14	4	0	8	88
		Quarterly Total:	22.5	11	23.3	377

Summer	CH6411	Chinese Herbal Therapeutics 4	4	4	0	44
	CH6807-8	Chinese Herbal Medicine Clinic 5-6	4	0	8	88
	OM6809	Clinical Internship 15	2	0	4	44
		Quarterly Totals⁶:	10	4	12	176
MSAOM Year IV
Quarter	Cat. No.	Course Title	Credits	Lec.	L/C	Total
Fall	CH6105	Chinese Herb Preparations⁷	1	0	2	22
	CH6809-10	Chinese Herbal Medicine Clinic 7-8	4	0	8	88
	OM6810	Clinical Internship 16	2	0	4	44
		Quarterly Total:	7	0	14	154

Elective Requirements: MSAOM
Quarter	Cat. No.	Course Title	Credits	Lec.	L/C	Total
Variable		Elective & Special Topics⁸	6	6	0	66
		Total Elective Credits and Hours:	6	6	0	66

Total Requirements: MSAOM
			Credits	Lec.	L/C	Total
Total Core Course Credits and Hours			149	143	12	1705
Total Prerequisites/Corequisites			23	19	8	297
Total Elective Credits and Hours			6	6	0	66
Clinic Credits and Hours			61.5	0	123.3	1356
Total Requirements			239.5	168	143.3	3424

¹Prerequisite/corequisite courses to the MSAOM program: The MSAOM 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. ³CH6831, CH6832 may be taken any quarter in the herbal program. ⁴Preceptorship can be taken during observation or intern phase, once Observation 1 is completed.
⁵Students 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 for and pay for this shift in their last year of attendance.
⁶All students who plan to study in China must take the onecredit required elective Clinic Entry for China in summer quarter of year three, just preceding their China internship. This course may be counted towards the six required elective credits. ⁷CH6105 may also be taken in the summer of year three.
⁸Electives/Special Topics: The MSAOM program requires a total of six (6) elective/special topics credits. These credits may be any general electives/special topics as long as the prerequisites for each course are met.
Clinic in China is an eight (8) credit experience to be applied toward AOM Clinical Internship, CHM shifts and/or elective credit. These credits may not be audited.

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.