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DIPLOMA OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
4385 hours Academic Requirements for Graduation
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE THEORY & DIAGNOSIS
Courses required:
101 HISTORY OF TCM 2 credits, 30 hours
102 FOUNDATIONS OF TCM I 4 credits, 60 hours
103 FOUNDATIONS OF TCM II 4 credits, 60 hours
104 DIAGNOSTICS OF TCM I 4 credits, 60 hours
105 DIAGNOSTICS OF TCM II 4 credits, 60 hours
106 DIAGNOSTICS OF TCM III 4 credits, 60 hours
ACUPUNCTURE
Courses required:
201 CLASSICS OF ACUPUNCTURE 2 credits, 30 hours
202 MERIDIANS AND ACUPOINTS I 2 credits, 30 hours
203 MERIDIANS AND ACUPOINTS II 3 credits, 45 hours
204 MERIDIANS AND ACUPOINTS III 3 credits, 45 hours
205 ACUPUNCTURE & MOXIBUSTION MANIPULATION I 3 credits, 45 hours
206 ACUPUNCTURE & MOXIBUSTION MANIPULATION II 4 credits, 60 hours
207 ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION MANIPULATIONS III 4 credits 60 hours
HERBOLOGY
Courses required:
301 CLASSICS OF CHINESE HERBOLOGY 2 credits, 30 hours
302 CHINESE HERBOLOGY I 4 credits, 60 hours
303 CHINESE HERBOLOGY II 4 credits, 60 hours
304 HERBAL PHARMACY PRACTICUM 3 credits 45 hours
305 HERBAL PRESCRIPTIONS 1 3 credits, 45 hours
306 HERBAL PRESCRIPTIONS II 3 credits, 45 hours
307 HERBAL PRESCRIPTIONS III 3 credits 45 hours
308 HERBAL PRESCRIPTIONS IV 3 credits 45 hours
309 HERBAL PRESCRIPTIONS V 3 credits 45 hours
310 HERBAL PRESCRIPTIONS VI 3 credits 45 hours
TUI NA MASSAGE
Courses required:
401 TUI NA I (Basic Theory & Manipulations) 4 credits, 60 hours
402 TUI NA II (Full Body Tui Na) 4 credits, 60 hours
403 TUI NA III - WHM 4 credits, 60 hours
404 TUI NA IV - CHILDREN’S MASSAGE & SELF-CARE MASSAGE 4 credits, 60 hours
405 TUI NA V (Foot) 4 credits, 60 hours
406 TUI NA VI (TREATMENT OF COMMON DISEASES) 3 credits, 45 hours
407 TUI NA VII (TREATMENT OF COMMON DISEASES) 3 credits 45 hours
WESTERN MEDICINE
Courses required:
501 GROSS ANATOMY 4 credits, 60 hours
502 NEUROANATOMY FOR ACUPUNCTURISTS 3 credits 45 hours
503 PHYSIOLOGY 4 credits, 60 hours
504 APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 3 credits, 45 hours
505 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 4 credits, 60 hours
506 WESTERN CLINICAL MEDICINE 4 credits, 60 hours
507 PHARMACOLOGY 3 credits 45 hours
508 DIET AND NUTRITION (EAST/WEST) 3 credits 45 hours
CLINICAL TRAINING
Courses required:
601 CLINICAL OBSERVATION & ASSISTANTSHIP I 2 credits, 30 hours
602 CLINICAL OBSERVATION & ASSISTANTSHIP II 4 credits, 60 hours
603 CLINICAL INTERNSHIP I 4 credits, 60 hours
604 CLINICAL INTERNSHIP II 4 credits 60 hours
605 CLINICAL INTERNSHIP III 8 credits 120 hours
606 CLINICAL INTERNSHIP IV 12 credits 180 hours
607 CLINICAL INTERNSHIP V 14 credits 210 hours
608 ADVANCED CLINICAL INTERNSHIP 12 credits 180 hours
INTEGRATED TREATMENTS
Courses required:
701 THERAPEUTICS PRINCIPLES 2 credits, 30 hours
702 THERAPEUTICS II - INTERNAL MEDICINE 6 credits 90 hours
703 THERAPEUTICS II- OBSTETRICS-GYNECOLOGY-PEDIATRICS 4 credits 60 hours
704 THERAPEUTICS III - DERMATOLOGY-SURGERY 4 credits 60 hours
705 TRERAPEUTICS IV - THAUMATOLOGY 3 credits 45 hours
ENRICHMENT (electives)
Courses required:
801 TAI CHI/QI GONG I 2 credits, 30 hours
802 TAI CHI/QI GONG II 2 credits, 30 hours
803 TAI CHI/QI GONG III 4 credits, 60 hours
804 CHINESE LANGUAGE AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 4 credits, 60 hours
805 CPR TRAINING I credit, 20 hours
806 SPECIAL TOPICS I 3 credits 45 hours
807 SPECIAL TOPICS II 3 credits 45 hours
808 SPECIAL TOPICS III 3 credits 45 hours
809 SPECIAL TOPICS IV 4 credits 60 hours
810 SPECIAL TOPICS V 4 credits 60 hours
811 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 3 credits 45 hours
812 MODERN RESEARCH 4 credits 60 hours
813 CLINICAL RESEARCH 4 credits 60 hours
TCM CLASSICS
Courses required:
901 HUANG DI NEI JING 4 credits 60 hours
902 SHANG HAN LUN 4 credits 60 hours
903 JIN GUI YAO LUE 4 credits 60 hours
904 WEN BING XUE 4 credits 60 hours
