Master of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

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

MSAOM 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 MSAOM program. The MSAOM 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.

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 MSAOM program. The MSAOM 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.

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 MSAOM program. The MSAOM 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.

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

Summer

CH6110Chinese Herb Dispensary Lab 1

2

CH6421Chinese Materia Medica 1

4

OM5122Medical Chinese 2

1

Total Credit Hours:7

CH6110 may be taken any quarter in the program after spring year one.

MSAOM Year II

Fall

BC4104Microbiology

3

CH6422Chinese Materia Medica 2

4

OM4801Clinical Theater Observation

2

OM5123Medical Chinese 3

2

OM5321Survey of Western Clinical Sciences 1

3

OM5414Acupuncture Therapeutics 1

2

OM5415Acupuncture Therapeutics 2

2

OM5439TCM Techniques 3

1.5

Total Credit Hours:19.5

BC4104: Corequisite course to the MSAOM program. The MSAOM 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.

OM4801 can be taken in any of the five quarters preceding clinician status.

Winter

CH6423Chinese Materia Medica 3

4

OM4130Pharmacology Overview for AOM

4

OM4806AOM Preceptor Observation

2

OM5124Medical Chinese 4

2

OM5322Survey of Western Clinical Sciences 2

3

OM5416Acupuncture Therapeutics 3

2

OM5417Acupuncture Therapeutics 4

2

OM5438TCM Advanced Techniques Lab

1

Total Credit Hours:20

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

Spring

CH6105Chinese Herb Preparations

1

CH6431CHM Formulations 1

4

OM5300Auricular Therapy

2

OM5324Survey of Western Clinical Sciences 3

3

OM5418Acupuncture Therapeutics 5

2

OM5419Acupuncture Therapeutics 6

2

OM5813-5815AOM Clinic 1-3

6

Total Credit Hours:20

Summer

CH6432CHM Formulations 2

4

OM5303Public Health Issues in AOM

3

PS5205Patient Communications

3

OM5816-5818AOM Clinic 4-6

6

Total Credit Hours:16

MSAOM Year III

Fall

CH6408Chinese Herbal Therapeutics 1

4

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:21

Winter

CH6104Pharmacology of CHM and Drug Interactions

2

CH6409Chinese Herbal Therapeutics 2

4

OM4101History of Medicine

2

OM6111Practice Management 1

2

OM6310Case Review

2

OM6314Clinical Theater

1

OM6830-6832AOM Clinic 10-12

6

Total Credit Hours:19

Spring

BC5140Research Methods in AOM

3

CH6111Chinese Herb Dispensary Lab 2

2

CH6410Chinese Herbal Therapeutics 3

4

CH6803-6804Chinese Herbal Medicine Clinic 1-2

4

OM5819AEAM Interim Clinic

1.5

OM6105Jurisprudence/Ethics

1

OM6112Practice Management 2

1

OM6833-6834AOM Clinic 13-14

4

Total Credit Hours:20.5

CH6111 may be taken any quarter in the program after spring year one.

OM5819 AOM Interim Clinic. 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.

CH6803-6804 Chinese Herbal Medicine Clinic 1-2 may be taken any quarter during the third year.

Summer

CH6411Chinese Herbal Therapeutics 4

4

OM6835AOM Clinic 15

2

OM6836AOM Clinic 16

2

Total Credit Hours:8

All students who plan to study in China must take the 1-credit required elective Clinic Entry for China in summer quarter of year three, just preceding their China rotation. This course may be counted toward the 5 required elective credits.

Total Requirements

Total Core Course Credits 145.5
Total Prerequisites/Corequisities   16
Total Elective Credits     5
Total Clinic Credits    47.5
Total Requirements  214

Curriculum and course changes in the 2018-2019 Bastyr University Catalog are applicable to students entering during the 2018-2019 academic year. Please refer to the appropriate catalog if interested in curriculum and courses required for any other entering year.

Graduation Requirements

Academic Status and Graduation Requirements

Students in the MSAOM must complete their degree requirements within six years. Students must complete at least two-thirds of their credits (132 quarter credits) in residence at Bastyr University.

Students in the master’s program must maintain a minimum of a 3.0 GPA to be in good academic standing. For more information on academic status, see Academic Status – Probation, Suspension and Dismissal in the Academic Policy and Procedure Manual.  

In MSAOM, grades below a 72.9 percent indicate failure to meet the minimum level of competency for learning objectives or core competencies. A student who receives a failure in a required course, lab, clinic shift or internship must repeat that course, lab, clinic or internship. A first-year student who earns <3.0 GPA on foundational courses (TCM Fundamentals, TCM Diagnosis 1 and 2, TCM Pathology 1 and 2, and Meridians and Points 1, 2 and 3) will be required to retake one or more of the courses.

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. Several states require Chinese herbal medicine training for licensure (e.g., California, Florida, New Mexico and Texas).

Electives/Special Topics: The MSAOM program requires a total of 5 elective/special topics credits. These credits may be any general electives/special topics as long as the prerequisites for each course are met.