Acupuncture MS Courses

Curriculum requirements for University of Bridgeport's Acupuncture MS degree

Total: 2,594 hours / 115 credits

Suggested Schedule

Semester 1

Course Hours Credits
ABS 511 Anatomy 1 72 4
ABS 515 Physiology 1 36 2
ATD 512 Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory 36 2
ATD 513 Traditional Chinese Diagnosis 1 36 2
ATD 511 Traditional Chinese History and Philosophy 18 1
AMR 511 Taijiquan 1 27 1
APT 512 Meridian Theory 36 2
ACS 511 Evidence Informed Practices 18 1
APT 511 Point Location 1 45 2
AWB 501 UBAI Clinical Safety Procedures 9 0.5
Total 333 17.5

Semester 2

Course Hours Credits
ABS 522 Anatomy 2 72 4
ABS 525 Physiology 2 36 2
ATD 524 Traditional Chinese Diagnosis 2 36 2
APT 523 Point Location 2 45 2
AMR 522 Taijiquan 2 27 1
ANT 521 Western Nutrition 36 2
AWB 521 TCM Safe Practices 45 1.5
AWB 523 Pharmacology 18 1
ATD 526 Seminar 1 18 1
Total 333 16.5

Semester 3

Course Hours Credits
ACS 612 Clinical Diagnosis 1 90 4
ACS 611 Pathology 1 36 2
APT 614 Acupuncture Tech 1 72 3
AMR 613 Qigong 1 27 1
AHM 613 Traditional Chinese Dietetics 36 2
ACS 613 Lab Diagnosis 36 2
AHM 521 Botanical Medicine 36 2
ATD 529 Seminar 2 18 1
AHM 612 Intro Chin Herbal Remedies 18 1
ACS 711 Preceptorship 1 75 2
Total 444 20

Semester 4

Course Hours Credits
ACS 623 Clinical Diagnosis 2 90 4
APT 625 Acupuncture Techniques 2 72 3
AMR 624 Qigong 2 27 1
APS 621 Psych Assessment 36 2
APT 626 Auricular and Scalp Acupuncture 18 1
ACS 722 Preceptorship 2 75 2
ATD 727 Case Studies 1 18 1
AWB 621 Medical Ethics 18 1
Total 354 15

Summer Session

Course Hours Credits
ACS 631 Clinical Education 1 245 8
APT 637 Japanese Acupuncture Techniques 18 1
AMR 627 Tuina 1 54 2
ATD 711 Differential Diagnosis and Pathomechanisms 36 2
ATD 729 Acupuncture Gynecology 18 1
ATD 728 Case Study 2 18 1
Total 389 15

Semester 5

Course Hours Credits
AMR 715 Tuina 2 54 2
ATD 715 Traditional Chinese Internal Medicine 36 2
ATD 618 Seminar 3 18 1
ACS 712 Clinical Education 2 215 8
Total 323 13

Semester 6

Course Hours Credits
AMR 726 Tuina 3 54 2
ATD 717 Advanced Tongue and Pulse Diagnosis 18 1
AHM 713 Patent Remedies 36 2
ACS 724 Public Health 36 2
APP 721 Practice Management 36 2
APT 718 Pediatric Acupuncture 18 1
ACS 723 Clinical Education 3 220 8
Total 418 18

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