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Earn Both the DACM and MACM Degree Concurrently Upon Completion
SCU’s designed this program so that upon completion of course requirements, students are awarded both the DACM and the Master of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (MACM) degree that is required to sit for State and National licensing and certification exams. Earning the doctorate only requires one additional term to the master’s nine-term program. In only four additional months, students can earn their doctorate.
Earning this doctoral title and degree provides graduates well-deserved recognition. All other factors being equal, integrative medical settings may prioritize hiring doctors of acupuncture. Medical doctors and other allied health providers may be more likely to refer to a doctor of acupuncture.
With Southern California University of Health Sciences’ accredited Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine program, you’ll earn your degree in just 10 trimesters.
3 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS (10 TRIMESTERS) TO COMPLETION
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An Interprofessional Learning Experience
A key part of SCU’s mission is to help students learn to excel in a team-based and collaborative environment that has become the model of quality and efficiency in today’s healthcare delivery system. DACM students learn from, with, and about other professions such as chiropractors and physician assistants. Students learn side by side with other future health practitioners starting with their first class, throughout the curriculum, and into the clinical experience.
Being immersed in learning with other medical disciplines provides students with an understanding of treatment options and building collaboration skills that will make them more marketable and effective in the workplace.
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Choose Your Concentration
Only SCU provides three specialized concentration areas including Acupuncture Orthopedics, Healthy Aging, and Women’s Health with both classroom and clinical experiences. Students can choose at least 150 lecture hours of concentration coursework.
Regionally accredited, not-for-profit private university
For over a century, SCU has trained students for successful and significant careers in healthcare. SCU is located on a beautiful 25-acre campus in Whittier, California, about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles and on the boarder of Orange County. The DACM and MACM programs are accredited under The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM).1 SCU is regionally accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). 2
Exclusive Educational Opportunities
Cadaver Lab: SCU is the only acupuncture program in the nation with a cadaver lab. The cadaver lab transforms students’ understanding of the human body. It helps form their new identity as healers-in-training while wielding scalpels to learn lessons that books cannot teach, and technology cannot replicate.
Electronic Health Records (EHR): Today’s healthcare system expects students to be skilled at electronic systems in particular electronic health records. EHRs are a vital part of health IT system and SCU students graduate prepared to utilize these systems.
On-Campus Herb Garden: DACM students enjoy studying and learning in SCU’s beautiful and peaceful on-campus herb garden.
1: ACAOM standards effective 24 February 2018. Accreditation status and notes may be viewed at: http://acaom.org/directory-menu/directory/ ACAOM is the recognized accrediting agency for programs preparing acupuncture and Oriental medicine practitioners. ACAOM is located at 8941 Aztec Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55347; phone (952) 212-2434; fax (952) 657-7068; www.acaom.org.
2: WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), which is located at 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501, telephone: (510) 748-9001.