Minnesota College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

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The Minnesota College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MCAOM) is a college of Northwestern Health Sciences University, a natural health care university located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the fifth-largest city in Minnesota. The university has educational programs in chiropractic, Oriental medicine, acupuncture, therapeutic massage, human biology, and integrative health and wellness. The university was founded in 1941 as Northwestern College of Chiropractic by John B. Wolfe, DC.

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The Minnesota College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine is the largest and oldest school in the state of Minnesota offering master's degree programs accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Founded in 1990 as the Minnesota Institute of Acupuncture and Herbal Studies, MCAOM has established itself in the Twin Cities area as a premier provider of education and clinical services in acupuncture and Oriental medicine. MCAOM student interns provide acupuncture and Oriental medicine services in the Edith Davis Teaching Clinic on the University campus, as well as health care clinics and community agencies throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

The master's degree programs in acupuncture and Oriental medicine emphasize the unified uderstanding of the mind, body and spirit inherent in traditional Chinese medicine. MCAOM has gathered a multi-national faculty committed to academic and professional excellence and to teaching the extensive body of knowledge and skills necessary for safe and effective practice. The curriculum for the Master of Oriental Medicine program provides about 3,000 hours of didactic and clinical instruction in acupuncture, Chinese herbology, and related studies such as Tui Na, Qi Gong, introductory Chinese language skills and practice management. The program takes three years of full-time enrollment to complete. The curriculum for the Master of Acupuncture program is similar to that of the Oriental medicine program, but does not include herbal studies. This program includes more than 2,300 hours of instruction, taking two and two-thirds years of full-time enrollment to complete.10

The University admits new acupuncture and Oriental medicine students in January and September of each calendar year. Transfer students may be allowed to enter in the Summer trimester, which begins in May.

The Master of Acupuncture and Master of Oriental Medicine programs offered by the University are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.