Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences

Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences (Oakland, CA)

Campus Locations: Oakland, CA
Instruction: 3025 Hour
Average Duration: 3 years
Tuition Cost: $25,500/year
Techniques covered: acupuncture, acupressure, herbal prescription, Taiji Quan, and meditation

Accredited by: approved by the California Bureau for Private Post secondary and Vocational Education as a degree-granting institution, accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Today, and recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education.

Year Established: 1982
Graduates per Year: 30
Admissions Contact: admissions@acchs.edu (510) 763-7787

Description: The MSTCM is a four academic year professional degree that prepares graduates to be effective, competent, and caring members of the Chinese medicine profession. The curriculum is divided into two portions: the pre-professional courses; and the graduate courses. The pre-professional courses are considered to be equivalent to the latter two upper division years of a baccalaureate program. Written and practical comprehensive examinations are given at the beginning of the sixth trimester and the ninth trimester in order to assess and determine each student's eligibility for the next level of study and for graduation.

The Chinese arts of acupuncture, acupressure, herbal prescription, Taiji Quan, and meditation are all based upon the study of the foundational theories of yin and yang, the five elements, and eight principles. The practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine is able to determine the condition of the patient's health by feeling and studying the pulse, observing the tongue, and asking specific questions. Whether the diagnosis is understood and explained in terms of the meridians, the internal zangfu organs, qi and blood, nutrition, or lifestyle, the patient’s imbalances and the practitioner's treatment plan are always unified by the coherent framework which is traditional Chinese medicine.