Northland Pioneer College -- Catalog 03-05 Therapeutic Massage Program

THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE PROGRAM

Massage therapists provide a range of services from personal care for stress reduction, relaxation, and preventive wellness techniques to health care in clinical settings with other health care professionals, medical doctors, chiropractors, and nurse practioners. Many massage therapists have private practices; others find career opportunities with full-service beauty salons and day spas, health resorts and spas, cruise ships, sports medicine clinics, gyms, and personal trainers, as well as in hospitals and other health care offices.

The NPC Therapeutic Massage Program provides over 900 hours of training to prepare successful completers for national certification examinations and licensing with municipalities.

To earn an AAS in Therapeutic Massage a student must complete 24-26 general education credits, 33 core requirement credits, and 9 credits of required electives.

Associate of Applied Science • 64 Cr.

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS • 23 cr.

Communications • 6 cr.

See requirements page 51.

ENL 101 College Composition I • 3 cr.
ENL 102 College Composition II • 3 cr.
--OR--
ENL 109 • 3 cr.
--OR--
SPT 120 • 3 cr.

Mathematics • 3 cr.

MAT 103 Business Mathematics • 3 cr.

Physical and Biological Sciences • 8 cr.

Any two courses from the P/B list on page 51.

Social and Behavioral Sciences • 3 cr.

Any course from the S/B list on page 51.

Core Requirements • 22 cr.

TMP 100 Overview of Alternative Medicine • 3 cr.
TMP 103 Massage Techniques with A and P I • 4 cr.
TMP 104 Massage Techniques with A and P II • 4 cr.
TMP 203 Applied Therapeutic Massage • 4 cr.
TMP 204 Structure: Function and Dysfunction • 4 cr.
TMP 211 Massage Clinical Practice • 3 cr.

Required Electives • 6 Cr.

Student must successfully complete 6 unduplicated credits from the following:

BUS 100 Introduction to Business • 3 cr.
BUS 110 Small Business Management • 3 cr.
BUS 112 Fundamentals of Bookkeeping for Business • 3 cr.
CIS 100 Introduction to Computer Science • 3 cr.
CIS 230 Introduction to Microsoft Office • 3 cr.

Unrestricted Electives • 13 Cr.

Any unduplicated courses at the 100 or higher level.

Certificate of Applied Science

To complete a Certficate of Applied Science in Therapeutic Massage the student must complete the core requirements, and MAT 103 and ENL 101.

Certificate of Proficiency

To complete a Certificate of Proficiency in Therapeutic Massage, a student must complete the core requirements.

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