New York Chiropractic College Announces New Degree Programs, Campus Health Center
Editorial Staff
New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) has received approval from the state's Board of Regents to establish upstate New York's first Master of Science programs in acupuncture and Oriental medicine.
NYCC's new programs will offer coursework leading to MS degrees in acupuncture or acupuncture and Oriental medicine. Graduates will be eligible to take state licensure examinations for the practice of acupuncture.
The college is currently accepting applications for the new programs which are scheduled to begin in September 2003 with an expected initial class of approximately 40 students. Students will need at least 90 college credit hours to be eligible for enrollment in the master's programs
For undergraduate students who qualify for NYCC's chiropractic or acupuncture programs, the college will offer a Bachelor of Professional Studies degree. Open enrollment for the bachelor's program also began in January.
In other news, NYCC recently announced its intention to move forward with plans to create the Seneca Chiropractic Health Center, described by the college as an "on-campus integrated health facility." Preparations for the center are already underway, including demolition and remodeling of parts of the Seneca Dormitory to make room for the new 4,000-square-foot outpatient clinic.
The center is scheduled for completion and commencement of operations by September 1. For additional information on NYCC's new course programs, or the new campus health center, contact the college at (800) 234-6922.
Because they have yet to pass national legislation protecting the chiropractic profession, Japanese DCs are in a similar situation that U.S. DCs faced. We were fortunate enough to be able to pass chiropractic licensure state by state. The DCs in Japan must accomplish this nationally, which has proved to be an extremely difficult task. And in spite of their efforts, Japanese DCs are currently faced with two chiropractic professions.
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There has long been an attempt by those who are not legitimate doctors of chiropractic to usurp the title of chiropractor from those who have earned their degree from an accredited chiropractic program. This generally happens in countries where the local doctors of chiropractic have yet to pass legislation requiring a degree from an accredited institution. The result is essentially two chiropractic professions. Nowhere is this danger more pronounced than in Japan.
