Clinical experience and outreach programs provide the opportunity to specialize in a specific unique client population such as athletes or the elderly. Elective courses offer specialization in a particular style of massage therapy. The Massage Therapy Program is designed to be flexible in meeting student needs. The core curriculum consists of 770 clock hours of class work divided into 12 required courses plus electives. Each required course meets one or more times per week during a 14 week trimester.
Elective courses meet for a varying number of classes in a variety of formats.
Three trimesters of instruction are offered each year. The Massage Therapy Program may be completed in as few as seven trimesters or in as many as fifteen consecutive trimesters. Students have five years to complete the Massage Therapy Program from the date of their first class. However, students must re-apply to the Institute if three consecutive trimesters have elapsed since their last Program course was attended. Students may complete the course of instruction attending either full or part-time, as their circumstances and desires allow.