Management includes health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration.
Also accentuated are principles of health education and counseling, behavior change, communication, advocacy, accountability, autonomy, problem-solving, and professional role development. An extended curriculum plan is available for students who prefer fewer credits in a given quarter. This option is good for those who have outside obligations. The extended curriculum adds an additional year with clinical courses beginning the second year. Class size and composition vary depending on the course.