Massage Therapy & Bodywork Certificate

• Provides an opportunity to students who wish to become massage and bodywork practitioners who either already have a college degree or who do not wish to pursue a degree in higher education. Encompasses adequate contact hours so that students are eligible to take the national certification examination.
• Offered on an ongoing basis in Burlington and in a weekend format at selected locations. The Morrisville program is currently underway. Enroll now for the prerequisite courses.
• Enrollment limited to 20 students.
  

Required Courses

These two courses must be taken prior to admission into the program:

• AHS-1025 Introduction to Massage & Bodywork
• BIO-2011-Human Anatomy & Physiology I (4 cr)

Core Courses

• AHS-1050 Hydrotherapy
• AHS-1210 Reflexology
• BIO-2012 Human Anatomy & Physiology II (4 cr)
• AHS-2310 CPR & First Aid Certification (0 cr)
• AHS-1030 Swedish Massage
• AHS-2211 Anatomy & Physiology for Massage-Western
• AHS-2250 Energy Massage & Bodywork
• AHS-2220 Acupressure
• AHS-2212 Anatomy & Physiology for Massage-Eastern
• AHS-1230 Professional Self-Development for Bodywork Practitioners
• AHS-2260 Pathophysiology for Massage
• AHS-2240 Deep Tissue Approaches
• AHS-2830 Professional Practitioner Internship

General Education Requirement
ENG-1061 English Composition

Total Certificate Credits: 47

All courses are 3 credits unless specified.

Program Description (requires Acrobat Reader)

Additional general education courses needed to complete AAS degree in Massage Therapy

COM-1020 Interpersonal and Small Group Communication (3 cr)

HUM-2010 Seminar in Educational Inquiry (3 cr)

EDU-2860 Community and Work Experience

Business elective (3 cr)

College-level math elective (3 cr)

Social Science elective (must satisfy cross cultural requirement) (3 cr)

Total AAS Degree Credits 65