Master of acupuncture and Chinese Herbal MEdicine (MaccHM)

ACUPUNCTURE AND HERBAL MEDICINE EDUCATION

admission eligibility

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ELIGIBILITY

Applicants for admission must have earned a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA from an institution that is accredited by any accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

– $100 Application Fee (non-refundable)

– Application for Admission (online application)

– Two (2) Letters of Recommendation

– Official Academic Transcripts from each college of university attended. This official transcript
    must be sent from the sending institution directly to the AUHS Office of Admissions.
    All domestic official transcripts must be received no later than the first day of class of the
    entering trimester.

– Personal essay detailing desire to be East Asian Medicine practitioner.

International Students

General Policies

Atlanta University of Health Science is authorized under federal law to enroll non-immigrant alien students who meet our general admissions requirements and comply with all federal guidelines under the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. International applicants must provide an appropriately authenticated official transcript issued by a governmental authority that attests to the successful completion of the requisite program for admission, equivalent to U.S. Department of Education. Transcripts not in English must be translated and evaluated as equivalent to US transcripts by an approved evaluation service such as World Education Service (WES), Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE), American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), or National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). Official foreign transcripts and evaluations may be accepted prior to the end of the first semester of enrollment; however, an unofficial transcript must be received prior to the first day of class.

English language proficiency requirement

Applicants whose native language is not English and who have not earned a degree from an appropriately accredited institution where English is the principal language of instruction must demonstrate college-level proficiency in English through one of the following for admission:

a) The student must have completed a two-year (60 semester credits or 90 quarter credits) undergraduate- or graduate-level, English-based education in an institution: i. accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education, or ii. in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada (except Quebec), New Zealand, Ireland, or any other country where English is the official language. iii. In all cases, English must have been both the language of instruction and the language of the curriculum used.

b) The student must have obtained a minimum score of 500 on the Paper-Based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL PBT), or 61 on the Internet-Based Test (iBT), or 6.0 on the

International English Language Test (IELTS).

transfer credit policy

For evaluation of transfer credit, applicants must provide official transcripts sent directly from their school to the AUHS Office of Admissions. Some applicants may also be asked to provide course syllabi. Transcripts from foreign countries must be translated into English and evaluated by an approved credentials evaluation service.

Graduate Students

To be eligible for transferring credits to the Master of Acupuncture with Chinese Herbal Medicine program AUHS, students must have completed at least one trimester (or semester or quarter) with Master’s level coursework from another other institution. Coursework completed at this level must have a grade of "C", or higher, or 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. AUHS follows the same transfer credit policies as other Master of Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine programs. Transfer credits can be received up to 50% for Western and East Asian medicine courses, science courses, and 25% for Internship.

Transfer Credits for Graduates of Non-East Asian Medicine Programs. Students wishing to enroll in Atlanta University of Health Science, who have a degree in medicine, dentistry, podiatry, chiropractic, or any health care program other than from Asian Medicine Programs, may only receive transfer credit for relevant basic science and Western medicine courses. No credit for any

clinical instruction from such institutions may be transferred.