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Graduates of chiropractic schools receive the degree Doctor of Chiropractic (DC), and are eligible to seek licensure in all jurisdictions. The Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) sets minimum guidelines for chiropractic colleges; [ 48 ] all 18 chiropractic institutions are accredited by the CCE.
This was an honorary degree awarded to doctors of chiropractic by chiropractic colleges, especially by Palmer College of Chiropractic. The requirements for this honorary degree transitioned from its inception in 1908 until it demise in 1968, and included: high chiropractic academic achievement, postgraduate chiropractic philosophic coursework ...
A practicing chiropractor in the U.S. must have a Doctor of Chiropractic, or D.C., degree and needs a license to practice in any state where he or she sees patients.
The Logan Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) program includes study in the basic, chiropractic, and clinical sciences. Pre-requisites for entering the D.C. program include at least 90 semester hours of undergraduate coursework, including courses in biological sciences, general and organic chemistry , physics, English, psychology; and humanities and ...
In 2015, nine internationally accredited chiropractic colleges: AECC, WIOC, IFEC-Paris, IFEC-Toulouse, SDU-Odense, UZ-Zurich, UJ-Johannesburg, Durbin University of Technology and Macquarie University, Australia, made an open statement which included: "The teaching of the vertebral subluxation complex as a vitalistic construct that claims that ...
University of Western States traces its history to the Marsh School and Cure, founded in 1904 by John and Eva Marsh. [1] In 1967 the name became Western States Chiropractic College. [2] In 1973, Western States relocated to its current 22-acre (8.9 ha) campus in Northeast Portland. [2]
During the 1950s and 1960s many chiropractic governing bodies were attempting to secure national accreditation from the United States Government. To meet government criteria the CCE passed measures for its associated schools to require incoming students to have completed at least two years of pre-chiropractic college, and revised their ...
The Doctor of Chiropractic program offered by the university is accredited by the Commission for Accreditation of the Council on Chiropractic education. [3] The full-time day program consists of more than 4,300 credit hours over 10 trimesters. The students may also complete a Bachelor of Science degree in human biology while enrolled in the ...