A non-profit, private career college, KU awards associate of science degrees in massage therapy. The 18-month program begins with 24 credit hours of general education in behavioral/social science, communications, computers, English, humanities/fine arts, mathematics, and natural sciences.
MT courses, totaling 46 credit hours, are Body Systems, Human Structure and Functions, Legal and Ethical Business Practices, Massage Theory, Asian Modalities, Allied Modalities, Spa Therapy/Hydrotherapy, Structural Kinesiology, Sports Massage, and Pathology.
The school explains that students take the technical courses one at a time for four weeks each, “instead of juggling multiple assignments and exams.”