Curriculum & Courses

Massage Therapy Diploma

 

For full course descriptions, use the online Academic Calendar.

The diploma is specialized in nature and requires students to complete 34 core courses (2200 hours), over eight consecutive semesters.

Note: Occupational Programs are non-credit Continuing Education programs that do not meet General Admission Requirements. Therefore, the courses taken within these programs cannot be used towards an undergraduate degree, diploma or certificate program nor do students have access to undergraduate courses in degree, diploma or certificate programs. There is no limit to the number of non-credit academic upgrading courses you may complete.  


Curriculum

Year One

  • XPFT 20001 - Human Anatomy
  • XPFT 20002 - Human Physiology
  • XMAT 20701 - Ethics & Communication I
  • XMAT 25001 - Medical Terminology
  • XMAT 25002 - Musculoskeletal Anatomy
  • XMAT 25003 - Fundamentals of Charting
  • XMAT 25004 - Fundamentals of Massage
  • XMAT 25006 - Massage Techniques I
  • XMAT 25007 - Outreach I
  • XMAT 25008 - Pathology I
  • XMAT 25009 - Therapeutic Exercise I
  • XMAT 25010 - Massage Techniques II
  • XMAT 25011 - Orthopedic Assessment I
  • XMAT 25012 - Practicum I
  • XMAT 25013 - Regional Anatomy
  • XMAT 25014 - Regional Anatomy Lab
  • XMAT 25015 - Fundamentals of Research
  • XMAT 25016 - Treatments I
  • XMAT 25017 - Practicum II


Year Two

  • XMAT 25018 - Pathology II
  • XMAT 25019 - Therapeutic Exercise II
  • XMAT 25020 - Neuroanatomy
  • XMAT 25021 - Orthopedic Assessment II
  • XMAT 25022 - Treatments II
  • XMAT 25023 - Practicum III
  • XMAT 25024 - Outreach II
  • XMAT 25025 - Ethics & Communications II
  • XMAT 25026 - Treatments III
  • XMAT 25027 - Practicum IV
  • XMAT 25028 - Business of Massage Therapy
  • XMAT 25029 - Outreach III
  • XMAT 25030 - OSCE: Objective Standardized Clinical Examination
  • XMAT 25031 - Case Study - Literature Review
  • XMAT 25032 - Case Study - Literature Review Lab