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Nov 23, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Anatomy Education, M.S. (55 hrs)
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Program Overview
The Master of Science in Anatomy Education rigorous academic training for students pursuing academic careers in the teaching and administration of the clinical anatomical sciences in the professional school environment. This program is organized and implemented by the Anatomy program in the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine (WCUCOM). There is a compelling requirement in the medical and osteopathic schools for faculty trained to organize, design, teach, assess, and manage modern clinical anatomy curricula supporting undergraduate medical student education.
Clinical anatomy, as a subset of classical anatomy, used here, is defined in terms of its four long-standing sub-disciplines: gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, histology, and embryology. Clinical anatomy extends the knowledge of classical human anatomy (or morphology) into cause-effect relationships observed in patients with abnormalities involving form and functional attributes that deviate from what is considered as normal.
Program Admission Requirements
Successful candidates for the MS program may come from three sources: 1) successful completion of the WCU Master’s of Biomedical Science (MBS) curriculum; 2) successful completion of the pre-clinical years (one and two) of the WCUCOM osteopathic medicine curriculum; or 3) coursework or degrees in the anatomical sciences from another accredited university like the basic sciences content, including anatomy, of the curriculum of the WCU MBS Program.
The criteria for admissions include:
- Hold a baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited college or university;
- For candidates entering from the MBS program: a minimum of a ‘B’ (80%) final grade in the MBS first-year curriculum overall AND a minimum of a ‘B’ average in all anatomy courses taken during this first year;
- For candidates entering from the WCUCOM osteopathic medical curriculum with the pre-clinical years completed: a minimum of a ‘B’ average (80%) final grade in coursework AND a minimum of a ‘B’ average in all anatomy courses taken;
- For candidates entering from an external academic program with acceptable credits in the anatomy and physiology: a minimum of a ‘B’ average (80%) final grade in master’s level coursework overall AND a minimum of a ‘B’ average in all anatomy courses taken;
- Complete and file with the graduate education office the application packet for admission to the university. This application must be submitted prior to registering for classes and before the deadline established by the graduate admission office;
- Provide official transcripts of all college work completed to date for the registrar and the graduate office. After the applicant is accepted, a supplementary official transcript showing any additional work completed at other institutions is also required;
- If applying from outside WCU, GRE examination results (combined verbal and quantitative) of 800 (verbal and quantitative) taken before July 2012, or 290 (verbal and quantitative) taken during or after July 2012;
- Two written letters of recommendation—one from a professor and one from a supervisor;
- A resume or curriculum vita;
- Complete an interview conducted by the anatomy faculty;
- All candidates must be accepted by the anatomy faculty before being admitted to the program;
- Credit for advanced standing will not be given for any work completed in other programs; and
- Meet student physical requirements: in order to be accepted, each student must be able to use all upper and lower extremities and be capable of fine motor skills. In the laboratory, standing for four (4) hours at a time is routine. Additionally, acceptable students must not be allergic to any of the chemicals and fluids routinely use in the anatomy laboratory for preservation and cleaning.
Program Progression and Graduation Requirements
- Successful completion of all coursework with a minimum grade of ‘B’ (80%) in all courses;
- Successful completion of the didactic, practical, and oral sections of the M.S. Comprehensive Examination as judged by the M.S. Committee;
- Successful M.S. Committee appraisal and consensus of the student portfolio;
- Successful M.S. Committee review and consensus of the scholarly paper; and
- Successful overall appraisal of each student by the M.S. Committee.
- Failure in one course can be remediated using a faculty-designed plan, or the stipulations in the WCU Graduate Catalog will be followed.
Program of Study (55 hrs)
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