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Curriculum Overview

Full Curriculum by Quarter

Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | Quarter 5
Quarter 6 | Quarter 7 | Quarter 8 | Quarter 9 | Quarter 10
Quarter 11

Quarter 1    Fall 2010

Orientation	0
Well Woman Health and Assessment	4.0
Midwifery Care 1: Introduction to the Midwives Model of Care	3.0
Introduction to Epidemiology for Midwives	3.5
Perinatal Nutrition 1: Pre-conception and Prenatal	2.0
Total	12.5

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Quarter 2    Winter 2011

Midwifery Care 2: Pregnancy and Prenatal Care	4.0
Counseling for the Childbearing Year 1	1.0
Genetics and Embryology	2.0
Clinical Skills 1	1.0
Pharmacology and Treatments 1	1.0
Introduction to Practicum	0.5
Midwifery Research Project 1	0.5
Gynecology	3.5
Total	13.5

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Quarter 3    Spring 2011

Midwifery Care 3: Advanced Pregnancy and Prenatal Care	4.0
Counseling for the Childbearing Year 2	1.0
Clinical Skills 2	1.0
Professional Issues Seminar: Cultural Competency for Midwives	2.0
Pharmacology and Treatments 2	1.0
Clinical Seminar 1	1.0
Practicum 1	2.5
Research Methods for Midwifery	3.0
Total	15.5

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Quarter 4    Summer 2011

Practicum 2

6.0

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Quarter 5    Fall 2011

Midwifery Care 4: Labor and Birth	6.0
Professional Issues Seminar: Modern Midwifery, History, Politics and Activism	2.0
Counseling for the Childbearing Year 3	1.5
Clinical Skills 3	0.5
Clinical Seminar 2	1.0
Midwifery Research Project 2	0.5
Practicum 3	4.5
Total	16

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Quarter 6    Winter 2012

Midwifery Care 5: Postpartum and Newborn Care	4.0
Counseling for the Childbearing Year 4: Postpartum	1.5
Professional Issues Seminar : Midwifery Legal, Ethical and Professional Frameworks	2.5
Clinical Skills 4	0.5
Perinatal Nutrition 2: Nutrition for Postpartum & Breastfeeding	1.0
Clinical Seminar 3	1.0
Midwifery Research Project 3	0.5
Breastfeeding and Lactation Education	2.0
Practicum 4	3.0
Total	16

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Quarter 7    Spring 2012

Midwifery Care 6: Challenges in Practice	4.5
Professional Issues Seminar : Health Care Systems and Health Policy	2.0
Midwifery Research Project 4	0.5
Clinical Skills 5	0.5
Clinical Seminar 4	1.0
Practicum 5	4.0
Total	12.5

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Quarter 8    Summer 2012

Practicum 6	4.5
Midwifery Research Project 5	3.0
Total	7.5

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Quarter 9    Fall 2012

Midwifery Care 7: Synthesis and Application	2.0
Clinical Seminar 5	1.0
Midwifery Research Project 6	3.0
Practicum 7	8.0
Total	14.0

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Quarter 10    Winter 2013

Midwifery Research Project 7	3.0
Clinical Seminar 6	1.0
Practicum 8	8.0
Total	12.0

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Quarter 11    Spring 2013

Professional Issues Seminar: The Business of Midwifery	2.5
Clinical Seminar 7	1.0
Practicum 9	9.0
Total	12.5

Total Credits	138
Total Practicum Credits	50

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