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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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