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"If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that."

  - Goethe

Pre-Chiropractic College

All candidates must furnish proof of having acquired two years of 60 acceptable hours leading to a baccalaureate degree in the arts and sciences. The preprofessional education, which has been acquired, must have an average of 2.25 on a 4.0 scale, with no less than a "C" grade in courses with laboratory in biology, chemistry, and physics. No more than 20 semester hours of a candidate's preprofessional education (in courses other than the natural, biological and physical sciences) can have been acquired through CLEP exam or through challenging courses. Matriculants must present a minimum of:

English or Communicative Skills - 1 Academic Year (not less than 6 semester hours)

Psychology - 1/2 Academic Year (not less than 3 semester hours)

Social Sciences or Humanities - 1/2 Academic Year (not less than 3 semester hours)

Biological Science (with related laboratory) - 1 Academic Year (not less than 6 semester hours)

General or Inorganic Chemistry (with related laboratory) - 1 Academic Year (not less than 6 semester hours)

Organic Chemistry (with related laboratory) - 1 Academic Year (not less than 6 semester hours)

Physics (with related laboratory) - 1 Academic Year


Click here to see a standard scheduled curriculum for Life-West Chiropractic College.


Comparison of Hours of Basic Sciences Education in Medical and Chiropractic Schools

Subject Chiropractic Schools Medical Schools
  Hours % of Total Hours % of Total
Anatomy 570 40 368 31
Biochemistry 150 11 120 10
Microbiology 120 8 120 10
Public Health  70 5 289 24
Physiology 305 21 142 12
Pathology 205 14 162 14
Total Hours 1,420 100 1,200 100


Comparisons of the Overall Curriculum Structure for Chiropractic and Medical Schools

  Chiropractic Schools Medical Schools
  Mean Percentage Mean Percentage
Basic science hours 1416 29% 1200 26%
Clinical science hours 3406 71% 3467 74%
Chiropractic science hours 1975 41% 0 0
Clerkship hours 1405 29% 3467 74%
Total Contact Hours 4822 100% 4667 100%

Source for both above charts: Center for Studies in Health Policy, Inc., Washington, DC. Personal communication of 1995 unpublished data from Meredith Gonyea, PhD.