Massage Therapy (MT-ATC)

AREA OF CONCENTRATION: The advanced technical certificate (ATC) in massage therapy is a 10‐credit certificate program for graduates of the Physical Therapist Assistant program. The program is dedicated to advancing the science and art of soft tissue mobilization in an effort to enhance the quality of therapeutic treatment and promoting patient wellness. The purpose of offering the program to our graduates is to increase their knowledge and performance of manual skills and to improve their qualifications for a job in physical therapy. Successful graduates of this curriculum are eligible to take the national certification examination through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, and upon satisfactory achievement, become licensed Massage Therapists