CATALOG - University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

The San Diego campus moved to a 76,000 square foot 3-building corporate center in San Marcos, CA inJanuary 2009. The university received developing program status from ACOTE for the San Marcos OTprogram which allowed the Inaugural Class to begin in fall 2009. The dual degree option also began in fall2009.The University received accreditation and licensure in 2009 to begin to offer the Doctor of Education (EdD)degree. The EdD degree is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) and licensedby the Commission for Independent Education.In 2010, the university received approval from the Commission for Independent Education to restructure theDoctor of Health Science (DHSc) degree. The Distance Education and Training Council approvedaccreditation of the DHSc degree in 2010.The University began offering Master of Orthopaedic Physician Assistant (MOPA) degree in May 2011.The University received licensure from the Commission of Independent Education and accreditation from theDistance Education and Training Council (DETC) in 2010 to offer this degree. The CA Bureau of Privateand Post-secondary Education approved all degrees offered by the University to be available on theCalifornia campus in April 2011.On April 16, 2011, Dr. Wanda Nitsch was inaugurated in as the 4 th President of the University of St.Augustine for Health Sciences on the San Marcos campus.In the last several years, the University has been growing at a healthy and rapid pace, adding programs,faculty, and facilities to meet the needs of rehabilitation in this time of great change and challenge. TheUniversity will continue to be a leader in providing meaningful educational experiences in areas anddirections that both therapists and consumers require. Our program extends to such distance destinations asIceland, Japan and Chile.The CampusesThe University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences’ California campus is located at 700 Windy Point Drive,San Marco, CA 92069. The California campus location is comprised of three buildings, housing over76,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms, library, student health club, and student areas.The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, St. Augustine, FL campus is located on a twenty-sixacre site. In August 2007, a new academic building that houses the classrooms, labs, library, clinics and astudent wellness center was opened. It features 75,000 square feet of educational space eight classrooms andfive laboratories.Clinical SitesThe University has affiliations with clinical sites nationwide and internationally, thus providing both a widegeographic distribution and varied practice settings for the clinical portion of the student’s experience.5