Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles for SCUHS

Candidates for the doctor of chiropractic degree must meet the following technical standards with or without
reasonable accommodations. Candidates for admission and students must demonstrate:
1. The strength, coordination, and ability to stand and use the torso and all limbs in the performance of
common chiropractic manual procedures and techniques.
2. The strength, manual dexterity, and tactile perceptiveness and ability to perform in all laboratory and
clinical settings, to diagnose and treat human ailments, and to maintain the safety and wellbeing of
fellow students and patients without posing a threat to themselves.
3. The visual, hearing and speech skills and personal hygiene requisite to professional performance
including reading all forms of diagnostic imaging, using microscopes, eliciting and recording patient
histories, performing all auscultatory exams, and performing any and all other diagnostic and
therapeutic procedures.
4. The ability to reason, learn, and perform independently demonstrating the conceptual, integrative, and
quantitative skills that are necessary for critical thinking, problem solving, measurement, calculation, the
ability to comprehend three-dimensional and spatial relationships, diagnosis, and therapeutic
applications.
5. The emotional health required for the full use of intellectual abilities, the exercise of good judgment,
and the prompt and safe completion of all responsibilities; the ability to adapt to change, to display
flexibility and to learn to function in the face of uncertainties and stressful situations; empathy, integrity,
concern for others, interpersonal skills, interest, and motivation which will be assessed during the
admissions process and throughout their education.
Transfer Students from other Chiropractic Programs
Southern California University of Health Sciences may accept credits of students transferring from chiropractic
colleges accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE). Such transfer students must meet the
current admission requirements in effect at SCU. Transfer students are advised that, on the basis of such
transfer credits, they may be ineligible for licensure in one or more states and/or other countries. Additionally,
any student transferring to SCU’s Doctor of Chiropractic Program must have earned not less than the last 25% of
their total credits leading to the doctor of chiropractic degree from SCU in order to receive a diploma from SCU.
Transfer students must submit a letter of good standing from the previous chiropractic institution attended. All
advanced standing courses are subject to approval by the dean of Los Angeles College of Chiropractic.
Evaluation and Placement
Evaluation and placement of transfer students shall be made by the dean of LACC upon receipt of the following
by the SCU Office of Admissions:
• Official transcripts from the transferring student’s previous institution;
• Copy of high school transcripts or diploma;
• Official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended;
• Catalog of the transferring student’s college or university so that courses equivalent in content and
quality to those taught at LACC may be evaluated and accepted;
• $50 application fee;
• Letter of good standing from the previous chiropractic institution attended;
• All general requirements for admission (Note: a minimum of 25% of LACC’s educational program must
be completed at SCU by each transfer student to qualify to receive a diploma from SCU);
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