Low-Residency Program Details

The Low-Residency MTC program provides a similar curriculum as the on-campus version and can also be completed within three years. It has a unique delivery format that makes it a great fit for those with busy lives or who cannot relocate to Boulder:

• Mostly online and asynchronous, with a dispersed course load over eight semesters, to make the program more accessible for those with packed schedules, full-time jobs, and other commitments.
  • The expected time commitment is generally estimated at 10-12 hours per week. This may be slightly higher at times, especially during the two nine-credit semesters, but there are also usually weeks when students spend less than 10 hours.
• The program can be completed from anywhere in the United States, but students are required to attend either five or six five-day intensives held in Colorado. (Clinical placement also must be completed within the US.) The number of in-person intensives depends on when the student begins the program:
  • Students starting in August will have five in-person intensives in Colorado.
  • Students starting in January and May will have six in-person intensives in Colorado.
• Twice per semester, either online or in person, students meet as a group for intensives – live classes that last the bulk of each day. Students complete a big portion of the coursework at the intensives—they’re called “intensives” for a reason!
• Each semester begins with an online intensive lasting either two or three days. (The first one is three days; the rest are two days.)
• A five-day intensive follows in the second half of each semester. Five-day intensives in the summer and fall semesters are held in Colorado; the five-day intensive in the spring is online*.
  • Classes for the summer in-person intensives are held on campus in Boulder, but students are responsible for off-campus accommodations and meals.
  • The fall in-person intensives are held at a third-party off-campus site, and typically, students are responsible for securing off-campus accommodations. 
  • * Students starting in the spring semester will come to Colorado for the program’s first five-day intensive. (Future spring semesters would be entirely online.) Classes will be held on campus, but students are responsible for off-campus accommodations and meals.