Recommended Course Sequence
Lactation Consultation Curriculum
These courses are not available on-line.
Birthingway College of Midwifery's lactation consultation curriculum includes two components:
- Lactation-specific and elective courses (51 credits)
- Lactation-specific Clinical Training credit (15 credits)
Recommended Course Sequence
| First Year of Lactation Program | ||
| Term | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| Spring | Breastfeeding I (BRF211q) | 1 |
| Breastfeeding II (BRF222q) | 2 | |
| Medical Terminology (MED221q) | 2 | |
| Anatomy and Physiology for Birth and Lactation Professionals (ANT151q) | 5 | |
| Communications I (COM321q) | 2 | |
| Total 12 | ||
| Fall | Nutrition (NUT221q) | 2 |
| Infancy (INF221q) | 2 | |
| Breastfeeding III (BRF313q) | 1 | |
| Breastfeeding Skills (BFS411q) | 1 | |
| Communications II (COM312q) | 1 | |
| Pregnancy and Breastfeeding (LPRE111q) | 1 | |
| Working Cross Culturally (WCC411q) | 1 | |
| Understanding Statistics (STA221q) | 2 | |
| Clinical Training (LCTC211q) | 1 | |
| Total 12 | ||
| Winter | Maternal Complex Breastfeeding Situations (LMCS231q) | 3 |
| Breastfeeding Politics and Policy (LPOL131q) | 3 | |
| Advanced Skills I (LADS221q) | 2 | |
| Communications III (COM313q) | 1 | |
| Clinical Training (LCTC211q) | 3 | |
| Total 12 | ||
| Second Year of Lactation Program | ||
| Term | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| Spring | Botanicals I (BOT331q) | 3 |
| Advanced Skills II - Tools (LADS222q) | 2 | |
| Birth Impacts on Breastfeeding (BIB121q) | 2 | |
| Infant Complex Breastfeeding Situations (LICS221q) | 2 | |
| Clinical Training (LCTC211q) | 3 | |
| Total 12 | ||
| Fall | Professional Standards (LPS231q) | 3 |
| Elective | 2 | |
| Human Genetics (GEN431q) | 3 | |
| Clinical Training (LCTC211q) | 4 | |
| Total 12 | ||
| Winter | Lactation Consultant Practice Protocols (LPP211q) | 1 |
| Advanced Case Studies(LACS221q) | 2 | |
| Clinical Training(LCTC211q) | 3-5 | |
| Total 12 | ||