Life University
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Life Chiropractic College |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1974 |
| President | Dr. Guy Riekeman |
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Marietta, Georgia, United States 33°55′57″N 84°30′52″W / 33.9325°N 84.5145°W |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 33°55′57″N 84°30′52″W / 33.9325°N 84.5145°W
Life University is a private university in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, Georgia, United States, that offers undergraduate programs. Besides undergraduate and graduate programs in health and wellness-oriented fields, Life University is known for its Doctor of Chiropractic degree program, which is the largest single campus chiropractic college in the world.
The guiding philosophy of Life University is vitalism, a discredited scientific hypothesis. Life University centers their philosophy, including clinical training, around the vertebral subluxation complex, a pseudoscientific notion that has no biomedical basis.
Life University was founded in 1974 by Dr. Sid Williams as Life Chiropractic College. The school was established on the site of a placer gold mine, next to Southern Technical Institute (formerly Southern Polytechnic State University and now Kennesaw State University - Marietta Campus). 22 students attended the first classes in January 1975.
By 1990, the school had grown to become the largest college of chiropractic in the world. Appointed in March 2004, the university president is Dr. Guy Riekeman, former Chancellor of the Palmer Chiropractic University System.
Life University is divided into two colleges: the College of Chiropractic (D.C. Doctor of Chiropractic) and the College of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies (A.S. Computer Information Management and Coaching Psychology; B.A. Positive Human Development and Social Change; B.S. Biology, Biopsychology, Psychology, Business Administration, Computer Information Management, Culinary Nutrition, Dietetics, Exercise Science, General Studies, Health Coaching and Nutrition; and M.S. Sport Health Science, Clinical Nutrition and Positive Psychology and M.A.T. Athletic Training).
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