20 CSR 2235-2.001 - Educational Requirements, Section 337.021, RSMo
(1) A person
applying for licensure as a psychologist pursuant to section
337.021, RSMo shall be governed
by this rule in force and effect on August 28, 1989.
(2) The phrase "a program of studies whose
content was primarily psychological" as used in sections
337.020 and
337.021, RSMo shall be defined
as any one (1) of the following:
(A) An
educational program which has been approved, including provisional approval, by
the Education and Training Board of the American Psychological Association, or
its successor, or jointly designated by the Council for the National Register
of Health Service Providers in Psychology and the American Association of State
Psychology Boards, or its successor, at the time the applicant obtained the
degree; or
(B) A graduate training
program is as follows:
1. An integrated,
organized sequence of study, the purpose of which is to educate and train
people to be a professional psychologist;
2. Core course work in the basic areas of
psychology and course work, and training in preparation for the professional
practice of psychology, as defined in section 337.015.3. and 4., RSMo shall
include at least one (1), three (3) semester-hour graduate credit course or a
combination of graduate credit courses totaling three (3) semester-hours or
five (5) quarter-hours in each of the following areas:
A. The biological bases of behavior, such as
courses in sensation and perception, psychophysiological psychology and
psychopharmacology, brain and behavior;
B. The cognitive-affective bases of behavior,
such as courses in learning, thinking, motivation, emotion, and cognitive
psychology;
C. The social bases of
behavior, such as courses in the psychology of interpersonal relationships,
group processes, social psychology, organizational theory, systems theory,
group dynamics and role theory, and family systems theory;
D. Individual differences, such as courses in
personality theory, human development, abnormal psychology, developmental
psychology, child psychology, adolescent psychology, psychology of aging,
psychopathology, and theories of personality; and
E. The scientific methods and procedures of
understanding, predicting and influencing human behavior, such as courses in
statistics, experimental design, psychometrics, individual testing, group
testing, research design, and methodology;
3. Each course must be an in-depth study
solely devoted to a particular core area. No core area credit will be given for
a course which contains only components or some aspects of a core
area;
4. A course will be counted
only once in granting credit for a core area;
5. No core course credit will be given for
practicums, workshops, continuing education, applied courses, experiential
courses, readings courses, independent studies, or correspondence
courses;
6. Credit will be given
for seminar courses only if the applicant is awarded a grade for the course and
provides substantiation through course descriptions in official school
catalogs, course syllabi, bulletins or other like means, or through written
documentation from a school official that the course was an in-depth study of a
particular core area and that the course included lectures and discussions
concerning a wide range of the key topics in that core area;
7. Titles of course work on official
transcripts which are not self-explanatory must be substantiated through course
descriptions in official school catalogs, course syllabi, bulletins or other
like means, or through written documentation from a school official;
8. The committee will not count undergraduate
level courses taken by an applicant as meeting any academic requirements unless
the applicant's official graduate transcript clearly shows that the course was
awarded graduate credit by the school or that a competency examination was
successfully passed in that particular core area and is clearly shown on the
transcript;
9. The committee will
not accept course work for which an applicant received a failing or incomplete
grade or for which no credit was given as indicated on the official
transcript;
10. In evaluating
transcripts, the committee shall consider one quarter (1/4) hour of academic
credit as two-thirds (2/3) of a semester-hour;
11. An appropriate program of study also
shall include graduate course work and supervised practical training in
rendering services to individuals, groups, and organizations in preparation for
the professional practice of psychology as defined in section 337.015.2. and
4., RSMo;
12. The applicant shall
provide official transcripts and any other supporting evidence necessary to
document the fact that these educational requirements have been met. The
applicant has the burden of demonstrating that the academic course work and
training constituted a program of study whose content was primarily
psychological. A final determination of whether the program of study which
formed the basis of the applicant's degree was primarily psychological is
within the discretion of the department;
13. An applicant who has been denied
licensure as a result of inadequate educational experience and wishes to make
up academic deficiencies and to obtain prior approval from the committee of the
applicant's proposed plan for completing the deficiencies may submit a proposed
plan for completing the academic requirements to the committee for its
evaluation. Upon satisfactory completion of these deficiencies, the applicant
shall reapply for licensure, submit the application fee, and file with the
committee an official transcript or verification from the academic registrar's
office or other like school official that the academic deficiencies have been
completed;
14. The committee will
review an applicant's educational credentials upon receipt of official
educational transcripts received directly from the universities and upon
payment of the fee for prior educational review; and
15. The committee will review an applicant's
proposed plan for obtaining an appropriate educational degree or course work,
or both, upon receipt of the photocopies of official school documents, such as
course syllabi or catalog descriptions of course work and degree programs, and
upon payment of the fee for prior educational review.
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