Section 12.60.084. Additional criteria for master's degree.

	(a)  In addition to the criteria established in 12 AAC 60.082, programs of graduate study for a master's degree in psychology must require  
		(1) courses covering the following program components:   
			(A) methodology and history, including course work in each of the following four areas of study:  
				(i) history and systems;  
				(ii) psychological measurement;  
				(iii) research methodology;   
				(iv) techniques of data analysis, including statistics;   
			(B) foundation in psychology, including course work in each of the following five areas of study:  
				(i) biological bases of behavior, including physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology, and psychopharmacology;  
				(ii) cognitive-affective bases of behavior, including learning, memory, perception, cognition, thinking, motivation, and emotion;  
				(iii) social bases of behavior, including social psychology, cultural, ethnic, sex roles, and organizational behavior;  
				(iv) individual differences, including personality theory, human development, individual differences, abnormal psychology, psychology of women, psychology of persons with disabilities, and psychology of the minority experience; and  
				(v) knowledge and use of ethics;  
		(2) a supervised practicum or laboratory experience appropriate to the area of practice in psychology.  
	(b)  If an applicant obtains a master's degree without completing courses in all the areas of study described in (a)(1) of this section, and if the deficiency consists of no more than two courses, the applicant may make up the course deficiency by passing courses in each relevant area of study from an institution that meets the requirements of 12 AAC 60.082. Each course taken to make up a course deficiency must be for three semester hours or four quarter hours of credit. For each course taken to make up a course deficiency, the applicant must submit to the department an official transcript from the institution showing the name of the course, the grade that the applicant received, and the number of semester or quarter hours of credit for each class.  

Authorities

08.86.070;08.86.080;08.86.162

Notes

Authority

AS 08.86.070 AS 08.86.080 AS 08.86.162

History

Eff. 8/6/87, Register 103; am 8/15/2008, Register 187; am 7/29/2009, Register 191