Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2235 - State Committee of Psychologists › Chapter 2 - General Rules › Section 20 CSR 2235-2.001 - Educational Requirements, Section 337.021, RSMo

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment is a clarification and update
				  of timeframes.
(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) semesterhours 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.