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Section 83. Additional criteria for doctorate degree

12 AAC 60.083. Additional criteria for doctorate degree

(a) In addition to the criteria established in 12 AAC 60.082, programs of graduate study for a doctorate degree in psychology must require

(1) the equivalent of three full-time academic years of graduate study, two years of which are through the degree-granting institution, and one year of which is in full-time residence at the degree-granting institution or the equivalent as described in (b) of this section; and

(2) courses covering the following program components:

(A) methodology and history, including systematic preparation in scientific standards and responsibilities, research design and methodology, quantitative methods, and historical foundations in psychology;

(B) foundation in psychology, including course work in each of the four following areas of study:

(i) biological bases of behavior, including physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neurospsychology, 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, group-processes, sex roles, and organizational behavior; and

(iv) individual differences including personality theory, human development, individual differences, abnormal psychology, psychology of women, psychology of the handicapped, and psychology of the minority experience.

(C) area of specialization focusing on

(i) knowledge and use of ethics, guidelines, and standards;

(ii) a supervised practicum or laboratory experience appropriate to the area of practice, teaching, or research in psychology; and

(iii) advanced preparation appropriate to the area of specialization.

(b) Compliance with all of the following requirements is the equivalent of the one year of full-time residence at the degree-granting institution required in (a)(1) of this section:

(1) a minimum of 324 hours of student-faculty contact involving face to face individual or group educational meetings;

(2) educational meetings required by (b)(1) of this section must

(A) include both faculty and peer interaction;

(B) be conducted by faculty of the institution at least 90 percent of the time;

(C) be fully documented by the student and the institution; and

(D) relate substantially to the program components listed in (a) of this section; and

(3) the institution must clearly document how the student's performance is assessed and evaluated.

(c) Programs accredited by the American Psychological Association Education and Credentialing Committee are recognized as meeting the requirements of this section.

History: Eff. 8/6/87, Register 103

Authority: AS 08.86.070

AS 08.86.080

AS 08.86.130