New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Psyc - Board of Psychologists
Chapter Psyc 300 - LICENSE AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, APPLICATIONS AND FEES
Part Psyc 302 - APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Section Psyc 302.02 - Courses Required for Psychologists

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Psyc 302.02

Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025

(a) Doctoral degree programs that are accredited by the APA or the CPA shall be recognized as meeting the requirements of these rules without further documentation.

(b) For doctoral programs that are not accredited by the APA or CPA, graduate study in psychology shall be completed in residence at the institution granting the doctoral degree, as described in (c)(1)-(5) below.

(c) To qualify as graduate study in psychology "in residence", the institution shall require:

(1) Physical presence of the student, in person, at the educational institution in a manner that facilitates the full anticipations and integration of the individual in the educational and training experience and included faculty student interaction. Training modules that use face-to-face contact of student and faculty for shorter duration throughout a year, or models that use video teleconferencing or other electronic means to meet the residency requirement are not acceptable;

(2) The predominant modality is face-to-face instruction;

(3) Advising and evaluation of student performance is done face-to-face;

(4) Students have regular face-to-face access to a core psychology faculty whose primary time and employment responsibilities are to the institution; and

(5) That students have regular face-to-face access to other students matriculated in the program.

(d) Applicants attending doctoral programs described in (b) and (c) above on a part-time basis shall complete a minimum of one academic year of full-time academic graduate study in psychology.

(e) Applicants from programs not accredited by the APA or CPA shall submit course descriptions and syllabi showing at least 24 semester hours with a minimum of 3 or more graduate semester hours in each of the following substantive areas of study:

(1) Scientific and professional ethics and standards;

(2) Research design and methodology;

(3) Statistics;

(4) Psychometrics;

(5) Psychotherapy techniques;

(6) Biological and chemical bases of behavior, including one or more of the following areas:
a. Physiological psychology;

b. Comparative psychology;

c. Neuropsychology;

d. Sensation and perception; or e. Psychopharmacology;

(7) Cognitive-affective bases of behavior including one or more of the following areas:
a. Learning;

b. Thinking;

c. Motivation;

d. Emotion; or e. Memory;

(8) Social bases of behavior including one or more of the following areas:
a. Social psychology;

b. Group processes;

c. Organization and systems theory; or d. Cultural diversity; and

(9) Individual differences including one or more of the following areas:
a. Personality theory;

b. Human development; or

c. Abnormal psychology.

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