Transfer Credit Policy

Given the importance of integrated, doctoral-level learning in the professional development of Health Service Psychologists, transfer credit is reviewed on an individual basis using the criteria outlined below.

Transfer credit up to 21 credit hours may be available for academic courses related to foundational knowledge only.

No practice-oriented courses or clinical field experiences are eligible for transfer credit.

In the short term (e.g., passing the program’s comprehensive examination, competing effectively for a national internship placement, passing the profession’s EPPP) and the long term (effective, ethical professional practice of clinical psychology), success is promoted by exceling in the carefully developed doctoral curriculum.

Graduate courses with similar names and overlapping content that were taken elsewhere in programs with different purposes may not result in any transferred course credit, but you are encouraged to discuss how those courses and how prior degrees fit broadly into your personal and professional development.

Courses considered for transfer credit

The following courses may be considered for a maximum of transfer 21 credit hours on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the university graduate transfer credit policy and the criteria detailed below.

• PSY 614 (3): Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis
• PSY 703 (3): Human Growth and Development
• PSY 757 (3): Observational Methods and Functional Assessment
• PSY 767(3): Behavior Disorders of Childhood
• PSY 770 (3): Behavioral Systems Analysis
• PSY 777 (3): Conceptual Foundations in Behavior Analysis
• PSY 780 (3): Social Psychology
• PSY 801 (3): Philosophy and Contextual Behavioral Science
• PSY 905 (3): Biological Basis of Behavior
• PSY 906 (3): Advanced Cognitive and Affective Psychology
• PSY 962 (3): Behavioral Theories of Language and Cognition
• PSY 970 (3): Healing Historical Oppression: Context, Identity, and Intersectionality
• PSY 971 (3): Mental Health Disparities: Eliminating Barriers to Treatment
• PSY 972 (3): Governance, Law, & Policy: Advocacy and Activism in Clinical Psychology
• PSY 973 (3): Multicultural Foundations in Practice: Assessment, Treatment, and Consultation
• PSY 980 (3): Clinical Health Psychology
• PSY 981 (3): Integrated Healthcare: Advanced Topics
• PSY 983 (3) Consultation and Collaboration in Healthcare

Criteria to know

Proposed transfer courses need to be judged as comparable to the required course at the doctoral level and taken within the past five years.

You must have earned a grade of A or higher and demonstrate the requisite skills essential to the course by providing relevant documentation requested (e.g., syllabus, evaluations, portfolio of relevant course work, etc.).

Even with transfer credit, you will not be able to reduce the overall number of semesters of required training for the PsyD program.

Approval of transfer credits does not shorten residency in the program but can reduce course load and/or increase time available for other courses and/or other educational, clinical, or research experiences.

Have you earned a master’s degree from Missouri State?

The following PsyD courses may be considered for transfer credit if the same course was completed for your graduate program within the past five years.

In line with other transfer credits, course work needs to be judged as comparable to the required course at the doctoral level.

You must have earned a grade of A or higher and demonstrate the requisite skills essential to the course by providing relevant documentation requested (e.g. syllabus, evaluations, portfolio of relevant course work, etc.).

• PSY 760 (3): Clinical Communication Skills
• PSY 720 (3): Individual Intelligence Testing
• PSY 752 (3): Research Methods
• PSY 745 (3): Statistics and Research Design
• PSY 747 (3): Single Case Research Design in Applied Behavior Analysis

Courses not considered for transfer credit

The following are considered practice-oriented courses and will not be considered for transfer credit.

• PSY 720 (3): Individual Intelligence Testing
• PSY 740(3) Psychological Assessment
• PSY 745(3) Statistics and Research Design
• PSY 747(3) Single Case Research Design in Applied Behavior Analysis
• PSY 752(3) Research Methods
• PSY 760(3): Clinical Communication Skills
• PSY 761 (3): Ethics and Professional Issues
• PSY 766(3) Psychopathology
• PSY 800 (3): History and Systems: Orientation to Clinical Psychology
• PSY 823(3) Psychopathology II
• PSY 824(3) Psychological Assessment II
• PSY 830(3) Diversity and Inclusion in Psychology
• PSY 831(3) Identity Development
• PSY 850(3) Empirically Supported Treatments I
• PSY 851(3) Empirically Supported Treatments II
• PSY 890(14) Practicum in Clinical Psychology
• PSY 913(3) Program Evaluation and Qualitative Analysis
• PSY 932(3) Culturally Competent Therapy
• PSY 941(3) Supervision, Consultation, and Professional Practice
• PSY 942(5) Professional Seminar in Clinical Psychology
• PSY 952(3) Couples & Family Therapy
• PSY 953(3) Advanced Clinical Case Conceptualization
• PSY 990(9) Internship in Clinical Psychology
• PSY 999(9) Dissertation in Clinical Psychology

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