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Accreditation

Accreditation Update, August 2024

The 国产传媒 PsyD program is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), on contingency, through the following date: May 1, 2029.

Questions related to the program’s accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation:
 
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 336-5979
E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org 
Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation 
 
What does it mean to be accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), on contingency? 
If you complete a program that is recognized as “accredited, on contingency,” effective before your graduation date, you will have completed an APA accredited program. Accreditation is effective as of the final day of the site visit preceding the CoA decision. 
 
When will 国产传媒’s PsyD program apply for full accreditation? 
Mount Saint Mary’s University’s PsyD program will apply for “Full Accreditation” in 2-3 years once it obtains distal information from its first two graduated cohorts (e.g., type of employment; state licensing exams passing rates., etc.). 

If one completes a program that is recognized as “fully accredited” effective before the graduation date, the individual will have completed an APA accredited program. Accreditation is effective as of the final day of the site visit preceding the CoA decision.

Mount Saint Mary’s University is accredited by the (WSCUC), and our PsyD program has been successfully reviewed by WSCUC via “substantive change” procedures (2018).  With accreditation by WSCUC in place, graduates of the PsyD program at Mount Saint Mary’s University, once they have completed the doctoral degree and required postdoctoral hours, are eligible to apply for licensure as a psychologist in California (and possibly other states, based upon individual state requirements).

For further information about the WSCUC accreditation process, please contact directly.

  1. Students demonstrate comprehensive Discipline-Specific knowledge of Health Service Psychology: History and Systems; basic content areas in scientific psychology (affective aspects of behavior, biological aspects of behavior, cognitive aspects of behavior, developmental aspects of behavior and social aspects of behavior); Advanced Integrative Knowledge in Scientific Psychology; and Research Methods, Statistical Analysis, and Psychometrics, to prepare them to become leaders and agents of change in Health Service Psychology and the larger world.
  2. Students demonstrate proficiency in the Profession-Wide Competencies related to Health Service Psychology: Research; Ethical and Legal Standards; Individual and Cultural Diversity; Professional Values, Attitudes and Behaviors; Communication and Interpersonal Skills; Assessment; Intervention; Supervision; and Consultation and Inter-professional/interdisciplinary Skills, to prepare them to become leaders and agents of social change in Health Service Psychology and the larger world.
  3. Students demonstrate the ability to practice using theory and research with cultural humility and a critical consciousness, to prepare them to become leaders and agents of change in Health Service Psychology and the larger world.