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Current BCaBA Degree Requirement(Effective 2/26/2013)

Possession of a minimum of a bachelor's degree from an

accredited university.

Current BCBA Degree Requirement

Effective January 2011, an applicant must have the

appropriate degree "from an accredited university, that

was conferred in behavior analysis orother natural

science, educat ion, human services, engineering, medicine

or a field related to behavior analysis and approved by

the BACB."

In order to qualify underthis degree requirement, the BACB must receive your

completed application for certification(including supporting documentation) by

December 31, 2015.

If your degree was conferred in behavior analysis or one of the approved academic

areas listed below, you do not need to take any action.

Education

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All other degree determinations are made on a case-by-case basis if the coursework

that was required for your graduate degree included courses that were behavior

analytic in nature. To request consideration of your degree under the current standards,

use the form below to provide us with some basic information.

All United States degrees must come from an accredited university as determined by the

Council on Higher Education (www.chea.org)

or for Canada:

http://www.aucc.ca/canadian-universities/our-universities

http://www.accc.ca/xp/index.php/en/members/memberinstitutions

Most universities from outside of the US and Canada w ill not appear in the above and

should be submitted to World Education Servicesor another member of the NationalAssociation of Credential Evaluation Servicesfor evaluation.

Include a transcript for your degree and/or an equivalency evaluation report with your

request.

New BCBA Degree Requirement

Any application for BCBA-level certification that is received after, or is incomplete as of,

December 31, 2015will be subject to the following degree requirement:

Possession of a minimum of a master's degree from an accredited university that was

(a) conferred in behavior analysis, education, or psychology, or (b) conferred in a degree

program in which the candidate completed a BACB approved course sequence .

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