Clinical Psychology

California accepts accredited programs like UNLV's APA accredited program for core educational requirements; but California also requires additional specific coursework or continuing education training prior to licensure. (https://www.psychology.ca.gov/laws_regs/2019lawsregs.pdf). Specifically, CA licensure requires 10 hours of training in human sexuality, 7 hours of training in child abuse assessment, 15 hours in spousal/partner abuse, detection and intervention strategies, 10 hours in aging and long-term care, and 1 semester or 1 quarter term course in alcoholism/chemical dependency detection and treatment. Students wishing to become licensed in California are advised to work with the UNLV program to tailor their electives to meet these additional training requirements. While UNLV's clinical psychology program does not require this content per se, there are many electives at UNLV and community training events in Las Vegas that are available for students to assist them in preparing for licensure in California.