Postgraduate Diploma in Health Psychology Practice–PGDipHlthPsychPrac 150 points Qualification regulations

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the PGDipHlthPsycPrac shall have:

(i) completed a Master of Health Psychology, which includes HPSY 503, with an average grade of at least B+;

(ii) eligibility for registration as an intern psychologist with the New Zealand Psychologists Board;

(iii) been accepted by the head of school as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the Associate Dean (Students), on the recommendation of the programme director, for a candidate who is otherwise suitably qualified.

2. The course of study for the PGDipHlthPsycPrac shall consist of courses worth at least 150 points, comprising HPSY 510, HPSY 511 and 512.

3. A candidate shall normally be enrolled for at least two trimesters and shall complete the degree within two years of first enrolling in it. The associate dean may extend the maximum period in special cases.

4. The Dean may, on the recommendation of the programme director, cancel the enrolment of a candidate whose progress is unsatisfactory or who becomes ineligible to continue as a registered intern psychologist.

5. Courses from the PGDipHlthPsycPrac regulations are excepted from the aegrotat pass provisions in the Assessment Handbook. In the event that a candidate is prevented from completing such a course by one of the circumstances specified in the relevant section of the Assessment Handbook, the programme director may grant the candidate an extension to complete the course.