SPS
Constitution was amended in November 2004
Criteria and categories
of membership are as follows:
For eligibility to apply, the intending members
shall meet the following requirements:
a. STUDENT
MEMBER
For the Student Member (S$20.00 per year), the minimum
requirement shall be full time or part time study with one or more Psychology
courses in a tertiary institution.
The
following group discount for student membership applications apply to Psychology
students studying at Singapore universities:
1. For 50 applicants, 25% of the processing fee will be waived;
2. For 100 applicants, 50% of the processing fee will be waived; 3. For 150 or
more applicants, 75% of the processing fee will be waived.
For bulk processing of application forms (with relevant
documents and fees), they have to be submitted via your institution's student
representative and forwarded to the Secretariat's office. Please contact
membership@singaporepsychologicalsociety.org for further
enquiries.
b. AFFILIATE
MEMBER
For the Affiliate Member (S$30.00 per year), the
minimum requirement shall be a degree in any discipline, recognised by the
Society
c. ASSOCIATE
MEMBER
For the Associate Member/Overseas Associate (S$40.00
per year), the minimum qualifications are one of the following:
(1) Degree with 50% of curriculum in
Psychology.
(2) General degree in Psychology.
(3) Honours degree in
Psychology.
(4) Master s degree in Psychology.
d. FULL
MEMBER
For the Full Member (S$50.00 per year), the minimum
qualifications are one of the following:
(1) A Bachelor degree in psychology or equivalent,
or a Master's degree in psychology or equivalent, recognised by the Society,
with 2 years relevant work experience.
(2) A Bachelor degree in psychology or equivalent,
recognised by the Society, together with a further qualification in psychology
which may be a Master's or a Doctoral degree or equivalent.
(3) A Master s or a Doctoral degree or a post
graduate professional qualification in a specialized field in psychology from a
recognised academic institution, such qualification having entailed supervised
practical training of not less than 400 hours in a variety of settings.
(4) A licensed, chartered or registered
psychologist legally entitled to practise as a professional psychologist in one
of the following countries or states: an Australian state, Canada, New Zealand,
United States of America, United Kingdom or Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
or such other countries as the Council may from time to time determine.
(5) Full membership with an overseas national
psychological society recognised by the Society
OVERSEAS
STUDENT/ASSOCIATE/FULL MEMBER
Overseas Student
Member/Associate/Full Members shall fulfill the requirements as at (a), (b), or
(c) above, and they reside overseas.
Only members appropriately qualified under clauses
VII 2(c), (3)or (4) shall be entitled to use the following designations;
Clinical Psychologist; Counselling Psychologist; Educational Psychologist;
Industrialor Occupational Psychologist or any combination of these latter terms.
FELLOW
A Fellow must be
well-established and has made substantial original contribution to the
advancement of psychological knowledge or practice. Fellows of the SPS shall
either be proposed by Fellows of overseas psychological societies or by the
Council. Honorary Fellows shall be unanimously invited by the Council after
seeking the counsel of eminent psychologists within and beyond Singapore.
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