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The aims of this International Collaboration on Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes (ICUPO) are to:

(a) produce an international foundational psychology competence model for the undergraduate level;

(b) encourage/support adaptation of the model to local, national, and regional contexts, with the model serving as guidance only; and

(c) seek support for the model from international and national psychology and other relevant organizations, and from psychology education leaders.

Since October 2022, the ICUPO Committee (19 members from 15 nations) has, through an iterative and inclusive process, including consultation with the International Reference Group on Undergraduate Psychology Outcomes (IRGUPO; over 100 members from over 40 nations), produced the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP) Model, which is in a Gamma.R3 Version since January, 2025.

The Model consists of 24 competence statements grouped under 2 core competence categories—Psychological Knowledge and Psychological Research Methodologies & Methods—and 5 Psychology-relevant competence categories: Values & Ethics, Cultural Responsiveness & Diversity, Critical Thinking & Problem-solving, Communication & Interpersonal Skills, and Personal & Professional Development.

A cyclic process of broad dissemination, stakeholder engagement, and revision has now been initiated.

 

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by | January 15, 2024 | Announcements | 0 Comments

New article on the ICUP and other competence models, including the APA’s Guidelines, 3.0

An international team published a recent paper in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning that features the International Competences for Undergraduate Psychology (ICUP): https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-33203-001. The team included the members of the ICUPO and IRGUPO who were also involved with the development of the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major, 3.0 (Guidelines 3.0). In the paper, we examine international aspects of Guidelines 3.0, as well as several other competence frameworks used around the world, noting similarities and differences among the models. We also introduce the ICUP as the first international framework developed for undergraduate psychology curricula

Citation: Nolan, S. A., Cranney, J., Jia, F., Sokolová, L., Selvam, S. G., Dunn, D. S., Mena, J. A., Richmond, A. S., Machin, M. A., & Yahiiaiev, I. (2024). Going global: Intersections of the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines 3.0 with international foundational competence framework. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000409.

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