BCBA & BCaBA Supervision Fieldwork

You must complete supervised fieldwork in applied behavior analysis. You may accrue your fieldwork hours under one or more fieldwork types: Supervised Fieldwork or Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork. The following table provides a general overview of the requirements for fieldwork; however, your fieldwork must meet all of the requirements in the Supervised Fieldwork Requirements section. You must begin your supervision from the first day you begin your master's classes. This is important since RBT supervision hours are not the same as those of a BCBA candidate. Degree You must have a master’s degree or higher from a qualifying institution (see glossary for the definition of qualifying institution by country) in any field. The degree may have been earned at any time. Any degree earned outside of the United States, Canada, Australia, or United Kingdom must undergo a degree equivalency evaluation to demonstrate that it is equivalent to a US master’s degree or higher. The BACB only accepts degrees that have undergone the degree equivalency evaluation process that it oversees at its expense. As of September 2021, the BACB no longer allows applicants to refute its determinations using another degree evaluation service.