PSY 331 Health Psychology

Incorporates a bio-psychosocial approach to understanding human wellness and health-promoting and health-compromising behaviors. Considering individual cognition, social factors, and the main systems of the human body, theories used by health psychologists are used to explore topics such as stress, chronic illness/disease, pain and lifestyle behaviors, and are applied to the promotion and maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of illness. There is a required 15 hour service learning component. Prerequisites: PSY 218 or HSC 216 or BIO 102 or BIO 110. NS, CD

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PSY-218, HSC-216, BIO-102 or BIO-110

Offered

Fall Term

Yearly

Odd Years