Course Catalogs

You are viewing the
2013-2014 Course Catalog
Catalog
2013-2014

PSYCH 118 Health Psychology

4 hours

Departments/Programs:

An introduction to the field of health psychology, which is devoted to understanding how people stay healthy, why they become ill, and how they respond to illness and disease. Topics will be discussed from local, national, and global perspectives, and will include the behavioral aspects of the health care system, exercise and nutrition, health-compromising behaviors, stress, AIDS, and the etiology and correlates of health, disease, and dysfunction.

Prerequisite(s): PSYCH 101 Introduction to Psychological Science 

(Normally offered each spring semester)