Goucher College 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    May 15, 2024  
Goucher College 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

PSY 338 - Health Psychology (4 Cr.)

(Formerly PSY 239)
Selected topics relevant to the ways in which the mind, body, and behavior interact in health and disease, including health behaviors and behavior change, coping with illness, self-management approaches to physical illness, the impact of stress and coping on disease and on immune function, and the relationship between psychopathology and physical health. Course involves a community-based learning component. Prerequisite: PSY 105  or PSY 111 (inactive). Spring semester. Next offered in 2020, then in alternate years. Friedman-Wheeler, Program Faculty.