Goucher College 2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Apr 20, 2024  
Goucher College 2017-2018 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 related to Goucher College’s move to being a smoke-free campus. Prerequisite: PSY 105  or PSY 111 (inactive). Spring semester. Offered in 2018 and alternate years. Friedman-Wheeler.