The College of Saint Rose

Concentration in Health Psychology

The Health Psychology concentration is designed to provide students with an understanding of psychological factors involved in health. Most students who desire to pursue a career in health psychology will need to pursue a graduate degree. Thus, the following courses are designed to prepare students for further study in health psychology.

As an applied area of psychology, an understanding of health psychology draws upon many of the basic areas within psychology. The required courses below are designed to provide students with exposure to many of these basic areas. Additionally, students are encouraged to take many of the courses from the strongly recommended list as they also relate to health psychology.

Required Courses:

PSY 352 Health Psychology (3 credits)

PSY 200 Human Sexuality (3 credits)

PSY 290 Thanatology (3 credits)

PSY 310 Social Psychology (3 credits)

PSY 320 Physiological Psychology (4 credits)

PSY 330 Neuropsychology (4 credits)

PSY 490 Internship in Health Psychology (3 credits)

or                                                                                     

PSY 495 Directed Research in Health Psychology (3 credits)

Choose One of the Following:

PED 173 Multicultural Wellness (3 credits)

PED 175 Wellness (3 credits)

PED 176 Career Wellness (3 credits)

PED 177 Wellness for Women (3 credits)

PED 178 Wellness for the Maturing Adult (3 credits)

Strongly Recommended Courses for Health Psychology Concentrators:

PSY 350 Forgetting and Amnesia (3 credits)

PSY 391 Learning (4 credits)

PSY 392 Motivation (3 credits)

BIO 116 Drugs and the Human Body (3 credits)

BIO 118/118L Biology of Aids (4 credits)

PED 179 Stress Management (1 credit)

SWK 364 Substance Abuse, Dependency, and Treatment (3 credits)