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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
4 credits This course continues the examination of the biopsychosocial model of health and illness. The impact of psychosocial variables such as social support and coping are covered and students learn about methods for identifying and changing maladaptive health-related behaviors. The psychological and behavioral components of illnesses such as chronic pain, cancer and heart disease are examined and students are encouraged to think about their future after finishing the undergraduate program. Prerequisite: PS3123
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course offers an understanding and working knowledge of basic theories of personality, including those of Freud, Adler, Jung, Miller, Rogers, Maslow, and Mahler. Assessment inventories such as the MMPI, projective techniques such as the TAT, and taxonomies of personality traits are examined. Students also critically explore coping patterns and mental health as a result of personality differences. The concept of self via humanistic psychology and social learning theory are contrasted with a psychodynamic approach to personality. Prerequisite: None
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course highlights how the building of a therapeutic relationship with a client is a basic foundation for the delivery of quality care by a dietitian. Particular strategies and interventions are highlighted that will likely prove beneficial for dietitians and clients establishing good rapport, collaborating for treatment goal setting, and pursuing realistic behavior change. Opportunities for practice with these techniques are provided. Prerequisite: Admission to DPD program or permission of instructor
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2.00 Credits
2 credits This is an introduction to sports and exercise behaviors of both individuals and groups. Topics include cognitive and behavioral strategies, personality profiles, performance enhancement, motivation theory, and exercise initiation, adoption, and maintenance as they apply to various dimensions of physical performance. Prerequisite: Introductory psychology course
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course provides an overview and historical background of abnormal behavior, including present day categories of abnormal behavior, symptomology, etiology and treatment. Historical perspectives related to the current conception of psychopathology as disease are the focus of this course. Subcategories of the pathology model are analyzed, as well as modern classification. Prerequisite: None
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course provides an introduction to historical and contemporary behavioral and cognitive theories and research about how we learn. Topics such as memory, thinking, problem-solving, behavior acquisition and extinction, and reinforcement are explored. The course also explores the ways in which information is gathered from the external world, organized and stored in memory. Prerequisite: None
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4.00 Credits
4 credits In this course, statistical procedures are examined within the context of behavioral sciences. Statistical concepts such as probability, correlation and regression, analysis of variance, binomial and normal distributions, hypothesis-testing and estimation are explored. Nonparametric statistics, application of binomial and normal distribution, chi-square tests and linear regression theory are addressed. Methods by which statistical concepts and formulas can be applied to the research of behavior are discussed. Experience with the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) is included. Prerequisite: None
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4.00 Credits
4 credits This course covers the basic scientific methods used in psychological research. Research issues such as formulating hypotheses and operational definitions, validity and reliability are introduced, and descriptive, correlation, experimental and quasi experimental research designs are discussed. Prerequisite: Admission into the Health Psychology major
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course provides an introduction to the spirituality and health series by reviewing theoretical and historical perspectives as well as current thinking on the relationship between psychology, spirituality and health. Students examine questions of existence such as the nature of reality and the place of humans in the natural world. Prerequisite: None
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The role of mythology in culture is examined, and the impact of ritual and initiation on health and human development is explored. Indigenous healing practices and modern healing approaches, as well as the role of illness as a transformative process, are examined. Prerequisite: None
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