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Apr 23, 2024
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PSY 3640 - Occupational Health Psychology
Students are introduced to the interdisciplinary field of Occupational Health Psychology (OHP), focused on exploring how psychological factors influence employee wellness, health, and productivity in the workplace. A broad overview of various topics and theories within OHP are explored (e.g. occupational stress, mistreatment, safety, work-life balance, physical and psychological strains, etc.), with a focus on real-world applicability through lectures, discussions, readings, presentations, and independent study.
Requisites: PSY 1010 and (COMS 3520 or GEOG 2710 or MATH 2500 or PSY 1110 or 2110 or QBA 2010); PSY 3610 recommended
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to identify and discuss the major topics within occupational health psychology.
- Students will be able to analyze and interpret research findings in occupational health psychology.
- Students will be able to identify the major stressors identified and studied in occupational health psychology.
- Students will be able to apply the major theories in occupational health psychology to workplace scenarios.
- Students will be able to identify the major challenges in conducting research on psychological phenomena in the workplace.
- Students will be able to use psychological theory and empirical research to develop and recommend workplace intervention programs to improve occupational health.
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