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Medical, or Health, Psychology is a specialty area of psychology that seeks to understand how biological, psychological, and social factors influence health, as well as the course and treatment of physical illness. Students will learn how health psychologists and their colleagues in related disciplines (e.g., public health, medicine, sociology, etc.) have applied psychological theories, research, and techniques to health promotion, disease prevention, and in clinical practice with medical patients. Enrollment limited to Junior & Senior Psychology majors and minors with second preference given to Public Health Studies majors or with instructor approval.