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01:830:377 · Psychology · School 01 — New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences
Health Psychology examines how behavior relates to health, including stress, personality, and lifestyle as factors in disease, changing high-risk behaviors, and coping with serious illness. Rutgers lists the course as three credits, offered fall, spring, and summer, with prerequisite 01:830:101; the supplied Fall 2026 schedule also shows cross-unit prerequisite routes, so verify eligibility for your section.
Students rate teaching
SIRS · 1,571 responses · 2014–2025
Spring 2027
1 open in snapshot · 1 instructor
When it meets
Livingston
Checked-in sections · current seat counts are unavailable.
AI-generated overview
3 units · topic sequence may vary by instructor
Explore relationships between behavior and physical health.
Consider stress, personality, and lifestyle as factors related to disease.
Study modification of high-risk behaviors and coping with serious illness.
A recent student discussion includes mixed individual impressions: one commenter calls the course easy but says studying is still needed. This is one thread, not a broad consensus.
Researched and independently reviewed · 6 sources · 4/12 fields found · 1 source conflict
officialSummary: found · The department page gives the course scope, credits, terms offered, and listed prerequisite. The supplied Fall 2026 schedule includes additional cross-unit prerequisite routes; cite it as platform data and advise students to verify registration eligibility.
Rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" official course description · site:psych.rutgers.edu "01:830:377" "Health Psychology"
atAGlance.weeklyHours: not-found · Reviewed sources do not establish a supported estimate of weekly outside-class hours.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psychology" "Brynildsen" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psych" 830
courseRatings: not-found · The student evidence is limited and mixed; no course-wide numeric ratings are supported.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psychology" "Brynildsen" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psych" 830
assessment: not-found · The official 2025 and 2026 listings identify course-specific syllabi, but the reviewed listing pages do not establish their grading breakdowns or policies.
Rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" official course description · site:psych.rutgers.edu "01:830:377" syllabus · "Health Psychology" "01:830:377" syllabus Brynildsen 2024 2025
fit.bestFor: found · Grounded in the department's stated course topics and description of the Health Psychology area.
Rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" official course description · site:psych.rutgers.edu "01:830:377" "Health Psychology"
fit.toughIf: not-found · Student reports differ and do not support a stable course-wide tough-if claim.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psychology" "Brynildsen" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psych" 830
prerequisitesInPractice: conflict · The department lists 01:830:101; the supplied Fall 2026 schedule also shows cross-unit routes. Those routes are platform facts and were not independently confirmed in the reviewed official course page.
Rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" official course description · site:psych.rutgers.edu "01:830:377" "Health Psychology"
instructorVariation: not-found · The reviewed sources do not establish comparable section-specific differences.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psychology" "Brynildsen" · "Health Psychology" "01:830:377" syllabus Brynildsen 2024 2025
chapters: found · The department description supports these topic groups, but not a chronological unit sequence.
Rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" official course description · site:psych.rutgers.edu "01:830:377" "Health Psychology"
commonPitfalls: not-found · No sufficiently supported course-specific pitfall and correction emerged.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psychology" "Brynildsen" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psych" 830
prepPlan: not-found · The reviewed sources do not support a specific preparation plan with suitable free resources.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psychology" "Brynildsen"
studentPerspective: found · One opened recent thread contains mixed, individual impressions: one commenter describes the course as easy while still requiring study. Treat this as a single-thread impression, not a consensus.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "01:830:377" "Health Psychology" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psychology" "Brynildsen" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Health Psych" 830
1 open · Livingston
| Section | Status | Instructor | Meeting | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0116571 | Open | Brynildsen | Tuesday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at LSH A102; Friday 10:20 AM-11:40 AM at LSH A102LSH A102 | Livingston |
Historical student surveys
Teaching
4.52
Course quality
4.45
Response rate
40.6%
Coverage
27 offerings · 2014–2025
| Instructor | Offerings | Teaching | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keiko Brynildsen | 9 | 4.82 | 4.77 |
| Richard Contrada | 7 | 4.41 | 4.39 |
| Contrada R. | 4 | 4.20 | 4.18 |
| Contrada Richard | 3 | 4.20 | 4.03 |
| Brynildsen Keiko | 2 | 4.80 | 4.70 |
| Brynildsen K. | 1 | 4.70 | 4.60 |
Catalog and planning context
Credits
3
Current campuses
Livingston
Current availability
1 open of 1
Catalog terms
Fall, Spring, Summer
Core codes
SOEHS
Loaded terms
6
((21:830:101 and 21:830:102) or (01:830:101))<em> OR </em> ((21:830:101 and 21:830:102) or (50:830:101))
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