Health Communication Minor

Option 1

• HS 3410 - Integrative Holistic Health (3)  
• HS 3440 - Introduction to Community Engagement (4)  
• HS 3500 - Health Behavior Theories (3)  (satisfies either the foundational/theory course requirement above or this category, but not both) 
• HS 4450 - Laughter as Therapeutic Modality (3)  
• NTR 4200 - Communication and Counseling in Nutrition Practice (4)  
• PH 3000 - Introduction to Public Health (3)  *
• PH 4750 - Global Health and Social Issues (4)  
• WHP 2800 - Introduction to Health Literacy (4)  
• WHP 3500 - Health Program Implementation (4)  *
• WHP 3700 - Culture, Ethnicity and Well-being (3)  *
• WHP 3800 - Persuasion and Marketing in Health Promotion (4)  

*Requires HS 2000 as prerequisite. HS 2000 satisfies one of the foundational science or theory course requirements above.

Option 2

• SOC 1000 - Introduction to Sociology (4)  or SOC 1010 - Introduction to Sociology through Health and Medicine (4)  

     And one of the following:

• SOC 2220 - Sociology of Mental Illness (4)  
• SOC 3210 - Sociological Perspectives on Aging (4)  
• SOC 3220 - Social Welfare Policies (4)  
• SOC 3230 - Alcohol, Drugs and Society (4)  
• SOC 3430 - Sociology of Health and Medicine (4)  
• SW 3312 - Death and Dying (4)  

Option 3

• PR 2500 - Introduction to Public Relations (4)  (JRN 2000  prerequisite waived for students who are declared health communication minors; see Journalism faculty adviser)  

     And one of the following:

• PR 2400 - Introduction to Advertising (4)  
• PR 3510 - External Public Relations (4)  
• PR 3520 - Internal Public Relations (4)  
• JRN 3290 - Diversity and Media Storytelling (4)  
• JRN 4200 - Media Design (4)  (JRN 2000  prerequisite waived for students who are declared health communication minors; see Journalism faculty adviser)