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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Health Communication Minor

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Schedule of Classes

Specific offerings for each semester may be found in the Schedule of Classes.

Requirements for the liberal arts minor in health communication

To successfully complete the minor in health communication, students must complete a minimum of 22 credits including:

Required core courses

COM 1000 - Introduction to Communication Studies (4)
COM 4402 - Health Communication (4)

Communication courses - choose two

COM 1500 - Introduction to American Sign Language (4)
COM 2000 - Public Speaking (4)
COM 2202 - Persuasion and Social Change (4)
COM 2403 - Group Dynamics and Communication (4)
COM 3000 - Relational Communication Theory (4)
COM 3200 - Persuasion (4)
COM 3300 - Communication, Culture, and Belonging (4)
COM 3401 - Communication in Organizations (4)
COM 4401 - Family Communication (4)
COM 4404 - Crisis Communication (4)
COM 4414 - Health Communication and Close Relationships (4)
COM 4602 - Sexuality and Communication (4)
JMS 2656 - Introduction to Digital Media Production (4)

Choose two courses from one of the following options

Health and Wellness

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.
**Requires prerequisites: HS 3500, NTR 2500, NTR 2650, NTR 2651

Society and Well-Being

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)

Health Messaging

PR 2500 - Introduction to Public Relations (4)
And one of the following:
PR 2400 - Introduction to Advertising (4)
PR 3510 - Public Relations Campaigns (4)
PR 3520 - Internal Public Relations (4)
JMS 3290 - Diversity and Media Storytelling (4)
JMS 4200 - Media Design (4) (JMS 2000 prerequisite waived for students who are declared health communication minors; see Journalism faculty adviser)

Note

Communication majors may elect this minor.

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