The Certificate in Health Communication has a dual focus: 1) it is designed to provide students in health-related fields training in facilitating health communication processes; and 2) it allows communication students to demonstrate that they have conceptual and applied knowledge about the role of communication in health care.
Certificate Requirements
- Certificates will be awarded only at the time of degree completion.
Prerequisite Courses
- Most courses for this certificate will have prerequisites completed as a part of a student's GEP requirement, as general electives, or a student can enroll into courses with consent of instructor.
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
12 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- COM4022 - Principles of Health Communication (3)
- COM4550 - Public Communication Campaigns (3)
- COM4221 - Health Literacy (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- PUR4000 - Public Relations (3)
- MMC2004 - Mass Media (3)
Restricted Electives
3 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Additional restricted electives can be taken as approved by an advisor.
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- ANT4408 - Culture, Disease, and Healing (3)
- ANT4462 - Medical Anthropology (3)
- COM3330 - Computer Mediated Communication (3)
- COM4120 - Organizational Communication (3)
- HSA3012 - Issues & Trends in Public Health (3)
- HSA3111 - U.S. Health Care Systems (3)
- HSC4201 - Community Health (3)
- RTV4403 - Electronic Media, Technology, and Society (3)
- SPC4540 - Persuasion and Communication (3)
Grand Total Credits: 15
Other Requirements
- No more than three credit hours from the Health Communication Certificate may be used to satisfy internal restricted electives of the Human Communication major. (Note: The myKnight Audit cannot capture overlapping courses between two or more programs; therefore, students should have their program reviewed by the School before filing for graduation.)
- Communication majors must take their elective outside of NSCM.
- Health Communication Certificate is not open to students in the Human Communication -Health Communication track.
