Health Education: Concentration in Health Communication [HEC_HCOM] (Major)
This concentration in the Health Department links the areas of communication and health. It is designed to prepare students to work in careers that use communication approaches to inform and influence personal and community actions that enhance health and promote the quality of life.
Career Potential
- Health communication specialist with government agencies, health organizations, businesses
- Health reporter
- Consultant to public, private organizations
In addition to the requirements to fulfull the concentration in Health Communication listed below, students must fulfill all degree requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Education in Health Education [HEC].
Select All: 10 credit hours
- CAP 236 - Desktop Publishing (1 cr. hr.)
- COM 100 - Human Communication (3 cr. hr.)
- COM 450 - Health Communication (3 cr. hr.)
- PWR 393 - Technical Writing (3 cr. hr.)
- COM 452 - Risk Communication (3 cr. hr.)
- COM 390 - Participation in Student Newspaper (1 cr. hr.)
- COM 393 - Participation in Television (1 cr. hr.)
- COM 394 - Participation in Radio (1 cr. hr.)
- COM 203 - Introduction to Media Writing (3 cr. hr.)
- COM 301 - Mass Media and Society (3 cr. hr.)
- COM 302 - Intercultural Communication (3 cr. hr.)
- COM 303 - International Communication (3 cr. hr.)
- COM 320 - Organizational Communication (3 cr. hr.)
- COM 410 - Communication in Social Change (3 cr. hr.)
One eight-week internship must be completed in an approved agency or program with a health communication focus. Health education majors will need to register for an eight-week internship (HLH 499) in addition to their student teaching requirement.
Total Credit Hours Required for the concentration in Health Communication: 28Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 128
