Minor in Health Communication

Catalog Year: 2023-2024

Banner Code: LA-MINOR-LA-HCOM

Health communication, one of the fastest growing fields in the broader communication discipline, addresses how communication intersects with all aspects of health (social, mental, and physical).

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Minor Requirements

Total credits: 18

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Core Courses

Required Courses

COMM 304 Foundations of Health Communication 3
COMM 430 Persuasion 3
COMM 334 Family and Health Communication 3
Total Credits 9

One Additional Communication Course

Select 3 credits from the following: 1 3
Special Topics in Health Communication  
Special Topics in Communication 2  
Environmental Communication  
Total Credits 3
1

Other COMM courses may be substituted with approval of the minor director.

2

Requires approval of the minor director.

Electives

Students should confer with the health communication minor program director when making choices among these courses. Other courses may be substituted with approval of the minor director.

Select 6 credits from the following: 6
Health Care Delivery in the United States  
Healthcare Ethics  
Healthcare Finance  
Health Economics and Policy  
Introduction to Health Care Politics and Policy  
Introduction to Health Services Research  
Introduction to Health Behavior (Mason Core)  
Drugs and Health  
Human Sexuality  
Women's Health  
Men's Health  
Health Interventions for Vulnerable Populations  
Relationship Health  
Health Communication  
Global Health (Mason Core)  
Introduction to Public Health  
Health Behavior Theories  
Health Promotion and Education  
Health and Environment  
Fundamentals of Epidemiology  
Social Determinants of Health  
Health Maintenance and Health Aspects of Aging  
Violence, Gender, and Sexuality  
Conflict, Trauma and Healing  
Contemporary Health: Intersections in Science and Society (Mason Core)  
Death, Dying, and Decision Making  
Introduction to Nutrition (Mason Core)  
Nutrition throughout the Life Cycle  
Lifespan Development (Mason Core)  
Child Development  
Adolescent Development  
Clinical Psychology  
Behavior Modification  
Psychopathology  
Therapeutic Communication Skills  
Psychological Factors in Aging  
Science of Well Being  
Death, Dying, and Grieving  
Psychology of Intimate Relationships  
Sociology of Health, Illness, and Disability  
Substance Use, Misuse, and Disorder: Programs and Policies  
Child and Family Welfare  
Introduction to Gerontology  
Social Determinants of Health  
Total Credits 6