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Health Communications (Undergrad) 

Health Communications (Undergrad)
 at 
University of Colorado Boulder 
Overview

Create, analyze, and assess health communications in a diverse and global world

Duration

15 hours

Mode of learning

Online

Course Level

UG Certificate

Health Communications (Undergrad)
 at 
University of Colorado Boulder 
Highlights

  • Earn a undergraduate certificate from the University of Colorado Denver
  • Financial aid and scholarships are available for those who qualify
  • Learn from capstone projects
  • Get opportunity to learn from internships
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Health Communications (Undergrad)
 at 
University of Colorado Boulder 
Course details

Skills you will learn
What are the course deliverables?
  • Explain key methods of conducting health communication research
  • Locate and assess current research related to health communication
  • Analyze culturally diverse stakeholder needs for and interests in health messaging
  • Develop a plan for community participation in health message design
  • Employ digital, visual, oral, and textual information to influence audiences about health and wellness
  • Use storytelling to convey health messages across platforms
  • Design, critique, and assess health communication messages and campaigns utilizing a variety of communication tools
  • Create participatory, process-oriented, systemic health campaigns designed to change health behaviors
More about this course
  • Health communication is a dynamic, growing field that is dedicated to the study and use of communication methods that positively influence individual and community decisions about health
  • Effective health communication has the power to move communities to adopt healthier lifestyles, motivate individuals to take steps to improve their health, change public Students will learn the major theoretical and methodological approaches to healthcare communication, how to create and assess health messages, and how to use storytelling to design health messages and campaigns that make an impact
  • The program serves as a gateway to healthcare-related careers and opportunities by honing in on the communication aspects of health through theoretical and real-world application
  • This online certificate benefits undergraduates and adult learners looking to build a career as a health communicator or improve their role within the healthcare industry through the use of clear, accurate, culturally sensitive, and ethical health communication
  • At the end of the Health Communication Certificate program, students must complete a health communication-related capstone that uses experiential learning or a high-impact practice
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Health Communications (Undergrad)
 at 
University of Colorado Boulder 
Curriculum

COMM 2500: Health Communication

COMM 4500: Advanced Health Communication

COMM ?4575: Designing Health Messages ANTH 4600: Medical Anthropology

COMM 4525: Health Communication and Communities

COMM 4550: Rhetorics of Medicine and Health

COMM 4620: Health Risk Communication

ENGL 4745: Humanistic Writing Regarding Medicine & Biology

ETST 3002: Ethnicity, Health, and Social Justice

GEOG 3501: Geography of Health

HIST 4346: Medicine and Society: Ancients to Present

PBHL 3070: Perspectives in Global Health

PBHL 3041: Health, Culture, and Society

PSCI 4330: U.S. Health Policy

PSYC 3262: Health Psychology

SOCY 4110: Society of Health Care Interdisciplinary health elective approved by certificate advisor

Capstone

COMM 3660: Social Media for Social Change (Service Learning)

COMM 3939: Internship (in Health Communication) (Internship)

COMM 4051: Advanced Strategic Communication (Service Learning)

COMM 4525: Health Communication and Communities (Service Learning)

COMM 4588: Digital Health Narratives (Service Learning)

COMM 4550: Rhetorics of Medicine and Health (Writing Intensive)

COMM 4620: Health Risk Communication (Writing Intensive)

Discipline-specific health methods class approved by certificate advisor

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Contact Information

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Regent Administrative Center 125,552 UCB
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0552

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