COMM 552 Communication in Health and Illness Contexts

This course will familiarize students with theory and research on communication in health and illness contexts, focusing on how messages from interpersonal, organizational, cultural, and media sources affect health beliefs and behaviors. This course demonstrates the variety of perspectives from which scholars examine health communication at an individual, family, professional, organizational, and societal level. By the end of this course, students should be able to identify a variety of health communication topics, understand the theoretical foundations underlying differences in the ways individuals communicate about health, exhibit familiarity with health campaign strategies and organizational influences on health, and identify strategies for generating successful or beneficial health-related communication.

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation as needed (See Dept.)

Prerequisites -
Restriction by Major -
Restriction by Degree Type - Graduate standing

Equivalent Course(s) - CTAC 652, COMM 652
Course History -
Change to number, title, and description 10/2021, effective Fall 2022; Change to prefix 7/2019, effective Fall 2020; New Course 1/2014, effective Summer 2014

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