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May 05, 2024
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SPE 1800 - Health Communication
3 Credit(s) Hours: 3 hrs.
Health communication is a field of study that encompasses theories, research, and applications of the symbolic processes by which people, both individually and collectively, understand, share ideas about, and accommodate to health and illness. This course is designed to introduce students to a wide range of scholarship in health communication beginning with a basic introduction to the field of health communication and then moving through the key topics, definitions, theories and perspectives. The course will examine how individuals’ health behavior is framed by the contexts and modes in which we communicate including narratives, individual, interpersonal, art, organizational, community, media, cultural and public policies. Students will learn the basics of clear, purposeful and compassionate communication across multiple channels, strengthening their health literacy skills and by becoming more informed health citizens.
Flexible Core: Individual and Society (Group D)
Department: Communications and Performing Arts
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