Health Communication and Media Minor
The Bob Schieffer College of Communication's Health Communication and Media minor gives students a background in the theories, research and practice of health communication as both a discipline and possible career path.
The minor is 18 hours, six 3-credit courses (five must come from the required list and one may come from the elective list). A grade of C 2.0 or better is required in all minor HCOM courses, and all must be taken for a grade. P/NC is not allowed.
Required Courses
Foundations of Health Communication | 3 | |
Interpersonal Health Communication | 3 | |
Health, Communication & Media | 3 | |
Health Communication in the 21st Century | 3 | |
Health Communication Campaigns | 3 |
The student must include one 3-credit course from the list below or approved by the minor administrator to count towards the HCOM minor (any prerequisites must be satisfied if present, unless waived by the department offering the course).
Happiness: Culture, Economics, and Being | 3 | |
Medical Anthropology | 3 | |
Health Economics | 3 | |
Literature and Medicine | 3 | |
Health Communication Special Topics | 1-20 | |
Health Care Policy | 3 | |
Organizational Psychology | 3 | |
Social Change | 3 | |
Social Problems | 3 |