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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Health Communication Certificate


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The graduate program in Communication offers a certificate in Health Communication that is available to (a) students in the Ph.D. And M.A. programs in communication, (b) students in other doctoral programs at the university and (c) post baccalaureate students. The certificate program is aimed primarily at individuals interested in developing specialized knowledge and research expertise in health communication that could be applied within both academic and nonacademic settings. Students are expected to have a background in social or behavioral science prior to entering the program. To earn the certificate, students must complete CJT 671 and 771 and either CJT 780 (section focusing on a health communication topic) or a graduate course in medical informatics, for a total of 12 credit hours.

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