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Apr 23, 2024
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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]
Health Communication, B.A.
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College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences > Jack J. Valenti School of Communication > Health Communication, B.A.
Students in health communication will develop and acquire knowledge and skills essential to becoming more effective health care consumers and advocates as well as learn the fundamentals of health campaign planning, implementation, and evaluation. Research, theory, and practical application are combined to help students develop communication strategies associated with positive health outcomes and successful negotiation of the health care system. Students will complete coursework across a wide range of health care situations focusing on interpersonal, group, organizational, cultural, and computer-mediated levels of analysis. Students will also complete coursework across a wide range of health care contexts focusing on the role of gender, media, tailored messages, and e-health in building, delivering, and evaluating mediated health campaigns to promote health and behavior change.
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Communication Major
Students in good academic standing may declare a degree program in the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at any time. Students interested in the school but uncertain about a degree program may declare themselves Communication Unspecified (COMM-UN) up to completion of 30 hours. Then they must choose a degree program.
To declare a major in the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication a student must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.25 or higher on minimum of 12 semester hours at UH.
A transfer student or UH non-communication student with 15-60 semester hours of college credit who wants to declare a degree program in the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication must have a 2.25 or higher cumulative grade point average, including any attempted transfer courses.
Applicants who have completed more than 60 semester hours of college credit need a 2.25 or higher cumulative grade point average on the last 60 hours.
Transfer students who have earned fewer than 15 semester hours of college credit must meet freshman admission requirements.
To graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in any Valenti School degree program:
- Students must achieve a 2.00 cumulative GPA in all courses that count toward the major with at least a C in each.
- No COMM course for major (or minor) may be taken more than three times.
Jack J. Valenti School Requirements (12.0 hours)
Health Communication Requirements: (12.0 hours)
Required Electives: 6.0 hours (two courses) from:
Required Electives: 9.0 hours (three courses) from:
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