Emphasis: Communication, Health, and Well-Being

Students

The health and well-being emphasis area focuses on the role of communication in understanding and explaining individual and relational health, promoting healthy behaviors, and helping persons navigate challenges. Students completing this emphasis area will tailor their upper-level communication studies courses to this content area.

If you have an interest in health and well-being or want...

Select four of the 3xx level classes below:

  • COMM 310 – Communication and Mentorship
  • COMM 315 – The Empathy Project
  • COMM 354 – Health Communication
  • COMM 355 – Community and Identity in the Digital Age
  • COMM 364 – Communication, Medicine, and Health Equity
  • COMM 368 – Communication and Aging
  • COMM 370 – Family Communication
  • COMM 371 – Communication, Conflict, and Negotiation
  • COMM 373 – Narratives and Health 
  • COMM 374 – Mental Health Communication: Communication, Stigma, and (Dis)Connection
  • COMM 380 – Gender and Communication 

Select two of the 4xx level classes below:

  • COMM 456 – Communicating Global Health
  • COMM 464 – Communication and Consent
  • COMM 470 – Interpersonal Communication Theory 
  • COMM 471 – Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication

Complete COMM 489 Communication Studies Capstone