Health Communication will develop students’ interdisciplinary understanding of health, science, communication, and statistics, as well as develop their skills in the full process of gathering, evaluating, and presenting complex data to audiences. The Bachelor of Arts in Health Communication will offer students a foundation of STEM, Social Science, Humanities, and Arts courses, as well as the opportunity to specialize by selecting interdisciplinary electives.
Students in this program will engage in data collection, learn statistics, and create communication materials, such as infographics, public service campaigns, and journalistic reporting. Thus, this program seeks to prepare students to understand, evaluate, and enhance the health of persons, communities, and the environment by equipping them to use data-informed processes to identify and evaluate health issues or health-based practices and inform a broader community about their conclusions. Furthermore, a focus on data analytics and effective communication of data will require students to engage in problem-solving approaches and ethical decision making. Students will be asked to forge complex solutions that are grounded in data so that they may become well-respected and effective leaders and change-makers in their professions and communities.
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