MPA 6620G - Health Communication

Credits: 4

This course is designed to provide an overview of contemporary scholarship on phenomena within the scope of health communication. The student will become familiar with fundamental communication processes that are involved in managing physical and mental health. Ideally, the student will develop an awareness of how communication among friends, family members, professionals, and others influences an individual’s well-being, and how, in turn, health and illness shape communication and relationship dynamics.