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This minor in health communication will require a combination of six courses from the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences and the Richard T. Robertson School of Communication. Students must take two required courses from each unit and an additional two courses from the list of approved courses.

Course Title Hours
Required courses
HPEX 300Health Care Delivery in the U.S.3
HPEX 357Personal Health and Behavior Change3
MASC 101Mass Communications3
MASC 488Strategic Health Communication3
Select two courses from the list below:6
Artificial Intelligence for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Curiousness
Introduction to Public Relations Writing
Public Relations
AI in Mass Media
Strategic Communication With AI
Total Hours18