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Jun 23, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Communication, Health Communication Concentration, B.S.
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Communication Studies
Natalie Hoskins, program director
Natalie.Hoskins@mtsu.edu
The major in Communication with a concentration in Health Communication offers students preparation to understand communication as it applies to various health contexts and learn to be advocates for themselves and others in health experiences. Students will emerge ready for successful careers in a variety of health-related fields and prepared for the option of graduate studies. Acknowledging the dynamic landscape of health, students will learn critical communication skills by engaging with communication research about health theories, organizations, experiences, relationships, and technology.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
| Major Requirement |
45 hours |
| Major Core |
(18 hours)* |
| Health Communication Concentration |
(9 hours) |
| Health Communication Electives |
(12 hours) |
| Major Electives |
(6 hours) |
| Optional Minor/Electives |
34-40 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase.
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:
Major Requirements (45 hours)
Communication Major Core (18 hours)
NOTE: A minimum grade of C- is required in each major core course.
Health Communication Concentration (9 hours)
Health Communication Electives (12 hours)
Select 12 credit hours from the following. Three (3) credit hours must be at 4000 level.
Major Electives (6 hours)
- Choose two COMM courses not already taken
Optional Minor/Electives (34-40 hours)
Curriculum: Communication, Health Communication
The following is a suggested pattern of study. Consult with an advisor before each registration.
Sophomore Fall
- COMM 3300 - Communication Theory 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
- Elective 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Sophomore Spring
- COMM 3760 - Health Communication Theory 3 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
- Elective 3 credit hours
- Health Communication elective 3 credit hours
Senior Fall
- Health Communication elective 3 credit hours
- COMM major elective 3 credit hours
- Elective/minor course 3 credit hours
- Electives 6 credit hours
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