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Jan 28, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Communication, Health Communication Concentration, B.A.
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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 will be 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) |
| Foreign Language Requirement |
6 hours |
| Minor |
15-18 hours |
| Electives |
10-19 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)
Foreign Language Requirement (6 hours)
- Students must complete 2010 and 2020 or any 6 hours above the 2000 level in a foreign language or otherwise demonstrate competency in a foreign language.
Curriculum: Communication, Health and Communication
The following is a suggested pattern of study. Consult with an advisor before each registration.
Freshman Fall
- COMM 2100 - Introduction to Human Communication 3 credit hours (NWC)
- Written Communication 3 credit hours
- Non-Written Communication/Elective 3 credit hours
- Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
- Foreign language 1010/Elective 3 credit hours
Sophomore Fall
- COMM 3300 - Communication Theory 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
- Foreign language 2010 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
- Foreign language 2020 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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