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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

COM 317 - Health Communication


3 Credit Hour(s) Laboratory: 0 Recitation: 3 Alternative Mode: 0

Study of theory and research on communication in health and illness contexts, focusing on how messages from interpersonal, organizational, cultural, and media sources affect health beliefs and behaviors, regarding healthcare delivery, health care organizations, and health promotion and disease prevention. (Spring, even-odd years)

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above.