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    "description": "<p>The Certificate in Health Communication has a dual focus: 1) it is designed to provide students in health-related fields training in facilitating health communication processes; and 2) it allows communication students to demonstrate that they have conceptual and applied knowledge about the role of communication in health care.</p><h2>Certificate Requirements</h2><ul> <li>Certificates will be awarded only at the time of degree completion.</li> </ul><h2>Prerequisite Courses</h2><ul> <li>Most courses for this certificate will have prerequisites completed as a part of a student's GEP requirement, as general electives, or a student can enroll into courses with consent of instructor.</li> </ul><h2>Degree Requirements</h2><h3>Required Courses</h3> 12 Total Credits <ul><li>Complete all of the following<ul><li>Complete the following: <ul><li>COM4022 - Principles of Health Communication (3)</li><li>COM4550 - Public Communication Campaigns (3)</li><li>COM4221 - Health Literacy (3)</li></ul></li><li>Complete at least 1 of the following: <ul><li>PUR4000 - Public Relations (3)</li><li>MMC2004 - Mass Media (3)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><h3>Restricted Electives</h3> 3 Total Credits <ul><li>Complete all of the following<ul><li>Additional restricted electives can be taken as approved by your Academic Success Coach (ASC) in consultation with the Certificate’s faculty advisor.</li><li>Complete at least 1 of the following: <ul><li>ANT4408 - Culture, Disease, and Healing (3)</li><li>ANT4462 - Medical Anthropology (3)</li><li>COM3330 - Computer Mediated Communication (3)</li><li>COM4120 - Organizational Communication (3)</li><li>HSA3012 - Issues &amp; Trends in Public Health (3)</li><li>HSA3111 - U.S. Health Care Systems (3)</li><li>HSC4201 - Community Health (3)</li><li>RTV4403 - Electronic Media, Technology, and Society (3)</li><li>SPC4540 - Persuasion and Communication (3)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><h4>Grand Total Credits: <strong>15</strong></h4><h5>Other Requirements</h5><ul> <li>No more than three credit hours from the Health Communication Certificate may be used to satisfy internal restricted electives of the Human Communication major. (Note: The myKnight Audit cannot capture overlapping courses between two or more programs; therefore, students should have their program reviewed by the School before filing for graduation.)</li> <li>Communication majors must take their elective outside of NSCM.</li> <li>Health Communication Certificate is not open to students in the Human Communication -Health Communication track. </li> </ul>",
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