This concentration in the Health Department  links the areas of communication and health. It is designed to prepare students to work in careers that use communication approaches to inform and influence personal and community actions that enhance health and promote the quality of life.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills of a health literate health educator as currently defined by the field.
2. Assess needs, resources and capacity to determine priorities for school health education.
3. Plan effective, culturally and developmentally appropriate school health education curricula and programs.
4. Develop and deliver health education based on current best practices in the field.
5. Implement health education instruction so learners meet state and national standards in health education.
6. Assess learner performance to improve instruction and learner outcomes.
7. Plan and coordinate a school health education program based on current state and national frameworks.
8. Serve as a resource person in health education.
9. Communicate and advocate for health and school health education.

Career Potential

• Health communication specialist with government agencies, health organizations, businesses
• Health reporter
• Consultant to public, private organizations