COMMUNICATION AND HEALTH INEQUALITIES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the ways in which communication contributes to and can ameliorate health inequalities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe communication and social science theories and research methods that are commonly employed to study communication and health inequalities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critique methodology and samples designed to examine the relationships between communication and health inequalities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Use communication theories and concepts to evaluate current communication about health inequalities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Write cogent analyses of journal articles, policy documents, and media Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Develop a project that relates to communication and health inequalities and that utilizes appropriate, relevant theory and concepts from the literature Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Synthesize, apply, and/or extend communication theories and research methods to investigate issues around communication and health inequalities Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the ways in which communication contributes to and can ameliorate health inequalities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe communication and social science theories and research methods that are commonly employed to study communication and health inequalities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critique methodology and samples designed to examine the relationships between communication and health inequalities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Use communication theories and concepts to evaluate current communication about health inequalities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Write cogent analyses of journal articles, policy documents, and media Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Develop a project that relates to communication and health inequalities and that utilizes appropriate, relevant theory and concepts from the literature Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Synthesize, apply, and/or extend communication theories and research methods to investigate issues around communication and health inequalities Audience: Graduate