Health Communications Minor: School of Nursing/Annenberg School for Communication

The Health Communication minor, a collaboration between the School of Nursing and the Annenberg School for Communication, is a unique option at Penn.  This program expands a student’s knowledge of the communication process, theory and behavior.  It prepares them for roles as professionals who develop cutting edge models for health behavior intervention or who implement patient education and health communications programs locally, nationally, and globally.

Coursework

Core Courses:

COMM 125        Introduction to Communication Behavior (Spring)
COMM 130        Introduction to Mass Media and Society (Fall)
NURS 260         Research Methodology

Electives (Choose any three courses):

COMM 225        Children and Media
COMM 330        Advertising and Society
COMM 237        Health Communication
COMM 275        Communication and Persuasion
COMM 394        Special Topics in Health Communication
COMM 427       Sex, Health and Communication: Empowering People to Improve their Health

Apply for the Minor

To enroll in the Health Communications Minor, students must:

• Complete an application for a minor
• Plan a course of study with their advisor
• Get the application signed by their faculty advisor and the Health Communication advisors, and submit the completed form to the Office of Student Services

Upon completion of the minor and with approval of the designated advisors, the Office of Student Information will record the minor on the student’s transcript.

For more information...

Please contact:

Ms. Alison Berstecher
Director of Student Services and Registrar, Annenberg School for Communication
215-898-8892
aberstecher@asc.upenn.edu 

or

Ms. Emily Ford, MSEd
Associate Director of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, School of Nursing
215-898-6687
epapir@nursing.upenn.edu