Communication 319 - Health Communication

Spring
2021
01
3.00
Devon Greyson
M W 10:10AM 11:25AM
UMass Amherst
73678
Fully Remote Class
dgreyson@umass.edu
This course applies a communication perspective to the study of health, disease and illness. The course will introduce, investigate and explore the nature of communication processes that influence and/are influenced by health and health care contexts. Communication theories and practices will be applied to a variety of health issues including the physician-patient relationship, the design of health media campaigns, the influence of health promotion on human behavior, health literacy, Western and cultural expressions of health and the use of interactive technology.
Open to Senior and Junior Communication majors only. All other majors by permission of the instructor dgreyson@umass.edu. This course was formerly numbered COMM 397LL. If you have already taken COMM 397LL you cannot take this course.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.