COMS 8490 - Special Topics in Health Communication

• Explain the major theories within health communication addressing the specialized topic of the seminar.
• Define and explain basic communication terms and principles that serve as a basis for inquiry in the focal domain.
• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant theories of health communication.
• Apply principles of health communication to pertinent situations and demonstrate competent communication practices that respect diverse perspectives.
• Appropriately and ethically use health communication practices in research and everyday situations.
• Synthesize bodies of relevant literature in order to build, evaluate, and critique theory addressing a specific topic of health communication inquiry.
• Apply knowledge in an independent research project/proposal.
• Synthesize research, design research studies, and analyze data on the specialized topic of the seminar.
• Articulate their own theoretical and methodological assumptions concerning a specific topic area of health communication inquiry and how these assumptions guide their own health communication and their own research.