Spring 2024 Sociomedical Sciences P8901 section D02

Seminar in Health Communication

Sem in Health Communicati

Call Number 17324
Day & Time
Location
W 10:00am-11:20am
To be announced
Points 0.5
Grading Mode Pass/Fail
Approvals Required None
Instructor Gina M Wingood
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Section one: This seminar exposes students to career paths and professional development in the field of public health communication. Students will work with career service experts to gain professional skills in resume writing, interview training and online portfolio development specifically tailored to health communication careers. Students will gain insight into the scope of career options and the pathways to these careers by interacting with recent graduates and seasoned experts in health communication. Additionally, students will acquire skills in designing health communication tools (i.e. newsletters). The seminar will address career development issues specific to students' matriculation in the MPH program at the MSPH. **Required for first-year Health Communication Certificate students.

Section two: This interactive seminar will teach students essential communication skills and strengthen students’ ability to utilize innovative, media-based strategies to address public health challenges. Through hands-on workshops, students will be introduced to graphic design, social media management and content production, digital strategy and analytics, and storytelling. This course will equip students with skills needed to promote public health campaigns using visual communications and digital media. Additionally, students will gain an understanding of how they can use social media to achieve organizational objectives and measure the effectiveness of those efforts. This class will ensure that public health students graduate with a skillset in the areas of media, communications and graphics.
Web Site Vergil
Department Sociomedical Sciences
Enrollment 23 students (20 max) as of 5:08PM Saturday, September 7, 2024
Status Full
Subject Sociomedical Sciences
Number P8901
Section D02
Division School of Public Health
Note Meets on 3/20, 3/27, 4/3, and 4/10
Section key 20241SOSC8901PD02