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The School of Journalism & Mass Communication's (SJMC) MA Health Communication (Integrated BA/MA track) program prepares students for health care careers that rely on the strategic use of health information to communicate with patient and non-patient publics, care providers, administrators and other public health stakeholders. The program is designed around a curriculum of academic and professional skills courses from strategic communication, public health and other relevant disciplines. The curriculum includes a summer practicum experience in a health media or health care organization. The program's balance of conceptual prowess and practical skills prepares its graduates to be expert health communication professionals in a variety of health care positions. Students who complete this program will have a combination of specific message strategy/content development skills and the subject knowledge demanded by the health care workplace. Every workplace now requires professionals who can communicate clearly and strategically about their subject matter with multiple audiences and using a variety of communication channels. This is especially true in the arena of health care. This program provides an Integrated BA/MA option for eligible University of Minnesota Journalism/Strategic Communication track B.A. students also interested in completing the school's Health Communication M.A. degree. The Integrated BA Journalism/MA Health Communication sub-plan enables students to complete both degrees in five years. The combination of skills and context courses at the undergraduate level, and the sophisticated academic and practice-based courses at the graduate level will ensure that graduates of this program are fully prepared to contribute to their workplaces from day one. Students who complete this program will have a combination of specific message strategy/content development skills and the subject knowledge demanded by the health care workplace. Every workplace now requires professionals who can communicate clearly and strategically about their subject matter with multiple audiences and using a variety of communication channels. This is especially true in the arena of health care. The combination of skills and context courses at the undergraduate level, and the sophisticated academic and practice-based courses at the graduate level will ensure that graduates of this program are fully prepared to contribute to their workplaces from day one.

Other requirements to be completed before admission:

Students must be enrolled in the BA in Journalism/ Strategic Communication track to apply for Integrated BA Journalism/MA Health Communication sub-plan admission. Admission is considered for summer term only; the application deadline is February 15.

Applicants must submit a department application; a statement of objectives articulating interest and readiness for the program; a complete set of transcripts; an academic and professional work sample; a resume or curriculum vita; and scores from the General Test of the GRE.