Program Description
The mission of the Health Communication Design program is to create a healthier world through clear, accessible and actionable communication design strategies. Through a series of themed, stackable certificates, delivered in a low-residency model, the MS in Health Communication Design equips students with theory and practice-based skills to address critical and complex health communication and design issues for individuals, communities, healthcare providers and policymakers. The program employs a human-centered process informed by user research, empathy, and a transdisciplinary, collaborative, multi-modal approach. Students can select a single themed certificate or complete two certificates plus a capstone to earn the MS in Health Communication Design, all delivered in a low-residency model.
Learning Goals/Outcomes
- Act as agents of lasting change at the intersection of health and design.
- Construct health communication research and solutions within an ethical framework.
- Create a personal approach for navigating the future of health communication work in an environment that is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous.
Ethics and Accessibility Focus
Curriculum: Certificate, 12 Credits
Design and Communication for Disease Prevention, Management and Cure: Ethics and Accessibility Focus (offered in fall semesters)
- Foundational Courses may be required for students without significant design experience
Code | Title | Credits |
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HCMD 600 | Prj Core Dis Prvnt Mgmt Cure | 4 |
HCMD 601 | 3 | |
Select two of the following Skills Modules: | 2 | |
Change Management | ||
Design Thinking Essentials | ||
Negotiations | ||
General Elective | 3 | |
Total Credits | 12 |
Additional options such as independent study, internship or other courses offered outside this program may be considered with approval from the program director.
- HCMD 602 Communicating Health Data
- HCMD 609 Health and Package Design
- HCMD 611 Design of Play
Sustainable Systems Focus
Curriculum: Certificate, 12 Credits
Design and Communication for Life Stages and Identity: Sustainable Systems Focus (offered in spring semesters)
- Foundational Courses may be required for students without significant design experience
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
HCMD 608 | Project Core: Life Stages & ID | 4 |
HCMD 607 | Design of Play | 3 |
Select two of the following Skills Modules: | 2 | |
Change Management | ||
Design Thinking Essentials | ||
Negotiations | ||
General Elective | 3 | |
Total Credits | 12 |
Additional options such as independent study, internship or other courses offered outside this program may be considered with approval from the program director.
- HCMD 602 Communicating Health Data
- HCMD 609 Health and Package Design
- HCMD 611 Design of Play