BA Health and Risk Communication

The Health and Risk Communication major prepares students for careers by use of theory, data, and skills that are applicable to a wide range of cultures and people. The major also prepares the student with a sense of equity and justice in the realm of healthcare and safety regarding those who are most vulnerable and susceptible to danger. Students are engaged in and contribute to the ethically-based discourse of communicationrelated issues regarding healthcare and risk that are being deliberated daily at local, national, and international levels. This program is also one of the most innovative programs nationally for communication studies students in both its form and function.