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Virginia Tech

ADV-2134: Introduction to Health Communication

Description: Introduction to health communication with a focus on current issues and perspectives, including patient-provider communication, cultural conceptions of health and illness, media portrayals of health, communication in health organizations, health communication theories, information technologies in health communication, ethical considerations, and health promotion campaigns.

Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 8

Average GPA: 3.59 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 43.39%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.57%

Adrienne Holz202470.9%25.6%1.3%1.6%0.0%0.6%3.637
Staff Shinault202240.0%55.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.291

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