Application guidelines (PDF)

This certificate program is for students holding master’s degrees who wish to pursue or expand careers in health communication. Students will study the most recent theoretical and practical developments in the area of health communication and how this information can be used to improve public health as well as individual behavior.

Students take 16 units of graduate course work beyond the M.A., of which 4 units may be cognate courses. One course must be from preventive medicine, public health, pharmacology or other health science program which focuses on “what is communicated” in health communication.