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JRNL 261 - Public Relations for the Health Sciences


Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course, designed for students who are interested in a career in public relations in health and medicine, will examine how public relations professional communicate health and medical news to a wide range of audiences, including the news media, the medical profession and consumers at large. Special emphasis will be placed on developing the graduate student’s interest in and knowledge of the changing face of health care in the 21st century.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
JRNL 211 , 221 . Journalism students may not take this course on a Pass/Fail basis. Students not matriculating in the MA in Journalism  program may take the course as a Pass/Fail elective. There is a lab fee for this course.


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