Health Communication Minor

Coordinator: Sharlene Richards
Phone: (540) 568-3586
Email: richarst@jmu.edu

The minor in health communication is designed for students who are interested in working in health care or related fields and are completing coursework in areas such as nursing, health sciences and the pre-professional programs. The minor offers students flexibility in terms of area of focus for the minor, so that they can gain the most applicable knowledge for their future endeavors.

Minor Requirements

Admission to the Minor

Admission to JMU does not guarantee admission to the School of Communication Studies . All students interested in minoring in the program must apply for a limited number of spaces by enrolling in and successfully completing SCOM 240 and SCOM 240L . In order to register for these classes, students must declare the Health Communication minor to register for SCOM 240 and SCOM 240L . The School of Communication Studies reviews performance in the SCOM 240 /SCOM 240L class to make decisions about acceptance into the minor each semester.

Admission to the minor is based on availability to the most qualified students as determined by performance in SCOM 240 and SCOM 240L .

Students who are not admitted are permitted one more attempt to successfully meet performance requirements in SCOM 240 /SCOM 240L by enrolling the next regular semester or in the summer if the student desires. For students retaking SCOM 240 /SCOM 240L (whether repeat or repeat/forgive), the school will look only at their highest grades earned when evaluating their second attempt.

Once admitted into a Communication Studies minor, a student cannot retroactively apply more than nine hours of SCOM courses, including SCOM 240 and SCOM 240L , to their minor (SCOM 121 /SCOM 122 /SCOM 123 does not count towards those nine hours).