Office: College Center, Room M014C
Telephone: 410‑617‑2462
Website: www.loyola.edu/academics/emerging-media
Chair: Sara Magee, Associate Professor
Academic Director: Neil Alperstein, Professor
Director of Program Operations: Erin Richardson

Professors: Neil Alperstein; Elliot King
Associate Professor: Gregory Hoplamazian
Assistant Professors: Paola Pascual-Ferrá

The 15-credit online sequence is aimed at enabling health communicators to integrate emerging media into a broad range of communication activities associated with health and well-being. Health communication professionals develop, implement and evaluate effective health campaigns, manage communication in health crisis situations, work with the media to deliver behavioral health messages and design ways for leaders to communicate health-related information to their stakeholders. Although it is designed as a standalone credential, students who wish can continue to complete the MA degree. MA students may complete up to nine credits of the health communication sequence. Students who take nine credits will receive a designation that they have focused in health communication.

Learning Goals

Students who complete the Health Communication Certificate will:

• Understand the impact of digital media on communication processes associated with health and well-being.
• Master the skills, methods, and knowledge needed to effectively utilize new communication technology in health communication.
• Conduct research, analyze and synthesize online and offline data to assess the impact of communication processes on health and well-being, and to communicate those findings in actionable ways.
• Develop as leaders in health communication with a sense of social responsibility through understanding and valuing individual differences and applying ethical principles appropriate to health and well-being.

Information regarding estimated costs, related standard occupations, and normal completion time for this program can be found here. For additional consumer information, visit www.loyola.edu/department/consumer-information.

Admission Criteria

The program is designed to be completed in 12 months for part-time students. Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. A bachelor's degree in communication is not required for admission. Detailed admission information (application procedures, required documents, deadlines, etc.) can be found under Admission .