Health Science and Communication Studies, BS (Boston)

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Common Requirements

• COMM 1101 — Introduction to Communication Studies
• One of:
  • COMM 1112 — Public Speaking
  • COMM 2301 — Communication Research Methods

Foundation Course

From the catalog

Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • COMM 1210 — Persuasion and Rhetoric
  • COMM 1225 — Communication Theory
  • COMM 1231 — Principles of Organizational Communication
  • COMM 1255 — Communication in a Digital Age

Cluster Course

From the catalog

Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • COMM 1131 — Sex, Relationships, and Communication
  • COMM 2303 — Global and Intercultural Communication
  • COMM 2304 — Communication and Gender
  • COMM 2501 — Communication Law
  • COMM 2551 — Free Speech in Cyberspace

Writing Intensive Courses

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • COMM 3200 — Mobile Communication
  • COMM 3230 — Interpersonal Communication
  • COMM 3304 — Communication and Inclusion
  • COMM 3320 — Political Communication
  • COMM 3415 — Communication Criticism
  • COMM 3500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
  • COMM 3501 — Free Speech: Law and Practice
  • COMM 3530 — Communication and Sexualities
  • COMM 3532 — Theories of Conflict and Negotiation
  • COMM 4535 — Nonverbal Social Interaction
  • COMM 4605 — Youth and Communication Technology
  • COMM 4631 — Crisis Communication and Image Management

Communication Studies Electives

From the catalog

Complete 12 semester hours from the following:

COMM courses between COMM 1100 - 4999, which have not been used to satisfy other degree requirements.

MSCR courses in the ranges MSCR 2100 - 2199, MSCR 3100 - 3199, and MSCR 4100 - 4199.

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • JRNL 2301 — Visual Storytelling in Journalism
  • MSCR 1230 — Introduction to Film Production
  • PREL 1425 — Public Relations Principles
  • PREL 3625 — Public Relations Practice

Public Health Core

• One of:
  • PHTH 1260 — The U.S. Healthcare System
  • PHTH 1261 — Comparative Healthcare Systems
• PHTH 2210 — Foundations of Biostatistics
• One of:
  • PHTH 2350 — Community and Public Health
  • PHTH 2351 — Community and Public Health - Global
• PHTH 2515 — Healthcare Policy and Administration
• PHTH 4120 — Global Perspectives on Discrimination and Health
• PHTH 4202 — Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health
• PHTH 4540 — Health Education and Program Planning

Science Requirement

• All of:
  • BIOL 1111 — General Biology 1
  • BIOL 1112 — Lab for BIOL 1111
• All of:
  • BIOL 1113 — General Biology 2
  • BIOL 1114 — Lab for BIOL 1113
• All of:
  • CHEM 1161 — General Chemistry for Science Majors
  • CHEM 1162 — Lab for CHEM 1161
  • CHEM 1163 — Recitation for CHEM 1161
• MATH 1241 — Calculus 1
• PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Integrative Requirement Courses

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

• COMM 3201 — Health Communication
• One of:
  • PHTH 2300 — Communication Skills for the Health Professions
  • PHTH 2301 — Communication Skills for the Health Professions—Global

Capstone Experience Course

From the catalog

Complete one course from the following:

• Choose 3 semester hours from:
  • COMM 4102 — Health Communication Campaigns
  • COMM 4608 — Strategic Communication Capstone
  • HINF 5301 — Evaluating Health Technologies
  • HSCI 4720 — Health Science Capstone—Service
  • HSCI 4730 — Health Science Capstone—Research
  • HSCI 4740 — Health Science Capstone Seminar
  • All of:
    • HSCI 4970 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
    • HSCI 4971 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
  • PHTH 4515 — Critical Issues in Health and Public Health Policy
  • PHTH 4602 — Private Guns, Public Health
  • PHTH 4616 — Addressing Rural Health Inequities
  • PHTH 4717 — Advancing Health Justice Through the Law
  • PHTH 4818 — Let’s Talk About Sex: Exploring Key Topics and Current Issues in Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • PHTH 5214 — Environmental Health
  • PHTH 5230 — Global Health
  • PHTH 5236 — Food, Nutrition, and Health
  • PHTH 5560 — Public and Community Health Program Evaluation
  • PHTH 5603 — Qualitative Methods

Intro to College

• One of:
  • COMM 1000 — Communication Studies at Northeastern
  • HSCI 1000 — College: An Introduction

Experiential Learning

• One of:
  • EEAM 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
  • HSCI 2000 — Professional Development for Bouvé Co-op

Writing Requirements

From the catalog

First-Year Writing

• One of:
  • ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
  • ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
  • ENGW 1114 — First-Year Writing with Service-Learning

• From the catalog

  Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

• One of:
  • COMM 3409 — Advocacy Writing
  • ENGW 3306 — Advanced Writing in the Health Professions
  • ENGW 3314 — Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design
  • ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Electives

19 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete a minimum of 19 semester hours of electives.

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

• Must complete 0 semester hour Capstone Project Design and Planning (HSCI 4700) as pre-requisite.
• Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (HSCI 4970) will count as 4 semester hours general elective.

Possible equivalents for this program beyond the above — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
• ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1114 (tier C)
• ENGW 1111 ↔ ENGW 1114 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under health-science-and-communication-studies-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.