The goal of the Emerson-Tufts Program in Health Communication is to prepare students to promote health and enhance the quality of life of individuals and communities locally, nationally, and internationally. The program prepares the student to develop, deliver, and evaluate health promotion and disease prevention strategies and campaigns. The student also learns how to disseminate information and to participate in the formulation and implementation of health policy initiatives. A hallmark of the program is the commitment to the highest ethical standards and practices. This is a comprehensive commmunication program that gives students the opportunity to explore the field.
Graduates are prepared to enter the field or go on for doctoral study.
The School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies offers a wide range of opportunities for graduate students, include two master's programs, a doctoral program, a certificate program in communication and information studies, as well as distance education courses. 766 or ext. The Department of Communication is a unit within the School of Information Studies with primary focus on the study of communication theory, science and technologies and their impact upon interpersonal, organizational and mass communication settings. The Master of Science in Health Informatics is one of very few programs worldwide that offers a curriculum that integrates the domains of information science, information resources management, and healthcare organization and management. The purpose of the program is to train broadly educated individuals who are concerned with the introduction and enhancement of information technology in healthcare organizations and are prepared to assume senior-level positions in the strategic planning, management, design, integration, implementation, and evaluation of clinical and administrative information systems in healthcare enterprises.