Program Description

Whether you’re interested in advancing your existing career, exploring a new career with additional responsibilities, pursuing an academic job, or simply furthering your education, our graduate program can help you achieve your goal.  A Master of Arts degree in communication allows you to hone your strategic thinking and analytical skills, strengthen your communication capabilities, and become a leader in your chosen field.

A graduate degree in communication opens the door to a variety of job opportunities, as well as the potential for a higher salary. Findings from a study conducted by Georgetown University showed that an individual with a communication graduate degree typically earns 10,000 dollars more than a person with only an undergraduate degree in the same field. Health communication is defined by the Centers for Disease Control as the “study and use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual decisions that enhance health.” Our graduate program equips health communication students with practical and theoretical know-how to examine the ways individuals and groups understand, shape, and accommodate to health and illness.

Our curriculum features a comprehensive approach to health delivery and promotion. Students who chose to pursue a graduate degree with our program gain knowledge in various subjects, including:

• Provider-patient communication
• Social marketing and communication campaigns on health-related behavioral change
• Cultural influences on health meanings and treatment preferences
• Health citizenry and health literacy
• Communication within healthcare organizations
• Risk and crisis management
• The influence of narrative and interactive media -- including e-health and telemedicine -- on public understanding and health promotion

Admission Requirements

• The minimum GRE (Vrb/Quant) 153 for unconditional admission. The University of Houston offers a GRE Waiver program for applicants who have completed their bachelor’s degree at the University of Houston in the last three years with a minimum of 3.4 undergraduate GPA.
• A Bachelor's degree in an appropriate field from an accredited institution. Students may have to complete required leveling courses if they do not have adequate background in the degree they are pursuing. Please be aware that these leveling courses will likely extend how long it takes to complete the program.
• A minimum 3.0/4.0 GPA in the last 60 undergraduate hours attempted.

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5

Remarks:

• Total 30 Credits program
• Yearly tuition fee is given
• I20(Visa Letter) can be obtained only after submitting a bank statement with a balance of USD $40,674.
• Official documents required