Minor in Health Communication

For students under the 2018-2020 catalog

The minor program requires 16 semester hours of coursework including nine hours to be completed in residence. Only courses with a C- or better (or CR for courses offered only on a pass/fail basis) will be counted toward the minor. Students in Moody College may declare only one minor and must apply for their minor/certificate before they have completed 65% of their degree requirements.

This minor is open to all University of Texas students. The Moody College of Communication reserves the right to limit the number of students accepted into this minor by instituting a competitive application process. Applicants may be judged on such factors as grade point average, prior coursework taken, prior experience in the field, and response to essay prompts.

Students must fulfill the following requirements:

Students must petition the faculty committee in advance if they wish to substitute another course for use toward any minor course requirement. Petitions will not be reviewed during registration or add/drop periods.

In addition, the following are University-wide rules regarding minors:

• The minor must be completed in conjunction with an undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin.
• Minors must include a minimum of six hours of upper division coursework. 
• A student may not earn a minor in the same field of study as his or her major.
• At least nine of the hours required for the minor must include coursework not used to satisfy the requirements of the student’s major; this includes courses in non-major departments that are cross-listed with courses offered within the student’s major department. However, courses in the minor may fulfill other degree requirements such as general education requirements or required elective hours.
• Transcript recognition is awarded at the time of undergraduate degree completion.

For students under the 2016-2018 catalog:

The minor program requires sixteen semester hours of coursework, including nine hours to be completed in residence. Students must earn a grade of at least C in each course counted toward fulfillment of the minor requirements. The Moody College reserves the right to limit the number of students accepted into this minor by instituting a competitive application process. Applicants may be judged on such factors as grade point average, prior coursework taken, prior experience in the field, and response to essay prompts.

Students must fulfill the following requirements:

Students must petition the faculty committee in advance if they wish to substitute another course for use toward any minor course requirement. Petitions will not be reviewed during registration or add/drop periods.

In addition, the following are University-wide rules regarding minors:

• The minor must be completed in conjunction with an undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin.
• Minors must include a minimum of six hours of upper division coursework. 
• A student may not earn a minor in the same field of study as his or her major.
• At least nine of the hours required for the minor must include coursework not used to satisfy the requirements of the student’s major; this includes courses in non-major departments that are cross-listed with courses offered within the student’s major department. However, courses in the minor may fulfill other degree requirements such as general education requirements or required elective hours.
• Transcript recognition is awarded at the time of undergraduate degree completion.

The Health Communication Minor has a competitive application process.

The Fall 2020 application has closed. The Spring 2021 application will be available in January 2021.

The Health Communication Minor is open to all University of Texas undergraduates. Applicants must be under the 2016-2018 catalog or a later catalog, and have a 3.0 GPA.

Students in Moody College may declare only one minor and must apply for their minor/certificate before they have completed 65% of their degree requirements.