交流学的60学分（硕士后）博士课程重点在于健康和战略交流。它为学生准备了日益复杂的公共和私人通信环境。学生拥有扎实的理论和多方法论基础，使他们能够检查沟通在健康促进，疾病预防，护理质量，风险评估和危机管理中所起的关键作用。教师和学生就消费者与供应商之间的关系进行了重要研究，风险沟通，危机管理，组织沟通，媒体系统，健康运动，新信息技术，沟通政策，媒体倡导和健康沟通干预措施。本课程探讨重要的沟通问题，例如传达复杂信息，影响健康行为，健康结果差异，数字鸿沟，公众倡导，跨文化敏感性，媒体素养，国土安全和社会支持。
The 60-credit (post M.A.) doctoral program in communication focuses on health and strategic communication. It prepares students for increasingly complex public and private communication environments. Students receive a strong theoretical and multi-methodological foundation which enables them to examine the critical role communication performs in health promotion, disease prevention, quality of care, risk assessment, and crisis management.Faculty and students conduct important research concerning consumer-provider relationships, risk communication, crisis management, organizational communication, media systems, health campaigns, new information technologies, communication policy, media advocacy, and health communication interventions.The courses explore important communication issues such as communicating complex information, influencing health behaviors, disparities in health outcomes, the digital divide, public advocacy, intercultural sensitivity, media literacy, homeland security, and social support. We support a broad array of theories and methodologies, while examining a range of important health, crisis and risk contexts. We welcome students in the beginning stages of their careers as well as those who are more established.The PhD in Communication explores key issues in the discipline such as communicating complex information, influencing health behaviors, the digital divide, public advocacy, intercultural sensitivity, media literacy, and national security. The PhD program offers two major areas of emphasis: health and strategic communication. Students may also emphasize science communication in conjunction with either of these. Faculty and students conduct research concerning consumer-provider relationships, risk communication, crisis management, organizational communication, media systems, health campaigns, new information technologies, communication policy, media advocacy, and health communication interventions.