COMM 2850

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COMM 2850
Communication, Environment, Science, and Health

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

Environmental problems, public health issues, scientific research-in each of these areas, communication plays a fundamental role. From the media to individual conversations, from technical journals to textbooks, from lab notes to the web, communication helps define scientifically based social issues and research findings. This course examines the institutional and intellectual contexts, processes, and practical constraints on communication in the sciences.

When Offered Spring, Summer.

Distribution Category (SBA-AG)

Outcomes
  • Students will be able to identify the role and opportunities of communication in science, environment, and health.
  • Students will be able to recognize the institutional and practical constraints on communication in science, environment, and health.
  • Students will be able to compare and contrast science, environmental, and health communication theories to general communication, science and technology studies, sociology, and psychology.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate application of communication theories.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Six Week Summer.  Combined with: STS 2851

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1451 COMM 2850   LEC 001

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    • TBA
    • Jun 23 - Aug 1, 2025

    • Bera, S

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.