DM 330 - Reporting on Public Health Issues

This course acquaints students with all aspects of the health beat and teaches them how to write compelling narratives about global health issues with an emphasis on the U.S. healthcare system. Students investigate wrongdoing in health and medicine and interpret health in political, socio-economic and medical contexts in ways that serve the public interest. Students learn how health care intersects politics, economics, medicine and disease, business finances, marketing and sales practices, consumer regulation and the law.

Prerequisites & Notes
DM 211 or permission of instructor.

(Cr: 3)