Overview

Environmental, science, and health communication is the study of how individuals, organizations, institutions and cultures communicate about the environment, science and health through language, images, and practice.

The Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk program at University of Utah believes that how humans communicate about environmental, science, and health issues effects culture, knowledge, policy, important practices, and ultimately the health of people and the planet.

Interpersonal conversation, popular culture, rhetorical situations, mass media, corporate communication, institutions, and consumer behavior are some of the contexts through which understandings of the environment, science, and health are constituted and communicated.

Our program focuses on how communicative practices in a variety of settings are both constrained and create resistance and change. Faculty have recently studied a variety of issues such as effectiveness of media health campaigns , Native American resistance to hazardous waste placement, environmental sustainability, historical media depictions of nuclear testing, Chinese environmental NGO strategies, Chinese NGOs, obesity narratives, and how the media frame cancer information.

Graduate Workshops

A regular slate of graduate workshops is offered each year to all graduate students to ensure their socialization, professionalization, intellectual development, and success navigating the program and the discipline.

Workshop topics include but are not limited to writing; conference submission and presentation; publishing; grantwriting; “Brown Bag” sessions with individual faculty; and navigating various stages of the job market

Programme Structure

Curriculum

Effectiveness of media health campaigns

Native American resistance to hazardous waste placement

Environmental sustainability

Historical media depictions of nuclear testing

Chinese environmental NGO strategies

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Salt Lake City, United States

Disciplines

Communication Studies Risk Management Environmental Management View 6 other PhDs in Risk Management in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Statement of your personal and professional goals (approximately 800 words).

Academic writing sample no longer than 25 pages (i.e. term paper, thesis chapter, creative writing sample, published newspaper articles).

DEI/IDEA Statement

A curriculum vita or short resume.

Unofficial transcripts of all previous college and university coursework.

The names and email addresses of three people who will write recommendations.

Tuition Fees

Living costs

Salt Lake City

United States

1000 - 1730 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Scholarships Information

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Overview

Graduate Workshops

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Prepare for Your English Test

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

Living costs

Salt Lake City

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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