Department Introduction

Features

1. The department utilizes well-equipped media facilities as teaching resources.

We set up multimedia labs, production studios, and radio stations on campus to inspire students learning. 

2. Tzu Chi global affiliates provide our students with abundant learning resources.

Tzu Chi Foundation’s global affiliates in charity, medicine, education, and humanistic culture have helped the department develop many programs. Health communication combining communication, healthcare, and public health is one of them. 

3. Local communities provide students with unique ways and opportunities for learning.

Eastern Taiwan is a multi-ethnicity region that enables students to learn things differently from traditional ways. One of the department’s missions is to care for the underprivileged. By serving local communities, students enhance their professional skills and knowledge, which also helps them realize a media person’s role is to put social responsibility into action. 

4. The unique training enriches students’ professional and humanistic skills.

The department collaborates with Tzu Chi affiliates, such as DaAi TV, Rhythm Magazine, Tzu Chi Radio, and the public relations departments of Tzu Chi Foundation and Tzu Chi Hospitals, to offer students clerkship and internship training. 

5. Students attend to the needs of local communities and put their social responsibilities into action.

Faculty members participate in community services and provide service-learning courses. Moreover, they lead students to serve the communities and help community residents improve their well-being.

6. Faculty members, Counseling Center staff, and the Tzu-Cheng and Yi-Te Association work together to accompany our students and attend to their needs.

Core competencies

Our program is multidisciplinary, practical, and innovative, and students will attain the following learning outcomes:

1. 1. Comprehensive and analytical skills on health-related texts.
   2. Capabilities of Application research methodology.
   3. Ability to research health-related communication issues.

Future Career

Pursue advanced studies

Students may choose Communication Studies, Journalism, or Health Communication. 

Seek employment

Students may decide to work for mass media, select a marketing type of job, work as a PR in a healthcare institution, etc.

* Our goal is to nurture researchers crossing disciplines of communication and healthcare.  

Language of Instruction

English

Documents to Be Submitted

Evaluation Criteria

Remarks