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"Housed in Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, UGA’s M.A. in Health and Medical Journalism (HMJ) is a two-year, non-thesis degree program in science writing and health reporting. Students learn to translate complex topics in medicine and healthcare for lay audiences through written, digital, and social media and have many opportunities to publish their …

"The Certificate in Science Communication is offered jointly by the 21st Century Scientists Working Group and the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. It is designed for graduate students currently enrolled at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, but also open to postdocs. The certificate is designed to be completed in one year, but …

"The Science Communication Graduate Certificate or multidisciplinary minor is available to all University of Arizona MS and PHD students and postdoctoral fellows. The goal of this program is to train future science professionals in the skills needed to communicate effectively. The certificate and minor require three electives to be taken at any time before graduation. …

"The master of science (M.S.) in scientific & technical communication prepares students for local and global careers in online design and social media, software/hardware documentation, information architecture, medical communication, environmental communication, and human-computer interface design." The University of Minnesota also offers master's-level minor and post-grad certificate options.

"Developed for professionals with backgrounds in science or writing, the online medical writing certificate program with synchronous sessions has a comprehensive curriculum focused on creating medical communicators with strong writing, editing, data reporting, and analytic skills. Students have the opportunity to boost their skills quickly in nine months to one year, part-time."

"The master's program is an advanced curriculum for applicants with undergraduate degrees in journalism, environmental and earth sciences, environmental studies or natural resources. We also seek applicants with professional experience in journalism, the natural resource industries and environmental nonprofit organizations."

"LSC offers two M.S. degree options, the thesis-track M.S. and the professional studies track M.S. Both tracks provide students with a foundation in communication theory and research methods in addition to the flexibility to create a customized curriculum based on the student’s interests and career goals. Students in LSC take courses within our department and …

The Association of Health Care Journalists offers trainings for journalists covering cancer, health care performance, international health, and the CDC, as well as regional fellowships and other specialty coverage areas. Most fellowships involve training (either in-person or virtual) and some include grants for projects and/or attendance at AHCJ conferences.

Beginning in fall 2023, the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign will offer a master of science degree in journalism with a focus on science and technology journalism, which can be done entirely online in as few as two semesters full time, or tailored to a part-time schedule over additional semesters. The new curricula will also offer …

Students in the M.A. program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY complete 43 credits of coursework in as few as 16 months, or they can extend their studies over a longer period. In the second semester students begin taking courses for one of six subject concentrations, including health and science reporting.