Spring 2027

Social Marketing Campaigns in Science, Health and the Environment

Design, produce, and evaluate social marketing communication programs for public education on agricultural, environmental, science, health, and human ecology issues.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Dominique Brossard3.7/5Todd Newman

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Understand principles and tactics of social marketing communication

  • Plan a social marketing campaign

  • Use communication, persuasion, and behavioral principles that inform campaign planning

  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative research

  • Engage in strategic and creative thinking, writing, and message production

  • Collaborate effectively as part of a team

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Senior standing, declared in Life Sciences Communication,LSC 250 and 251

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LSC 515

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Raw average: 3.86/5 from 7 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2010: 3.33 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2011: 3.81 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2012: 3.62 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DOMINIQUE BROSSARD is recorded teaching in Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TODD NEWMAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Agricultural, environmental, science, health, and human ecology issues
  • Social marketing communication principles and tactics
  • Communication, persuasion, and behavioral principles

Skills

  • Social marketing communication principles and tactics
  • Planning social marketing campaigns
  • Applying communication, persuasion, and behavioral principles to campaign planning
  • Conducting qualitative and quantitative research
  • Strategic and creative thinking, writing, and message production
  • Team collaboration

Grades

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LSC 515 · Spring 2027

Social Marketing Campaigns in Science, Health and the Environment

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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