A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Health, Medicine, and Society
- Credits (computed from items)
- 49-98
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 213543
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_213543_b961aa1a
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 59
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
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BA HEALTH, MEDICINE, & SOCIETY
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In addition to the 30-36 required credits, all HMS majors are required to have a second major. 1, 2
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A minimum of 3 courses must be taken at the 300 level.
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No more than two courses for a maximum of 8 credits may be taken outside of Lehigh, including non-Lehigh study abroad.
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CORE REQUIREMENTS
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Health Humanities Core Course
major core · 1 item
- or: PHIL/ETH/HMS 116 Bioethics4
Behavior, Culture, & Society Core Course
major core · 1 item
- HMS/PSYC 130Introduction to Health PsychologyNot resolved to a courseor: HMS/SOC 160 Medicine and Society
Public Health Core Course
major core · 1 item
- or: CGH 001 Community Healthor: CGH 004 Introduction to Global Health4
Health Research Methods Core Course
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- or: BSTA 101 Population Health Data Science Ior: BSTA 005 Statistical Literacy in Healthor: CGH 106 Qualitative Methods in Health Research4
CONCENTRATIONS 3
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Students must take a minimum of 3 courses outside of the core requirements in a single one of the following concentrations:
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Health Humanities
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or
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Behavior, Culture, & Society
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or
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Public Health & Policy
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Please see below for lists of concentration courses.
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ELECTIVE REQUIREMENTS 3
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Take any 2 additional HMS courses (at least one of which must be outside of selected concentration)
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CONCENTRATION AND ELECTIVE COURSES
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Take Three
17 items
- HMS/REL/ETH 002Death and Dying: Religious and Ethical PerspectivesNot resolved to a course
- HIST/HMS 013Pandemics and Public Health in Global HistoryNot resolved to a course
- HMS/ETH/PHIL/REL 106Bioethics and the LawNot resolved to a course
- HIST/HMS/LAS 113Health and Society in Latin American HistoryNot resolved to a course
- HMS/ENGL 115Topics in Literature, Medicine, and HealthNot resolved to a course
- HMS/FILM 166Topics in Film and HealthNot resolved to a course
- HMS/HIST 118History of Modern MedicineNot resolved to a course
- As published: “The Greek and Latin Roots of Medical Terminology”4
- HMS/AAS/HIST/GS 176Keeping Africa and Africans Healthy: A History of Illness and WellnessNot resolved to a course
- HMS/REL/ETH 226From Black Death to Covid-19:Plague,Pandemic,Ethics and ReligionNot resolved to a course
- HMS/MLL 257Not resolved to a course
- HMS/SPAN/LAS 270Spanish for the Health ProfessionsNot resolved to a course
- HMS/ENGL 315Topics in Literature, Medicine, and HealthNot resolved to a course
- 4
- 3
- POPH/HMS 108Representations of Disease & Disability in Popular CultureNot resolved to a course
- 3
Take Three
20 items
- CGH/HMS 109Introduction to Health Education 1Not resolved to a course
- HMS/POLS/EVST 110Environmental Planning for Healthy CitiesNot resolved to a course
- HMS/HIST/WGSS 125Does Sex have a History? The History of Sexuality in the United StatesNot resolved to a course
- HMS/PSYC 138PsychopathologyNot resolved to a course
- HMS/COMM 150Health CommunicationNot resolved to a course
- HMS/ANTH/GS 155Medical AnthropologyNot resolved to a course
- HMS/SOC 162HIV/AIDS and SocietyNot resolved to a course
- HMS/PSYC 302Stress and CopingNot resolved to a course
- HMS/POLS 307The Politics of Mental Health PolicyNot resolved to a course
- HMS/AAS/GS/SOC 314Infections and Inequalities: HIV, TB and Malaria in the Global SouthNot resolved to a course
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- HMS/PSYC 319The Psychology of TraumaNot resolved to a course
- HMS/SOC/GS 322Global Health IssuesNot resolved to a course
- HMS/JOUR/EVST 323Health and Environmental ControversiesNot resolved to a course
- HMS 327/327/PSYC 327Advanced Topics in Health PsychologyNot resolved to a course
- HMS/PSYC/WGSS 334The Psychology of Body Image and Eating DisordersNot resolved to a course
- HMS/PSYC 344Health Care Reasoning and Decision MakingNot resolved to a course
- HMS/PSYC 348Drugs and BehaviorNot resolved to a course
- HMS/PSYC 386Pediatric PsychologyNot resolved to a course
- 3
Take Three
20 items
- 2
- HMS/POLS 307The Politics of Mental Health PolicyNot resolved to a course
- HMS/POLS 354U.S. Health Care PoliticsNot resolved to a course
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- 4
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- 3
- CGH/HMS/EDUC 375Community Based Participatory Research MethodologyNot resolved to a course
- 3
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Total Credits
24 items
- 3
- HMS 090Big Questions SeminarNot resolved to a course3-4
- As published: “Human Health and the Environment”3
- 4
- 3
- As published: “Independent Study or Research in Community and Global Health”1-4
- As published: “Independent Study or Research in Population Health”1-4
- 1-4
- 1-4
- 3-4
- 3-4
- 1-4
- 1-8
- 1-8
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 1-4
- 1-4
- 3-4
- 3-4
- 1-4
- 1-4
- HMS 395MiscellaneousNot resolved to a course1-4
HMS CAS/CoH B.A. + B.A distribution requirements
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HMS CAS/COH B.A. + B.A. Distribution Requirements
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The HMS CAS/CoH B.A. + B.A. distribution requirements allow for certain overlap between the CAS and COH distribution requirements. Students pursuing the HMS CAS/COH B.A. + B.A. must complete:
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- One first-year seminar in either the CAS or COH;
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- Two semesters of First-Year Writing;
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- One Mathematics (MA) course, for a minimum of 3 credits;
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- Two courses Investigating the Natural World (NW), for 7 credits, of which 1 credit must be earned as a lab associated with a science lecture; In addition to CAS Natural World (NW) courses, CGH 103 in COH may count towards this requirement;
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- Two CAS Interpreting and Understanding the Human Experience (HE) courses for at least 7 credits; One course may be chosen from COH Health Bioethics (HEBI) courses;
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- Two CAS Creating and Expressing through Arts and Languages (AL) courses for at least 7 credits, which may overlap with the COH collateral language requirement;
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- Two CAS Investigating the Social World (SW) courses for at least 7 credits, of which CAS SW courses as well as CGH 104 and 105 in COH may be used and may overlap with the COH Determinants of Health requirement;
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- Three additional writing courses, which may be a combination of CAS Writing Encounters (W) and COH Health Science Writing (HESC);
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- Three additional quantitative courses that represent a mix of CAS Quantitative Reasoning (Q) courses and BSTA coursework in COH, with at least one course from CAS and one course from COH;
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- Three additional courses that explore contemporary issues that represent a mix of CAS Contemporary Challenges (CC) courses and COH Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEIN) or COH Sustainability (SUST) requirements.
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Minor REQUIREMENTS
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MINOR IN HEALTH, MEDICINE, AND SOCIETY
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Required Core Course (select one) 1
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- PHIL/HMS/ETH 116BioethicsNot resolved to a course
- HMS/PSYC 130Introduction to Health PsychologyNot resolved to a course
- HMS/SOC 160Medicine and SocietyNot resolved to a course
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Electives (select any three courses from the list of HMS major core, concentration courses, and / or elective courses). A minimum of one course must come from the Health Humanities Concentration or Behavior, Culture, & Society Concentration. 2
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