Welcome to Integrated Health Studies
The Integrated Health Studies (IHS) secondary major provides a liberal arts foundation in humanities, social sciences, and scientific reasoning, with opportunities for integrated learning and individual application in a capstone experience. It can be valuable to those interested in a variety of career fields and pathways, with particular connection to a pre-health track.
Students planning on a career in health care need a strong science foundation for their professional programs. But equally important is knowledge of the social context of health, skills for navigating the multi-dimensional nature of health problems, and other practical, patient-centered health care practices.
The Integrated Health Studies secondary major is appropriate for any student who wants to work in healthcare and is on a traditional pre-health track.
This program is also appropriate for students interested in health-related careers. A student who majors in social work and wants to work in a hospital will develop ethical and scientific reasoning skills necessary for solving complex individual and societal health problems. Biomedical engineering can also be paired with IHS as a way to combine the analytical skills associated with engineering with the ethical and interpersonal skills of IHS. IHS is a way to explore passions related to science, people and ethics alongside any major of choosing.
Integrated Health Studies is intended to supplement primary major requirements to provide students with a foundation in:
- Interpersonal skills grounded in humanistic and social scientific understanding of health.
- Ethical and scientific reasoning skills necessary for solving complex individual and societal health problems.
- Multicultural competence critical for dealing with diverse patient populations in the U.S.
- Integrated learning culminating in a capstone experience.
Declare Integrated Health Studies
Please fill out this Qualtrics survey if you would like to add or drop the secondary major in Integrated Health Studies.
For information, contact:
Kaela Urquhart, Program Administrator
Email kaelaurquhart@ksu.edu
785-532-6904