Bachelor's in Health, Medicine & Society at University of Oklahoma

Programme overview

The Health, Medicine, and Society B.A. (program code B502) is offered by the Department of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Students take a core of health, medicine and society courses, humanistic and social scientific perspectives courses, a capstone, and supporting statistics and science coursework.

Faculty: Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences | Department: Department of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Duration: 120 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Norman, OK, United States

What you will study

The 30-hour major includes HMS 1113 Introduction to Health, Medicine and Society, a health care or biomedical ethics course, three core courses, four humanistic and social scientific perspectives courses and the HMS 4993 capstone. Major support (15 hours) covers psychology or sociology, one statistics course and at least 9 hours of life or natural science. Graduation requires 120 hours including 48 upper-division, a 2.50 overall and major GPA, and C or better in each major and major support course.

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Application information

Domestic applicants: USD 5,532 a year (2026-27). Oklahoma resident full-time undergraduate tuition for fall and spring (flat rate for 12-21 hours), stated for the undergraduate level; not programme-specific. Excludes mandatory fees ($9,971), college program and technology fees, housing and books. Source

International applicants: USD 24,210 a year (2026-27). Undergraduate international tuition for fall and spring as stated for the undergraduate level (same as the non-resident figure); not programme-specific. Excludes mandatory fees, international student maintenance fee, college program and technology fees, h Source

Freshmen enter in fall, with spring and summer entry also available (spring application deadline Nov. 1, summer application deadline Mar. 1).

Transfer students may enter in fall, spring or summer.

First-year: application opens Aug. 1; early action deadline Nov. 1; final scholarship admission deadline Dec. 15; final admission deadline Feb. 1; enrollment deposit due May 1. Apply via the OU Application, Common Application or Apply Coalition with Scoir. The application fee is $50 (non-refundable) for domestic applicants. OU practices a test-optional admissions process (ACT/SAT/CLT scores encouraged and superscored).

International first-year: application opens Aug. 1; early action deadline Nov. 1; priority scholarship deadline Dec. 15; fall application deadline Feb. 1; final documents deadline April 15; deposit due May 1. Requires minimum 3.0 GPA and IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL 79 / Duolingo 100 / Pearson 53; SAT/ACT optional for international scholarships.

Transfer: application opens Aug. 1; spring priority scholarship deadline Oct. 1; spring application deadline Nov. 1; summer application deadline April 1; fall application deadline May 1; fall documents deadline July 1. The application fee is $50 for domestic applicants; apply via the OU Application or Apply Coalition with Scoir.

Apply through the official page: https://www.ou.edu/admissions/freshman/apply

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