The Lifestyle Medicine Bachelor of Science prepares students for the future of healthcare in the U.S. It emphasizes a comprehensive approach to health and offers valuable knowledge and skills.
This degree focuses on holistic health and well-being. It’s based on six pillars of health: a plant-based diet, exercise, quality sleep, stress management, avoiding risky substances, and positive social connections. Lifestyle medicine is a growing field, especially for chronic disease management. Research shows that 80% of chronic diseases can be prevented through healthy lifestyle choices.
Consider pursuing a BS in Lifestyle Medicine if you have career goals in Public Health, Health Care, or Wellness.
Curriculum & Requirements
Lifestyle Medicine Major, Bachelor of Science (BS)
Students with career goals in Public Health, Health Care, and Wellness should consider pursuing the BS in Lifestyle Medicine.
The BS in Lifestyle Medicine allows students to pursue a degree path that looks holistically at health and well-being. Lifestyle medicine is founded upon six pillars of health – a whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connections. These pillars are the foundation of the Lifestyle Medicine degree.
Current research indicates that lifestyle medicine is a growing field, particularly related to the health care of individuals with chronic diseases. Research has shown that up to 80% of chronic diseases can be prevented through adherence to four key healthy lifestyle factors – never smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, adhering to a healthy diet, and participating in physical activity. The BS in Lifestyle Medicine is a holistic approach to healthcare that prepares students for the future trajectory of health care in the U.S.
Program Learning Outcomes
Students who earn a BS in Lifestyle Medicine from EWU should be able to:?
examine core principles of lifestyle medicine;
explain relationships between pillars of lifestyle medicine and chronic diseases;
design lifestyle medicine-based interventions to reduce disease burden;
assess measurable health-related behaviours of lifestyle medicine;
apply behaviour change strategies to facilitate improvements in health;
evaluate strategies to promote lifestyle medicine in community health care.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
January 2025
Eastern Washington University
526 5th Street,
CHENEY,
Washington,
99004, United States
Students must have completed a secondary-level (high school) coursework from both inside and outside of the U.S.
Grade Requirement: You must show that you graduated from high school or secondary school with the equivalent of a "C" grade (2.0) or higher.
English Proficiency Requirements
If English is not your native language, you must meet English language proficiency in one of the following ways:
Complete a transferable college-level English composition course from a university or college in the United States with a minimum grade C (2.0 on a 4.0 scale)
Take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and score at least 525 (paper-based) or 71 (iBT)
Have an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of at least 6.0
Have a Duolingo English Test score of at least 100.
Complete secondary school with instruction in English (official letter from school must be provided)
Complete of EWU’s English Language Institute (ELI)
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
Over half of all graduates have a job secured before finishing their program, and 75 percent of alumni have jobs directly related to their major.
