利哈伊历史系为本科生和研究生提供了公共历史方面的专修课程，旨在提供使博物馆，历史学会和其他非营利机构等场所的公众可以访问历史的技能。在该计划中，学生通过动手应用学习宝贵的职业技能。加入我们，您可能会发现自己使用一组工件编写展览脚本，为当地历史事件设计营销材料，或者创建对该领域有很高需求的有吸引力的数字项目。我们系为Lehigh学生提供本科专业和辅修专业，文学硕士和博士学位，公共历史专业的本科和研究生专业，以及纪录片制作专业的研究生证书和辅修专业。进入Lehigh后的六年内，下面列出的I计划或II计划的要求
The Lehigh history department offers both undergraduate and graduate students a concentration in Public History, designed to provide the skills to make history accessible to the public in settings like museums, historical societies, and other non-profit institutions. In this program, students learn valuable vocational skills by hands-on application. Join us and you might find yourself writing an exhibit script using a grouping of artifacts, designing marketing materials for local history events, or creating engaging digital projects that are in high demand in the field. Our department offers Lehigh students the undergraduate major and minor, the M.A., and the Ph.D., undergraduate and graduate concentrations in public history, and a graduate certificate and minor in documentary film-making.The M.A. is conferred upon students who meet the requirements listed below for either Plan I or Plan II within six years of entering Lehigh.