Environmental health professionals must be able to recognize, evaluate, and control environmental and occupational risk factors that may lead to poor health and disease. The Master of Public Health (MPH) with a concentration in Environmental Health is intended to study the links between environmental and occupational stressors and human health from exposure and toxicant action to science-based risk assessment and policy development. We train students to recognize and assess environmental and occupational exposures, determine the toxicity risk to the humans, and design and properly communicate strategies to reduce risk and help set appropriate policy. Students should also be able to develop strategies and management policies for the prevention of occupational injury and disease. The mandatory internship is intended to introduce the students to real-life experience in environmental and occupational health and to give them tools necessary for problems solving in the field.

Our goal is to enable students to:

• Explain environmental health theories and apply them to public health problems.
• Apply risk assessment approaches based on target populations.
• Apply environmental justice principles to community settings.
• Describe the regulatory policies and agencies that influence environmental health issues.
• Evaluate the literature concerning environmental factors impacting human health.

Curriculum

Students in the Environmental Health track must complete 44 credit hours. This includes the MPH Core, concentration and schoolwide course requirements, electives, MPH Capstone, and internship. Full-time students generally complete this degree in two years or less (four-to-five semesters). Part-time students may take at least six-to-eight semesters to complete.

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Admission

Applicants should have a strong academic record and meet the minimum requirements for admission to the School of Public Health.

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