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MPH ENVH Track III Environmental and Occupational Hygiene Track

Who should enroll

The environmental and occupational hygiene track (III) is designed for individuals who intend to use graduate-level knowledge of environmental health as an adjunct to their primary career goals. Environmental attorneys, health care managers, corporate administrators, journalists, and others who require working knowledge of the field are ideal candidates for this program. The program is similar in scope and rigor to other programs offered in the department with the exception of the science prerequisites. This program is not intended to meet the California REHS certification requirements.

Learner outcomes

Upon completion of the degree the graduate should be able to:

1. Anticipate and recognize environmental exposures to working and nonworking populations.
2. Evaluate environmental sampling data.
3. Interpret environmental health risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses.
4. Describe key environmental and occupational health legislation.
5. Lead an interdisciplinary team to resolve environmental issues.
6. Contribute to conflict resolution and mediation.
7. Make policy recommendations and influence legislators on key environmental and occupational health issues.

PREREQUISITE

The following prerequisite courses must be completed prior to enrolling in the non-REHS Track in environmental and occupational hygiene:

• Biological science with laboratory (one year)
• General chemistry with laboratory (one year)
• Organic chemistry (one course)
• General physics (one course)
• Calculus or college algebra (one course)

Public Health Core Course (25 units)

• ENVH 586 Environmental Health Administration (3)
• EPDM 509 Principles of Epidemiology I (3)
• HPRO 509 Principles of Health Behavior (3)
• RELE 534 Ethical Issues in Public Health (3)
• PHCJ 605 Overview of Public Health (1)
• STAT 509/521 General Statistics/Biostatistics (4)
• HPRO 536 Program Planning and Evaluation (2)
• GLBH 524 Cultural Competence and Health Disparities (2)
• NUTR 505 Public Health Biology (2)
• PHCJ 675 Integrated Public Health Capstone (2)

Environmental Health Core Courses (19 units)

• #ENVH 566 Outdoor Air Quality & Human Health (3)
• ENVH 567 Hazardous Materials Management (3)
• ENVH 568 Water Quality Assurance (3)
• ENVH 569 Environmental Sampling and Analysis (4)
• #ENVH 575 Indoor Air Quality (3)
• ENVH 587 Environmental Toxicology (3)
• ENVH 589 Environmental Risk Assessment (3)

Electives^ (11 units)

Seminar (1 unit)

• ENVH 605 Seminar in Environmental and Occupational Health (1)

# Choose one course.

^ Three of these units must be from an environmental health course.

MINIMUM UNITS REQUIRED: 56

Contact Information - Department of Environmental & Occupational Health