Environmental Health
223 Health Center, 372-7774
Environmental health graduates are specialists in protecting the
environment. They are prepared to evaluate and control threats to
air, water and soil. Examples of threatened and threatening environments
include such disparate settings as remote mountain lakes, steel mills,
rural housing, print shops, restaurants, groundwater aquifers, plastics
formulators and wetlands. The environmental health scientist may focus
on the health of a particular occupational workforce or the general
well-being of a community. In all cases the ability to look comprehensively
at environmental problem solving is critical.
Graduates meet the educational requirements to become Registered
Sanitarians (RS) and Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH) after gaining
sufficient experience and passing the appropriate professional examinations.
Primary places of employment are in industry, government, insurance
risk management agencies, environmental engineering firms, consulting
firms, testing laboratories, health care facilities and educational
institutions.
The curriculum emphasizes the biological, chemical and physical sciences
with additional requirements linking policy with successful practice.
Students learn to investigate and sample indoor and outdoor environments,
and implement techniques to solve environmental problems. Further
hands-on experience is obtained working in our dedicated environmental
health laboratories. Study is enhanced through an internship experience
as a working professional in either an agency or a private company.
As one of only 24 nationally accredited environmental health programs
in the United States, the educational experience is notably comprehensive
and well-directed. Please check with the program office for further
specifics about the program and for information about enrollment policies.
Sample program
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First year
ENG 112
MATH 128
CHEM 125, 127, 128
PSYC 270
CS 100
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Second year
BIOL 204, 205
PHYS 201
POLS 336
ECON 200
CHEM 306
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Third year
ENVH 302, 303
ENVH 304, 305
ENVH 301
ENVH 306
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Fourth year
ENVH 402, 403
ENVH 405
ENVH 407
ENVH 449
ENVH 491 Internship
ENVH 492
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