Overview
The MSPH degree is a two-year ABET accredited program designed to prepare students to solve environmental and occupational health problems in an ever-changing environment. Upon completion of the program, students will be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge and understanding of the science and practice of Environmental and Occupational Health. To this end, graduates will be prepared to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control exposures of individuals, workers, and communities to physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, psychosocial factors, and other stressors that can potentially cause related diseases or dysfunctions.
The EOH curriculum includes courses in environmental health, industrial hygiene, environmental chemistry, analytical instrumentation, risk assessment, and toxicology. This degree program is administered by the faculty of the PMB Division of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences (OEHS), and is guided by a Joint Steering Committee whose membership includes senior leaders from Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, Indian Health Service and Canadian military branches and stakeholders from a variety of Public Health organizations. Students will have the opportunity to prepare for and earn professional credentials such as the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Registered Sanitarian/Registered Environmental Health Specialist (RS/REHS), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), and Certified in Public Health (CPH).
Environmental and Occupational Health Science Concentration Requirements
Complete the following:
| PMO 530 | Social And Behavioral Sciences Applied To Public Health | 3 |
| PMO 540 | Introduction To Environmental And Occupational Health | 3 |
| PMO 599 | Introduction to Risk Communication | 1.5 |
| PMO 680 | Introduction To Public Health | 0.75 |
| PMO 940 | Environmental/Occupational Health Directed Studies | 0.75 - 9.0 |
| PMO 503 | Biostatistics I | 3 |
| PMO 504 | Biostatistics II | 3 |
| PMO 511 | Introduction To Epidemiology | 3 |
| PMO 541 | Advanced Environmental Health | 2.25 |
| PMO 549 | Principles Of Toxicology | 2.25 |
| PMO 550 | Industrial Hygiene I And Laboratory | 3 |
| PMO 552 | Assessing And Managing Occupational Exposures | 3 |
| PMO 555 | Industrial Ventilation | 3 |
| PMO 601 | Environmental Health Risk Assessment | 1.5 |
| PMO 605 | Analytical Instrumentation Methodologies In Environmental Health | 2.25 |
| PMO 607 | Environmental Chemistry | 3 |
| PMO 553 | Industrial Hygiene Field Studies | 0.75 |
| PMO 631 | Occupational and Environmental Health Journal Club | 1.5 |
| PMO 942 | Environmental/Occupational Health Directed Rotations | 0.75 - 9.0 |
| PMO 941 | Environmental/Occupational Health Directed Research | 0.75 - 9.0 |
| PMO 1029 | Occupational Noise Control (Distributed Learning) | 2.25 |
| | Electives | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 75 |
Students must complete a minimum of 75 credit hours which includes required elective and research courses not shown above.
Vector Biology and Parasitology Concentration Requirements
Complete the following:
| PMO 530 | Social And Behavioral Sciences Applied To Public Health | 3 |
| PMO 540 | Introduction To Environmental And Occupational Health | 3 |
| PMO 680 | Introduction To Public Health | 0.75 |
| PMO 610 | General Entomology | 0.75 |
| PMO 503 | Biostatistics I | 3 |
| PMO 511 | Introduction To Epidemiology | 3 |
| PMO 541 | Advanced Environmental Health | 2.25 |
| PMO 565 | Vector Biology and Public Health | 1.5 |
| PMO 567 | Medical Entomology | 3 |
| PMO 577 | Introduction To GIS in Public Health | 1.5 |
| PMO 671 | Introduction to MPH Project and Practicum | 0.75 |
| PMO 504 | Biostatistics II | 3 |
| PMO 571 | Biosystematics Of Disease Vectors | 1.5 |
| PMO 566 | Vector Physiology | 3 |
| PMO 578 | Remote Sensing Methods In Public Health | 2.25 |
| PMO 564 | Epidemiology and Control of Arboviruses | 1.5 |
| PMO 569 | Malaria Epidemiology And Control | 2.25 |
| PMO 661 | Current Topics In Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics | 0.75 |
| PMO 964 | Research in Vector Biology and/or Parasitology | 1-9 |
| PMO 964 | Research in Vector Biology and/or Parasitology | 1-9 |
| PMO 964 | Research in Vector Biology and/or Parasitology | 1-9 |
| PMO 964 | Research in Vector Biology and/or Parasitology | 1-9 |
| | Electives | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 72 |
Students must complete a minimum of 72 credit hours which includes required elective and research courses not shown above.