2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, MSPH
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Overview

The MSPH degree in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences (OEHS) 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 OEHS 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 stakeholder including senior leaders from Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, Indian Health Service and Canadian military branches and as well as Public Health organizations. Coursework will prepare students for the opportunity to attain professional credentials.

Degree Requirements

Complete the following:

PMO 530Social and Behavioral Sciences Applied to Public Health

3

PMO 540Introduction to Occupational and Environmental Health

3

PMO 599Introduction to Risk Communication

1.5

PMO 680Introduction to Public Health

0.75

PMO 940Environmental/Occupational Health Directed Studies

0.75-9

PMO 503Biostatistics I

3

PMO 504Biostatistics II

3

PMO 511Introduction to Epidemiology

3

PMO 541Advanced Environmental Health

2.25

PMO 549Principles of Toxicology

2.25

PMO 550Principles of Industrial Hygiene

3

PMO 552Assessing and Managing Occupational Exposures

3

PMO 555Industrial Ventilation

3

PMO 601Environmental Health Risk Assessment

1.5

PMO 605Analytical Instrumentation Methodologies in Environmental Health

2.25

PMO 607Environmental Chemistry

3

PMO 553Industrial Hygiene Field Studies

0.75

PMO 631Occupational and Environmental Health Journal Club

0.75

PMO 942Environmental/Occupational Health Directed Rotations

0.75-9

PMO 941Environmental/Occupational Health Directed Research

0.75-9

PMO 1029Occupational 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.