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Academic Programs

The Environmental Health Sciences major stresses the application of basic scientific principles to environmental and occupational health issues as well as providing an understanding of the regulatory, legal, and policy aspects needed to address contemporary environmental and occupational health concerns.

Degree Options

The M.P.H. degree is a minimum of 42 credits and the M.S. program requires a minimum of 30 credits and normally take two years to complete. The Ph.D. program is oriented for those who want a career in research and academics and includes a 24 credit dissertation requirement.

Specialty Requirements

Additional required and elective courses are determined by area of study within the Environmental Health major. Students may elect a general program in environmental and occupational health, or focus in one of the following specialty areas:

Specialty Track
Degree Options/ Curriculum
Faculty
Environmental Chemistry
M.S. | Ph.D. Deborah Swackhamer,
Matt Simcik
Environmental and
Occupational Epidemiology
M.S. | M.P.H. | Ph.D. Bruce Alexander,
Tim Church,
Susan Gerberich
,
Craig Hedberg,
George Maldonado
,
Jeff Mandel
Environmental Health Policy
M.S. | M.P.H. | Ph.D. John Adgate,
Patricia McGovern
Environmental Infectious Diseases M.S. | M.P.H. | Ph.D.

Craig Hedberg,
Randall Singer,
Michael Osterholm

Exposure Sciences
M.S. Gurumurthy
Ramachandran
,
John Adgate,
Peter Raynor,
Matt Simcik,
William A. Toscano, Jr.,
Bruce Alexander,
Deborah Swackhamer
Environmental Toxicology
M.S. | M.P.H. | Ph.D. Lisa Peterson,
William Toscano,
Elizabeth Wattenberg
General Program
M.S. | M.P.H. (most EnHS faculty)
Global Environmental Health
M.S. | M.P.H.

Bruce Alexander,
Ian Greaves,
Gurumurthy
Ramachandran
,
Matt Simcik,
William A. Toscano, Jr.,

Industrial Hygiene
M.S. & M.P.H. | Ph.D.

Gurumurthy
Ramachandran
,
Lisa Brosseau,
Peter Raynor

Occupational Health Nursing
M.S. | M.P.H. | Ph.D. Patricia McGovern,
Debra Olson,
Nancy Nachreiner
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
(For Physicians)
M.P.H. Ian Greaves,
Jeff Mandel,
Heidi Roeber-Rice
Agricultural Health and Safety
Minor Focus  


Doctoral Training Programs

EnHS offers three doctoral training programs; each of which supports and enhances the Ph.D. training of students in multidisciplinary fields of study and research:

Program
Degree/ Curriculum
Program Directors
Occupational Health Services Research and Policy
A joint offering by the Divisions of Environmental Health Sciences and Health Policy and Management. EnHS students receive a minor in health services research, policy and administration.
Ph.D. Patricia McGovern,
Bryan Dowd
Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training
Incorporates advanced training through curriculum and trainee research opportunities that involve multidisciplinary collaborations with experts in occupations injury epidemiology, engineering and human factors/ergonomics, safety, medicine, and the social sciences including occupational psychology.
Ph.D. Susan Gerberich,
Bruce Alexander
Molecular Basis of Risk Assessment
Provides transdisciplinary training in exposure, modern toxicology, epidemiology, and environmental policy that is required to develop sound health risk assessment approaches.
Ph.D. William A. Toscano, Jr.,
Lisa Peterson

Joint Degree Programs

The Division also offers the following joint degrees in collaboration with other university schools:

J.D. with Law School
M.A. in Health Journalism

M.S. with School of Nursing

 
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