Environmental Health and Safety Track
The environmental health and safety track in the environmental sciences major is an interdisciplinary program among the Departments of Environmental Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, and the Rutgers School of Public Health. The goal of this program is to give students a well-rounded background in the factors and practices that promote environmental health and safety. The program prepares students to pursue careers in environmental health and safety, public health, and medicine among others. Students may elect to complete their B.S. degree only, or can work towards both their B.S. and Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree. In the M.P.H. "4+1" program, students earn their bachelor of science degree in 4 years and also complete part of their M.P.H. degree in the four years as an undergraduate. Completion of the Master of Public Health degree is designed to require one additional year while enrolled in the Rutgers School of Public Health.

The 4+1 M.P.H. program requires students to earn a minimum GPA of 3.2 in their first 60 credits and to be accepted into the graduate program at the Rutgers School of Public Health in their junior or senior year.

The environmental health and safety track in the environmental sciences major is exempt from the minor requirement. It requires at least 66 credits in the following courses:

Basic Courses (21 credits)

21:120:200 Concepts in Biology (4)

21:460:215 Environmental Disasters (3) or 21:460:230 Weather and Climate (3)

21:160:113-114 General Chemistry Laboratory I,II (1,1)

21:160:115-116 General Chemistry I,II (4,4)

21:460:206 Environmental Geology (3)

21:460:207 Environmental Geology Laboratory (1)

Quantitative Courses (7 credits)

21:640:135 Calculus (4)

21:460:327 Probability and Statistics (3)

Advanced Science Courses (19-23 credits)

21:160:223 Analytical Chemistry (3) and 21:160:227 Experimental Analytical Chemistry (2) or 21:160:335 Organic Chemistry I (4) and 21:160:336 Organic Chemistry II (4)

21:120:340 Mammalian Physiology (3) or substitute in Anatomy and Physiology area (consult department chair)

21:460:401 Introduction to Soil Science (4) or 21:460:325 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3) or 21:460:401 Introduction to Geochemistry (3)

21:120:201 and 202 Foundations of Cell and Molecular Biology and Laboratory (3,1) or 21:750:203 Algebra-Based Introductory Physics I (4) or 21:750:213 Calculus-Based Introductory Physics I (4)

21:120/216:205-206 Foundations of Ecology and Evolution and Laboratory (3,1)

Senior Seminar (1 credit)

21:460:485 or 21:460:486 Senior Seminar (1,1)

Graduate Courses at Rutgers School of Public Health (15 credits)

75:832:502 Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (3)

75:832:503 Introduction to Environmental Health (3)

75:832:504 Introduction to Biostatistics (3)

75:832:623 Principles of Industrial Hygiene (3)

75:832:624 Principles of Occupational Health (3)

Any one of the following courses:

75:832:501 Health Systems Policy (3)

75:832:505 Health Education and Behavioral Science in Public Health (3)

75:832:622 Environmental Risk Assessment (3)

75:832:654 Occupational Safety and Workplace Risk (3)

26:375:560 Air Pollution Measurements (3)