Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) Curriculum (45 credits) in Environmental Health Sciences
Each department identifies competencies for
each degree offered. These competencies reflect the full range of knowledge,
skills, and other attributes that a student will acquire as a result of
completing the requirements for a particular degree.
Upon graduation, a student completing
the M.P.H. curriculum in environmental health sciences will be able to:
- Describe the major
environmental health problems facing the general public as well as among
specific communities or susceptible, vulnerable subpopulations;
- Explain the basic mechanism of toxicology and dose-response as
applied to environmental toxicants;
- Describe the federal and state regulatory programs relating to
environmental (community) protection;
- Develop a testable model of environmental exposures (one or more
agents) and adverse health outcomes (causing injury, disability, other measure
of morbidity or mortality); and
- Specify current environmental risk assessment approaches and
methods for a particular hazard or risk in a community.
