Environmental Health focuses on the human health effects of agents encountered in the environment, from the molecular to the ecological level, as well as the effects of natural and human-created environments on health. This concentration will provide students with knowledge in the core Environmental Health disciplines of exposure assessment, toxicology, risk assessment, air pollution and water pollution. In addition to these core knowledge areas, areas of specialization within Environmental Health include food safety, occupational health, infectious diseases, environmental epidemiology and urban health.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONCENTRATION, 21 credit hours
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE TITLE | CREDIT HOURS | REQUIRED OR ELECTIVE |
| PHPH 7150 | Environmental Health | 3 | Required |
| PHPH 7293 | Environmental Health Toxicology | 3 | Required |
| PHPH 7294 | Exposure Assessment | 3 | Required |
| PHPH 7345 | Introduction to Risk Assessment | 3 | Required |
| COURSE NUMBER - TITLE | CREDIT HOURS | REQUIRED OR ELECTIVE |
Select three (3) courses from the following list of pre-approved EVHT elective courses:
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9 | Elective |
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Ph.D.
The Environmental Health Concentration will provide Ph.D. students with the skills, knowledge, and experiences to understand the chemical, physical, and microbiological aspects of environmental and occupational exposures.
Students will study the transport and fate of environmental contaminants by measurement and modeling of ambient, indoor, and personal exposures to environmental and workplace contaminants and hazards. They will also develop instruments and methods for collecting, analyzing, and assessing the effects of physical, chemical and biological stressors. Students will learn techniques for measuring the influence of environmental factors (physical, chemical and biological) on human disease in communities to provide scientific evidence for sound environmental and health policies.
| COURSE NUMBER/TITLE | TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
Required Concentration Courses:
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9 |
| Required Advanced Research Methods and Statistics Courses:
Select at least 4 courses in consultation with the Faculty Advisor.
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12 |
| Required Environmental Health Elective Courses:
Select 2 courses in consultation with the Faculty Advisor.
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6 |
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONCENTRATION, 18 credit hours
- PH 7293, Environmental Health Toxicology, 3 credit hours, REQUIRED
- PH 7294, Exposure Assessment, 3 credit hours, REQUIRED
- PH 7345, Introduction to Risk Assessment, 3 credit hours, REQUIRED
Select 3 courses from the following list of EVHT approved elective courses:
- PH 7025 Health Disparities
- PH 7155 Air Quality and the Environment
- PH 7280 Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- PH 7297 Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
- PH 7299 Sampling of the Environment (lab course)
- PH 7300 Urban Health
- PH 7325 Urban Health Seminar (1-hour course that may be taken 3 times to count as a 3-hour elective)
- PH 7340 Built Environment and Health
- PH 7525 Statistical Computing
- PH 7540 Introduction to Public Health Laboratories
- PH 7600 Global Health
- PH 8350 Biological Basis for Disease
- GEOS 6532 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
- GEOS 6538 Urban Health Geographic Information Systems
- GEOS 6644 Environmental Conservation
- GEOS 6784 Climatic Change
- BIO 6428 Medical Microbiology
- BIO 6451 Aquatic Pollution and Toxicology
- BIO 6480 Principles of Toxicology
- BIO 6484 Laboratory Techniques in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- NUTR 6170 Food Safety
Required EVHT Concentration Courses
- PH 9270 Environmental Exposure Analysis
- PH 8310 Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology
- PH 8320 Human Health & Global Environmental Change
Advanced Research Methods and Statistics Courses:
Select at least 4 courses in consultation with the Faculty Advisor.
- PH 8260 Spatial Population Health I
- PH 8261 Spatial Population Health II
- PH 8830 Advanced Statistical Topics
- PH 8890 Special Topics in Advanced Statistics Modeling
- PH 8690 Special Topics in Environmental Health
- PH 9731 Epidemiologic Models III
- PH 9741 Advanced Topics in Epidemiologic Methods
Elective Courses
Select 2 courses in consultation with the Faculty Advisor.
- PH 8285 Social Determinants of Health
- PH 8330 Environmental Factors in Maternal and Child Health
- PH 8340 Genetic Susceptibilities and Environmental Health
Other appropriate elective courses may be approved by the Faculty Advisor on the Doctoral Program of Study form.