DrPH in Global Environmental Health Sciences
Upon graduation students should be able to employ scientific principles and managerial skills as well as demonstrate specialized expertise in their chosen area of concentration. At the completion of the following programs, the student will be able to: Sustainable Resource Management - Provide technical input for policy formation and legislation relative to water quality and sustainability, standards and criteria development .
- Perform fate evaluation of compounds which are toxic with respect to chemical, physical and biological interactions.
Environmental Health for Developing Countries - Apply basic environmental health skills to the needs of developing countries.
- Utilize scientific principles and appropriate methodology for assessment, prevention and control of environmental health problems that occur as developing countries move towards a more industrialized based.
Disaster Management - Discuss the specific environmental health implications of a terrorist attack and other disasters on global scale.
- Develop and implement response and recovery plans for disasters according to the guide lines of local, national and international agencies.
Program Requirements
Public Health Core
BIOS 603 Introductory Biostatics (3)
EPID 603 Epidemiologic Methods (3)
HSMG 603 Principles of Health Systems Management (3) SPHL 603 Population Behavior (3)
ENHS 603 Survey of Environmental Health (3)
SPHL 601 Intro to Human Health and Diseases (3)
18 credits
Specialty Track Requirements
ENHS 652 Fundamentals in Environmental Chemistry (3)
ENHS 660 Principles of Environmental Toxicology (3)
ENHS 772 Health Risk Assessment (3)
ENHS 700 Seminar (0)
Capstone (2)
11 creditsGlobal Environmental Health
ENHS 604 International Environmental Health (3)
ENHS 640 Elements of Environmental Health (2)
ENHS 641 Water and Sanitation Field Operations (3)
ENHS 647 Management of Natural Resources (3)
ENHS 656 Environmental Microbiology (3)
ENHS 740 Field Application of ENH (3)
17 credits
Sustainable Resource Management
ENHS 650 Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management (3)
ENHS 651 Water Quality Management (3)
ENHS 664 Chemical Fate and Transport Modeling (3)
ENHS 681 Water and Waste Treatment/Management (3)
ENHS 702 Water and Wastewater Management/Treatment (3)
ENHS 754 Environmental Chemistry (3)
18 credits
Disaster Management
ENHS 650 Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management (3)
ENHS 668 Risk Communication (3)
ENHS 671 Terrorism: A Public Health Challenge (3)
ENHS 788 Environmental Health Preparedness and Response (3)
12 credits
Approved Electives
13-18 credits
Total 60 credits
Suggested Electives
ENHS 639 Radiological Health (2)
ENHS 659 Air Pollution (2)
ENHS 640 Elements of Environmental Health (2)
ENHS 647 Management of Natural Resources (3)
ENHS 667 Site Assessment and Operations (3)
ENHS 671 Terrorism: A Public Health Challenge (3)
ENHS 676 Environmental Ethics (3)
ENHS 703 Water Supply Treatment (3)
EHS 740 Field and Laboratory Applications (3)
ENHS 754 Environmental Chemistry (3)
ENHS xxx Environmental sampling, monitoring and data analysis (3)
XXXX xxx Psychosocial Aspects of Environmental Health Disasters (3)
ENHS 774-88 Case Studies in Environmental Health, Part 2: Hurricane Katrina (2)
SPHL 617 Field Assessment Methods in Complex Emergencies (2) | 
