MSPH in Global Environmental Health Sciences Coursework Requirements (42 credits)* 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 prepared for the following responsibilities:
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 - To have students apply basic environmental health skills to the needs of developing countries.
- To prepare students to utilize scientific principles and appropriate methodology for assessment, prevention and control of environmental health problems that occur as Third World countries move towards a more industrialized based.
Course Requirements
Public Health Core BIOS 603 Introductory Biostatics (3) EPID 603 Epidemiologic Methods (3) HSMG 603 Principles of HSM (3) SPHL 603 Population Behavior (3) ENHS 603 Survey of Environmental Health (3) SPHL 601 Intro to Human Health and Diseases (3)
Subtotal 18
Specialty Track Requirements
Subtotal 8
Global Environmental Health
- ENHS 604 International Environmental Health (3)
- ENHS 641 Water and Sanitation Field Operations (3)
- ENHS 656 Environmental Microbiology (3)
Sustainable Resource Management
- ENHS 650 Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management (3)
- ENHS 651 Water Quality Management (3)
- ENHS 681 Water and Waste Treatment/Management (3)
Disaster Management
- ENHS 668 Risk Communication (3)
- ENHS 671 Terrorism: A Public Health Challenge (3)
- ENHS 788 Environmental Health Preparedness and Response (3)
Approved Electives (7) Total 42
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)
* the MSPH and MPH degrees will differ in the selection of the electives—with the MPH directed towards practice based coursework | 
