MSPH in Industrial Hygiene Requirements

Program Objectives
At the completion of the program, the student will be able to:

• Use basic scientific and engineering principles to anticipate and identify potential hazards in the workplace;
• Apply the methods and techniques of analytical chemistry and other measurement sciences to quantify the degree of hazard of identified occupational health stressors;
• Interpret toxicology literature and health data and incorporate these into the management of occupational health hazards;
• Apply principles of engineering in the design of appropriate controls for workplace hazards, with emphasis on general and local exhaust ventilation; 
• Select, evaluate, and manage the use of appropriate types of personal protective equipment for control of worker exposures;
• Utilize critical thinking in the development, management, and evaluation of industrial hygiene programs;
• Communicate to labor, management, and the community, verbally and in writing, the nature, risks, and remediation of workplace and environmental hazards;
• Interpret and assure compliance with applicable government regulations and standards pertaining to occupational safety and health.

Admission

Candidates for admission into the industrial hygiene degree program shall hold a baccalaureate degree based on a minimum of 120 semester hours or the equivalent that shall include 60 or more credits in undergraduate or graduate level courses in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology, with at least 15 of those at the upper (junior, senior, or graduate) level.

This program is accredited by the Applied Science Accreditation Committee of the American Board of Engineering and Technology.


Course Requirements

Public Health Core

• SPHL 601 Biological Basis of Disease (3)
• SPHL 603 Social and Behavioral Aspects of Global Health (3) 
  or
  *ENHS 669 Behavioral Aspects of Health and Safety (3)
• EPID 603 Epidemiologic Methods (3)
• ^§ENHS 654 Occupational Health (2)
  or
  *ENHS 720 Principles of Occupational Health (3)
• BIOS 603 Introductory Biostatistics (3)
• HSMG 603 Principles of Health Systems Administration and Management (3)
  
  Subtotal 17-18 credits

Program Requirements

• ENHS 639 Radiological Health (2)
• ^§ENHS 657 Institutional Environmental Health and Safety (2)
  or
  ENHS 670 Principles of Safety (3)
• ENHS 659 Air Pollution (2)
• ENHS 660 Principles of Toxicology (3)
• ENHS 662 Physical Agents & Ergonomic Hazards on the Workplace (3)
• ENHS 672 Principles of Industrial Hygiene (3)
• ENHS 700 Environmental Health Seminar (0-1)
• ENHS 711 Industrial Ventilation & Hazard Control (2)
• ENHS 750 Air Sampling and Analysis (3)
  
  Subtotal 20-22 credits

Electives (2-5)

Total 42 credits

Suggested Electives

ENHS 603 Survey of Environmental Health (3)
^§ENHS 650 Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management (3)
^§ENHS 667 Hazardous Site Assessment/Operations (3)
^§ENHS 671 Terrorism: A Public Health Challenge (3)
^§ENHS 705 Field Trips in Industrial Hygiene (1)
^§ENHS 714 Industrial Hygiene Aspects of Plant Operations (2)
ENHS 721 Occupational (OSHA) Regulations (1)
*ENHS 725 Current Issues in Industrial Hygiene and Safety (3)
ENHS 762 Health Risk Assessment (3)

^§ on-campus course only
* distance learning course only