 | Requirements for Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) The mission of the MSPH program in Environmental Health Scences is to prepare students to recognize, evaluate, and control environmental health problems; use quantitative methods to evaluate environmental data; and to manage delivery of environmental health services. The student must meet all requirements for admission into the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. In addition: - Students entering this program will typically have a baccalaureate degree in a life or physical science, or engineering.
- Mid-career/professional students will typically have a scientific degree and three or more years experience as a health professional.
- A Graduate Records Exam (GRE, added scores verbally and quantitative sections) score of 1100 or higher is required.
- TOEFL exam scores may be needed as described in the general admissions requirements.
In addition to the School's academic standards, the department requires for graduation: - Successful completion of 45 hours (pre-professional program) of course work.
- Successful completion of a 200 hour practicum, practicum report, culminating experience, and thesis.
- Presentation of culminating experience findings in departmental seminar.
At the completion of the MSPH degree, the student will be able to: - Recognize, evaluate, and control environmental health problems (ENHS 603, ENHS 610, ENHS 660, ENHS 604, ENHS 656, ENHS 661, ENHS 640, ENHS 650, ENHS 651, ENHS 652, ENHS 653)
- Apply environmental health principles to solve public health problems (SPHL 601, SPHL 603, ENHS 610, ENHS 660, ENHS 762, ENHS 604, ENHS 631, ENHS 641, ENHS 650, ENHS 652, ENHS 656)
- Use quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate data (BIO 603, EPI 603, ENHS 762, ENHS 754, ENHS 766)
- Provide environmental health services (ENHS 603, ENHS 604, ENHS 640, ENHS 753, ENHS 750, ENHS 641)
- Interpret and evaluate research in environmental health (ENHS 786, ENHS 700, ENHS 631)
- Communicate environmental health concepts or concerns in writing or verbally to peer groups, environmental health practitioners, and the public (ENHS 668, ENHS 700, HSMG 603)
Specific competencies for students focusing in Toxicology and Risk Assesment: - Apply fundamental toxicology principles to elucidate mechanisms of actions in humans exposed to hazardous substances; (ENHS 660, ENHS 661)
- Conduct a quantitative human health risk assessment; (ENHS 762, ENHS 766)
- Develop chemical-specific standards to inform policy at local, state and national levels; (ENHS 762)
- Apply risk communication skills to inform communities of potential health risks from exposure to hazardous substances (ENHS 668)
Specific competencies for students focusing in Global Environmental Health: - Evaluate environmenal health concerns including water quality, waste management and resource sustainability using basic concepts of mitigation; (ENHS 604, ENHS 640, ENHS 650, ENHS 651, ENHS 603, ENHS 610)
- Perform fate and transport field and laboratory evaluation to assess the toxicity and the chemical, physical, and biological interactions to pollution;(ENHS 652, ENHS 656, ENHS 603, ENHS 740, ENHS 610, ENHS 754, ENHS 600, ENHS 663)
- Apply innovative techniques for water, wastewater and residuals management; (ENHS 641, ENHS 753, ENHS 651, ENHS 610, ENHS 754, ENHS 702, ENHS 667)
- Describe methods for assessment, prevention and control of biological, chemical and physical environmental health problems related to the rapid global industrialization; (ENHS 641, ENHS 753, ENHS 604, ENHS 603, ENHS 610, ENHS 766)
- Design technologies to providing safe food,water, and waste in developing countries with a focus on small communities (ENHS 641, ENHS 651, ENHS 753, ENHS 603, ENHS 640, ENHS 604, ENHS 610)
Elective Coursework: Students pursuing an MSPH in Environmental Health Sciences can choose to take elective coursework in either Toxicology and Risk Assessment or Global Environmental Health. The department also offers a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) with specialty coursework in Industrial Hygiene. For more information about these areas of interest, please contact Erica Geary at 504-988-7904 Course and Credit Requirements (total of 45 credits required) School Core Course Requirements (18 credits): | | SPHL 601: Biological Basis of Disease | 3 credits | | SPHL 603: Social & Behavioral Aspects of Global Health | 3 credits | | BIOS 603: Introductory Biostatistics | 3 credits | | EPID 603: Epidemiologic Methods I | 3 credits | | HSMG 603: Principles of Health Systems Administration and Management | 3 credits | | ENHS 603: Survey of Environmental Health | 3 credits | | EHS Departmental MSPH Core Course Requirements (10 credits): | | ENHS 660: Principles of Toxicology | 3 credits | | ENHS 762: Environmental Health Risk Assessment | 3 credits | | ENHS 610: Fundamentals of Environmental Contamination | 3 credits | | ENHS 700: Environmental Health Seminar | 1 credit | Electives (17 or more credit hours are required):
Students and advisors work together to select elective courses totaling 17 or more credit hours from the list below according to the student's area of interest, such as toxicology and risk assessment, industrial hygiene, and global environmental health sciences. Other EHS departmental courses and offerings from other department not listed here may be substituted as appropriate to meet educational objectives. | | Toxicology and Risk Assessment: | | ENHS 661: Toxicology of Environmental Agents | 3 credits | | ENHS 786: Genetic and Molecular Toxicology | 3 credits | | Global Environmental Health Sciences: Developing Countries (17 credits) | ENHS 604: Environmental Health for Developing Countries
| 3 credits | ENHS 640: Elements of Environmental Practices in Public Health
| 2 credits | | ENHS 641: Water and Sanitation Field Operations | 3 credits | ENHS 652: Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry
| 3 credits | ENHS 740: Field Applications of Environmental Health
| 3 credits | | ENHS 656: Environmental microbiology | 3 credits | | Global Environmental Health Sciences: Resource Management: (15 credits) | | ENHS 650: Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management
| 3 credits | ENHS 651: Water Quality Management
| 3 credits | ENHS 652: Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry
| 3 credits | ENHS 754: Environmental Chemistry
| 3 credits | ENHS 656: Environmental microbiology
| 3 credits | | Other electives (review EHS courses for full list): | | ENHS 692: Environmental Sampling, monitoring, and analysis in a disaster
| 3 credits | | | | ENHS 651: Water Quality Management | 3 credits | | ENHS 652: Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry | 3 credits | | ENHS 656: Environmental Microbiology | 3 credits | ENHS 753: Environmental Unit Operations
| 3 credits | ENHS 754: Environmental Chemistry
| 3 credits | ENHS 766: Health Assessment Data Analysis
| 3 credits | ENHS 786: Genetic and Molecular Toxicology
| 3 credits |
The practicum is designed to provide students with practice experience related to their field of study. The practicum is a minimum of 200 hours in an agency or other practice setting under the direction of a preceptor. A practicum report summarizes the field experiences. Click here to download practicum handbook.
Past examples of practicum opportunities in Environmental Health Sciences Include: - Chesterfield County Water Utilities in Richmond, VA; Diversity Internship Program for the Utilities
- Asian Institute of Technology, Padhumthani, Thailand
- Louisiana Office of Public Health, Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, New Orleans, Louisiana
- New Orleans Health Department, Asthma Program
- Tulane Environmental Health Sciences (CBRP)
- Saku Central Hospital, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Japan
- Ferrate Treatment Technologies, LLC, Orlando, Florida
- Sewerage and Water Board, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Tulane Institute for Water Resources and Policy
- US Forest Service, Boise national Incident Management Organization
- Department of Health and Hospitals, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Vail Salvation Army, Edwards, CO
- National Environmental Education Foundation, Washington, DC
- Waldemar S. Nelson & Co., New Orleans, LA
- Department of Health and Hospitals, Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology Section, New Orleans, Louisiana
Culminating Experience Requirements MPH students in Environmental Health Sciences are required to conduct a publich health analysis of in fulfillment of the culminating experience. The analysis can involve investigating a public health problem or proposing ways to conduct an intervention. upon completion, the student must present the findings during the departmental seminar in the last semester of studies. Download culminating experience handbook.
Students pursuing an MSPH in Environmental Health Sciences may choose to take specialty coursework in Global Environmental Health Sciences, Industrial Hygiene, or Toxicology and Risk Assessment. For more information about specialty coursework in any of these areas of interest, please contact Erica Geary at 504.988.5374. Sample Student Schedules Download a sample student schedule for the MSPH in Global Environmental Health Sciences: in either Resource Management HERE or Developing Countries HERE. Download a sample student schedule for the MSPH in Toxicology and Risk Assessment HERE.
For more information about the MSPH degree in Environmental Health Sciences, please contact Erica Geary at 504.988.5374. | | |
