Program of Study: MPH in Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Program Requirements
The credits required for your degree are listed below. All MPH students must complete 21 credits of MPH Core courses, 12 credits of Environmental Health Sciences courses, nine (9) credits of MPH elective courses, and three (3) credits of the Culminating Experience. Students must complete the majority of their course work before they can begin the Culminating Experience.
Transfer Courses
A maximum of six (9) credits may be approved for program of study transfer credit from other accredited graduate schools. Please refer to the GPPH Student Handbook for specific information and guidelines regarding the award of transfer credit.
Courses
| MPH Core Courses |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| BIOS 5200 |
Principals of Biostatistics |
3 |
| CHSC 5200 |
Health Behavior & Risk Reduction |
3 |
| CHSC 5201 |
Introduction to Public Health Theory & Practice |
3 |
| EOHS 5200 |
Issues in Environmental Health |
3 |
| EPID 5200 |
Principles of Epidemiology |
3 |
| HPMG 5200 |
Principles of Health Systems Management |
3 |
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| Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Track |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| EOHS 5201 |
Introduction to Management, Policy, Law |
3 |
| EOHS 5202 |
Occupational Health |
3 |
| EOHS 5203 |
Built Environment & Public Health |
3 |
| EOHS 5204 |
Environmental Health (This course is counted as a Core course for Students in the EOHS track) |
3 |
| EOHS 5205 |
Risk Assessment and Communication |
3 |
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| Non-Health Professional Student Requirement * |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| PUBH 5102 |
Health Care Across the Lifespan |
3 |
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| Professional Development Course (s) ** |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| PUBH 5100 |
Writing with Power |
2 |
| PUBH 5101 |
Mastering Math |
1 |
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| Electives |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| EOHS 5300 |
Injury and Violence Prevention |
3 |
| EOHS 5301 |
Principles of Industrial Hygiene |
3 |
| EOHS 5302 |
Women, Health and the Environment |
3 |
| EOHS 5303 |
Health Effects of Air Pollutants |
3 |
| EOHS 5310 |
Independent Study |
1–3 |
| EOHS 7204 |
Organization of Work, Occupational Stress, and Health |
3 |
| EOHS 7304 |
GIS and Public Health |
3 |
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| Culminating Experience and Independent Study |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| PUBH 6000 |
Culminating Experience Planning Seminar |
1 |
| PUBH 6001 |
Culminating Experience |
2 |
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Total Credits Required: (including
the Culminating Experience) |
42 |
* MD/MPH students are waived from the non-health professional student requirements
** Final grade to be assigned is pass/fail
