Environmental Public Health
Employment of environmental scientists and specialists is projected to grow 11 percent from 2016 to 2026, faster than the average for all occupations. Heightened public interest in the hazards facing the environment, as well as increasing demands placed on the environment by population growth, are expected to spur demand for environmental scientists and specialists.*
Environmental Public Health focuses on the relationships between people and their environment. It promotes human health and well-being; and fosters healthy and safe communities. Environmental health is a key part of any comprehensive public health system.
The field works to advance policies and programs to reduce chemical and other environmental exposures in air, water, soil and food to protect people and provide communities with healthier environments.
Practitioners in the field also work towards strategies and education that prevent widespread transmission of communicable and other diseases.
This major has no special requirements. Any day student in good academic standing may enroll.
*View the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Environmental Scientists and Specialists (visited April 29, 2019).
Required Courses
| EPH2000 | Public Health in the United States | 3 cr. |
| EPH2010 | Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 3 cr. |
| EPH3000 | Environmental Health | 3 cr. |
| EPH3050 | Evaluation methods in Public Health | 3 cr. |
| GEOG1000 | Earth Systems Science OR | 3 cr. |
| GEOG2003 | Environmental Geology | |
| GEOG1100 | Principles of Human Geography | 3 cr. |
| GEOG OR POLS 3650 |
Environmental Policy | 3 cr. |
| GEOG3300 | Urban Geography | 3 cr. |
| GEOG4000 | Geographic Information Systems | 3 cr. |
| GEOG4500 | Remote Sensing of the Environment | 3 cr. |
| GEOG4900 | Independent study in Geography OR | 3 cr. |
| GEOG4940 | Internship in Geography |
Required Cognates
| BIOL1200 | A&P I | 4 cr. |
| BIOL1300 | A&P II | 4 cr. |
| BIOL2700 | Medical Microbiology | 4 cr. |
| EXSS2400 | Health Promotion OR | 3 cr. |
| NURS2300 | Health Assessment | |
| HIST2022 | Constructing History OR | 3 cr. |
| HIST2140 | Economic History OR | |
| HIST3710 | Urban America | |
| SOC2440 | Urban Sociology | 3 cr. |
| SOC2720 | Medical Sociology | 3 cr. |
| PHIL 2001 | Medical Ethics OR | 3 cr. |
| PHIL 2500 | Contemporary Ethical Problems OR | |
| PSY2350 | Abnormal Psychology | |
| PSY2665 | Health Psychology | 3 cr. |
Required LA&S
| CHEM1200 | Chemistry for Health Sciences | 4 cr. |
| GEOG2400 | Intro to Geospatial Technology | 3 cr. |
| EXSS1000 | Health and Fitness | 3 cr. |
| HIST2056 | Climate Change and Human History OR | 3 cr. |
| HIST2021 | Reading Historical Landscapes OR | |
| HIST2650 | Young America OR | |
| HIST3900 | Frontier in American History | 3 cr. |
| MATH1700 | Applied Statistics | 3 cr. |
| PSY1100 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 cr. |
| SOC1100 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 cr. |
| ECON1100 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 cr. |
| ECON2010 | Political Economy of Gender OR | 3 cr. |
| ECON2500 | Economic Development OR | |
| GEOG3000 | Geographic Economic System | |
| POLS1000 | US Government | 3 cr. |
| POLS3000 | Public Policy Analysis | 3 cr. |
