Public Health: Environmental/Occupational Health

Public Health: Environmental/Occupational Health

BS

Hours	55 Credit Hours
MAP	Major Academic Plan

Program Requirements

requirement 1 Complete 16 courses

CHEM 105 - (Not currently offered)

CHEM 106 - (Not currently offered)

CHEM 107 - General College Chemistry Laboratory 1.0

HLTH 100 - Introduction to Public Health 1.0

HLTH 310 - Chronic Diseases: Prevention and Control 3.0

HLTH 311 - Infectious Diseases: Prevention and Control 3.0

HLTH 322 - Environmental Health 3.0

HLTH 324 - Occupational Health and Safety 3.0

HLTH 330 - Principles and Practices of Health Promotion 3.0

HLTH 345 - Principles of Epidemiology 3.0

HLTH 420 - Injury and Violence Prevention 3.0

HLTH 426 - Fundamentals of Toxicology 3.0

HLTH 428 - (Not currently offered)

MATH 110 - College Algebra 3.0

MMBIO 221 - General Microbiology 3.0

MMBIO 222 - General Microbiology Laboratory 1.0

requirement 2 Complete 12.0 hours from the following course(s)

Note: If Hlth 496R is chosen, the student must first complete Hlth 100, 310, 311, 322, 324, 330, 345, and 420 with a C- grade or higher.

CHEM 223 - Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis 4.0

CHEM 285 - Introductory Bio-organic Chemistry 4.0

GEOG 101 - Global Environment: Understanding Physical Geography 3.0

GEOG 212 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3.0

GEOG 303 - Biogeography 3.0

HLTH 422 - Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness 3.0

HLTH 481 - Applied International Health 3.0v

HLTH 491R - Mentored Research 3.0v

You may take up to 3 credit hours.

HLTH 492R - Directed Public Health Readings 3.0v

You may take up to 3 credit hours.

HLTH 496R - Academic Internship 9.0v

You may take this course up to 3 times.

MMBIO 261 - Infection and Immunity 3.0

MMBIO 418 - (Not currently offered)

MMBIO 465 - Virology 3.0

NDFS 361 - Food Microbiology 3.0

PDBIO 305 - Human Physiology 4.0

PDBIO 365 - Pathophysiology 4.0

PWS 150 - Environmental Biology 3.0

Recommended

ENGL 315 - Writing in the Social Sciences 3.0

ENGL 316 - Technical Communication 3.0

STAT 121 - Principles of Statistics 3.0

Program Outcomes

Environmental/Occupational Hazards Assessment

Assess the various biological, chemical, and physical hazards of the ambient, indoor, and work environment that can adversely affect human health.

Environmental/Occupational Health Interventions

Anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control environmental and occupational hazards.

Environmental/Occupational Moral Code and Ethics

Apply moral and ethical principles as they apply to the science of Environmental/Occupational theory and practice.