Center for Applied Environmental Public Health

Education Overview

Program Summary

42 credit hour Master of Public Health degree programs

• Occupational and Environmental Health
• Occupational Health and Safety Management
• Disaster Management

45 credit hour Master of Science in Public Health – Industrial Hygiene

Degrees may be completed in two and a half years (7 semesters; 6 credit hours each)

Certificate Programs:

• Disaster Management: 18 credit hours
• Industrial Hygiene: 12 credit hours

Students can continue to work full time in the public health field

Accreditation

Core Curriculum for Career MPH / MSPH

The core curriculum required by all the masters programs addresses the knowledge areas basic to the field of public health. The competency areas are determined by the accreditation boards for the Association of Schools of Public Health.

The core curriculum includes course work in: biostatistics, environmental health, management sciences, policy, public health medicine biology and the social and behavior sciences.Listing of Core Courses and Learning Objectives.

 
Areas of Concentration

The career MPH/MSPH allows the work professional to select from four areas in which they may focus their studies. The areas of concentration include: Industrial Hygiene, Occupational and Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Safety Management and Disaster Management.

Our certificate programs allow students to acquire much of the specialty course work.

Concentration Detail

Public Health Practicum

The practicum is an opportunity for students to integrate and apply the skills and knowledge that they have acquired through their coursework or prior experiences in a professional public health work environment. Students who are admitted to this distance learning program often have extensive experience that may be applied toward fulfilling this requirement. In such cases a practicum may be fulfilled by current or prior work experiences. In this event a waiver must be submitted that demonstrates the practicum waiver has been satisfied. A practicum typically requires a student to work a minimum of 200-400 hours in a relevant public health application situation.