OEH Programs
Occupational and Environmental Health Master of Science Degree
Degree Description and Learner Competencies
This program aims to prepare graduate level students for professional careers in environmental and occupational health. The program targets baccalaureate degree students who have had strong undergraduate preparation in science including two semesters of chemistry, one semester of physics, and mathematics and calculus. Course work in biological science, microbiology, and computer programming is highly desirable. The degree requires a minimum of 38 semester hours and prepares students for career opportunities in local, state, or federal health agencies and in departments of industrial health and safety in commercial enterprises and academic institutions.
Graduates of the M.S. Occupational and Environmental Health will be able to:
- Describe the direct and indirect human, ecological, and safety effects of major environmental and occupational hazards and agents.
- Describe the general mechanisms of toxicity associated with the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of xenobiotics.
- Describe regulatory programs, guidelines, and authorities that seek to control environmental health or occupational health issues.
- Comprehend epidemiological principles that can be used to determine health outcomes associated with exposure to environmental or occupational hazards.
- Apply biostatistical methods for interpreting the significance of occupationally or environmentally derived data relative to an exposure or health outcome.
- Apply intervention and control approaches for assessing, preventing and controlling environmental and occupational hazards that impact human health and safety.
- Implement a research project relevant to the peer-reviewed literature in environmental or occupational health.
- Interpret orally and in writing the results and conclusions of a research project.