Environmental Health Sciences

Program | Faculty | Master's | Doctoral | Courses

Website: www.umass.edu/sphhs/ehs/

The Division of Environmental Health Sciences combines the public health sciences of biostatistics, environmental health, and epidemiology with natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Students are prepared to provide a quantitative approach to measure and monitor the effects of environmental stress on human health. Environmental Health Sciences professionals meet the public health needs of society by developing and applying the modern tools available in the public health sciences.

Admission Requirements for M.S. and M.P.H. Degree Programs

Applicants for admission to the Division of Environmental Health Sciences must meet the general admission requirements of the Graduate School, with an overall cumulative grade point average of 2.75 on a scale of 4.0. The department’s basic admission requirements are a grade point average of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0. Applicants should have completed undergraduate coursework in basic biology and chemistry.