Accelerated Master of Science (M.S.)
This accelerated M.S. degree program offers the opportunity to students who graduate with a B.S. degree from the Environmental Sciences major at the College of Natural Resources and the Environment, and the newly proposed undergraduate degree in Public Health, to complete the M.S. degree within one academic year plus an intervening summer. The student must have completed the entrance prerequisites of two years of chemistry, one year of physics, and one year of calculus. The student, in consultation with one's advisor, starts the environmental health program at the beginning of their junior or senior undergraduate year.
Typical Program of Study
Public Health Core Courses (9 credits)
- PUBHLTH 565 Environmental Health Practices
- PUBHLTH 540 Introduction to Biostatistics
- PUBHLTH 630 Principles of Epidemiology
Environmental Health Sciences Core Courses (9 credits)
- PUBHLTH 567 Environmental Compliance Regulations
- PUBHLTH 666 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology
- PUBHLTH 691B Graduate Seminar-Research Methods
M.S. Non Thesis Option and Culminating Experience
- 2 additional PUBHLTH courses selected in consultation with one's advisor
- Practice experience PUBHLTH 698 (0-6 credits)
Practice Experience Information & Forms - Written comprehensive examination
- Preparation of a poster for a professional society meeting
Elective Courses (21 credits from the following)
- PUBHLTH 562 Air Quality Assessment
- PUBHLTH 590A Contaminant Fate and Transport in Aquatic Systems
- PUBHLTH 592A Seminar - Bioaerosol Exposures (1 credit)
- PUBHLTH 667 Environmental and Occupational Health Toxicology II
- PUBHLTH 690B Environment and Infectious Disease
- PUBHLTH 690X Exposure Assessment in Environmental and Public Health
- PUBHLTH 791L Seminar -Advanced Toxicology
Courses from other departments
- ENTOMOL 585 Toxicology of Insecticides
- ENTOMOL 592 Chemicals and the Environment
- FOOD-SCI 785 Toxicology
Other Courses will be selected in consultation with one's advisor.
