This option is offered within the following major(s):

• Public Health - College of Public Health and Human Sciences

The Environmental and Occupational Health graduate option of the MPH program focuses on understanding the impact of environmental and occupational hazards on human health and society, as well as developing effective interventions that will control and prevent exposure to hazards.

Option Code: 7582

MPH

• Identify and assess the major environmental and occupational health & safety hazards that impact public health.
• Communicate culturally appropriate strategies for preventing and controlling environmental and occupational health & safety hazards.
• Conduct ethical environmental and occupational health & safety applied research.
• Promote just practices by analyzing the relationships between business, policy, regulatory and social factors that influence environmental and occupational health practices.
• Apply environmental and occupational health & safety knowledge and skills in practical settings that reflect cultural sensitivity and reduce inequalities in vulnerable populations.
• Adhere to established environmental and occupational health & safety professional practices and ethical standards that value equity, inclusion, diversity and environmental justice.

PhD

• Demonstrate ability to anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control environmental and occupational safety and health hazards in diverse settings and populations.
• Design and conduct ethical research to better understand the effects of environmental and occupational health & safety hazards on human health and vulnerable populations including the use of culturally-appropriate study designs, data collection methods, appropriate use of statistical methods, interpretation of results, and publication of findings.
• Conceptualize environmental and occupational health & safety hazards in terms of their multi-disciplinary nature and ethical and ideological underpinnings including cultural, social, economic, environmental, behavioral, and legal factors.
• Apply professional skills that uphold standards of equity, inclusion, diversity and professional integrity and that allow for effective synthesis and communication of research questions and results, including working with and reviewing the work of others in a respectful and collegial manner.

Option Code: 7582