Quick facts
Program location: CU Anschutz
Credit hours: 42-45
Program length: 2 years
Option: Emphasis in global health
MPH in Environment, Climate & Health
Train at the intersection of climate, environment and community well-being. This MPH program prepares you to tackle environmental and workplace health challenges in a rapidly changing world. Through a strong foundation in public health and specialized coursework, students have the opportunity to gain expertise in climate resilience and response, worker health and safety, or environmental risk assessment. Graduate ready to lead efforts that protect health in the environments where people live and work—now and into the future. This program will start enrolling students in summer/fall 2026.
Quick facts, careers, and skills
When you complete this program, you’ll be equipped with the skills to address urgent challenges from climate-related health risks to workplace safety and environmental exposures. Graduate ready to lead and make a lasting impact in the places people live and work.
Career paths
Climate and Health Resilience Coordinator
Total Worker Health Director
Environmental Epidemiologist
Community Air Protection Specialist
And more...
Skills you'll gain
Risk assessment
Policy analysis
How to build climate resilience
Translating research to practice
Curriculum
This 42–45 credit MPH program combines classroom instruction with applied learning to build the skills today’s public health professionals need. You’ll gain practical tools to address emerging environmental and workplace challenges including climate impacts, toxic exposures, and mental health while learning to think across systems and sectors.
To provide our students with a deeper understanding and background in specialized areas, our program has three areas of disciplinary depth that students may choose: Climate Resilience and Response, Risk Assessment, and Worker Health and Safety. Students are expected to choose at least 6 credits from their selected area of disciplinary depth.
Want a global perspective? Add a global public health emphasis to explore how environmental, climate, and occupational health issues play out on the world stage.
Total credits: 42
Competencies
| Identifier | Competencies | Course Where Competency is Addressed/Assessed |
| MPH-EHOH 1 | Use scientific evidence to evaluate the potential health effects of environmental, climate, or workplace exposures. | EHOH6616 |
| MPH-EHOH 2 | Identify the sources and routes of exposure to chemical, physical, biological, or psychosocial stressors in communities or workplaces. | EHOH6619 |
| MPH-EHOH 3 | Identify populations that face disproportionate risks from climate, environmental and workplace exposures and recommend strategies to build resilience and reduce harms in these populations. | EHOH6635 |
| MPH-EHOH 4 | Recommend interventions to improve the health, safety, or well-being of workers using theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence. | EHOH 6618 |
| MPH-EHOH 5 | Analyze the potential impacts of climate, environmental or workplace policies on human health, environmental sustainability and health equity. | EHOH 6618 |
| MPH-EHOH 6 | Communicate the impacts of environmental, climate or workplace hazards on human health using evidence-based strategies. | EHOH6635 |
Adding an emphasis in global health
The MPH in Environmental, Climate & Health + Global Health is a 45-credit-hour program that's designed to provide you with a public health perspective of globalization and global health issues. As a student in this program, you'll gain the skills you need to apply public health methods to address global challenges.
Total credits: 45
Colorado School of Public Health
CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building
13001 East 17th Place
3rd Floor
Mail Stop B119
Aurora, CO 80045
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