Quick facts
Program location: CU Anschutz
Credit hours: 42-45
Est. time to complete: 2 years
Option: Emphasis in global health
MPH in Environmental & Occupational Health
As a student in this program, you’ll learn how to characterize the human health effects of environmental and occupational hazards and the populations that are most vulnerable to those exposures. In the Department of Environmental & Occupational
Health, we think about the ways that public health professionals can intervene to improve the environment where people live, work, and play. As part of our department, you’ll have access to faculty with a wide range of expertise—from climate
change and disaster preparedness to oil and gas activity to Total Worker Health®.
Quick facts, careers, and skills
When you leave this program, you'll have the skills you need to help solve urgent environmental and worker health and safety issues.
Sample careers
Environmental epidemiologist
Laboratory safety manager
Worksite wellness coordinator
& more
Skills you'll gain
Data management
Geospatial analysis
Translating research to practice
& more
Curriculum
This 42- to 45-credit hour program offers both in-classroom and applied learning experiences. Our curriculum prepares you to address emerging issues by thinking across boundaries to come up with complex solutions. You’ll also learn how to involve communities in addressing unequal distribution of hazards and advocating for justice, cleanliness, and safety. And if your interests are bigger than one country can contain, we offer the option to add an emphasis in global public health, where you’ll learn how to apply environmental and occupational health principles in the global arena.
| Course requirement | Course ID | Credits |
| Applied Biostatistics I | BIOS 6601 | 3 |
| Epidemiology | EPID 6630 | 3 |
| Environmental & Occupational Health | EHOH 6614 | 3 |
| Social & Behavioral Factors & Health | CBHS 6610 | 3 |
| Health Systems Management Policy | HSMP 6601 | 3 |
| Foundations in Public Health | PUBH 6600 | 2 |
| 17 |
| Course requirement | Course ID | Credits |
| Environmental Health Policy & Practice | EHOH 6618 | 3 |
| Environmental Exposure & Health Effects | EHOH 6619 | 3 |
| Choose two of the seven options: | ||
| Environmental & Occupational Toxicology | EHOH 6616 | 3 |
| Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology | EHOH 6617 | 3 |
| Risk Assessment & Decision Making | EHOH 6620 | 3 |
| Health Protection/Promotion in the Workplace | EHOH 6628 | 3 |
| Intro to Occupational Safety & Ergonomics | EHOH 6629/EHOH 6636 | 2/3 |
| Climate Change & Health | EHOH 6635 | 3 |
| Communication Skills Public Health Impact | EHOH 6638 | 3 |
| 26/27 | ||
Course requirement | Course ID | Credits |
|---|---|---|
Electives | 9 |
Course requirement | Course ID | Credits |
|---|---|---|
Practicum | PUBH 6606 | 2 |
| Course requirement | Course ID | Credits |
| Capstone Preparation-HSMP | EHOH 6690 | 1 |
| Capstone Integration | PUBH 6991 | 1 |
| 2 |
Total credits: 42
Competencies
| Identifier | Competencies |
| MPH-EHOH 1 | Specify appropriate monitoring and other field methods for addressing environmental and occupational health problems. |
| MPH-EHOH 2 | Describe the dynamics of ecosystems and how they affect the movement of toxic agents in the environment and mediate related risks for human disease as well as the quality of aire, water, and soil. |
| MPH-EHOH 3 | Describe important current and emerging environmental health problems and variations in health risks across the global landscape. |
| MPH-EHOH 4 | Define the principles of sustainability and apply these principles in the development of solutions to environmental and occupational health problems. |
| MPH-EHOH 5 | Apply basic skills in geographic information systems (GIS) technology in the evaluation of environmental health problems. |
| MPH-EHOH 6 | Apply theoretical frameworks or empirical evidence to recommend environmental and policy interventions to improve the health, safety, and well-being of workers. |
| MPH-EHOH 7 | Identify the uses of biomarkers in evaluating exposures, health effects and susceptibility to environmental and occupational disease. |
| MPH-EHOH 8 | Explain the scientific characteristics, including exposure and mode of action, of major biological, chemical, physical hazards that result in human health risk. |
| MPH-EHOH 9 | Describe the policy framework that shapes environmental health at the federal, state and local levels and the historic and current decision-making processes that inform this framework. |
Adding an emphasis in global health
The MPH in Environmental & Occupational 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.
| Identifier | Competencies |
| MPH-GLH 1 | Describe contemporary and historic global health issues, programs, best practices and players. |
| MPH-GLH 2 | Critically analyse the political, economic and ethical issues relevant to methods and contemporary issues in global health. |
| MPH-GLH 3 | Recommend data collection methods in a global context, taking into account unique resources and cultural aspects of the geographic setting. |
| MPH-GLH 4 | Apply concepts of global burden of disease, especially disability-adjusted life years, across national and international settings to address health challenges. |
| MPH-GLH 5 | Describe the geographic differences and connections between regions around the world and how they affect health. |
| Course requirement | Course ID | Credits |
| Public Health in the Global Community | CBHS 6619 | 3 |
| Geographic Perspectives on Global Health | EHOH 6623 | 1 |
| 4 | ||
| Global Public Health Electives | 3-5 |
Total credits: 45
Colorado School of Public Health
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