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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®.

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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.

Quick facts

Program location: CU Anschutz
Credit hours: 42-45
Est. time to complete: 2 years
Option: Emphasis in global health

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 66013
Epidemiology EPID 66303
Environmental & Occupational HealthEHOH 66143
Social & Behavioral Factors & HealthCBHS 66103
Health Systems, Management & PolicyHSMP 66013
Foundations in Public HealthPUBH 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 following seven options:
Environmental & Occupational Toxicology
EHOH 66163
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 66363
Climate Change & Health
EHOH 6635
3
Communication Skills Public Health Impact
EHOH 6638
3
  12

 

Course requirement

Course ID

Credits

Electives

 

9

 

Course requirement

Course ID

Credits

Practicum

PUBH 6606

2

 

 

Course requirement  Course ID
 Credits
Capstone Preparation EHOH 69901
Capstone Integration PUBH 69911
  2

 

Total credits: 42

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Competencies

IdentifierCompetencies
MPH-EHOH 1Apply appropriate monitoring methods to environmental and occupational health problems.
MPH-EHOH 2Describe the movement of agents in the environment and related risks for human disease as well as the quality of air, water, and soil.
MPH-EHOH 3Analyze important current environmental health problems and variations in health risks across the national or global landscape.
MPH-EHOH 4Define the principles of resilience and apply these principles in the development of solutions to environmental or occupational health problems.
MPH-EHOH 5Apply basic skills in geographic information systems (GIS) technology in the evaluation of environmental health problems.
MPH-EHOH 6Apply theoretical frameworks or empirical evidence to inform or recommend interventions to improve the health, safety, and well-being of workers.
MPH-EHOH 7Identify the uses of environmental measurements or biomarkers in evaluating exposures, health effects and susceptibility to environmental and occupational disease.
MPH-EHOH 8Define the scientific characteristics, such as exposure or mode of action, of major biological, chemical, or physical hazards that result in human health risk.
MPH-EHOH 9Examine the policy framework that shapes environmental health at the federal, state or local levels and the historic and current decision-making processes that inform this framework.
MPH-EHOH 10Describe historical and contemporary drivers of environmental or occupational health inequities.
MPH-EHOH 11Recommend strategies to advance environmental justice.

 


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.​

Core global health courses (4 credits)

Course requirementCourse IDCredits
​Public Health in the Global Community​CBHS 6619​3
​Geographic Perspectives on Global Health​EHOH 6623​1
  4

Global health electives (8 credits)

Course requirementCourse IDCredits

Global public health electives
Choose 3-5 credits from the global public health electives list.

 3-5

Global environmental & occupational health electives

Choose 3-5 credits from the following:

 3-5
GIS for Public Health Research and PracticeEHOH 66213
Public Health Emergency PreparednessEHOH 66223
Infectious Disease, Environmental ContextsEHOH 66243
International Disasters & Global HumanitarianismEHOH 66253
Water Quality and Public HealthEHOH 66273
Health Protection/Promotion in the WorkplaceEHOH 66283
Climate Change and HealthEHOH 66353
Occupational Safety and ErgonomicsEHOH 66363
Disaster Mental Health: International and Domestic PerspectivesEHOH 66423
  8

 

Total credits: 45

Download the curriculum checksheet (global health emphasis) >

View the course book and course schedule >

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13001 East 17th Place

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Mail Stop B119

Aurora, CO 80045


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