Degree Requirements
MS Student Handbook
School-Wide Core Requirements (22 semester hours) Heading link
- BSTT 400 – Biostatistics I (4 semester hours)
- EPID 403 – Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 520 – Foundations of Public Health (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 598 – Research in the Public Health Sciences – MS (minimum 12 semester hours)
Required Non-Credit Training Heading link
- Information Privacy & Security
- Human Subjects Research
- Title IX Training – Sexual Harassment
- SPH Academic Integrity Tutorial
Divisional Core Requirements (22 - 24 semester hours) Heading link
- EOHS 401 – Ethics and Justice in Environmental and Occupational Health (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 402 – Systems Approaches in Environmental and Occupational Health (4 semester hours)
- EOHS 440 – Chemistry for Environmental Professionals (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 495 – Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Seminar (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 501 – Exposure Assessment Strategies (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 502 – Environment, Toxicology, and Disease (4 semester hours)
- EOHS 556 – Risk Assessment in Environmental and Occupational Health (3 semester hours)
Computing Skills Selective – Select at least one of the following courses (2 – 4 semester hours)
- BSTT 494 – Intro to Data Analysis with R (4 semester hours)
- BSTT 568 – Programming and Simulation in R (2 semester hours)
- BSTT 594 – Big Data Analytics (3 semester hours)
- HPA 436 – GIS for Environmental and Public Health Professionals (4 semester hours)
- HPA 480 – Health Related Database Design and Analysis (4 semester hours)
- HPA 565 – Datamining Applications in Public Health (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 571 – Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (3 semester hours)
- EPID 406 – Epidemiologic Computing (3 semester hours)
- UPP 461 – Geographic Information Systems for Planning (4 semester hours)
Electives (as needed to bring the program total to 48 semester hours) Heading link
Students are advised to carefully select courses with their advisor to assure adequate background for MS research and to assure adequate depth in a specific area of the wide field of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences.
All students must complete a program minimum of 9 semester hours of coursework at the 500- level: not counting IPHS 598 Research Hours.
Optional Concentrations Heading link
Students may select from the following concentrations, or may build a general program of study within Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, in conjunction with their faculty advisor.
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About the Concentration
Students must complete the School-Wide Core Requirements and a sufficient number of the following courses as part of their divisional and elective choices as necessary to attain 53 semester hours of credit. In addition, students must adhere to the divisional requirements as stipulated for their individual program of study.
Students that complete the program in Industrial Hygiene reduce requirements to be a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH ®) and are eligible to become a Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP ®) upon graduation ahead of Certified Safety Professionals (CSP ®) certification. The Industrial Hygiene Program is accredited by the Applied and Natural Sciences Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org.
Industrial Hygiene Core (31 semester hours)
- EOHS 401 – Ethics and Justice in Environmental and Occupational Health (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 402 – Systems Approaches in Environmental and Occupational Health (4 semester hours)
- EOHS 421 – Occupational Health and Safety Practice (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 424 – Evaluation and Control of Radiation Exposures (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 425 – Evaluation and Control of Physical Agents (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 426 – Evaluation and Control of Airborne Contaminants (4 semester hours)
- EOHS 427 – Evaluation and Control of the Psychosocial Work Environment (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 495 – Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Seminar (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 501 – Exposure Assessment Strategies (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 502 – Environment, Toxicology, and Disease (4 semester hours)
- EOHS 556 – Risk Assessment in Environmental and Occupational Health (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 563 – Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (3 semester hours)
Additional Requirements
Trainees are required each year to:
- Attend all weekly Illinois ERC Interdisciplinary Seminars (EOHS 495) (held weekly throughout the academic year)
- Attend at least 3 hr of Occupational Medicine Clinic per semester
- Attend at least 4 Industrial Process Tours each year
- Participate actively in at least one Illinois ERC Targeted Research Training Team each semester
Trainees are required to complete once:
- Present an Industrial Process Talk (scheduled during the ERC Seminar)
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About the Concentration
Students must complete the School-Wide Core Requirements and a sufficient number of the following courses as part of their divisional and elective choices as necessary to attain 52 semester hours of credit. In addition, students must adhere to the divisional requirements as stipulated for their individual program of study.
Occupational Safety Core (30 semester hours)
- EOHS 401 – Ethics and Justice in Environmental and Occupational Health (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 402 – Systems Approaches in Environmental and Occupational Health (4 semester hours)
- EOHS 421 – Occupational Health and Safety Practice (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 424 – Evaluation and Control of Radiation Exposures (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 425 – Evaluation and Control of Physical Agents (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 427 – Evaluation and Control of the Psychosocial Work Environment (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 495 – Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Seminar (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 501 – Exposure Assessment Strategies (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 502 – Environment, Toxicology, and Disease (4 semester hours)
- EOHS 503 – Occupational Safety (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 504 – Occupational Ergonomics and Biomechanics (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 563 – Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 571 – Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (3 semester hours)
Additional Requirements
Trainees are required each year to:
- Attend all weekly Illinois ERC Interdisciplinary Seminars (EOHS 495) (held weekly throughout the academic year)
- Attend at least 3 hr of Occupational Medicine Clinic per semester
- Attend at least 4 Industrial Process Tours each year
- Participate actively in at least one Illinois ERC Targeted Research Training Team each semester
Trainees are required to complete once:
- Present an Industrial Process Talk (scheduled during the ERC Seminar)