Degree Requirements

MPH Student Handbook

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School-Wide Core Requirements (18 - 20 semester hours) Heading link

  • IPHS 401 – Determinants of Population Health (4 semester hours)
  • IPHS 403 – Public Health Systems, Policy and Management (4 semester hours)
  • IPHS 650 – Applied Practice Experience in Public Health (3 semester hours)
  • IPHS 698 – Integrative Learning Experience (1 semester hours)
  • IPHS 420 – Interprofessional Education (0 semester hours)

A total of six semester hours must be completed from the following courses:

  • IPHS 402 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health (onsite)  (6 semester hours)

or

  • IPHS 404 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health Part 1 (online)  (3 semester hours)
  • IPHS 405 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health Part 2 (online)  (3 semester hours)

Required Non-Credit Training Heading link

Divisional Core Requirements (6 semester hours) Heading link

  • EOHS 401 – Ethics and Justice in Environmental and Occupational Health (2 semester hours)
  • EOHS 402 – Systems Approaches in Environmental & Occupational Health (4 semester hours)

Electives Heading link

Students in a Comprehensive Program will select electives in conjunction with their advisor as necessary to reach the minimum of 43 semester hours credits. Professional Enhancement Program students must complete the number of electives necessary to bring total program hours to a minimum of 42 semester hours. Chosen electives must add depth to the student’s training in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and further the student’s attainment of the program competencies.

Concentrations Heading link

  • 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)

Select at least one Computing Skills Selective (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)
  • EOHS 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)

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 49 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 (25 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)

This concentration is only available to students in the Residency in Occupational Medicine program.

  • EOHS 406 – Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (3 semester hours)
  • EOHS 421 – Occupational Health and Safety Practice (2 semester hours)
  • EOHS 495 – Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Seminar (1 semester hour)
  • EOHS 502 – Environment, Toxicology, and Disease (4 semester hours)
  • EOHS 563 – Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (3 semester hours)
  • EOHS 571 – Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (3 semester hours)

Occupational Safety Core (24 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)

*NOTE: The Water Quality and Health MPH concentration is currently being eliminated pending UIC Board of Trustees approval and will not be accepting new students. Much of this coursework will continue to be offered as elective credits.

Divisional Core (13 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 501 – Exposure Assessment Strategies (3 semester hours)
  • EOHS 502 – Environment, Toxicology and Disease (4 semester hours)

Water Quality and Health Core (10 semester hours)

  • EOHS 411 – Water Quality Management (4 semester hours)
  • EOHS 418 – Water Quality Analysis in Public Health (2 semester hours)
  • EOHS 511 – Current Challenges in Water and Health (2 semester hours)
  • EOHS 553 – Global Environmental Health (2 semester hours)

Water Quality and Health Selective (select at least one course)

  • EOHS 440 – Chemistry for Environmental Professionals (3 semester hours)
  • EOHS 475 – Health Related Database Design and Analysis (4 semester hours)
  • EOHS 556 – Risk Assessment in Environmental and Occupational Health (3 semester hours)
  • EOHS 564 – Geographic Information System Application in Public Health (3 semester hours)
  • EPID 555 – Outbreak Investigations/Field Epidemiology Methods (credits vary)
  • CME 521 – Environmental Microbiology (4 semester hours)
  • UPP 461 – Geographic Information Systems for Planning (4 semester hours)