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Degree Requirements

MS Student Handbook

School-Wide Core Requirements (14-22 semester hours)

  • BSTT 400 – Biostatistics I (4 semester hours)
  • EPID 403 – Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods (3 semester hours)
  • IHPS 450 – Foundations and Determinants of Public Health (3 semester hours)

Choose one of the following:

  • IPHS 598 – Research in the Public Health Sciences – MS (0-16 semester hours)
  • EOHS 505 – Occupational Safety and Industrial Health Consulting (4 semester hours)

Required Non-Credit Training

Divisional Core Requirements (22 - 24 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 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 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)

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

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.