Degree Requirements
Introduction
The Concentration in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology program requires a minimum of 96 semester hours of credit.
PhD students concentrating in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology concentration must complete all of the School of Public Health Core requirements for the PhD. Students in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology concentration are NOT required to take the Epidemiology Divisional Core requirements. Please refer to the UIC Course Catalog for full requirements.
PhD Student Handbook
School-Wide Core (14 semester hours)
- BSTT 400 – Biostatistics I (4 semester hours)*
- BSTT 401 – Biostatistics II (4 semester hours)*
- EPID 403 – Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 450 – Foundations and Determinants of Public Health (3 semester hours)*
*If not previously taken at the master’s level
Required Non-Credit Training
- Title IX Training – Sexual Harassment
- IPHS 421 – SPH Success
- SPH & UIC Policies Module
- Human Subjects Research
- SPH Academic Integrity Tutorial
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Concentration Courses (29-33 semester hours)
- EOHS 421 – Occupational Health and Safety Practice (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 495 – Environmental/Occupational Health Seminar (1 semester hour)
- EOHS 501 – Exposure Assessment Strategies (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 502 – Environment, Toxicology, and Disease (4 semester hours)
- EPID 500 – Applied Methods for the Analysis of Epidemiologic Data (4 semester hours)
- EPID/EOHS 530 – Current Topics in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
- EPID/EOHS 535 – Applied Methods in Occupational Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
- EPID/EOHS 536 – Applied Methods in Environmental Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
- EOHS 556 – Risk Assessment in Environmental and Occupational Health (3 semester hours)
- EPID/EOHS 571 -Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (3 semester hours)
Select one of the following three courses:
- EOHS/HPA 564 – Geographic Information System Application in Public Health (3 semester hours)
- UPP 461 – Geographic Information Systems for Planning and Policy (3-4 semester hours)
Dissertation (minimum 32 semester hours)
Dissertation Proposal : Required.
Dissertation: Required. Students must register for IPHS 599 for at least 32 semester hours.