Environmental Health Sciences MPH

Degree Awarded: Master of Public Health (MPH)
Minimum Required Credits: 42.0
Co-op Option: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 51.2202
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 19-2041

About the Program

Students in the Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) program learn the skills needed to protect vulnerable populations from today’s environmental public health challenges. These challenges include global climate change, air and water pollution, food safety and security, worker health and safety, and the threat of emerging infectious diseases. The MPH in EHS prepares students to assess exposure to environmental hazards, understand their health consequences, and develop strategies to prevent harm to human health in an equitable way. 

After completing the degree program, graduates will be able to apply their knowledge and skills to make the ambient and built environments healthier, promote health and prevent illnesses and injuries in the workplace, ensure safe food and consumer products, and prepare for public health emergencies around the globe. Graduates work in government, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector. 

Additional Information

For more information about this program, please contact the Dornsife School of Public Health 

Admission Requirements

Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health admissions requirements can be found at: https://drexel.edu/dornsife/admissions/overview/

Degree Requirements

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Foundational Public Health Knowledge: Public Health Foundations is only required for students who do not have a degree from a CEPH accredited school. Students who have a degree from a CEPH accredited school will take an elective in place of Public Health Foundations.  

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Students can take additional 5000-9999 level electives across the university with Program Director approval.

Students may be able to use elective credits to further focus their academic work by coupling a DSPH graduate certificate. Students must have enough applicable elective credits to complete the certificate program without going beyond the required credits for the program. Students can contact their academic advisor for more information.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Apply epidemiological methods to settings and situations in public health practice  
• Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context  
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming, and software, as appropriate 
• Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy, or practice
• Compare the organization, structure, and function of health care, public health, and regulatory systems across national and international settings
• Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities, and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and systemic levels  
• Assess population needs, assets, and capacities that affect communities’ health  
• Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design, implementation, or critique of public health policies or programs 
• Design a population-based policy, program, project, or intervention  
• Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management  
• Select methods to evaluate public health programs  
• Discuss the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence  
• Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes  
• Advocate for political, social, or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
• Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity 
• Apply leadership and/or management principles to address a relevant issue  
• Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges  
• Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors  
• Communicate audience-appropriate (i.e., non-academic, non-peer audience) public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation 
• Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content  
• Integrate perspectives from other sectors and/or professions to promote and advance population health  
• Apply a systems thinking tool to visually represent a public health issue in a format other than standard narrative  
• Assess human exposure to hazardous agents and stressors in the environment and workplace 
• Investigate and synthesize evidence on hazardous agents and their impacts on human health effects, including how individual and population factors affect vulnerability 
• Select and apply appropriate quantitative methods to assess risk from environmental hazards 
• Recommend strategies for preventing, controlling, and managing risks from environmental and occupational hazards 
• Analyze environmental and occupational health policies in relation to environmental justice, equity, and efficacy