Environmental & Occupational Health MPH
Major: Environmental and Occupational Health
Degree Awarded: Master of Public Health (MPH)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 56.0
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 and Occupational Health program learn how to assess environmental and occupational exposures and understand their health consequences. Students may work alongside faculty to investigate the environmental determinants of health, such as air and water pollutants, infectious agents, and the changing climate. Students will learn how to make the built environment healthier, to promote health and prevent injuries in the workplace, to enhance air and water quality, to ensure safe food and consumer products, and to prepare for public health emergencies around the globe. Practitioners in this field apply environmental and occupational health principles to promote health and equity among populations in community and workplace settings.
Additional Information
For more information about this program, please contact:
DSPH Academic Advising Team
Office of Education
dsphadvising@drexel.edu
Additional information can be found on the Dornsife School of Public Health website, including admissions criteria and how to apply.
Degree Requirements
| Core Courses | ||
| BST 571 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 3.0 |
| EPI 570 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3.0 |
| HMP 505 | Qualitative Data and Mixed Methods Analysis | 3.0 |
| PBHL 510 | Public Health Foundations and Systems I | 4.0 |
| PBHL 511 | Public Health Foundations and Systems II | 4.0 |
| Major Courses | ||
| EOH 510 | Principles and Practice of Environmental and Occupational Health | 3.0 |
| EOH 610 | Environmental and Occupational Toxicology | 3.0 |
| EOH 612 | Environmental Exposure Science | 3.0 |
| EOH 615 | Environmental and Occupational Health Policy | 3.0 |
| Applied Practical Experience | ||
| PBHL 500 | Practical Experience for the Master of Public Health | 0.0 |
| Integrative Learning Experience | ||
| EOH 750 | Integrative Learning Experience: Environmental and Occupational Health I | 3.0 |
| EOH 751 | Integrative Learning Experience: Environmental and Occupational Health II | 3.0 |
| Electives * | ||
| Select from the list below: | 21.0 | |
Any BST (Biostatistics) 500-999 level course | ||
Any CHP (Community Health and Prevention) 500-999 level course | ||
Any EOH (Environmental and Occupational Health) 500-999 level course | ||
Any EPI (Epidemiology) 500-999 level course | ||
Any HMP (Health Management and Policy) 500-999 level course | ||
Any PBHL (Public Health) 500-999 level course | ||
| Total Credits | 56.0 | |
- *
Students can take additional 500-level or above electives across the university as long as they meet prerequisite and restriction requirements. Students can contact their faculty mentor to discuss elective options.
Students may be able to use elective credits to further focus their academic work by completing a graduate minor or 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.
Sample Plan of Study
12-Month (4 Quarter) Full-Time
| Summer | Credits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BST 571 | 3.0 | ||||||
| EPI 570 | 3.0 | ||||||
| PBHL 510 | 4.0 | ||||||
| PBHL 511 | 4.0 | ||||||
| 14 | |||||||
| First Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| EOH 510 | 3.0 | EOH 610 | 3.0 | EOH 612 | 3.0 | ||
| HMP 505 | 3.0 | EOH 750 | 3.0 | EOH 615 | 3.0 | ||
| PBHL 500 | 0.0 | Electives | 9.0 | EOH 751 | 3.0 | ||
| Electives | 9.0 | Electives | 3.0 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 12 | |||||
| Total Credits 56 | |||||||
18-Month (5 Quarter) Full-Time
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BST 571 | 3.0 | EOH 610 | 3.0 | EOH 612 | 3.0 | PBHL 500 | 0.0 |
| EOH 510 | 3.0 | EPI 570 | 3.0 | EOH 615 | 3.0 | ||
| PBHL 510 | 4.0 | PBHL 511 | 4.0 | HMP 505 | 3.0 | ||
| Electives | 3.0 | Electives | 3.0 | ||||
| 10 | 13 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | ||||
| EOH 750 | 3.0 | EOH 751 | 3.0 | ||||
| Electives | 9.0 | Electives | 6.0 | ||||
| 12 | 9 | ||||||
| Total Credits 56 | |||||||
21-Month (6 Quarter) Full-Time
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BST 571 | 3.0 | EOH 610 | 3.0 | EOH 612 | 3.0 | PBHL 500 | 0.0 |
| EOH 510 | 3.0 | EPI 570 | 3.0 | EOH 615 | 3.0 | ||
| PBHL 510 | 4.0 | PBHL 511 | 4.0 | HMP 505 | 3.0 | ||
| 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| Electives | 9.0 | EOH 750 | 3.0 | EOH 751 | 3.0 | ||
| Electives | 6.0 | Electives | 6.0 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Total Credits 56 | |||||||
Program Level Outcomes
Foundational Competencies
- 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 relevant communities and individuals 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 public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation to a non-academic, non-peer audience with attention to factors such as literacy and health literacy
- Describe the importance of cultural humility 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
Major Competencies
- Assess pathways of human exposure to hazardous agents and stressors in the environment and workplace
- Investigate and synthesize research on hazardous agents and their impacts on human health effects, including how individual and population factors affect vulnerability
- Select and apply appropriate quantitative risk assessment methods
- 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
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