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 571Introduction to Biostatistics3.0
EPI 570Introduction to Epidemiology3.0
HMP 505Qualitative Data and Mixed Methods Analysis3.0
PBHL 510Public Health Foundations and Systems I4.0
PBHL 511Public Health Foundations and Systems II4.0
Major Courses
EOH 510Principles and Practice of Environmental and Occupational Health3.0
EOH 610Environmental and Occupational Toxicology3.0
EOH 612Environmental Exposure Science3.0
EOH 615Environmental and Occupational Health Policy3.0
Applied Practical Experience
PBHL 500Practical Experience for the Master of Public Health0.0
Integrative Learning Experience
EOH 750Integrative Learning Experience: Environmental and Occupational Health I3.0
EOH 751Integrative Learning Experience: Environmental and Occupational Health II3.0
Electives *21.0
Total Credits56.0
*

Students choose from any BST, CHP, EOH, EPI, HMP, or PBHL course from the 500-999 level. 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

   SummerCredits
   BST 5713.0
   EPI 5703.0
   PBHL 5104.0
   PBHL 5114.0
    14
First Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCredits 
EOH 5103.0EOH 6103.0EOH 6123.0 
HMP 5053.0EOH 7503.0EOH 6153.0 
PBHL 5000.0Electives9.0EOH 7513.0 
Electives9.0 Electives3.0 
 15 15 12 
Total Credits 56

18-Month (5 Quarter) Full-Time

First Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BST 5713.0EOH 6103.0EOH 6123.0PBHL 5000.0
EOH 5103.0EPI 5703.0EOH 6153.0 
PBHL 5104.0PBHL 5114.0HMP 5053.0 
 Electives3.0Electives3.0 
 10 13 12 0
Second Year
FallCreditsWinterCredits  
EOH 7503.0EOH 7513.0  
Electives9.0Electives6.0  
 12 9  
Total Credits 56

21-Month (6 Quarter) Full-Time

First Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BST 5713.0EOH 6103.0EOH 6123.0PBHL 5000.0
EOH 5103.0EPI 5703.0EOH 6153.0 
PBHL 5104.0PBHL 5114.0HMP 5053.0 
 10 10 9 0
Second Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCredits 
Electives9.0EOH 7503.0EOH 7513.0 
 Electives6.0Electives6.0 
 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 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, asset, 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 issue in a format other than standard narrative
  • 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