Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences MS
Major: Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Degree Awarded: Master of Science (MS)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 45.0
Co-op Option: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 51.2202
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 19-2041
About the Program
Note - this program is currently not accepting students.
The Master of Science in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences equips students with the knowledge and skills to identify and answer important questions regarding influences of the physical environment on human health and to disseminate those findings. Students will undergo rigorous training in the research methods that are required to address key questions related to generating evidence on how the environment influences health with a focus on modifiable features of the environment that can be considered for policy interventions.
The program prepares students as independent researchers and deepens professional competencies required to occupy a leadership position in environmental and occupational health in government, academic, private industry, or a non-profit organization.
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
| Major Courses | ||
| BST 571 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 3.0 |
| EOH 510 | Principles and Practice of Environmental and Occupational Health * | 3.0 |
| EOH 605 | Evidence Evaluation for Identification of Environmental Hazards | 3.0 |
| EOH 610 | Environmental and Occupational Toxicology | 3.0 |
| EOH 612 | Environmental Exposure Science | 3.0 |
| EOH 625 | Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology | 3.0 |
| EOH 725 | Seminar in Environmental Epidemiology | 3.0 |
| EOH 799 | Master of Science Thesis Research in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences | 9.0 |
| EPI 561 | Pathophysiologic Basis of Epidemiologic Research | 3.0 |
| EPI 570 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3.0 |
| PBHL 501 | Introduction to Public Health ** | 0.0 |
| Electives *** | 9.0 | |
| Total Credits | 45.0 | |
- *
EOH 510 can be substituted with an elective with faculty mentor approval.
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Foundational Public Health Learning Objectives: PBHL 501 is only required for students who do not have a degree from a CEPH accredited school.
- ***
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
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BST 571 | 3.0 | EOH 610 | 3.0 | EOH 605 | 3.0 | VACATION | |
| EOH 510 | 3.0 | EPI 570 | 3.0 | EOH 612 | 3.0 | ||
| PBHL 501* | 0.0 | Electives | 3.0 | EOH 799 | 3.0 | ||
| Electives | 3.0 | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | ||||
| EOH 625 | 3.0 | EOH 725 | 3.0 | ||||
| EOH 799 | 3.0 | EOH 799 | 3.0 | ||||
| EPI 561 | 3.0 | Electives | 3.0 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Total Credits 45 | |||||||
- *
PBHL 501 is only required for students who do not have a degree from a CEPH accredited school.
Program Level Outcomes
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
- Evaluate epidemiologic methods used in occupational and environmental research and interpret findings
- Formulate testable hypotheses about critical knowledge and evidence gaps in environmental and occupational health
- Apply appropriate study designs, data collection strategies, and analytical methods to test scientific hypotheses
- Communicate research findings and evidence through scientific manuscripts, presentations, and other forms to both scientific and lay audiences