With expertise in Environmental and Occupational Health, you can help communities stay healthy as they face the challenges of climate change, scarce water resources, industrialization, and contamination. Become part of the solution!
If you're interested in environmental health, protection of natural resources, and safety for workers and communities, consider a Minor in Environmental and Occupational Health. Prepare to make a difference!
The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is dedicated to promoting health and wellness of individuals and communities in the southwest and globally with an emphasis on achieving health equity through excellence in research, teaching, and service. Our Minor in Environmental and Occupational Health serves as an extension of our mission to promote health and social justice locally and globally. This minor will provide expertise in environmental and occupational health, so you can help communities stay healthy as they face the challenges of climate change, scarce water resources, industrialization, and contamination.
Public health professionals who specialize in environmental and occupational health implement and manage programs that protect communities and workers from health risks such as contaminates, hazardous living conditions, or toxic working conditions. They have a big impact on the health and wellness of many communities in Arizona and beyond. Become part of the solution!
The Environmental and Occupational Health minor is available to main campus students. A minimum of 18 units are required for the undergraduate minor in Environmental and Occupational Health. Note: students in the BS with a major in Public Health are not eligible to declare the EOH minor.
Core Requirements (complete 15 units):
- EPID 309: Introduction to Epidemiology - 3 units (prerequisite of MATH 112 or higher)
- EHS 375: Introduction to Environmental and Occupational Health - 3 units (prerequisite OR concurrent enrollment in EPID 309 required)
- EHS 418: Intro to Health Risk Assessment - 3 units
- EHS 439A: Outbreaks and Environmental Microbiology: Then to Now (3 units)
- Choose one course:
- EHS 425: Public Health Lens to Climate Change - 3 units; OR
- EHS 484: Fundamentals of Industrial and Environmental Health - 3 units
Electives (complete 3 units from below list):
- EHS 420: Environmentally Acquired Illnesses - 3 units
- HPS 409: Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) - 3 units
- HPS 401: Introduction to Mapping for Public Health - 3 units
- EHS 489: Public Health Preparedness- 3 units
- EHS 484: Fundamentals of Industrial & Environmental Health - 3 units
- EHS 426: Topics in Environmental Justice - 3 units
- EHS 422: Safety Fundamentals - 3 units
- EPID 411: Health and Disease Across Time and the World - 3 units
- HPS 459: Management of Public Health Emergencies - 3 units
Eligibility
2.0 GPA
Admission to the minor requires a minimum 2.0 GPA.
How to Declare the Minor
Step One
See the academic advising page to determine your academic advisor (determined by the student's campus and last name).
Step Two
Send your prospective advisor a brief statement of interest (approximately 300 words) on why you'd like to add the minor to your degree. Note: Admission into the minor does not guarantee entry into public health courses as course registration depends on meeting course pre-requisites and course availability. At the time of graduation, minor coursework GPA must be at least a 2.0.
