A minor in Environmental Health will benefit students majoring in a variety of biosciences who are interested in career options in public health, private sector environmental health and safety, sustainability, or graduate school.
Effective Fall 2017
Students must satisfactorily complete the total credits required for the minor. Minors and interdisciplinary minors require 12 or more upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Required Core Courses | ||
ERHS 220 | Environmental Health | 3 |
ERHS 320 | Environmental Health - Water and Food Safety | 3 |
Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
Principles of Epidemiology | ||
Environmental Toxicology | ||
ERHS Courses (Select 6 credits not previously taken from the following): | 6 | |
Environmental Health Field Methods | ||
Principles of Epidemiology | ||
Industrial Hygiene and Air | ||
Fundamentals of Ergonomics | ||
Environmental Health and Waste Management | ||
Human Disease and the Environment | ||
Environmental Toxicology | ||
Environmental Contaminants: Exposure and Fate | ||
Introduction to Radiation Biology | ||
Department Electives List (Select 6 credits not previously taken – see list below) | 6 | |
Program Total Credits: | 21 |
Department Electives List
Code | Title | Credits |
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BMS 360 | Fundamentals of Physiology | 4 |
BMS 430 | Endocrinology | 3 |
BMS 460 | Essentials of Pathophysiology | 3 |
BSPM 302 | Applied and General Entomology | 2 |
BSPM 310 | Understanding Pesticides | 3 |
BSPM 462/BZ 462/MIP 462 | Parasitology and Vector Biology | 5 |
BZ 310 | Cell Biology | 4 |
BZ 350 | Molecular and General Genetics | 4 |
CIVE 423 | Groundwater Engineering | 3 |
CIVE 425 | Soil and Water Engineering | 3 |
CIVE 437 | Wastewater Treatment Facility Design | 3 |
CIVE 438 | Environmental Engineering Concepts | 3 |
CIVE 439/CBE 439 | Environmental Engineering Chemical Concepts | 3 |
CIVE 440 | Nonpoint Source Pollution | 3 |
ERHS 230 | Environmental Health Field Methods | 3 |
ERHS 332 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3 |
ERHS 350 | Industrial Hygiene and Air | 3 |
ERHS 405 | Fundamentals of Ergonomics | 2 |
ERHS 410 | Environmental Health and Waste Management | 3 |
ERHS 430 | Human Disease and the Environment | 3 |
ERHS 446 | Environmental Toxicology | 3 |
ERHS 448 | Environmental Contaminants: Exposure and Fate | 3 |
ERHS 450 | Introduction to Radiation Biology | 3 |
HES 345 | Population Health and Disease Prevention | 3 |
MIP 315 | Human and Animal Disease | 3 |
MIP 334 | Food Microbiology | 3 |
MIP 351 | Medical Bacteriology | 3 |
MIP 420 | Medical and Molecular Virology | 4 |
NR 319 | Geospatial Applications in Natural Resources | 4 |
NR 322 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 4 |
NR 353/BZ 353 | Global Change Ecology, Impacts and Mitigation | 3 |
RS 351 | Wildland Ecosystems in a Changing World | 3 |
SOCR 455 | Soil Microbiology | 3 |
SOCR 467 | Soil and Environmental Chemistry | 3 |
WR 418 | Land Use and Water Quality | 3 |