A minor in Environmental Health will benefit students majoring in a variety of biosciences who are interested in career options in environmental public health, private sector environmental health, and occupational health & safety.
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 |
---|---|---|
Required Core Courses | ||
ERHS 220 | Environmental Health | 3 |
ERHS 320 | Environmental Health--Water Quality | 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 | ||
Principles of Occupational Safety and Health | ||
Fundamentals of Ergonomics | ||
Environmental Health-Air 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 |
---|---|---|
AB 310 | Understanding Pesticides | 3 |
BMS 360 | Fundamentals of Physiology | 4 |
BMS 430 | Endocrinology | 3 |
BMS 460 | Essentials of Pathophysiology | 3 |
BSPM 302 | Applied and General Entomology | 2 |
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 | Fundamentals of Environmental Engr | 3 |
CIVE 439 | Applications of Environmental Engr Concepts | 3 |
CIVE 440 | Nonpoint Source Pollution | 3 |
ERHS 230 | Environmental Health Field Methods | 3 |
ERHS 332 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3 |
ERHS 350 | Principles of Occupational Safety and Health | 3 |
ERHS 405 | Fundamentals of Ergonomics | 2 |
ERHS 410 | Environmental Health-Air 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 | Pathology of 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 |