Certificate Programs

Environmental and Occupational Health

Overview

Sponsoring department

Environmental Health Sciences

Educational Objectives

The certificate program educates and trains students to identify major environmental health issues facing public health professionals today. Courses explore the sources of environmental agents, their distribution in community and work environments, transfer routes to humans and possible health effects; the basic biological mechanisms underlying the association between prior exposure and subsequent development of adverse health effects; and control strategies and interventions.

Gainful Employment Program Information

Intended Audience

The program is intended for public health professionals currently practicing in environmental/occupational health or other areas of public health who seek formal training, current degree candidates in the School outside of EHS, and non-degree candidates who wish to begin formal training in environmental health. A selection of online courses is available for students who wish to pursue the certificate via the Internet.

Admissions Criteria

The program is open to any student who is a JHU degree candidate outside of the Department of EHS. Non-JHU degree candidates students must formally apply to this certificate program as a Special Student Regular (SSR).

For JHU degree candidates outside of EHS: These students wishing to pursue the Certificate should contact the Department’s Academic Programs Manager to inform the Department of their intent to pursue the certificate so that arrangements can be made to meet with the certificate program director to discuss course options. This notice must be submitted via email as soon as possible, but before the term in which the final course will be taken.

Non-JHU degree candidates: Those who are not currently in a JHU degree program must formally apply to this program as a Special Student Regular (SSR) in EHS by using the following link: Admissions

Application requirements for SSR status can be found by using the following link: Application requirements

Course of Study

A minimum of 18 credits must be earned in the courses listed below. All students are required to complete three of the following four courses:

180.601 Environmental Health ** (5 units)3rd term or Summer Institute

180.609 Principles of Environmental Health I (4 units) 1st term
182.625 Principles of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene ** (4 units) 2nd term or 4th term
187.610 Public Health Toxicology ** (4 units) 1st term or 2nd term
188.680 Fundamentals of Occupational Health**+(3 units)1st term

Additional courses (total units for certificate must equal at least 18):

Environmental Health (unless 180.609 is taken)(5 units)3rd term or Summer Institute

180.609 Principles of Environmental Health I(unless 180.601 is taken)(4 units) 1st term
180.628 Introduction to Environmental and Occupational Health Law (4 units)4th term

180.629 Environmental and Occupational Health Law and Policy* (4 units) 3rd term
180.604 Introduction to Environmental Health Practice (4 units) 4th term
180.611 Global Environment and Public Health (4 units) 1st term
180.620 Food Production, Public Health and the Environment (4 credits) 2nd term**
180.640 Molecular Epidemiology Biomarkers in Public Health (4 units) 3rd term

180.641

180.650 Fundamentals of Clinical Oncology for Public Health Practitioners (3 units) 3rd term
180.655 Baltimore Food Systems: A Case Study of Urban Food Environments (3 units) 4th term
180.670 Introduction to Public Health Emergency Preparedness (3 units) 3rd term
182.615 Airborne Particles (3 units)4th term
182.621 Introduction to Ergonomics (4 units) 2nd term
182.622 Ventilation Controls (4 units) 4th term
182.623 Occupational Safety and Health Management (3 units) 3rd term
182.625 Principles of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene* (4 units) 2 or 4th term
182.626 Issues for Water and Sanitation in Tropical Environmental Health (2)
182.631 Principles of Occupational Safety(2)
182.637 Noise and Other Physical Agents in the Environment (4)
182.638 Environmental and Health Concerns in Water Use and Reuse (4)
182.640 Food- and Water-borne Diseases (3)
183.631 Fundamentals of Human Physiology* (4)
183.641 Health Effects of Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution (3)
187.610 Public Health Toxicology
187.625 Animals in Research: Law, Policy, and Humane Sciences (2)**
187.641 Immunology of Environmental Disease (3)
188.680 Fundamentals of Occupational Health*+(3)
188.682 Buildings, Land Use, Transportation and Public Health(2)
188.686 Clinical Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (3)
188.681 Occupational Health (5)
188.694 Occupational Health and Vulnerable Worker Populations* (3)

*These courses are offered through both in-class and internet venues.
+Check course listing each year to confirm availability of in-class offering.
** Offered online only - Please note that the School requires all students to establish an eLearning account and to complete the free Introduction to Online Learning course prior to the start of the term in which the first internet course is taken.

Requirements for Successful Completion

• A total of 18 units must be successfully completed based on the course curriculum

• All required courses must be taken for a letter grade; exceptions apply to required courses that are only offered pass/fail

• At least a “B” in each required course (or Pass if required courses is offered only pass/fail)

• At least a “C” or Pass in the elective courses; elective courses may be taken for a letter grade or pass/fail

• A minimum overall GPA of 3.00 for the certificate courses

• All certificate coursework must be completed within three years of commencing the first certificate course

Contact Information

Faculty Sponsor

Name
Jacqueline Agnew

Phone
(410) 955-4037

Email
jagnew@jhsph.edu
Administrative Contact

Name
Nina Kulacki

Phone
(410) 955-2212

Email
nkulacki@jhsph.edu