Factors in the human environment which affect health require a multidisciplinary approach for evaluation. The Environmental and Occupational Health Policy specialization integrates courses from the Departments of Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, and Health Policy and Management to provide a foundation for the application of science to occupational and environmental policy. This specialization emphasizes evaluation, and development and refinement of policies at local, state, federal and international levels.
Students must complete the course requirements for the PhD in Health and Public Policy and, in addition, take the following courses. Required: - 317.600 Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy (3)
- 180.629 Environmental and Occupational Health Law and Policy (4)
- 180.601 Environmental Health (5)
Students must then select 2 courses from the following five offerings: - 317.610 Risk Policy, Management and Communication (3)
- 317.605 Methods in Quantitative Risk Assessment (4)
- 317.615 Topics in Risk Assessment (2)
- 340.608 Observational Epidemiology (4)
- 187.610 Public Health Toxicology (4)
Recommended: - 180.631 Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Seminar (3)
- 182.623 Occupational Safety and Health Management (3)
- 182.625 Principles of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (4)
- 182.640 Food and Water-borne Diseases (3)
- 188.694 Occupational Health and Vulnerable Worker Populations (3)
- 305.615 Occupational Injury Prevention and Safety Practices (2)
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