EHLMS - Environmental Health Sciences

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Required Major Courses (24 units)

• EPID 573A Basic Principles of Epidemiology (3)

• BIOS 576A Biostatistics in Public Health (3)

• BIOS 576B Biostatistics for Research (3)

• EHS 584 Fundamentals of Industrial and Environmental Health (3)

• EHS 585 Public Health Fundamentals for Researchers (3)

• EHS 502 Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (3)

• EHS 653 Applied Exposure Assessment (3) 

• EHS 696R Environmental Health Seminar (1 unit each semester - 3 times)

ELECTIVE COURSES:  Minimum of 12 elective units required for the MS  (approved by Faculty Advisor).

Required Master's Thesis:  EHS 910 (6 units)

ELECTIVE COURSES:  Minimum of 12 elective units required for the MS  (approved by Faculty Advisor).* 
Students select courses in areas of emphasis: Exposure and Risk Assessment; Climate and Health; Environmental Contaminant Modeling; or Occupational Health and Safety. 

Some examples of courses taken for electives include:

• EHS 518 Human Health Risk Assessment

• EHS 553 Toxicology and Chemical Exposures

• EHS 604 Model Exposure to Enviromental Hazards

• EHS 655 Occupational Exposure

• ENVS 525 Environmental Microbiology

• MIC 552 Antibiotics - A Biological Perspective

*Students should contact their EHS Faculty Advisor for a suggested listing of elective courses.  In addition, there are a great majority of other University courses that can serve as electives for the MS in Environmental Health Sciences.  Please consult with the Faculty Advisor regarding other University courses which would fulfill the elective requirements.

Oral Defense of Thesis Research
The MS student is required to complete a formal defense of the thesis research in a public seminar, followed by an oral examination by the candidate's Thesis Committee.

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.