EHLPHD - Environmental Health Sciences

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Required Major Courses (27 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 502 Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (3)

• EHS 585 Public Health Fundamentals for Researchers (3)

• EHS 609 Evaluating Public Health Literature (1)

• EHS 653 Applied Exposure Assessment (3) 

• EHS 696R Environmental Health Seminar (1 unit each semester - 5 times)

Dissertation - minimum of 18 units 

See Elective and Minor requirements below.

ELECTIVE COURSES: Minimum 18 units required for PhD in EHS (approved by Faculty Advisor). 

Students select courses in areas of emphasis:  Exposure Science and Risk Assessment; Climate and Health; Environmental Contaminant Modeling; and Occupational Health and Safety.

Some examples of courses taken for electives include:

• EHS 518 Human Health Risk Assessment (3)

• EHS 553 Toxicology and Chemical Exposures (3)

• EHS 604 Model Exposure to Environmental Hazards (3)

• EHS 655 Occupational Exposure (3)

• ENVS 525 Environmental Microbiology (3)

• MIC 552 Antibiotics - A Biological Perspective (3)

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 PhD in Environmental Health Sciences.  Please consult with Faculty Advisor regarding other University courses which would fulfill the elective requirements.

Previously Earned Coursework

Per the Epidemiology Program's policy, coursework being considered for the doctoral program, should be less than 10 years old at the time the student begins the program.

Time to Completion

Per the Epidemiology Program's policy, students have a maximum of eight years to complete the doctoral degree beginning from the time they enter the program.

PhD students must complete a minor of at least 9 units from another area of study.  Minors that may interest students in this program include Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Water Quality, Global Climate Change, Environmental Planning, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Soil, Water and Environmental Science, just to name a few. With committee approval, a minor may be selected from any program of study at the University of Arizona that offers a doctoral degree.

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