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Twin Cities Campus
Environmental Health MinorSchool of Public Health - Adm
School of Public Health
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
School of Public Health, MMC 819, A395 Mayo Memorial Building, 420 Delaware Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-3500 OR 1-800-774-8636)
Email:
sph-ask@umn.edu
Website: http://www.sph.umn.edu
The environmental health minor is designed for students who wish to understand how our physical and social environment affects public health. Students will learn about exposure to physical and social stressors, such as chemicals, infectious agents, stress, and violence; how stressors affect health; and how decisions are made to protect health.
The School of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
Students enrolled in University master's or doctoral programs are eligible for the minor.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Prior consultation with the major field academic advisor regarding pursuit of the Environmental Health minor is expected. For more information regarding the Environmental Health minor, contact ehnsss@umn.edu.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
Courses offered on both the A-F and S/N grade basis must be taken A-F. A minimum grade of B- is required for all courses.
The minimum cumulative GPA for the minor is 3.00.
Coursework (6-12 credits)
Required Course (2 credits)
Take the following course.
PUBH 6102 - Issues in Environmental Health
(2.0 cr)
Electives
Master's students must select 4 credits from the following list and doctoral students must select 10 credits, in consultation with the Environmental Health director of graduate studies.
PUBH 6112 - Environmental Health Risk Assessment: Application to Human Health Risks from Exposure to Chemicals
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6120 - Injury Prevention in the Workplace, Community, and Home
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6123 - Violence Prevention and Control: Theory, Research, and Application
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6141 - GIS & Spatial Analysis for Public Health
(3.0 cr)
PUBH 6154 - Climate Change and Global Health Modeling
(3.0 cr)
PUBH 6161 - Regulatory Toxicology
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6174 - Control of Workplace Exposure
(3.0 cr)
PUBH 6190 - Environmental Chemistry
(3.0 cr)
PUBH 6192 - Measurement and Properties of Air Contaminants
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6193 - Advanced Topics in Human Exposure Science
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6130 - Occupational Medicine: Principles and Practice
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6131 - Working in Global Health
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6132 - Air, Water, and Health
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6140 - Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6150 - Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Occupational Health and Safety Field Problems
(3.0 cr)
PUBH 6170 - Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety
(3.0 cr)
PUBH 6159 - Principles of Toxicology I
(2.0 cr)
PUBH 6182 - Emerging Infectious Disease: Current Issues, Policies, and Controversies
(3.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Masters
Doctoral
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Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | OPT No Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Nurs/PubH 5170 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Summer |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |