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UIC School of Public Health Student Handbook 2008-2009

The Master of Public Health: Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

To print the PEP curricular table for the EOHS MPH, please download here(pdf)

 

 

 

 

Professional Enhancement Program (PEP) MPH Curriculum

TOTAL Credit Hours = minimum of 42 semester credit hours (SH)

http://www.uic.edu/sph/eohs.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School-Wide

Core

Requirements

 

·   EPID 400 Principles and Methods (3 SH)

·   BSTT 400 Biostatistics I (4 SH)

·   HPA 400 Principles of Management in Public Health (3 SH)

·   CHSC 400 Public Health Concepts and Practice (3 SH)

·   EOHS 400 Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3 SH)

·   CHSC 401 Behavioral Sciences in Public Health (3 SH)

 

Required Non-Credit Training:
(http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research
/protocolreview/irb/education/initial.shtml
)

 

·   HIPAA Research 101 (non-credit)

·   Investigator Training 101 (non-credit)

 

Culminating Experience:

 

·   IPHS 650 Field Experience in Public Health (3-5 SH)*

 

·   IPHS 698 MPH Capstone Experience (1 SH)**

 

SUB-TOTAL: 23-25 semester credit hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Divisional Core Requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All students are required to take a minimum of 12 semester credit hours in EOHS courses; choosing at least one course in each of the following three areas:

Exposure Assessment and Measurement

  Health Assessment

 

Intervention Strategies

 

 

Select at least one of the following:

·   EOHS 405 Environmental Calculations (2 SH)

·   EOHS 418 Analysis of Water and Wastewater Quality (2 SH)

 

 

Select at least one of the following:

·   EOHS 450 Principles of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2 SH)

·   EOHS 455 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (3 SH)

 

 

Select at least one of the following:

·  EOHS 408 Biological, Chemical, Explosives, and Nuclear Weapons as Public Health Threats (3 SH)

·  EOHS 411 Water Quality Management (4 SH)

 

 

·   EOHS 421 Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (2 SH)

·   EOHS 428 Industrial Hygiene Laboratory I (2 SH)

·   EOHS 438 Air Quality Laboratory (2 SH)

·   EOHS 440 Chemistry for Environmental Professionals (3 SH)

·   EOHS 542 Water Chemistry (4 SH)

·   EOHS 543 Environmental Organic Chemistry (4 SH)

·   EOHS 557 Design and Analysis of Experiments (4 SH)

·   EOHS 564 Geographic Information System Application in Public Health (3 SH)

·   EOHS 565 Datamining Applications in Public Health (3 SH)

 

 

·   EOHS 495 Environmental/ Occupational Health Seminar (1 SH)

·   EOHS 551 Occupational Diseases (4 SH)

·   EOHS 554 Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology (2 SH)

·   EOHS 555 Advanced Toxicology (3 SH)

·   EOHS 571 Injury Epidemiology  (3 SH)

 

 

·  EOHS 431 Air Quality Management I (3 SH)

·  EOHS 461 Community Health and Consumer Protection (2 SH)

·  EOHS 463 Safety Management Systems (2 SH)

·  EOHS 482 Occupational Safety Science (2 SH)

·  EOHS 556 Risk Assessment in Environmental and Occupational Health (3 SH)

·  EOHS 572 Environmental Risk Assessment and Management (4 SH)

 

 

SUB-TOTAL: 12 semester credit hours

 

 

 

Electives

 

 

Students must complete the number of electives necessary to bring total program hours to a minimum of 42 semester credit hours.

 

SUB-TOTAL: 5-7 semester credit hours

 

 

 

 

 

For Occupational Medicine Residents

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupational Medicine Residency Program

 

Students must complete the School-Wide Course Requirements and all of the following courses in lieu of the Divisional Core Requirements:

·   EOHS 421 Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (2 SH)

·   EOHS 455 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (3 SH)

·   EOHS 482 Occupational Safety Science (2 SH)

·   EOHS 551 Occupational Diseases (4 SH)

·   EOHS 554 Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology (2 SH)

 

 

Electives – Students must complete the number of electives necessary to bring total program hours to a minimum of 42 semester credit hours.

 

Culminating Experience:

 

·   IPHS 650 Field Experience in Public Health (3-5 SH)*

 

 

·   IPHS 698 MPH Capstone Experience (1 SH)**

 

TOTAL HOURS

 

Minimum of 42 semester credit hours

 

 

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To print the Comprehensive curricular table for the EOHS MPH, please download here(pdf)

 

 

 

Comprehensive MPH Curriculum

TOTAL Credit Hours = minimum of 43 semester credit hours (SH)

http://www.uic.edu/sph/eohs.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School-Wide

Core

Requirements

 

·   EPID 400 Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods (3 SH)

·   BSTT 400 Biostatistics I (4 SH)

·   HPA 400 Principles of Management in Public Health (3 SH)

·   CHSC 400 Public Health Concepts and Practice (3 SH)

·   EOHS 400 Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3 SH)

·   CHSC 401 Behavioral Sciences in Public Health (3 SH)

 

Required Non-Credit Training:
(http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research
/protocolreview/irb/education/initial.shtml
)

 

·   HIPAA Research 101 (non-credit)

·   Investigator Training 101 (non-credit)

 

Culminating Experience:

 

·   IPHS 650 Field Experience in Public Health (3-5 SH)*

 

·   IPHS 698 MPH Capstone Experience (1 SH)**

 

SUB-TOTAL: 23-25 semester credit hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Divisional

Core

Requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All students are required to take a minimum of 12 semester credit hours in EOHS courses; choosing at least one course in each of the following three areas:

Exposure Assessment and Measurement

  Health Assessment

 

Intervention Strategies

 

 

Select at least one of the following:

·   EOHS 405 Environmental Calculations (2 SH)

·   EOHS 418 Analysis of Water and Wastewater Quality (2 SH)

 

 

Select at least one of the following:

·   EOHS 450 Principles of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2 SH)

·   EOHS 455 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (3 SH)

 

 

Select at least one of the following:

·  EOHS 408 Biological, Chemical, Explosives, and Nuclear Weapons as Public Health Threats (3 SH)

·  EOHS 411 Water Quality Management (4 SH)

 

 

·   EOHS 421 Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (2 SH)

·   EOHS 428 Industrial Hygiene Laboratory I (2 SH)

·   EOHS 440 Chemistry for Environmental Professionals (3 SH)

·   EOHS 438 Air Quality Laboratory (2 SH)

·   EOHS 542 Water Chemistry (4 SH)

·   EOHS 543 Environmental Organic Chemistry (4 SH)

·   EOHS 557 Design and Analysis of Experiments (4 SH)

·   EOHS 564 Geographic Information System Application in Public Health (3 SH)

·   EOHS 565 Datamining Applications in Public Health (3 SH)

 

 

·   EOHS 495 Environmental/ Occupational Health Seminar (1 SH)

·   EOHS 551 Occupational Diseases (4 SH)

·   EOHS 554 Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology (2 SH)

·   EOHS 555 Advanced Toxicology (3 SH)

·   EOHS 571 Injury Epidemiology  (3 SH)

 

 

·  EOHS 431 Air Quality Management I (3 SH)

·  EOHS 461 Community Health and Consumer Protection (2 SH)

·  EOHS 463 Safety Management Systems (2 SH)

·  EOHS 482 Occupational Safety Science (2 SH)

·  EOHS 556 Risk Assessment in Environmental and Occupational Health (3 SH)

·  EOHS 572 Environmental Risk Assessment and Management (4 SH)

 

 

SUB-TOTAL: 12 semester credit hours

 

 

Electives, Tracks, and Concentrations

 

Students may use their electives to pursue a course of study in one of the following optional tracks, or divisional or inter-disciplinary concentrations; or may customize their program of study by selecting from a broad range of course work to meet their career goals and interests.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optional Tracks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the approval of the faculty advisor, MPH students choose from among a series of grouped quantitative courses to acquire skills that can be applied to occupational and environmental content. These include three courses, one of which should be at the 500 level.

 

Following are a few samples of three-course quantitative tracks, but other series may be developed with the advisor's approval.

 

EOHS Epidemiology/Biostatistics: EPID 403 Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods (3 SH), BSTT 401 Biostatistics II (4 SH), EOHS 554 Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology (2 SH)

 

Environmental Health Data Management and Analysis: BSTT 401 Biostatistics II (4 SH), HPA 465 Health Information and Decision Support Systems (4 SH), EOHS 564 Geographic Information System Application in Public Health (3 SH)

 

Environmental Chemistry: EOHS 418 Analysis of Water and Wastewater Quality (2 SH), EOHS 440 Chemistry for Environmental Professionals (3 SH), EOHS 542 Water Chemistry (3 SH)

 

Human Health Risk Assessment: BSTT 401 Biostatistics II (4 SH), EOHS 455 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (3 SH), EOHS 556 Risk Assessment in Environmental and Occupational Health (3 SH)

 

SUB-TOTAL: 8-19 semester credit hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Optional

Concentration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

ASAC-ABET – Accredited MPH Program in Industrial Hygiene

 

To meet ABET requirements students must complete 19 semester credit hours from the following courses as part of their divisional and elective choices. In addition, students must adhere to the divisional requirements as stipulated for their individual program of study.

 

·   EOHS 405 Environmental Calculations (2 SH)

·   EOHS 421 Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (2 SH)

·   EOHS 424 Environmental Acoustics (2 SH)

·   EOHS 428 Industrial Hygiene Laboratory I (2 SH)

·   EOHS 431 Air Quality Management I (3 SH)

·   EOHS 438 Air Quality Laboratory (2 SH)

·   EOHS 482 Occupational Safety Science (2 SH)

·   EOHS 523 Engineering Controls/Industrial Ventilation (4 SH)

·   EOHS 529 Industrial Hygiene Lab II (2 SH)