The College of Engineering offers the Master of Science
degree in Environmental Health. The program offers training in the anticipation,
recognition, evaluation, and control of health and safety hazards in work environments and
pollution in the community. It emphasizes the application of basic scientific and
engineering principles to the solution of health, safety, and environmental pollution
problems.
Students may concentrate in a traditional industrial hygiene
curriculum (the Industrial Hygiene concentration), with a focus on work environment, or in
an environmental engineering curriculum (the Environmental Technology concentration),
which focuses on the outdoor environment. With the School of Business
Administration, the College of Engineering co-sponsors a joint M.S./M.B.A. degree for
full-time students. Students receive an M.S. in Environmental Health (Industrial
Hygiene concentration) and an M.B.A. in Management.
The program requires 34 semester hours for graduation,
including an independent research project or a structured externship/internship program.
The externship and internship, performed in government or industry under
appropriate supervisory professional, augment the student's course work with on-site,
practical experience.
Students may pursue the degree full-time or part-time through
evening courses at the main campus; full-time students usually complete the degree in two
years.
