Programs	Environmental and Occupational Health major
About Our Program Program Delivery Curriculum Design Criteria for Admission Program Faculty Student Handbook	The Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) major focuses on a combination of administrative, scientific, technical and regulatory aspects of public health that relate to the assessment and control of hazards such as physical, chemical and biological agents in non-occupational and occupational environments. (The hazardous agents addressed include, but are not limited to, agents associated with terrorism.) The Environmental and Occupational Health major expands students' knowledge, comprehension and skills to prepare them for work as professionals involved with development, implementation, delivery and management of applicable focused or broad scope environmental and occupational health programs. Examples of applicable programs include community and/or worker awareness education and training programs; environmental and occupational disease causation, prevention and remediation programs; hazardous non-occupational and occupational site investigation, sampling, assessment and control; and regulatory compliance and/or enforcement. The curriculum for the EOH major prepares students to objectively and subjectively assess environmental and occupational health hazards; analytically interpret epidemiological data; develop and present administrative, scientific, technical and/or regulatory reports. Further, students are prepared to make administrative decisions based on recommended measures to reduce or eliminate environmental and occupational health hazards; participate in disaster planning and preparation; and, to prepare for applicable environmental and occupational health registrations, licenses or certifications. The major objectives for the Environmental and Occupational Health program are to graduate professionals that are prepared to:  •  Apply the fundamental and advanced principles of statistics, epidemiology, general environmental and occupational health relative to real-world public health issues and problems;  •  Objectively and subjectively assess chemical, biological, and physical agents classified as hazardous to human health (including agents used in terrorism events);  •  Critically analyze and interpret statistical, epidemiological, toxicological and communicable disease information for prevention and remediation program development and implementation;  •  Conduct fundamental sample collection of media contaminated with hazardous chemical, biological, and physical agents;  •  Collect and evaluate applicable information necessary to perform risk assessments and conduct disaster preparation/planning;  •  Make administrative decisions based on recommended measures to reduce or eliminate environmental and occupational health hazards;  •  Develop and present administrative, scientific, technical and/or regulatory reports.