The Environmental/Occupational Health and Safety (EOHS) degree program provides a balanced education between the theoretical concepts and applied principles of environmental health, occupational health, and safety to protect the public from environmental and occupational hazards. The mission of the EOHS program is to prepare undergraduate students to meet the current and future needs of environmental health, industrial hygiene, and occupational safety professions and for graduate education to promote public health and safety in workplaces and communities. The curriculum builds on a scientific basis (biology, chemistry, physics) and includes core courses in public health science, foundation courses in environmental and occupational health, and elective courses that allow for specialization. Students are academically prepared to make significant contributions to society by anticipating, evaluating, and controlling environmental and occupational health hazards. The program also provides preparation for graduate studies and acceptance into professional schools (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, veterinary medicine, and more).
The EOHS degree program is an Option V program approved by the State of California Department of Public Health, that this designation allows the EOHS graduates eligible for the Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) exam immediately following graduation without having to serve a traineeship.
The EOHS degree program is a Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) Qualified Academic Program (QAP) approved by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). The EOHS graduates are eligible to apply for the GSP designation. The GSP meets the credential requirement for the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) allowing those who hold the GSP designation to waive the Associate Safety Professional (ASP) certification examination.
Degree Requirements
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