AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
Environmental Health Sciences: Master of Science (M.S.) in Global Health & Environment
Curriculum & Requirements
Founded in 2000, the Global Health & Environment (GHE) program is a unique, interdisciplinary, campus-wide program based in the School of Public Health. The objective of the program is to help people in developing countries achieve health, reach a reasonable level of well being, and stabilize populations, while at the same time protecting the local, community, and global environments.
The program requires 2 years (plus one summer) with 52 semester units in several departments across campus encompassing environmental health sciences, biostatistics, and epidemiology, development trends, theory, economics, and policy, and risk analysis.
An original research project is required. The GHE research project may be done using secondary data sources without the need to do fieldwork. Most GHE students; however, take advantage of the many opportunities available within the School of Public Health to conduct fieldwork during the summer between their two academic years to investigate an environmental health problem in a developing country.
Sample Curriculum (PDF)
Fall 2008 Admissions Statistics:
- Admission Ratio: 60% (3/5; a maximum of 3 students are admitted each year)
- Average GRE scores of admitted applicants:
Verbal - 600, 82%; Quantitative - 720, 76%
What we look for in competitive applicants:
Applicants must have completed undergraduate coursework in calculus, chemistry, and biology.
- Common undergraduate majors for admitted applicants: Engineering, teaching, chemistry, and medical fields
- Common work experience for admitted applicants: Applicants in past years have worked as lab technicians, student researchers, research scientists, post-graduate fellows, toxicologists, industrial hygiene engineers, and for the Peace Corps.
Employment Opportunities:
Graduates of the GHE program are currently employed at the Environmental Protection Agency—one in the Office of Air and Radiation and another in the Office of Pesticide Safety—as well as at other organizations listed here. Four other graduates have continued their educations in PhD programs in environmental health.