Students may pursue a joint concentration in environmental health and epidemiology. This option combines the core curricula of each. The concentration focuses on developing skills needed to collect, manage, analyze, and interpret environmental and occupational health data. Graduates will be prepared to carry out basic epidemiologic activities in public health programs, industry, consulting, and academic settings.
Epidemiology and environmental health are established public health sciences. The broadly defined objective of epidemiology is to advance understanding of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in human populations. Environmental and occupational health focuses on the health consequences of environmental toxins, how they can be identified, how their risk to human health can be determined and communicated, and how this risk can be managed to minimize its impact on human health. Combining these disciplines provides the student with the tools necessary to evaluate the impact of environmental toxins on the distribution of disease in populations within the community and at work

Program Objectives
To provide a thorough understanding of the disciplines of epidemiology and environmental health, as well as knowledge in related public health fields such as behavioral science, and public health administration.

To provide quantitative training in epidemiology with an applied orientation that will enable graduates to serve Missouri, national, and international settings.

Specific Course Requirements

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