Environmental and Occupational Health Certificate Program
NOTE: This certificate program may be completed entirely online
OVERVIEW
The certificate program educates and trains students to identify major environmental health issues facing public health professionals today. Courses explore the sources of environmental agents, their distribution in community and work environments, transfer routes to humans and possible health effects; the basic biological mechanisms underlying the association between prior exposure and subsequent development of adverse health effects; and control strategies and interventions.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
- Define the major environmental agents that cause adverse effects on human health and their sources
- Identify the carriers or vectors that promote the transfer of these agents from the environment to the human
- Describe various risk management approaches both in the workplace and in the environment
- Develop and discuss strategies that effectively mitigate and prevent adverse health effects caused by environmental and/or occupational agents and conditions
- Illustrate how concepts such as exposure assessment, the hierarchy of controls, biological monitoring, medical screening, and surveillance are used to prevent occupational injuries and illnesses
- Identify and describe important current and emerging environmental and/or occupational problems that pose a risk to public health.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Sponsoring Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
ADMISSIONS
Complete information about applying to the certificate program can be found on the Bloomberg School of Public Health certificate program webpage.
REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
The certificate requires a minimum of 18 term credits. All required and elective courses must be taken for a letter grade; a minimum grade of C is required in all certificate coursework, and students must maintain a 2.75 or better overall GPA for all certificate coursework. The certificate program length is flexible; however, the certificate must be completed within three years.
The student should review the section of the website that addresses completion before completing the certificate program requirements. The student's transcript will not indicate that the certificate was earned until the Notification of Completion has been submitted and verified by the certificate program and processed by the Registrar.
COURSE OF STUDY
Students should check the JHSPH course directory to confirm when courses are offered. Students should also check for prerequisites and if instructor consent is required.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.550.860 | Academic & Research Ethics at BSPH (All students are required to complete this online noncredit course in their first term of study) | |
| Required courses- Students must complete 3 of the following 6 course selections; students may complete either 180.601 or 180.609, but not both | ||
| PH.180.601 | Environmental Health (typically offered online in 3rd term, and onsite in Summer and Summer Institutes) | 5 |
| PH.180.609 | Principles of Environmental Health (typically offered onsite in 1st term) | 4 |
| PH.182.625 | Principles of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (typically offered onsite in 2nd term and online in 2nd and 4th terms) | 4 |
| PH.187.610 | Public Health Toxicology (typically offered online in 2nd term) | 4 |
| PH.187.650 | Alternative Methods in Animal Testing (typically offered online in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.188.680 | Fundamentals of Occupational Health (typically offered online in 1st term) | 3 |
| Elective Courses- Students must complete 2-3 courses from the list below to meet the 18 credit minimum required for the certificate program | ||
Sustainability/Climate Change | ||
| PH.180.607 | Climate Change and Public Health (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.180.611 | The Global Environment, Climate Change, and Public Health (typically offered onsite in 1st term) | 4 |
| PH.180.619 | Drinking Water and Water Policy: Avoiding Another Flint (typically offered onsite in Summer Institute) | 1 |
| PH.180.647 | The Health Effects of Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution (typically offered online in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.180.651 | Energy, Environment, and Public Health (typically offered onsite in 3rd term and online in 4th term) | 2 |
| PH.180.653 | Climate Change: Avoiding Conflict and Improving Public Health (typically offered online in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.185.600 | One Health Tools to Promote and Evaluate Healthy and Sustainable Communities (typically offered online in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.185.601 | One Health Seminar (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 1 |
| PH.188.682 | A Built Environment for A Healthy and Sustainable Future (typically offered online in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.188.688 | Global Sustainability & Health Seminar (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 1 |
Food Systems/Water | ||
| PH.180.606 | Case Studies in Food Production and Public Health (typically offered online in 4th term) | 4 |
| PH.180.614 | Urban Agriculture and Public Health (typically offered onsite in Summer Institute) | 2 |
| PH.180.620 | Introduction to Food Systems and Public Health (typically offered online in 2nd term) | 4 |
| PH.180.644 | Food System Resilience (typically offered online in 4th term) | 2 |
| PH.180.655 | Baltimore Food Systems: A Case Study of Urban Food Environments (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 4 |
| PH.182.626 | Issues for Water and Sanitation in Tropical Environmental Health (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 2 |
| PH.182.640 | Food- and Water- Borne Diseases (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 3 |
Occupational Hygiene/Safety/Occupational Health | ||
| PH.180.621 | Protecting the Environment and Safeguarding Worker Health: A Problem-Based Approach (typically offered online in 2nd term) | 3 |
| PH.182.613 | Exposure Assessment Techniques for Health Risk Management (typically offered onsite and online in 3rd term) | 3 |
| PH.182.614 | Environmental and Occupational Monitoring (typically offered onsite in 2nd term and onsite in Summer Institute every other year) | 5 |
| PH.182.615 | Airborne Particles (typically offered online in 3rd term) | 4 |
| PH.182.621 | Introduction to Ergonomics (typically offered onsite in 2nd term) | 4 |
| PH.182.622 | Ventilation and Hazard Control (typically offered online in term 1) | 4 |
| PH.182.623 | Occupational Health Management (typically offered online in 3rd term) | 3 |
| PH.182.625 | Principles of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (typically offered on site in 2nd term and online in 4th term) | 4 |
| PH.182.637 | Noise and Other Physical Agents in the Environment (typically offered onsite in 2nd term and online in 3rd term) | 4 |
| PH.185.600 | One Health Tools to Promote and Evaluate Healthy and Sustainable Communities (typically offered online in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.188.680 | Fundamentals of Occupational Health (typically offered online in 1st term) | 3 |
| PH.188.681 | Onsite Evaluation of Workplace and Occupational Health Programs (typically offered onsite in 4th term and onsite in Summer Institute every other year) | 5 |
| PH.188.694 | Health of Vulnerable Worker Populations (typically offered online in 1st term) | 3 |
Health Security/Infectious Diseases | ||
| PH.180.623 | Infectious Disease Threats to Global Health Security (typically offered online in 3rd term) | 3 |
| PH.180.624 | Biotechnology and Health Security (typically offered online in 1st term and onsite in 3rd term ) | 3 |
| PH.180.627 | Lessons Learned in 1918 Pandemic Flu (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 1 |
| PH.180.630 | Chemical and Biological Weapons Threats: Science, Public Health, Policy (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.180.633 | The Sociocultural Dimensions of Disasters (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.180.634 | Public Health Emergencies: Risk Communication and Decision Science (typically offered online in 1st term and onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.180.670 | Introduction to Public Health Emergency Preparedness (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
Environmental Law/Environmental Justice | ||
| PH.180.600 | Public Health Implications of Health as a Human Right (typically offered onsite in Winter Institute) | 2 |
| PH.180.602 | Environment and Health in Low and Middle income Countries (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 2 |
| PH.180.625 | Community-Driven Epidemiology and Environmental Justice (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 3 |
| PH.180.626 | Environmental Justice and Public Health Practice (typically offered online in 2nd term) | 3 |
| PH.180.628 | Introduction To Environmental and Occupational Health Law (typically offered online in 4th term) | 4 |
| PH.340.680 | Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 4 |
Toxicology/Physiology/Molecular Mechanisms | ||
| PH.180.632 | Introduction to Molecular Toxicology (typically offered online in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.180.637 | Refinement of Animal Experimentation: Essential to Reduce Animal Suffering and Enhance Scientific Rigor (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 2 |
| PH.180.638 | Animals in Research: Ethics (typically offered in 4th term) | 1 |
| PH.180.640 | Molecular Epidemiology and Biomarkers in Public Health (typically offered onsite in 3rd term and online in 4th term) | 4 |
| PH.180.650 | Fundamentals of Clinical Oncology for Public Health Practitioners (typically offered onsite in 2nd term) | 3 |
| PH.183.631 | Fundamentals of Human Physiology (typically offered onsite in 2nd term and online in 4th term) | 4 |
| PH.183.638 | Mechanisms of Cardiopulmonary Control (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 2 |
| PH.183.642 | The Cardiopulmonary System Under Stress (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 2 |
| PH.187.625 | Animals in Research: Law, Policy, and Humane Sciences (typically offered online in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.187.633 | Introduction to Environmental Genomics and Epigenomics (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.187.634 | Analysis for Environmental Genomics and Epigenomics (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 1 |
| PH.187.640 | Toxicology 21: Scientific Foundations (typically offered onsite in 2nd term) | 1 |
| PH.187.645 | Toxicology 21: Scientific Applications (typically offered online in 3rd term) | 3 |
| PH.187.650 | Alternative Methods in Animal Testing (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.187.655 | Evidence-Based Toxicology (typically offered online in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.187.661 | Environmental Health in Neurological and Mental Disorders (typically offered online in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.188.686 | Clinical Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 3 |