Competencies and Learning Objectives for Environmental Health Sciences
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summarize qualitative and quantitative aspects of exposure assessment | EHS601 |
| 2 | Recognize adverse health consequences of common environmental and occupational exposures | EHS603 |
| 3 | Apply risk assessment approaches to environmental and occupational hazards | EHS602 |
| 4 | Analyze policies addressing environmental health issues | EHS796 |
| 5 | Evaluate strategies to promote environmental health | HBEHED690 |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summarize qualitative and quantitative aspects of exposure assessment based on hazard properties, applicable exposure pathways, and routes of exposure | EHS652 |
| 2 | Evaluate toxicological effects associated with exposures and stressors, considering chemical properties and biological mechanisms | EHS602 |
| 3 | Recognize adverse health consequences of common environmental and occupational exposures to chemical, physical, and biological hazards | EHS603 |
| 4 | Recommend approaches to prevent and control environmental exposures that are risks to human health and safety | EHS658 |
| 5 | Communicate environmental and occupational health findings in writing at a level consistent with peer-reviewed journals, including descriptions of design, results, and interpretation | EHS604 |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evaluate human exposure using exposure assessment strategies and considering multiple sources, media, pathways, and cycles | EHS601 |
| 2 | Apply environmental and exposure modeling from local to global scales, considering multi-media transport and fate as well as different chemistries | EHS574 |
| 3 | Implement environmental quality study design, sampling, data collection and practices in the laboratory and/or field | EHS640 |
| 4 | Evaluate environmental quality and health, including environmental standards on air and water quality, and their effects on individual, community and global health | EHS582, EHS570 |
| 5 | Design and evaluate interventions based on sustainability sciences to minimize adverse consequences on society and environment | EHS540 |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify and describe the qualitative and quantitative aspect of hazardous workplace agents, factors, and stressors associated with defined sources and/or processes | EHS652 |
| 2 | Explain the physiological, toxicological, and/or biomechanical interactions of physical, chemical, biological, mechanical, and ergonomic agents, factors, and/or stressors found in the workplace with the human body | EHS602, EHS556 |
| 3 | Assess qualitative, quantitative, and statistical aspects of workplace hazards and exposures, and consequent health risks based on applicable pathways and modes of action | EHS652 |
| 4 | Recommend and evaluate engineering, administrative, and personal protective controls and/or other interventions to reduce or eliminate workplace hazards | EHS654 |
| 5 | Describe the relevance of business and managerial practices to workplace health and safety | EHS651 |
| 6 | Interpret and apply occupational and environmental regulations | EHS652 |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Describe sources and processes involved in the transport, behavior and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment and workplace | EHS652 |
| 2 | Recognize adverse health consequences of common environmental and occupational exposures to chemical, physical, and biological hazards | EHS603 |
| 3 | Interpret EHS info within the context of public health | EHS652 |
| 4 | Apply basic research techniques to investigate exposures to, or health effects resulting from, environmental health hazards | Thesis |
| 5 | Demonstrate oral and written presentation skills by communicating results of an investigational environmental health project or study to other professionals and the public | Thesis |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify and describe the qualitative and quantitative aspect of hazardous workplace agents, factors, and stressors associated with defined sources and/or processes | EHS652 |
| 2 | Assess qualitative, quantitative, and statistical aspects of workplace hazards and exposures, and consequent health risks based on applicable pathways and modes of action | EHS652 |
| 3 | Explain the physiological, toxicological, and/or biomechanical interactions of physical, chemical, biological, mechanical, and ergonomic agents, factors, and/or stressors found in the workplace with the human body | EHS603, EHS556, EHS602 |
| 4 | Analyze, interpret, and apply statistical and epidemiological data | PUBHLTH512, EPID601, Thesis |
| 5 | Demonstrate the ability to formulate, design, and conduct a research investigation; analyze and interpret the data; and present the results and conclusions | Thesis |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explain basic principles of toxicology and their application to public health | EHS602 |
| 2 | Perform effectively in teams to design, conduct, and interpret studies that assess toxicological mechanisms and adverse responses resulting from defined exposures to chemicals | Thesis |
| 3 | Explain how molecular mechanisms, biological processes, and chemical reactivity influence possible toxicant targets at the molecular, cellular, organ, and physiological level | EHS616 |
| 4 | Apply toxicological knowledge and skills to the risk assessment of chemicals | EHS602 |
| 5 | Demonstrate oral and written presentation skills by communicating results of an investigational toxicology project or study to other professionals and the public | Thesis |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apply basic principles of environmental and occupational health in the context of public health | EHS652 |
| 2 | Effectively lead teams in the design, conduct, analysis, and interpretation of environmental and occupational health studies | Dissertation |
| 3 | Apply a range of approaches to design, conduct, analyze, and interpret experiments into environmental and occupational health sciences | Dissertation |
| 4 | Describe how data are collected and used in exposure and risk assessments of environmental and occupational health hazards | EHS652 |
| 5 | Effectively communicate environmental and occupational health sciences information and understanding verbally and in writing to peers, professionals in training, and the public | Dissertation |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apply basic principles of toxicology to public health | EHS602 |
| 2 | Effectively lead teams in the design, conduct, analysis, and interpretation of toxicology studies for determining adverse responses resulting from defined exposures to chemicals | Dissertation |
| 3 | Apply understanding of molecular mechanisms, biological processes, and chemical reactivity to predict possible toxic responses of chemicals with respect to molecular, cellular, organ, and physiological targets | Dissertation |
| 4 | Apply toxicology to risk assessment of chemicals, including hazard identification, exposure assessment, dose-response assessment, risk characterization and risk management | EHS602 |
| 5 | Exercise multi-modal communication skills to convey toxicological information and understanding verbally and in writing to peers, professionals in training, and the public | Dissertation |