- Air Pollution Specialist
- Drinking & Ground Water Specialist
- Environmental Health and Safety Specialist
- Environmental Scientist
Environmental Health and Safety
Environmental Health is the science of preventing physical, chemical or biological hazards from adversely impacting human health or the ecological balances that sustain our environment. Safety is the control of hazards to an acceptable level.
Since 1972, the mission of our program has been to provide students the knowledge, skills and credentials necessary to work as an environmental health and safety professional or to continue in environmental health and safety graduate studies.
We offer two bachelor’s degree options and 5 career enhancing certificates in EHS with online or in person options.
Our graduates are in-demand and versatile. You earn industry recognized certificates and credentials as you complete your degree. Our degree can lead you to employment immediately upon graduation and often while you are still working on your degree. In addition to immediate job prospects, graduates have many options for placement in fully-funded graduate programs.
We work with you to make sure you accomplish your degree goals in a way that works with your life style.
EHS career opportunities are in demand and the field is growing.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (2022) indicates that:
Career opportunities include, but are not limited to, professional positions with public health departments, environmental protection agencies, environmental consultants and occupational health and safety divisions of industry.
Here are some possible job titles held by individuals with degrees in Environmental Health & Safety: