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Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Occupational Health:

The Graduate Certificate Program seeks to provide graduate level instruction in environmental health to non-graduate-degreed practitioners or as a specialization within the MPH degree. Upon completion of the certificate program the student will be able to develop, implement, manage, and assess environmental and occupational contaminants programs for local, state and federal regulatory agencies. The program has been developed to allow working professionals in Public Health to expand or upgrade their skills and to provide incremental academic steps for individuals heading towards their first or second professional degree in environmental health sciences.

The Graduate Certificate Program requires the completion of 18 graduate credits. The student must demonstrate proficiency in the identification and characterization of human and ecological exposures to environmental and occupational contaminants.

Requirements

The Graduate Certificate Program requires the completion of 18 graduate credits. Students who are proficient in any one area covered by the required courses may choose from selected alternative courses to complete their requirements.

Required Courses (18 credits from the list below):

Course No.	Course Title	Credits
PHC 6315	Introduction to Environmental Health	3
PHC 6311	Environmental Toxicology and Diseases	3
PHC 6313	Environmental Risk Assessment	3
PHC 6307	Environmental Exposure Assessment and Biomonotring	3
PHC 6355	Occupational Health and Safety	3
PHC 6356	Fundamental of industrial Hygiene	3
PHC 6425	Legal and Regulatory Aspect of Environment Health or Other equivalent level course.	3

Students must take the registered Environmental Health Specialist or Register d Sanitarian (REH/RS) credential Examination offered by National Environmental Health Association (NEHA).

Students must bring a copy of their certification of passing the exam to their advisor and request that the advisor to send a memo and a copy of the aforementioned certification to the Scholl Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Once approved, this memo and the copy of the certification will be forwarded to the student's file.

Robert Stempel School of Public Health - 11200 SW 8 street, HLS 595 - Miami, FL 33199 - Phone:205 348 4903