Degree Pathway for the Bachelor of Science in Public Health - Environmental Health Option

For students entering prior to fall 2012.

Note: the curriculum below is for the BS to MS option. The BS alone is the same minus PUBH.5250 and 1 elective.

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year

¹Class for B.S. to M.S. only.

Current UMass Lowell students should use their Advisement Report in SIS. If you need assistance, please contact your advisor.

• Minimum 1 Environmental Science and 1 Environmental Studies, as well as meeting completion of 4 technical areas of competence for accreditation.
• 40-hour Hazardous Waste Worker HS Course will be required in last two years – no credits, no fee.
• For the BS program, an optional non-graduate credit 4000 level section will be offered for each of the 5000 level courses with students in the same class with reduced workload requirements.

Electives

• PLAS.2010 Polymer Materials I
• PLAS.2020 Polymer Materials II
• LGST.3670 Environmental Law (Legal Studies)
• HIST.3160 American Environmental History
• CRIM.2130 Emergency Management (CJ)
• PHIL.3270 Environmental Philosophy
• POLI.1750 Introduction to Environmental Studies
• POLI.3570 Thoreau in Our Time
• POLI.3580 Global Environmental Policy
• PSYC.2550 Community Psychology
• SOCI.2360 Sociological Approaches to the Environment
• ECON.3150 Intro to Environmental Economics
• PUBH.2110 Sustainable Development (RESD – Gened SSE)
• BIOL.2150 Introduction to Marine Biology
• BIOL.2350 Genetics
• BIOL.2400 Evolution, Ecology, Conservation
• BIOL.3150 Principles of Ecology (Biology - Gened SCL)
• BIOL.4680 Biology of Global Change
• LIFE.1230 Nutrition and Disease
• ATMO.3060 Environmental Problem Solving
• ENVI.4060 Geographic Information Systems
• GEOL.3140 Hydrogeology
• GEOL.3150 Environmental Geochemistry

Upper level courses (5000) to be taken only with permission of advisor and instructor. These courses are primarily for students who have decided to pursue the BS-MS track.

These courses should be limited to fulfilling the EH Elective slot in the Spring of Junior Year or later.

• PUBH.5000 Analytical Context of the Work Environment
• PUBH.5400 Occupational Engineering Safety
• PUBH.5570 Toxic Use Reduction
• MLSC.5410 Introduction to Public Health and the Public Health Laboratory

Restriction on off-campus study:

Be advised that any course taken at another institution must be formally approved prior to enrollment. See the catalog policy for details.

Last Updated: 10/17/2017