Environmental Health Major, B.S. (Environmental Health Concentration)

College of Public Health

Department of Environmental Health

Environmental Health Program Information

P.O. Box 70682
Johnson City, TN 37614
Tel. : 423-439-5243
Fax : 423-439-5230
Email: pattonc@etsu.edu 
 

Accredited by: The National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council

Statement of Purposes, Goals, and Objectives
The need for a healthful environment is common to all peoples and to all communities. The needs for environmental health services are complex because of changes brought about by economic and technological advances. There is an increasing need for technical personnel in the field of environmental health. The many problems brought about by economic and technological advances require a comprehensively trained specialist in environmental health.

The educational objectives of the department are to provide the student with an opportunity to:

1. Develop an understanding of
   1. the chemical, biological, physical, and social factors which affect the health of the community;
   2. relevant concepts from the social and behavioral sciences; and
   3. the environmental health systems.
2. Become proficient in
   1. identifying community environmental health needs;
   2. information collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, and dissemination; and
   3. environmental monitoring, analysis, and management.
3. Acquire skills in the application of the above techniques and knowledge necessary for solution of environmental health problems.

Degrees and Concentrations
At the undergraduate level the department offers the Bachelor of Science in environmental health degree. The programs leading to this degree are the environmental health concentration, which has a public health orientation, and the occupational health and safety concentration. In addition, the department offers a minor in environmental health and a minor in safety.

At the graduate level, the department offers the Master of Science in Environmental Health (M.S.E.H.) and the Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences.

The Department of Environmental Health also offers a minor in Emergency/Disaster Response Management. This minor is offered jointly with the Department of Health.

Graduate Study
Admission to the graduate program requires a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher learning. Majors pursue studies with emphasis in the specialist area or the administrative area. Further information on graduate programs is contained in the Graduate Catalog.

General Program Information

To earn a degree from ETSU, there are specific course requirements put forth by ETSU, by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), by each college, and by each department. All students must meet the degree requirements at each of these levels. Please follow the format below:

University-level Degree and Graduation Requirements

• Degree and Graduation Requirements 
• Completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours is required.
• CSCI 1100  or the proficiency exam
• Proficiency Intensive Course Requirements
• Senior Exit Exam
• Additional Requirements for Transfer Students
• Second Bachelor Degrees
• Double Majors/Double Degrees

Total Credit Hours for Degree: 120

TBR General Education Requirements: 41 Credit Hours

Below you will see the categories and courses specified under TBR General Education Requirements. Note that certain courses are required for this degree, specific to this major. Thus, these courses will satisfy both a TBR General Education requirement AND a requirement of this major. (Other majors may require different General Education courses.) Where specific courses are required for this major, we only list those courses under the category. If there are no specific major requirements for a category, all course options appear.

Communication

9 credits, consisting of 6 credits of written composition and 3 credits of oral communication.

Written Composition

Complete both of the following: 

• ENGL 1010 - Critical Reading and Expository Writing (3 credits)
• ENGL 1020 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 credits)

• Students required to complete learning support in writing must enroll in both ENGL 1011  and in ENGL 1010 . Additional information may be found on the University Advisement Center website www.etsu.edu/uac/learningsupport. Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1010  and ENGL 1020 .

Oral Communication

Complete one of the following:

• SPCH 1300 - Introduction to Communication Studies (3 credits)
• SPCH 2300 - Public Speaking (3 credits)
• SPCH 2320 - Argumentation and Debate (3 credits)

• When one of the oral communication courses listed above is completed to meet the general education core requirement, that course will not count toward ETSU’s oral communication-intensive requirement. (See “Other Graduation Requirements.”) Any additional course from this list that is completed will count toward the oral communication-intensive requirement.

Humanities and Fine Arts

9 credits, consisting of 3 credits of literature, 3 credits of fine arts, and 3 credits of humanities electives.

Literature

Complete one of the following: 

• ENGL 2030 - Literary Heritage (3 credits)
• ENGL 2110 - American Literature I (3 credits)
• ENGL 2120 - American Literature II (3 credits)
• ENGL 2210 - British Literature I (3 credits)
• ENGL 2220 - British Literature II (3 credits)
• ENGL 2330 - World Literature (3 credits)
• ENGL 2430 - European Literature (3 credits)

Fine Arts

Complete one of the following:

• ARTH 2010 - Art History Survey I (3 credits)
• ARTH 2020 - Art History Survey II (3 credits)
• DANC 3500 - Dance as a Human Experience (3 credits)
• HUMT 2310 - Arts and Ideas I (3 credits)
• HUMT 2320 - Arts and Ideas II (3 credits)
• MUSC 1030 - Introduction to Music (3 credits)
• MUSC 1035 - History of Jazz (3 credits)
• THEA 1030 - Introduction to the Theatre (3 credits)

Humanities Electives

Complete one of the following:

• ENGL 3150 - Literature, Ethics, and Values (3 credits)
• ENGL 3280 - Mythology (3 credits)
• ENTC 3020 - Technology and Society (3 credits)
• HIST 1110 - World History and Civilization to 1500 (3 credits)
• HIST 1120 - World History and Civilizations Since 1500 (3 credits)
• PHIL 1030 - Introduction to Philosophy (3 credits)
• PHIL 2020 - Introduction to Ethics (3 credits)
• PHIL 2040 - Philosophy as Conversation (3 credits)
• PHIL 2640 - Science and the Modern World (3 credits)
• RELI 2210 - Introduction to the Study of World Religions (3 credits)

Social and Behavioral Sciences

6 credits, consisting of two of the following: 

• ANTH 1240 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)

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• ECON 1050 - Economics and Society (3 credits) or
• ECON 2210 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits)

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• ECON 2220 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
• GEOG 1012 - Introduction to Cultural Geography (3 credits)
• HDAL 2310 - Developmental Psychology (3 credits)
• HDAL 2340 - Understanding Cultural Diversity (3 credits)
• PSCI 1110 - Political Life (3 credits)
• PSCI 1120 - Introduction to American Government (3 credits)
• PSYC 1310 - Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)
• SOCI 1020 - Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)
• SOCI 2020 - Social Problems (3 credits)
• SRVL 1020 - Introduction to Service-Learning in the Community (3 credits)
• WMST 2010 - Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 credits)

History

6 credits, consisting of both of the following:

• HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877 (3 credits)
• HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877 (3 credits)

• Note:  HIST 2030 History of Tennessee  (3 credits) may be substituted for 3 credits of United States History.

Natural Sciences

8 credits, consisting of two of the following (required labs are listed after the lecture):

• BIOL 1110 - Biology for Science Majors Lecture I (4 credits)
• BIOL 1111 - Biology for Science Majors Laboratory I (0 credit)
• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry Lecture I (4 credits)
• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry Laboratory I (0 credit)

Mathematics

Students eligible to enroll in this math course must doso during their first calendar year of enrollment or prior to accumulating 33 semester credits at ETSU.

• MATH 1840 - Analytic Geometry and Differential Calculus (3 credits)

Environmental Health Concentration

Mathematics and Science Requirements: 30 Credit Hours

• CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry Lecture II (4 credits)
• CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry Laboratory II (0 credit)
• CHEM 2010 - Organic Chemistry Lecture I (3 credits)
• CHEM 2011 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (2 credits)
• PHYS 2010 - General Physics I-Noncalculus (3 credits)
• HSCI 3000 - Human Anatomy (4 credits)
• HSCI 3020 - Human Physiology (4 credits)
• HSCI 3320 - General Microbiology (4 credits)
• HSCI 3321 - General Microbiology Laboratory (0 credit)
• BSTA 3000 - Introduction to Biostatistics (3 credits)
• EPID 3080 - Principles of Epidemiology (3 credits)

Environmental Health Requirements: 49 Credit Hours

• ENVH 3010 - Human Ecology and Environmental Education (3 credits)
• ENVH 3100 - Water Supplies and Wastewater Treatment (3 credits)
• ENVH 3400 - Introduction to Air Pollution (3 credits)
• ENVH 3500 - Environmental Safety (3 credits)
• ENVH 3700 - Solid Waste Management (3 credits)
• ENVH 4000 - Public Health Law (3 credits)
• ENVH 4080 - Environmental Health Practice (3 credits) *
• ENVH 4100 - Shelter Environments (3 credits)
• ENVH 4207 - Principles of Radiological Health (3 credits)
• ENVH 4340 - Occupational Health (3 credits)
• ENVH 4357 - Toxicology (3 credits)
• ENVH 4387 - Biological Analysis in Environmental Health (4 credits)
• ENVH 4397 - Environmental Analysis (4 credits)
• ENVH 4400 - Environmental Health Program Planning and Administration (3 credits)
• ENVH 4607 - Food Sanitation Principles (3 credits)
• ENVH 4610 - Soil Science for Environmental Health (2 credits)

Note:

ENVH 3989 , or ENVH 4989  will substitute for ENVH 4080 .

ENVH 4000  not required for international students.

Additional Information

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