Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health

Kings Education - United States

The environmental health major will position you for jobs related to community health, environmental testing and quality control. The overall goal of the Environmental Health major is to provide you a premium quality education and training of environmental health science and protection practitioners. The program’s learning objectives are aligned to the Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs (AEHAP) guidelines. Our students completing the program will:Demonstrate critical thinking.Complete an extended field training practicum.Appreciate professional obligations and become life-long learners.Demonstrate skills, technical knowledge and attributes necessary to function as members of a health team in the public or private sector based upon a sound foundation of instruction in core, related and technical areas.Demonstrate skills in basic science (biology, chemistry and physics).Demonstrate skills in communication (written composition, public speaking and computers).Demonstrate skills in pre-calculus.Demonstrate knowledge in general education (humanities and social sciences).This major is recommended for students who are interested in human health and the interaction of the human population with biological, chemical, and physical hazards. Environmental Health is a professional degree involved with protection of public health from hazards found in the built and external environments.