Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences - Environmental Health

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The environmental sciences program at SIUE is interdisciplinary and is designed to cultivate students' perspectives of environmental issues, and to provide them with refined knowledge of environmental issues on a local, regional and global scale. The program curriculum will increase students’ technical competence in addressing these environmental issues, their origins, ramifications and resolutions.The environmental health specialization prepares students to assess the health impacts of physical, chemical and biological agents in the environment and workplace and to explore means for their determination and management control. Students will gain the essential knowledge, skills and experience to prepare for the environmental health practitioner’s examination to become licensed environmental health practitioners.