The program in environmental health sciences offers graduate study leading to an environmental health PhD.
Students’ experiences incorporate environmental health theories with crosscutting public health competencies such as communication, public health biology, systems-thinking and leadership.
Faculty for the environmental health degree program are drawn from a number of departments and research units at UWM, giving students an unparalleled opportunity for cross-disciplinary training and novel research projects. Laboratories and equipment are available across campus to promote innovative concepts in issues of environmental health sciences.
PhD Environmental Health Sciences
The PhD in environmental health sciences requires 65 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree. In addition to the PhD common core coursework, credits include required concentration coursework (17 credits), electives (at least 12 credits), and the remaining credits taken as research. Electives are divided into three categories: molecular, organismal and population.