Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health Science
The Environmental Health Science Program is the appropriate choice for students who want to become health inspectors (i.e., registered environmental health specialists, REHS), industrial hygienists, hazardous waste control experts, air pollution control specialists, or vector control specialists. For those who plan on becoming registered environmental health specialists (REHS), this program is approved by the Environmental Health Specialist Registration Committee of the California Department of Public Health. Students who are certified by the Environmental Health Coordinator will have met the academic and experience requirements for admittance to the California Environmental Health Specialist Registration Examination. The program is also accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council, making its graduates eligible for job opportunities as environmental health officers in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Service.
Although a few courses in this program may be offered in online or hybrid mode, most courses are only offered in-person.
Note: All upper-division courses with an HSCI prefix or any course approved for upper-division Health Science substitutions require a grade of "C" (2.0) or better.
Requirements (77 units)
Total units required for graduation: 120
Requirements for the B.S. in Environmental Health Science
(Program Code: ENHS)
| Lower-division requirements (35) | ||
| Completion of the lower-division requirements results in satisfaction of the B1, B2, B3 and B4 general education requirements (10 units). | ||
| CHEM 2100 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM 2100L | General Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 2200 | General Chemistry II | 4 |
| CHEM 2200L | General Chemistry II Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 2060 | Survey of Organic and Biochemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 2060L | Survey of Organic and Biochemistry Lab | 1 |
| PHYS 2000 | Introduction to Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS 2000L | Introduction to Physics I Lab | 1 |
| PHYS 2010 | Introduction to Physics II | 4 |
| PHYS 2010L | Introduction to Physics II Lab | 1 |
| MATH 1601 | Modeling with Calculus | 3 |
| HSCI 2203 | Introduction to Statistics in Health Sciences | 3 |
| BIOL 2200 | Microbiology for Allied Health Majors | 4 |
| One year sequence of Biology courses (8) | ||
| Choose either Group A or Group B for a minimum of 8 units | 8 | |
| Group A | ||
| Human Anatomy and Physiology I for Allied Health Majors | ||
| Human Anatomy and Physiology II for Allied Health Majors | ||
| Group B | ||
| Principles of Biology I | ||
| Principles of Biology II | ||
| Upper-division requirements (28) | ||
| HSCI 3052 | Principles of Environmental Health | 3 |
| HSCI 3580 | Principles of Toxicology | 3 |
| HSCI 4202 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| HSCI 4501 | Advanced Environmental Health | 4 |
| HSCI 4502 | Principles of Occupational Health | 4 |
| HSCI 4503 | Vector-borne Disease Control | 4 |
| HSCI 4578 | Environmental Health Management | 3 |
| HSCI 5754 | Internship in Environmental Health | 4 |
| Environmental Health Electives (6) | ||
| Six units chosen from the following (or others as approved by the program faculty advisor) | 6 | |
| Air Pollution and Radiological Health | ||
| Housing, Institutions, and Land Use | ||
| Water Quality and Pollution Control | ||
| Occupational Safety | ||
| Environmental Health Engineering | ||
| Food-Borne Illnesses and Their Prevention | ||
| Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | ||
| Bioterrorism and Emergency Response | ||
| Management of Water Quality | ||
| Total Units | 77 | |