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Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (EOHS) Skills and Competencies Courses

The EOHS curriculum also ensures that graduates enter the workforce with the SKILLS and COMPETENCIES many of today’s environmental health employers demand. Check out the course descriptions below to see what skills and competencies you will develop as an EOHS student.

Professional Skills Courses

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    HLTH 419: Public Health Communication

    Designed to familiarize students with the prominent theories, issues, and topics in the field of health communication. Covers a range of topics including important cultural differences in health, public awareness/prevention/intervention campaigns, and the role of media and relationships in health communication.

    Designed to familiarize students with the prominent theories, issues, and topics in the field of health communication. Covers a range of topics including important cultural differences in health, public awareness/prevention/intervention campaigns, and the role of media and relationships in health communication.

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    HLTH 420: Strategic Planning and Project Management

    Covers strategic planning, which involves developing a blueprint for an organization to follow in order to achieve its goals. In addition, you will learn sought after project management skills which are needed to take a project from the idea stage to completion.

    Covers strategic planning, which involves developing a blueprint for an organization to follow in order to achieve its goals. In addition, you will learn sought after project management skills which are needed to take a project from the idea stage to completion.

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    HLTH 470: Collaborating for Change

    Social change and community work relies on productive cross-sector collaboration. This course presents students with key tools and theories that empower and engage communities to address their own issues.

    Social change and community work relies on productive cross-sector collaboration. This course presents students with key tools and theories that empower and engage communities to address their own issues.

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    HLTH 446: Grant Writing

    Nonprofits and government agencies use grant funding to support and expand their programs. Learn the essential components of a successful grant proposal and how to develop a compelling case for funding.

    Nonprofits and government agencies use grant funding to support and expand their programs. Learn the essential components of a successful grant proposal and how to develop a compelling case for funding.

Data and Research Competencies Courses

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    MATH 254: Introduction to Statistics

    Covers descriptive statistics, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression, correlation, introduction to probability. Emphasis on reasoning, problem solving, communicating ideas, and applications to a wide variety of disciplines. Use of computer statistics packages and calculators to handle computations.

    Covers descriptive statistics, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression, correlation, introduction to probability. Emphasis on reasoning, problem solving, communicating ideas, and applications to a wide variety of disciplines. Use of computer statistics packages and calculators to handle computations.

  • HLTH 382: Research Methods in Health

    Through this course, you will learn how to design public health research Experiments, different methods for analyzing data, how to interpret and communicate study results, and the use of research to support evidence-based public health practice.

    Through this course, you will learn how to design public health research Experiments, different methods for analyzing data, how to interpret and communicate study results, and the use of research to support evidence-based public health practice.

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    HLTH 480: Epidemiology

    This course covers the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease within human populations. Public health epidemiologists study connections between our health and exposures in the environment, community, and at work.

    This course covers the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease within human populations. Public health epidemiologists study connections between our health and exposures in the environment, community, and at work.

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    EOHS 479: Research Experience (Optional)

    Provides students with an opportunity for supervised research in the field of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Students develop and apply research skills under the mentorship and supervision of an EOHS research faculty member.

    Provides students with an opportunity for supervised research in the field of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Students develop and apply research skills under the mentorship and supervision of an EOHS research faculty member.