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One-Year MPH in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

About the Program

DELIVERY METHOD:  FULLY ONLINE
ENROLLMENT TYPE:  FULL-TIME 
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE  |  STEM DESIGNATED

The MPH in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences program prepares students to recognize, analyze and control environmental and occupational threats to health in a scientific framework. Students learn to assess and measure exposures to environmental and occupational hazards, examine the relationships between exposures and health outcomes in built, natural, and social contexts and develop control strategies to remediate these exposures.

Students can select one of the following four focus areas, or create their own plan in consultation with their academic advisor:

  1. Climate change and health preparedness
  2. Environmental and occupational epidemiology
  3. Geospatial environmental health
  4. Occupational health and safety

The one-year MPH is a rigorous, accelerated program for driven professionals who want to jump start their careers with a public health degree. It delivers the full curriculum of the traditional two-year MPH, but in just three semesters (one summer, fall, and spring) at a higher level of intensity. It is not recommended students work full-time while pursuing this program.

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Is this degree right for you?

The program is designed for students who are passionate about a socially-just public health at the intersection of environmental and occupational safety and health.

What will you learn?

Learn to identify major sources of exposure to environmental, occupational and safety hazards that disparately impede access to health and safety in a social justice framework, and learn to leverage health law and policy to combat hazards.

Where to after graduation?

Graduates work in local, state and federal environmental and occupational health agencies, labor unions, consulting firms, health and safety programs and businesses as safety managers, health officers, industrial hygienists and more.

  1. Completed SOPHAS application
  2. Undergraduate degree from an accredited university with GPA (overall and major) of at least 3.5 preferred; or, significant relevant experience (2+ years in the field) if GPA < 3.5
  3. Personal statement/statement of purpose (recommended length is 500 words)
  4. Background in the field: paid or volunteer experience in public health or related field
  5. Resume
  6. 2 Letters of recommendation
  7. TOEFL scores are required if language of instruction for prior degrees was not English
  8. Transcript evaluation from WES or ECE for foreign transcripts.
  9. At least 18 credits of college-level science and math, including a course in statistics or calculus. Some chemistry and biology are strongly recommended.

Application Deadline: Summer 2026 application deadline is April 15, 2026 

Foundational Knowledge (0 credits)   PUBH 601 Foundations of Public Health Knowledge*  
Core Coursework (15 credits)   PUBH 610 Introduction to Health Systems, Policy, and Management  
PUBH 611 Health Equity, Communication, and Advocacy  
PUBH 612 Designing and Evaluating Public Health Interventions  
PUBH 613 Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research  
PUBH 614 Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis Methods in Public Health Research  
Required Coursework (9 credits)   EOHS 633 Introduction to Environmental and Occupational Health  
EOHS 634 Exposure and Risk Assessment  
EOHS 622 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology  
Elective Coursework (12 credits)   Four (4) electives chosen in consultation with faculty advisor  
Practice Experience (3 credits)   PUBH 696 Supervised Fieldwork  
Culminating Experience (3 credits)   PUBH 698 Capstone Project  
Total Credits Required   42  

*Students who have a CEPH-accredited undergraduate or graduate degree in public health can be waived from PUBH 601 by submitting a Course Waiver Request.  

Year 1 Summer (12 credits)  PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research 
PUBH 611: Health Equity, Communication, and Advocacy 
PUBH 610: Introduction to Health Systems, Policy, and Management 
PUBH 612: Designing and Evaluating Public Health Interventions 
Year 1 Fall 

(15 credits) 

 PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge (0 credits) 
PUBH 696: Supervised Fieldwork  
PUBH 614: Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis Methods in Public Health Research 
EOHS 633: Introduction to Environmental and Occupational Health  
EOHS 634: Exposure and Risk Assessment  
Elective I 
Year 1 Spring 

(15 credits) 

 PUBH 698: Capstone Project  
EOHS 622: Environmental and Occupational Toxicology  
Elective II 
Elective III 
Elective IV 

Please see our Office of Financial Aid page for information on loans, scholarships, and other financial aid related issues.

Alumni Outcomes

Alumni outcomes data was collected via surveys of CUNY SPH alumni one year after graduation from 2016 to 2022. See more program outcomes here.

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