Your program will consist of courses addressing foundational public health knowledge and competency areas, required and elective concentration courses, a field training experience and a culminating project.
The MPH in environmental health is 44 to 45 credits.
Up to 9 credits may be transferred from previous coursework and up to 6 credits may be waived. You must complete a minimum of 43 MPH credits, regardless of any waivers or substitutions.
You can complete the program in four semesters of full-time attendance or up to eight semesters of part-time attendance.
You will be assigned a faculty advisor who will assist you in planning your academic coursework and other program requirements. Learn more about advisement.
Students should enroll in courses following the schedule below.
| Course order | Course | Credits | Course Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | EEH 501 Principles of Epidemiology OR EEH 500 Introduction to Epidemiology | 4 OR 3 | Foundational MPH course |
| 2. | CHB 501 Study of Health | 3 | Foundational MPH course |
| 3. | EEH 590 Leadership, Collaboration and Negotiation in Public Health | 2 | Foundational MPH course |
| 4. | STA 527 Statistical Analysis I LEC (lecture) | 3 | Foundational MPH course |
| 5. | STA 527 Statistical Analysis I REC (recitation) | 1 | Foundational MPH course |
| Course order | Course | Credits | Course Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | EEH 520 Biological Basis of Public Health+ | 3 | Foundational MPH course |
| 2. | EEH 530 Introduction to Health Care Organization | 3 | Foundational MPH course |
| 3. | EEH 550 Environmental Health | 3 | Foundational MPH course |
| 4. | CHB 507 Public Health Teams and Practice | 2 | Foundational MPH course |
| 5. | Environmental health elective | 3 | Elective course |
^ Students can take EEH 501 Principles of Epidemiology (4) in the Fall semester instead of EEH 500 Introduction to Epidemiology if their faculty advisor approves.
+ This course reviews biological processes of chronic and infectious diseases, which is not covered elsewhere in the MPH. Students who have satisfactorily completed college coursework in human biology, immunology, microbiology, pathophysiology, or anatomy and physiology may be able to replace this course with another concentration elective.
| Course order | Course | Credits | Course Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PMY 626 Toxicology Principles and Practice | 3 | Concentration course |
| 2. | EEH 575 Epidemiologic Applications to Environmental Health | 3 | Concentration course |
| 3. | EEH 555 Exposure Assessment in Environmental Health Research (recommended elective) | 3 | Elective course |
| 4. | EEH 544 MPH Field Training: To prepare for field training, complete all activities in the UB Learns MPH Portal > Field Training Central (it can take 1-2 semesters to complete preparation activities before beginning a field training experience so begin early) | 3 | Foundational MPH course |
| MPH Field Training (3) can alternately be completed in Summer of Year 1, or in Fall of Year 2. |
| Course order | Course | Credits | Course Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | EEH 551 Advanced Environmental Health Sciences | 3 | Concentration course |
| 2. | EEH 630 MPH Culminating Project* | 3 | Foundational MPH course |
*Students enroll in the culminating project during their last semester of the MPH. Students can only take the course after completing or enrolling in all other MPH courses and the field training experience. For dual degree students, this also includes all shared coursework.
Select courses from the list below.
Students can petition to take courses outside their concentration area or at the PhD level if the course is relevant to their future career plans and they obtain permission of the course instructor and the MPH graduate director.
Interprofessional collaborative practice, or the ability to work effectively on teams with professionals across many health or health-related disciplines, is an important competency for public health professionals.
MPH students, you can earn three interprofessional collaborative practice digital badges and an IPCP micro-credential through your required coursework:
IPCP Foundations Digital Badge by completing:
IPCP Communication and Teamwork Digital Badge by completing IPCP Innovation Sprint with Pharmacy students in CHB 507 Public Health Teams and Practice.
IPCP Healthcare Practice Digital Badge by completing CHB/EEH/STA 544 MPH Field Training.
Earn the full IPCP micro-credential by completing all three digital badges.
All digital badges and the micro-credential are awarded to you upon completion of the activities. Current students can learn more about IPCP activities, digital badges, and the micro-credential in your courses, and by visiting the MPH Portal.
Interprofessional education is learning with, from and about students in two or more health-related professions. Learn more about interprofessional education.
The process of collaborating with other health care professionals through shared communication, decision-making and teamwork to improve patient outcomes.
Collaborating with other health care professionals through effective communication and teamwork improves patient outcomes. Interprofessional teams enhance the quality of patient care, lower health care costs, decrease patients’ length of stay, and reduce medical errors. Patients receive safer, high quality care when health professionals work effectively in a team, communicate productively and understand each other's roles (Institute of Medicine – To Err is Human).
MPH students receive three IPCP digital badges and an IPCP micro-credential to add to their resumes, CVs, social media profiles, or email signature lines.
Upon completion of all three digital badges, students also earn the IPCP micro-credential.
MPH students must complete one spring forum and one fall forum. You complete the interprofessional education forums through CHB 507 Public Health Teams and Practice, and EEH 590 Leadership, Collaboration and Negotiation in Public Health.
You need to complete one spring and one fall forum. If you’ve already completed a spring forum, you do not need to complete another spring forum. If you’ve already completed a fall forum, you do not need to complete another fall forum. However, if you’ve completed one spring forum, you still need to complete a fall forum, and vice versa.
You complete the spring IPE Forum through CHB 507 Public Health Teams and Practice. You complete the fall IPE Forum through EEH 590 Leadership, Collaboration and Negotiation in Public Health. More information about completing the forums is available in each course.
You only need to complete the modules one time. You also need to complete the quiz for each of the modules and receive a grade of 40 or 50 (out of 50) on each module quiz to successfully complete an online module.
Contact Kim Krytus or your MPH faculty advisor.
You will complete a series of field training forms before and during your field training experience. You will also complete and submit a field training set of slides about your experience to your advisor. Find more information about the forms in the MPH Portal in UB Learns.
| Graduation Term | Apply to Graduate, in HUB by | Conferral Date |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | February 22 | June 1 |
| Summer | July 15 | September 1 |
| Fall | October 15 | February 1 |
To ensure you complete all of the necessary forms, review graduation requirements.
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
270 Farber Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214
Email: sphhp-eeh@buffalo.edu
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
270 Farber Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214
Email: sphhp-eeh@buffalo.edu