University of Rochester

This major has 13 required courses, one required one-credit lab, and four pre-requisite courses. The environmental health major leads to a bachelor of science degree and satisfies the natural sciences requirement of the Rochester Curriculum.

Key goals for this major:

• Understand how anthropogenic and environmental factors contribute to human exposure to environmental toxins and pathogens
• Integrate multiple disciplines to enhance understanding of environmental health exposures and their consequences, and to support appropriate analysis and problem solving
• Appreciate the social, economic, and cultural contributors to the creation and resolution of environmental health problems