EKU offers an accredited program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree. It is one of only 26 nationally accredited programs in the country and considered the premier program in the nation.
The program includes general education and supporting courses in biology,chemistry, and mathematics, plus a variety of environmental health courses dealing with air quality, water quality, wastewater disposal and treatment, hazardous and solid waste management, risk assessment and epidemiology, industrial hygiene, control of disease vectors, food hygiene, radiological health, environmental health program planning and law, terrorism, institutional health, housing and toxicology.
During upper division study, the student must complete six credit hours of supervised field experience (internship) with appropriate agencies, industries, consulting companies, or private companies.
Eastern Kentucky University
College of Health Sciences
Environmental Health Science
Richmond, KY 40475
www.eku.edu
Worley Johnson
Dizney 219
(859) 622-1940
worley.johnson@eku.edu
