Environmental Health, BS

Total number of hours for program 120

Declaring a major in Environmental Health does not guarantee admission into the program. Students must maintain an overall 2.3 GPA and earn a grade of C (2.0) or above in each of the core environmental health courses to remain in the program. In addition, students are expected to adhere to the technical and professional standards of the program. For the most up-to-date information regarding these standards, program suspension and termination, refer to the Environmental Health Program website linked from the School of Health Sciences. The program is nationally accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC).

Liberal Studies Hours (42 hours)

Liberal Studies Program Requirements

Major Requirements

The major requires 60 hours (Math and Science C2 and C5 requirements, and Core major classes) hours as follows:

BIOL 313 - Microbiology in Health and Nutrition Credits: 4
CHEM 139 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4
CHEM 140 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4
CHEM 241 - Organic Chemistry I Credits: 4
ENVH 230 - Introduction to Environmental Health Science Credits: 3
ENVH 310 - Water Quality Control Credits: 3
ENVH 311 - Water Quality Control Laboratory Credits: 1
ENVH 320 - Institutional and Residential Environments Credits: 3
ENVH 330 - Food Protection and Sanitation Credits: 3
ENVH 331 - Food Protection and Sanitation Laboratory Credits: 1
ENVH 375 - Environmental Toxicology Credits: 3
ENVH 395 - Environmental Health Pre-Internship Seminar Credits: 1
ENVH 412 - Solid and Hazardous Materials Management Credits: 3
ENVH 430 - Medical Entomology Credits: 3
ENVH 431 - Medical Entomology Laboratory Credits: 1
ENVH 440 - Air Quality Control Credits: 3
ENVH 450 - Air Quality Control Lab Credits: 1
ENVH 470 - Epidemiologic Methods for Environmental Health Credits: 4
ENVH 483 - Environmental Health Internship Credits: 2, R6
MATH 130 - Precalculus I Credits: 3
or MATH 146 or MATH 153
MATH 170 - Applied Statistics Credits: 3
PHYS 130 - Introductory Physics I Credits: 4
BIOL 102 - Human Genetics Credits: 3
(or a higher-level Biology class)
One additional science course (at least three credit hours) approved by an advisor (for example, BIOL 140, PHYS 131, CHEM 242 or higher, GEOL 305 or 310 or another BIOL course; first-year seminars do not count for this requirement.

Note: By taking MATH 130, BIOL 313, and CHEM 139, each four credit hours (12 total), students satisfy their nine credit hours of C2 and C5 Liberal Studies courses. The remaining three credit hours (after the nine LS credits are subtracted from the 12-hour total for those three classes) are applied to the Environmental Health credit-hour requirements.

General Electives 18 hours

General electives (18 hours) are required to complete the program. To satisfy another WCU requirement, students should earn 25 percent of their total hours at WCU and at the junior-senior level.

Visit the department’s website at http://envh.wcu.edu to view the eight-semester curriculum guide.