Environmental Health Sciences Minor

An Environmental Health Sciences Minor is available to all WSU students, regardless of major. All you need is junior standing, a 2.0 grade point, and an interest in environmental issues. The courses available for the EHS minor are part of the program initially developed over 20 years ago for WSU's major in EHS, which is one of only 24 accredited programs in the entire United States.


Environmental Health Sciences Minor Course Options

Thirty-five credits are required for the minor.  The thirty-five-hour minimum permits the students to select from a broad array of environmental courses suited to his-her individual needs.  A minimum of a 2.0 grade point must be maintained for each course taken in the minor, and students must maintain a 2.0 grade point average overall.

I. All students choosing the EHS minor take 15 credit hours of the following EHS survey courses requiring junior standing, and which will provide a student with a conceptual foundation in the environmental sciences.

EH 362-3    General Environmental Health. Junior standing required
EH 364-3    Solid and Hazardous Waste Management. Junior standing required
EH 401-3    Environmental Protection: Law, Regulation & Enforcement. Junior standing required
EH 451-3    Environmental Management & Risk Communication. Junior standing required
EH 472-3    Air Quality Management. Junior standing required
 

II. With environmental faculty assistance, choose the remaining 20 credit hours from the following broad range of other environment-related courses. Note that some of these additional courses may have prerequisites.  (This is not a non-inclusive list.  Other courses may qualify with advisor approval.)

EH 360-3    Environmental Aspects of Water Quality
EH 401-3    Topics in Environmental Science
EH 416-4    Ecotoxicology
EH 431-3    Risk Assessment I
EH 462-3    Epidemiology and Community Health
EH 466-3    Fundamental Occupational Health and Safety
EH 467-3    Fundamental Occupational Health and Safety Lab
EH 468-3    Advanced Occupational Health and Safety
EH 492-2    Environmental Issues Seminar
BIO 231-1   Introduction to Ecology
BIO 413-5   Biological Problems in Water Pollution
CHM 302-4 Environmental Chemistry
GL 309-4    Environmental Geologic & Quality Hazards
GL 450-4    Hydrogeology
GL 461-4    Geologic and Environmental Applications of GIS
GEO 447-5 Geographic Information Systems
EC 370-3    Environmental Economics

 

If you have comments, suggestions, or would like more information, email us at ieqstaff@wright.edu

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