Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Environmental Health
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, our homes and workplaces all can influence our state of health. Businesses and individuals must comply with a range of health & safety standards, in food, occupational and environmental areas.
In this course, you’ll study issues such as food safety, environmental pollution, occupational safety and health risk management, and how these should be managed.
The course is applied in nature, but has a strong scientific underpinning, especially in Years 1 and 2. In Years 3 and 4, you’ll expand into applied areas of environmental health and examine current and developing issues.
Areas of study include environmental health, microbiology, building technology, ecology and entomology, food and water chemistry, noise and radiation, occupational safety and health, food safety, health promotion, air quality, housing policy and defects, and environmental health protection.
Work Placement
In the period of professional practice (placement), you’ll learn how to apply your knowledge of environmental health.
Program Outline
Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 1
Semester 2
*Students will complete the National Hygiene Partnership Certificate - delivered in Stage 2, Semester 2. This additional certification is embedded with the course. The validated module is recognised by the NHP.
Semester 1
**Extended Semester 2 – Environmental Health Professional Practice (Commence End Jan until mid-August: 3.5 months with the Health Service Executive, Department of Health and 3.5 months with private industry).
Semester 1
Semester 2
Graduates go on to work in private and public sectors in areas such as environmental management, health and safety, food safety and health promotion, as well as Environmental Health Officer (EHO) in the state sector. Environmental Health Officer, Health and Safety Inspector.
Employers need qualified staff to steer them through their responsibilities in environmental health. You can go on to work in private and public sectors in areas such as environmental management, health and safety, food safety and health promotion, as well as Environmental Health Officer (EHO) in the state sector. State sector EHOs are normally responsible for monitoring and enforcing standards (through advice, education and regulation) in a wide range of areas such as food safety, air and water quality, and tobacco policies (see Environmental Health Officers’ Association).
The course was wide-ranging, with a wonderful basis in a range of disciplines. I then decided I wanted to be a specialist in one particular discipline and returned to do a two-year research master’s in health and safety. I am now managing the Health and Safety Department in a large teaching hospital.
Health and safety practitioners come from a variety of backgrounds, which can include engineering, science, law and environment. No one individual would possesses all of these qualifications, but Environmental Health certainly provides you with a good grounding in each of the disciplines. It’s a course I would highly recommend.
Our student Sean tells us about his experience studying Environmental Health (TU869) at TU Dublin.