Program Overview

Ph.D. in Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene Specialization

The Ph.D. in Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene Specialization is a program that focuses on the science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, prevention, and control of workplace contaminants and stressors that may cause sickness, injury, impaired health, or impaired well-being among workers or among citizens of the community.

Program Description

Industrial Hygiene (IH) is the science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, prevention, and control of workplace contaminants and stressors that may cause sickness, injury, impaired health, or impaired well-being among workers or among citizens of the community.

Program Requirements

• Core Courses:
  • ERHS 520: Environmental and Occupational Health Issues (3 credits)
  • ERHS 526: Industrial Hygiene (3 credits)
  • ERHS 527: Industrial Hygiene Laboratory (1 credit)
  • ERHS 532: Epidemiologic Methods (3 credits)
• Select one from the following:
  • ERHS 679: Occ Env Health Interdisciplinary Symposium 1 (1-4 credits)
  • ERHS 693B: Research Seminar: Industrial Hygiene 2 (1-4 credits)
• Out-of-Department Courses: 6 credits (minimum of 2 courses with approval of advisor and graduate committee)
• Statistics: 3 credits (with approval of advisor and graduate committee)
• Elective Courses: minimum of 15 credits from the following:
  • ERHS 502: Fundamentals of Toxicology
  • ERHS 503: Toxicology Principles
  • ERHS 504: Occupational and Environmental Toxicology
  • ERHS 528: Occupational Safety
  • ERHS 530: Radiological Physics and Dosimetry I
  • ERHS 536: Advanced Occupational Health
  • ERHS 540: Principles of Ergonomics
  • ERHS 541: Ergonomics in Product and Process Design
  • ERHS 547: Equipment and Instrumentation
  • ERHS 549: Environmental Health Risk Assessment
  • ERHS 550: Principles of Radiation Biology
  • ERHS 601: Metabolism and Disposition of Toxic Agents
  • ERHS 636: Industrial Hygiene Control Methods
  • ERHS 637: Environment, Safety, and Health Management
  • ERHS 656: Occupational Noise Control
  • ERHS 658: Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
  • ERHS 726: Aerosols and Environmental Health
  • ERHS 784: Supervised College Teaching
  • PSY 792D: Advanced Seminar: Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Dissertation: ERHS 799 (15-20 credits)
• Responsible Conduct Research Training: 0 credits (required of all Ph.D. students enrolled in the program)

Program Total Credits

A minimum of 72 credits are required to complete this program.

Procedures for Master's and Doctoral Degrees

1. Application for admission (online): six months before first registration
2. Diagnostic examination when required: before first registration
3. Appointment of advisor: before first registration
4. Selection of graduate committee: before the time of fourth regular semester registration
5. Filing of program of study (GS Form 6): before the time of fourth regular semester registration
6. Preliminary examination (Ph.D. and PD): two terms prior to final examination
7. Report of preliminary examination (GS Form 16) - (Ph.D. and PD): within two working days after results are known
8. Changes in committee (GS Form 9A): when change is made
9. Application for Graduation (GS Form 25): refer to published deadlines from the Graduate School Website
10. Submit thesis or dissertation to committee: at least two weeks prior to the examination or at the discretion of the graduate committee
11. Final examination: refer to published deadlines from the Graduate School Website
12. Report of final examination (GS Form 24): within two working days after results are known; refer to published deadlines from the Graduate School website
13. Submit a signed Thesis/Dissertation Submission Form (GS Form 30) to the Graduate School and Submit the Survey of Earned Doctorates (Ph.D. only) prior to submitting the electronic thesis/dissertation: refer to published deadlines from the Graduate School website
14. Submit the thesis/dissertation electronically: refer to published deadlines from the Graduate School website
15. Graduation: ceremony information is available from the Graduate School website