Environmental Health & Safety is an interdisciplinary major that prepares students through academic coursework, laboratory and internship experiences for a career as an environmental health officer. Graduates in the field will work to ensure public health and safety in a variety of domestic and international roles.

 

Work areas are diverse and include:

Environmental health officers protect the public from environmental threats and help communities recover from natural disasters.

 

Adapted from the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps:
http://www.usphs.gov/profession/environmental/