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Gain In-Demand Skills

The EOHS curriculum also ensures that graduates enter the workforce with the SKILLS and COMPETENCIES many of today’s environmental health employers demand.

Check out the following course descriptions to see what skills and competencies you will develop as an EOHS student.

Professional Skills Courses

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    HLTH 357: Public Health Communication

    Covers the prominent theories, issues, and topics in health communication. Topics covered include awareness/prevention/intervention campaigns and the role of media and relationships in health communication.

    Covers the prominent theories, issues, and topics in health communication. Topics covered include awareness/prevention/intervention campaigns and the role of media and relationships in health communication.

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    HLTH 358: Policy Approaches for Public Health

    Increase capacity to plan, implement, and evaluate policy, systems, and environmental change interventions within organizations (non-profits, businesses and schools), as well as at the different levels of government.

    Increase capacity to plan, implement, and evaluate policy, systems, and environmental change interventions within organizations (non-profits, businesses and schools), as well as at the different levels of government.

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    HLTH 446: Grant Writing

    Students will learn the essential components of the donor development cycle, identifying potential grant funders, writing a successful grant proposal and developing a compelling case for funding.

    Students will learn the essential components of the donor development cycle, identifying potential grant funders, writing a successful grant proposal and developing a compelling case for funding.

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    HLTH 470: Collaboration and Advocacy in Public Health

    Social change and community work relies on cross-sector collaboration. This course investigates key tools and theories that empower and engage communities to address their own issues.

    Social change and community work relies on cross-sector collaboration. This course investigates key tools and theories that empower and engage communities to address their own issues.

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    HLTH 480: Epidemiology

    Study of the distribution and determinants of disease within human populations. Provides tools to critically assess, interpret, and apply epidemiological data to improve healthcare and public health outcomes.

    Study of the distribution and determinants of disease within human populations. Provides tools to critically assess, interpret, and apply epidemiological data to improve healthcare and public health outcomes.