For over 50 years the University of Washington has provided an Bachelor of science degree in Environmental Health. The BS degree, reflecting its origins in the School of Medicine, provides a basic Pre-Med curriculum having a strong base in the natural sciences of biology, chemistry, and physics. To this foundation are added core courses in public health and environmental health sciences.
This paper will describe: -- how the environmental health curriculum fits with the general undergraduate curriculum and with the graduate curriculum in our department; -- the students who enter the program and what do they do with their training upon graduation; -- how well the program working in our department and school; and, -- the lessons we have learned from our experience.
See depts.washington.edu/ehug/Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this peresentation, the participant (learner) will be able to: -- Describe the University of Washington’s undergraduate program in environmental health; -- Describe the student population and some of the challenges to recruiting undergraduate students into schools of public health; and -- Discuss the relationship of undergraduate and graduate educational programs within schools of public health.
Keywords: Education, Environmental Health