Environmental Health (ENHL)
The Department of Environmental Health provides training in
environmental health within a broad basic sciences background.
The department emphasizes evaluation and control of major environmental
health problems in developing countries in such fields as water
supply, waste disposal, food hygiene, occupational health, air
pollution, and others.
Degrees and Programs
Bachelor of Science in Environmental
Health
The ENHL offers a three-year program in environmental health
and awards a Bachelor of Science. The curriculum provides a
broad education in basic sciences and a fundamental knowledge
of environmental health. Emphasis is placed upon the evaluation
and control of major environmental health problems in developing
countries in such fields as water supply, waste disposal, food
hygiene, occupational health, air and marine pollution, and
control of disease vectors. Students in this program are also
required to take public health courses in the fields of epidemiology,
biostatistics, health services administration, and public health
education, which lead to a minor in public health.
Developing countries are in great need of qualified personnel
capable of planning and implementing programs for the improvement
of the human environment. This provides great opportunities
for graduates of this program.
Graduates may occupy senior or intermediate posts in
- government agencies such as the Ministry of Health, Ministry
of the Environment, municipalities, or health centers.
- the private sector, which offers a variety of job opportunities
in industry, research institutions, universities, schools,
and private business.
- international agencies.
Click
here for a full description of the BS in Environmental Health
Master of Science in Environmental Sciences
The department also offers a graduate program leading to the
MS degree in Environmental
Sciences (Major: Environmental Health). For details regarding
the MS degree, refer to the section on the Inter-Faculty Graduate
Environmental Sciences Program in the graduate studies section
at the end of the AUB
catalogue.
In view of the increasing interest in development and its impact
on the human environment, a variety of courses offered by this
department are made available to students in other fields. Click
here for a full description of the MS in Environmental Sciences.
Minor in Environmental Health
The Minor in Environmental Health will allow students to acquire
knowledge about the components of the environmental system and
the interactive processes that affect human health, environmental
protection, and development.
Click here for a full description
of the Minor in Environmental Health |
 |
|
Contact
Informationn
Ms. Nouha Shammas
Department Secretary
AUB Main Numbers: 961 1 340 460, 350 000, 374 444, 374
374, ext. 4620/1
Email: ns20@aub.edu.lb
Mailing Address
Environmental Health Department
Faculty of Health Sciences
American University of Beirut
Van Dyck Building
PO Box 11-0236
Riad El-Solh Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon |
|
|
|
BS
Environmental Health