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The M.S. degree program introduces candidates to the analysis of problems in environmental health sciences and generates skills in important areas of environmental health sciences. Important among these skills is competence in basic research methodology. Graduates should appreciate the interaction of technical, social, economic, and political determinants of environmental health problems and the way these factors influence the development of changes in environmental quality.

The M.S. degree program provides a sound methodological preparation for working in a research setting or for pursuing an advanced academic degree. M.S. degree students usually spend two years in residence to complete a minimum of 42 credits.

Accelerated M.S. Degree
An Accelerated Master of Science degree option is available to students who graduate with a B.S. degree from the Environmental Sciences major in the University’s College of Natural Resources and the Environment, or with a B.S. degree from the School of Public Health and Health Sciences with a major in the Science track of Public Health. This option may be completed within one academic year and an intervening summer, assuming that students have completed 30 credits in the Environmental Health Option in the Environmental Major, in the College of Natural Resources and the Environment. Students with the aid of their adviser start their Environmental Health program at the beginning of their senior year. Students on this track must complete a minimum of 30 credits, produce a thesis, and pass a comprehensive examination as a culminating experience.

For further information on graduate degree programs contact: Environmental Health Sciences, Goessman Building, Room 149, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9303; tel. (413) 545-2288.