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Nov 25, 2024
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2024-2025 APU Catalog
Environmental Public Health, A.A.S.
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The Certificate of Environmental Public Health (24 credits) and the Associate of Applied Science in Environmental Public Health, A.A.S. (64 credits) prepare students to fill entry-level public health professional positions as environmental health technicians. The Programs offer a logical and consistent transition from EPH Certificate to EPH A.A.S. to Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Environmental Public Health (EPH) along a path that gives the student the opportunity and the choice to advance to the next level.
Students who graduate from the program will engage with underserved communities in a culturally safe manner to perform inspections, propose remediation, and implement actions to ensure the fundamental public health required to protect human health and the environment. Students attain the critical knowledge to address environmental public health challenges in the areas of drinking water quality and sanitation, air quality, solid and hazardous waste management, occupational health and safety, food safety and security, and applied health sciences. Graduates will fulfill the demand for technician-level environmental public health positions in State, Tribal, and local organizations tasked to address these challenges.
Learning Outcomes
As a graduate, the student will earn a Certificate of Environmental Public Health or an EPH A.A.S. with foundational-to-integrated proficiency in APU’s Core Competencies:
- Effective Communication [EC]: Understand how to get one’s point across in writing, presentations, and organizations to share information, teach others, foster collaboration, and apply this knowledge in personal and professional practice.
- Critical Thinking [CT]: Execute the ability to compute, analyze, make sense of information or data, and reach reasoned conclusions cognizant of bias or fallacies.
- Cultural & Historical Perspective [CH]: Exemplify tradition and heritage to decision-making in a world shaped by diverse cultures and abiding histories.
- Scientific Inquiry [SI]: Evaluate verifiable conclusions based on documented observations, findings, and recognized methods to know how things work in our world.
- Ethical Engagement [EE]: Generate salient questions and apply ethical and effective problem-framing and problem-solving to make things better.
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Foundational Studies (25-28)
- EC Written Communication ** (WRIT 10100) (4)
- EC Presentation Media (COMM 10000-20000) (3-4)
- CT Critical Thinking (CRIT 10000-20000) (3-4)
- CT Computation **(MT 10100) (4)
- SI Scientific Inquiry (SC 16100 - Biology l) (4) †
- CH Cultural & Historical Perspective (CS 22700 ) (4)
- EE Social Responsibility (LS 10200) (2)
- EE Personal Responsibility: (from 10000 – 20000 OS/PE or BA 20400) (1-2)
[† Foundational Studies requirement satisfied in the Major Studies]
[** Minimum grade of ‘C’ (defined as C+, C, C-) must be earned]
(Unless otherwise noted, check for courses which satisfy Foundational Studies categories under ‘Associate-level Degree Requirements- Overview’)
Required Courses (40 credits)
Self-Determined Studies (credits vary)
- Students are encouraged to work ahead to take courses that will meet bachelor’s level requirements in Foundational Studies and/or Major Studies.
- Students can use alternative processes to earn credit through credit-by-exam or documented experiential learning.
Minimum Graduation Credit Hour Requirement: 64
NOTE: A grade of “C” (defined as: C+, C, C-) or better must be earned in all Major Studies requirements. A course must be repeated if a grade lower than “C” (defined as: C+, C, C-) is earned.
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