Student will receive a master of science degree in Environmental Health Sciences through the GHE Program.

Global Health & Environment: An Introduction

Coursework
Students are required to complete 52 semester units in several departments across campus encompassing environmental health sciences; biostatistics & epidemiology; development trends, theory, & economics; and policy & risk analysis. (click for PDF describing courses).

Faculty
Over 20 faculty are involved with GHE students. Click above to view names and research areas of interest.

Masters Project Guidelines
Every GHE student is required to conduct a research project as part of their degree requirements. Past MS project abstracts are available in the Student Research portion of the website.

International Fieldwork Opportunities
The GHE research project may be done using secondary data sources without the need to do fieldwork. Most GHE students, however, take advantage of the many opportunities available within the UCB School of Public Health to conduct fieldwork during the summer between their two academic years to investigate an environmental health problem in a developing country.

In recent years, GHE students have gone to Guatemala, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Nicaragua, India, Nepal, Thailand, Mongolia, China, and Uganda. To make this possible, requires that students start working with their advisor toward developing a project by the middle of their first academic year, as it takes time to secure funding, obtain human subjects approval, and develop a good research protocol.