Environmental Health Policy Minor ~ Degree Requirements

Credits Required

Total credits in the minor:

  • 13 for CHHS students
  • 15 for ESSP students
  • 20 for students in other CSUMB majors
Prerequisites

None

Outcomes, Courses, and Assessment

You may add the Environmental Health Policy Minor to your course of study at any time during your undergraduate studies at CSUMB. However, if you think you are interested in the EHP Minor, you should contact one of the program faculty as early as possible, so that you can integrate the minor requirements into your Individual Learning Plan (ILP).

The following CHHS and ESSP MLOs represent the knowledge, skills and abilities you are expected to master to successfully complete the minor degree and demonstrate your competence. You must achieve each of the Learning Outcomes designated below by successfully completing the listed courses or alternative assessment options.

ESSP Majors

CHHS MLO 6 Knowledge of Health and Human Services ~ Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental principles and issues common to the major fields of health and human services including community health, social welfare, and public policy; and demonstrate competence in the selected areas of concentration

CHHS MLO 11 Public Policy Analysis ~ Demonstrate ability to critically analyze public policy issues and begin to master the skills necessary to identify and define public policy problems, analyze existing policies, develop alternatives to current policy, and recommend alternatives

  • Complete the following course: CHHS 450 

CHHS MLO 10 Professional Development ~ Demonstrate ability to apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for growth and development as an entry-level professional by producing evidence of increasing self-awareness and self-correcting behaviors

CHHS Majors

ESSP MLO 4 Applied Economics And Policy Competency ~ Ability to examine the linkages between economics and environmental goods and services to analyze problems of resource allocation, and to apply the basic principles of environmental ethics to the analysis of environmental issues ~ Ability to critically evaluate alternative policies in terms of the economic, political, ethical, historical, or cultural factors that influence environmental decision making

  • Complete the following courses: ESSP 384S and ESSP 384

ESSP MLO 10 Systems Approach to Applied Problem Solving ~ Ability to use a systems perspective to analyze environmental issues and evaluate the potential effects and ethical implications of alternative environmental policies or human actions

All other CSUMB Majors

CHHS MLO 6 Knowledge of Health and Human Services ~ Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental principles and issues common to the major fields of health and human services including community health, social welfare, and public policy; and demonstrate competence in the selected areas of concentration

  • Complete the following course: PH 320

CHHS MLO 11 Public Policy Analysis ~ Demonstrate ability to critically analyze public policy issues and begin to master the skills necessary to identify and define public policy problems, analyze existing policies, develop alternatives to current policy, and recommend alternatives

  • Complete the following course: CHHS 450 

CHHS MLO 10 Professional Development ~Demonstrate ability to apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for growth and development as an entry-level professional by producing evidence of increasing self-awareness and self-correcting behaviors

  • Complete the following course: CHHS 396S

ESSP MLO 4 Applied Economics And Policy Competency ~ Ability to examine the linkages between economics and environmental goods and services to analyze problems of resource allocation, and to apply the basic principles of environmental ethics to the analysis of environmental issues ~ Ability to critically evaluate alternative policies in terms of the economic, political, ethical, historical, or cultural factors that influence environmental decision making

  • Complete the following courses: ESSP 384S and ESSP 384

ESSP MLO 10 Systems Approach to Applied Problem Solving ~ Ability to use a systems perspective to analyze environmental issues and evaluate the potential effects and ethical implications of alternative environmental policies or human actions

  • Complete one of the following courses: ESSP 309; ESSP 385; ESSP 386; ESSP 387
Courses and Other Pathway Requirements

Requirements for this minor provide students with significant breadth and appropriate depth of knowledge and skills in environmental politics and economics, environmental health issues, public health assessment and education, and policy analysis. The curriculum includes a field placement and CHHS and ESSP course work.

Field Practice Requirement

You will complete approximately 60 hours of fieldwork during the EHP Minor. Your CHHS or ESSP faculty advisor will approve the agencies involved based on:

  1. The opportunities they present for you to work on environmental health policy issues of importance
  2. The agency's ability to meet the minimum requirements for providing mentorship and organizational support

Stipends and travel expenses, especially outside the Tri-County area, are encouraged.