Master of Public Affairs & Master of Science in Toxicology Concurrent Degree

Concurrent MPA/MS Toxicology students are required to complete:

Course List

MPA Core Requirements Credits
PB AF 510 Foundations of American Democracy 1
PB AF 511 & 512 Public Management I & II 3, 3
PB AF 513 Policy Analysis 3
PB AF 516 Microeconomics 3
PB AF 522 Public Budgeting 3
PB AF 527 & 528 Quantitative Analysis I & II * 3 each
*Concurrent degree students should take BIOST 511 & 512 Medical Biometry I & II or BIOST 517 & 518 Applied Biostatistics I & II to satisfy this requirement.
PB AF 605 Degree Project ** 6
**Replaced by ENV H 700 Master's Thesis. Thesis committee will contain professors from both schools and should develop a topic that covers the intersection of policy, management, and the student's concentration in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences.
Evans Required Internship 0

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MPA Restricted Electives Credits
Methods/Analysis
MS Students: ENV H 577 Risk Assessment
MPH Students: ENV H 574 or Evans Approved Option (Evans School has identified a wide variety of courses across the University and in addition offers courses such as Qualitative Methods, Program Evaluation, Survey Research, Advanced Regression Analysis, or Decision Analysis.
3 Methods Credits Required
Economics
HSERV 585 Introduction to Health Economics
OR HSERV 587 Health Policy Economics
OR HSMGMT 514 Health Economics
OR Other approved course.
3 Economics Credits Required
Values
Any approved Values class in Evans School or Public Health, such as PBAF 504 Admin. Ethics, PBAF 506 Ethics & Public Policy, PBAF 596 Ethics and Values in Environmental and Natural Resource Policy, or PHG 512/LAW E562/MHE 514 Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues in Public Health Genetics
3 Values Credits Required
Gateway Electives
Covered by MS or MPH core requirements
N/A

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Master of Science Core Courses
Course Credits Quarter Course Title
ENV H 580 1, 1, 1 A, W, Sp Environmental Health Seminar
ENV H 581 1 A Environmental Health Reading I
ENV H 583 1 Sp Environmental Health Reading III
ENV H 700 * 9 A, W, Sp, S Master's Thesis
*Replaces PB AF 605 Degree Project. Thesis committee will contain professors from both schools and should develop a topic that covers the intersection of policy, management, and the student's concentration in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences.
BIOST 511 & 512 OR BIOST 517 & 518 ** 4 S (511), A (511, 517), W(512, 518) Medical Biometry I & II OR Applied Biostatistics I & II
**Replaces PB AF 527 & 528 in MPA requirements.
EPI 511 *** 3-4 A Introduction to Epidemiology
***Higher level Epidemiology courses can be substituted for EPI 511. EPI 512 and EPI 513 must both be completed if they are taken to satisfy this requirement.

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Toxicology Program Required Courses
Course# Credits Quarter Course Title
ENV H 514, 515, 516 9 A, W, Sp Environmental & Occupational Toxocilogy I, II, & III
BIOC 405 & 406 6 A, W Introduction to Biochemistry I & II
OR BIOC 440, 441, 442 12 A, W, Sp Biochemistry
ENV H 552 3 W Envirornmental Chemistry of Pollution
ENV H 577 3-4 A Risk Assessment of EH Hazards

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Toxicology Program Representative Electives
Students who take BIOC 405, 406 must take 9 electives; students who take BIOC 440, 441, 442 must take 3 electives.
Course # Credits Quarter Course Title
ENV H 511 3 W Environmental and Occupational Health
ENV H 512 3 * Hazardous Waste Management Technology
ENV H 531 3 W, even yrs. Neurotoxicology
ENV H 532 2 S, even yrs. Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology
ENV H 533 2 W, odd yrs. Molecular Toxicology
ENV H 535 2 A, even yrs. Inhalation Toxicology
ENV H 550 2 A Microscopy: Imagine Acquisition and Analysis
ENV H 553 3 W Instumental Methods for Industrial Hygiene Measurement (Lect)
ENV H 555 3 Sp Instrumental Methods for Industrial Hygiene Measurement (Lab)
ENV H 567 3 A, even yrs. Mechanisms for Carcinogenesis
ENV H 570 3 Sp Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
ENV H 582 1 A, W, Sp, S Environmental Health Reading
ENV H 584 3 W Occupational Health & Safety: Policy & Politics
ENV H 591 1-6 A, W, Sp Current Topics in Toxicology
BIOST 521 4 * Biostatistics for Experimentalists
C MED 407 3 A, W, Sp Principles of Animal Experimentation
MICROM 441 4 A Introduction to Immunology
MICROM 442 3 W Medical Bacteriology
MICROM 518 3 * Microbial Degradation of Toxic Contaminants
PATH 444 2-3, max. 5 * General Pathology
PATH 555 3 * Environmental Pathology
PABIO 5XX 3 * Advanced Physiology Courses

* Please check UW Time Schedule or contact department to confirm quarter offered.

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Additional Electives
Free elective credits: Sufficient elective credits to reach total of 90 credits.
*These electives can be taken from among any of the concurrent courses that fit within the student's approved plan of study.

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