Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.22 - Public health

51.2202 - Environmental health

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of environmental sciences, public health, the biomedical sciences, and environmental toxicology to the study of environmental factors affecting human health, safety, and related ecological issues, and prepares individuals to function as professional environmental health specialists. These programs include courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, toxicology, public policy analysis, public management, risk assessment, communications, environmental law, occupational health and safety emergency response, and applications such as air quality, food protection, radiation protection, solid and hazardous waste management, water quality, soil quality, noise abatement, housing quality, and environmental control of recreational areas.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • environmental health

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • environmental health engineering(14.1401)
  • occupational health and safety technician(15.0701)
  • public health (MPH, DPH)(51.2201)