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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN The B.Sc. in EHS is designed for those who wish to go into Program Objectives
careers as Environmental Health Practitioners, and who
want to become highly qualified professionals that make a
Students who successfully completed the B.Sc. in EHS will
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH real difference to people’s health and well-being. be able to:
Identify information required to describe and
Graduates of the EHS program will be able to work in a
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diverse range of public and private organizations across
AND SAFETY all sectors. These include but are not limited to ADNOC • manage environmental health and safety issues at an
institutional, regional, and global level;
group of companies, OSHAD, EAD, ADFCA, National
Assess the economic and social implications
Drilling Company, Abu Dhabi Ports, Baraka Nuclear Power
Plant, Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center-Tadweer, of environmental health and safety issues and
Environmental Protection and Safety Section (EPSS)-Abu their connection with both naturally occurring
Dhabi Municipality, Etihad Airways, Federal Authority environmental conditions and conditions created
for Nuclear Regulation, Abu Dhabi National Chemical through human actions;
Companies (ChemaWEyatt), Abu Dhabi Water and • Assess the effects of environmental policy on
Electricity Authority (ADWEA), and Ministry of Energy and environmental health and safety at the regional,
Industry. Their job designation can be but not limited to national, and global levels;
the following:
• Formulate recommendations for environmental
• Environment, Health & Safety Officer health and safety standards for a sustainable society;
• Environment, Health & Safety Manager • Develop action plans for implementation of policies
• Occupational Health & Safety Specialist and regulations to ensure institutional, regional, and
global environmental health and safety;
• Occupational Health & Safety Auditor
• Write, speak, and use electronic communication
• Sanitation Director tools to skillfully communicate with the public and
professionals concerning environmental health and
• Workplace Safety Assessor safety issues;
• Food Safety Inspector • Apply critical thinking methods, including logic,
• Hazardous Waste Specialist discrimination, and deliberate evaluation when making
decisions and value judgments on environmental
• Risk Assessment Consultant health and safety issues; and
• Impact Assessment Expert • Exhibit teamwork, leadership, and conflict resolution
Program Mission Students will be provided with high-quality education in skills when working with groups on environmental
environmental health and safety and internship training
The program’s mission is to prepare Environmental Health that bridges students’ academic knowledge with practical health and safety issues.
and Safety professionals by providing them with knowledge application and actual work experience. Students will
and skills necessary to understand, analyze, and solve learn how to identify and minimize the effects of different
environmental health and safety issues and applying them types of hazards which can affect the health and safety
in careers that benefit the health and safety of the people of employees, including those related to ergonomics,
of the UAE and the world. thermal, chemical, electrical, mechanical and radioactive, Curriculum
as well as hazardous materials and waste. They will
Program Overview study the fundamental scientific, legal and technological Total Credit Hours: 130
principles underlying environmental health issues, look at
The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health and the circumstances giving rise to health inequalities, analyze
Safety (B.Sc. in EHS) is a cutting-edge multidisciplinary the environmental impact and health risks, and identify
program concerned with all environmental aspects appropriate interventions. General Education Requirements 36 credit hours
affecting human health. It is designed to meet the College Requirements 3 credit hours
growing needs of industry and workplace and provide The B.Sc. in EHS is the only program in the UAE
students with skills to ensure occupational environmental offered at Abu Dhabi University. Our growing industry Major Requirements 76 credit hours
protection, health, and safety. The program covers major collaborations with organizations such as Environment
environmental issues in the UAE and the world that focus Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD), Atomena, Beeah Group, Ittihad Elective Courses 15 credit hours
on sustainability, renewable energy, water quality and Paper Mill, Occupational Safety and Health Center-Abu
management, waste management, food safety inspection, Dhabi (OSHAD), Green Spoon, Camfil Clean Air Solutions,
pollution monitoring and control, hazardous materials Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA), and Abu
operations and awareness, risk assessments, and Dhabi Quality Conformity Council (QCC) enrich the
occupational health and safety. research and learning opportunities of all EHS students.

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