Environmental Health (Apprenticeship) BSc (Honours)
48 monthsProgramme duration
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Environmental Sciences
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
This course is designed for anyone wishing to enter the environmental health profession, which upholds healthy environments and protects public health. Through your studies on-campus and experience in the workplace, you will explore the relationship between professional, domestic and leisure environments and how they impact on the health and well-being of individuals and societies. You will cover a range of topics and subject matter including public health, food safety, environmental protection, private sector housing improvement and occupational health and safety.
You will benefit from specialist teaching and learning spaces for environmental health, including a food inspection laboratory, an environmental and occupational health laboratory, a Grade 2 microbiology laboratory, a biology laboratory and chemistry laboratories. Our lecturers are environmental health practitioners with experience in key areas such as food safety, health and safety, and private sector housing.
Upon graduation, you will be prepared for a career in both the public and private sectors and will be confident in evaluating the legal and social framework within which environmental health operates. As this course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), you will also be encouraged to complete the CIEH Chartered Practitioner Programme and become a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Environmental Sciences
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
This course is designed for anyone wishing to enter the environmental health profession, which upholds healthy environments and protects public health. Through your studies on-campus and experience in the workplace, you will explore the relationship between professional, domestic and leisure environments and how they impact on the health and well-being of individuals and societies. You will cover a range of topics and subject matter including public health, food safety, environmental protection, private sector housing improvement and occupational health and safety.
You will benefit from specialist teaching and learning spaces for environmental health, including a food inspection laboratory, an environmental and occupational health laboratory, a Grade 2 microbiology laboratory, a biology laboratory and chemistry laboratories. Our lecturers are environmental health practitioners with experience in key areas such as food safety, health and safety, and private sector housing.
Upon graduation, you will be prepared for a career in both the public and private sectors and will be confident in evaluating the legal and social framework within which environmental health operates. As this course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), you will also be encouraged to complete the CIEH Chartered Practitioner Programme and become a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner.
Admission Requirements
- Applicants are required to be employed in a role that will enable them to engage in work activities that are relevant to developing the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to operate as a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner.
- Individual employers will set the selection criteria for their Apprentices. Most candidates will have least one A level in a science or technology subject drawn from Chemistry, Biology, Human Biology, Physics, Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, Nutrition, Food Science or similar.
- Relevant or prior experiential learning may also be considered as an alternative.
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