Course Details
- Course Name : Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health Science
- Category : Undergraduate
- Course Duration: 5 Years
- Department : Department of Health Sciences
- Tuition/ Semester (Naira): 225,000.00
About This Programme
The environment plays a vital role in the maintenance and promotion of human health and in the prevention of diseases. The Bachelor of Environmental Health Sciences (B.EHS) degree programme is designed to equip students with the appropriate attitude, adequate skills and scientific knowledge required to become health inspectors (i.e., registered environmental health specialists, REHS), industrial hygienists, hazardous waste control experts, air pollution control specialists, or vector control specialists.
The BEHS degree is designed for individuals who seek acquire relevant knowledge and skills needed for promotion and sustenance of the health and safety of man in his environment. Specifically, the programme is designed to;
- Produce high quality graduate capable of critical analysis, problem-solving, research and life-long learning.
- Conduct research in environmental health issues with a view to providing recommendations to solve environmental health challenges.
- Acquaint the students with the knowledge of prevailing communicable disease, their mode of transmission and methods of controlling the biological and physical environment so as to prevent them.
- Provide community service through consultation, advice, training, participation, moral and financial support to the community and other stakeholders
- Generate and impart knowledge, skills and attitudes that pertain to effective recognition and response to environmental health challenges.
- Train manpower that is adaptable to emerging and re-emerging environmental health challenges.
- Enhance appropriate use of natural and human resources to promote good health and sustainable development.
- Prepare students academically and professionally for a career in environmental health.
- Impart on the students attitude of team work, leadership and scientific inquiry in relation to every aspect of his professional activities.
Upon successful completion of the BEHS degree program, graduates will be able to:
- Monitor agents in the environment and work- place that may affect human health.
- Predict the impacts of the major air and work-environment pollutants on human health.
- Conduct effective control measures for the major air and work-environment hazards.
- Characterize the common pollutants in water and wastewater.
- Recognize (Analyze, Explain, Illustrate) the impacts of water pollutants on human health.
- Identify the principles of water and wastewater treatment
- Apply the appropriate methods for treatment and disposal of solid, hazardous and toxic wastes
- Explain the principles of food poisoning and food borne infections.
- Perform food control measures during production, preparation and presentation states.
- Interpret the functions and metabolism of microorganisms in marine and fresh water ecosystems, air, soil, food and oil.
- Explain microbial role in waste disposal, recycling and agriculture.
- Demonstrate principles of leadership and management.
- Identify the basic concepts of environmental and occupational toxicology.
- Formulate the necessary knowledge and steps of research relevant to the practice of environmental health.
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
- Candidates may be considered for admission to 100 level B.Sc. (EHS) Degree course after passing at the required level, the UME Examination of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), provided they obtain the West African School Certificate (WASC), National Examination Council (NECO) or the General Certificate of Education (SSCE/GCE) at a minimum of credit level in five subjects including English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken and passed at not more than two sittings.
Direct Entry
- In addition to O’ Level requirements stipulated above, applicants should possess
- at least two A’ Level papers in relevant subjects, or
- OND in Environmental Health Sciences, or Community Health or relevant discipline with at least upper credit grade, or
- HND in Environmental Health Sciences, or Community Health or relevant discipline with at least upper credit, or
- ND or HND certificates (minimum upper credit) in the Public Health Inspector’s Diploma of the Royal Society of Health Dip RSH), or
- West Africa Health Examination Board (WAHEB) Diploma for Public Health Superintendents/Health Technologists.
Transfer Cases
- Candidates wishing to transfer from one programme to Environmental Health Science for some good reason (s) may be considered for admission at the appropriate level. Any deficiencies in their background should be rectified by taking appropriate courses.
Curriculum Structure
| Course Code | Course Title | Units | Status | LH | PH |
| Year 1 Semester 1 | |||||
| BIO 1101 | General Biology I | 4 | C | 45 | 45 |
| CHM 1101 | General Chemistry I | 4 | R | 45 | 45 |
| CSC 1101 | Introduction to Computer Science | 3 | C | 30 | 45 |
| GST 1101 | Communication in English I | 2 | C | 30 | 0 |
| GST 1102 | Nigeria Peoples and Culture | 2 | R | 30 | 0 |
| GST 1103 | Use of Library, Study Skill & ICT | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| MTH 1101 | Elementary Mathematics | 3 | R | 45 | 0 |
| PHY 1101 | General Physics I | 4 | R | 45 | 45 |
| Sub-total | 24 | 285 | 225 | ||
| Year 1 Semester 2 | |||||
| BIO 1201 | General Biology II | 4 | C | 45 | 45 |
| CHM 1201 | General Chemistry II | 4 | R | 45 | 45 |
| GST 1201 | Communication in English II | 2 | C | 30 | 0 |
| GST 1202 | Contemporary Health Issues | 2 | R | 30 | 0 |
| GST 1203 | Logic, Philosophy and Human Existence | 2 | E | 30 | 0 |
| PHY 1201 | General Physics II | 4 | R | 30 | 45 |
| PSC 1201 | Foundations of Medical Sociology and Anthropology | 2 | C | 30 | 0 |
| Sub-total | 20 | 240 | 135 | ||
| Year 2 Semester 1 | |||||
| ANA 2101 | Introduction to Anatomy and Embryology | 3 | C | 30 | 45 |
| BCH 2101 | Fundamentals of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 3 | C | 30 | 45 |
| CSC 2101 | Computer Applications | 2 | R | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 2101 | Introduction to Ecology and Environment | 1 | R | 15 | 0 |
| EHS 2102 | Hygiene Education and Promotion | 2 | C | 30 | 0 |
| EHS 2103 | Climate Change & Contemporary Issues | 2 | R | 30 | 0 |
| GST 2101 | Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | 2 | E | 30 | 0 |
| GST 2103 | Innovation & Production Development | 2 | R | 30 | 0 |
| MCB 2101 | Fundamentals of Microbiology | 2 | R | 30 | 0 |
| MCB 2102 | Microbiology Practical | 1 | R | 0 | 45 |
| PHS 2101 | Physiology of Cells, Tissues, Blood and Body Fluids | 3 | C | 30 | 45 |
| Sub-total | 23 | 270 | 225 | ||
| Year 2 Semester 2 | |||||
| BCH 2203 | Chemistry and Metabolism of Macromolecules | 3 | C | 30 | 45 |
| EHS 2201 | Introduction to Environmental Health | 2 | R | 30 | 0 |
| EHS 2202 | Biodiversity and Climate Change | 2 | C | 30 | 0 |
| GST 2201 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 2 | R | 30 | 0 |
| MCB 2202 | Immunology and Immunization | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| PCS 2201 | Health Psychology and Sociology | 2 | C | 30 | 0 |
| PHE 2201 | Human Nutrition & Dietetics | 2 | C | 30 | 0 |
| PHE 2202 | Principles of Community Health | 2 | E | 30 | 0 |
| PHE 2101 | Biostatistics | 2 | C | 30 | 0 |
| PHE 2102 | Principles of Epidemiology and disease Surveillance | 2 | C | 30 | 45 |
| Sub-total | 21 | 285 | 135 | ||
| Year 3 Semester 1 | |||||
| EHS 3101 | Health Safety & Environment | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 3102 | Introduction Environmental Management | 2 | R | 45 | 0 |
| EHS 3103 | Environmental Health Information System | 2 | C | 30 | 0 |
| EHS 3104 | Environmental Health Economics | 1 | C | 15 | 0 |
| EHS 3105 | Basic Instrumentation and Use | 2 | R | 15 | 45 |
| GST 3101 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| MCB 3102 | General Parasitology | 2 | R | 15 | 45 |
| MCB 3103 | General Entomology | 2 | R | 15 | 45 |
| PHA 3101 | Basic Pharmacology &Toxicology | 3 | R | 30 | 45 |
| PHE 3101 | Primary Health Care | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| Sub-total | 20 | 210 | 315 | ||
| Year 3 Semester 2 | |||||
| EHS 3201 | Control of Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 3202 | Sanitary Inspection of Premises | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 3203 | Environmental Biotechnology | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 3204 | Environmental Health Services in Emergency Situations | 2 | C | 30 | 0 |
| EHS 3205 | Housing/Building Construction | 2 | R | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 3206 | Food Hygiene and Safety | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 3207 | Water Resources Management | 2 | R | 30 | 0 |
| EHS 3208 | Reproductive Health | 2 | E | 30 | 0 |
| EHS 3210 | GIS Application in Social Assessment Vulnerability Indicator (SAVI) | 2 | E | 30 | 45 |
| PHE 3211 | Introduction to Demography | 2 | R | 30 | 0 |
| PAT 3101 | General and Systemic Pathology | 3 | R | 30 | 0 |
| Sub-total | Sub-total | 23 | 255 | 270 | |
| Year 4 Semester 1 | |||||
| EHS 4101 | Environmental Toxicology | 3 | C | 30 | 45 |
| EHS 4102 | Environmental Health Laboratory | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 4103 | Environmental Health Management and Administration | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 4104 | Sanitary Engineering | 2 | R | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 4105 | Meat Inspection and Abattoir/ Slaughter slab Management | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 4106 | Urban Planning and Sustainable Development | 2 | R | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 4107 | Environmental Health Planning | 1 | C | 0 | 45 |
| EHS 4108 | Public Utilities and Environmental Health Issues | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 4109 | Child Survival and Development | 1 | E | 15 | 0 |
| EHS 4210 | Eco-Sanitation | 1 | E | 15 | 0 |
| GNS 4101 | Research Methodology & Proposal Writing | 4 | C | 30 | 90 |
| Sub-total | 22 | 180 | 450 | ||
| Year 4 Semester 2 | |||||
| EHS 4200 | Students’ Industrial Work Experience (SIWES) | 6 | C | 0 | 270 |
| Year 5 Semester 1 | |||||
| EHS 5101 | Seminar in Environmental Health Science | 3 | C | 45 | 0 |
| EHS 5102 | Water/Air Quality Management | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 5103 | Environmental Epidemiology | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 5104 | Environmental Health Lab Practice I | 1 | C | 0 | 45 |
| EHS 5105 | Environmental Health Ethics, Regulations, Policies and Laws | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 5106 | Risk and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) | 3 | C | 30 | 45 |
| EHS 5107 | Industrial Safety | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 5108 | Emergency Medical care | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 5109 | Biometeorology | 2 | C | 30 | 0 |
| EHS 5110 | Biomedical and Special waste | 2 | E | 30 | 0 |
| EHS 5111 | Community Sanitation | 2 | E | 30 | 0 |
| Sub-total | 23 | 240 | 315 | ||
| Year 5 Semester 2 | |||||
| EHS 5201 | Research Project | 6 | C | 0 | 270 |
| EHS 5202 | Occupational Health & Safety | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 5203 | International Health and Port Health Services | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 5204 | Integrated Solid Waste Management | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 5205 | Monitoring and Evaluation in Environmental Health | 1 | C | 15 | 0 |
| EHS 5206 | Sewage and Waste Water Management | 2 | C | 15 | 45 |
| EHS 5207 | Environmental Health Lab Practice II | 1 | C | 0 | 45 |
| EHS 5208 | Pest Management, Methods and Control | 2 | E | 15 | 0 |
| EHS 5209 | Radiation Health and Control | 2 | E | 15 | 0 |
| Sub-total | 20 | 105 | 495 |
