BPH Environmental Health
The Bachelor of Public Health in Environmental Health prepares students to serve their communities as environmental health professionals. Protecting public health is essential to the well-being of the community and the demand for qualified public health care providers is growing.
Environmental Health covers various parameters of environmental hygiene, the legislation, regulations and policies for ensuring environmental hygiene. It outlines public amenities and sanitary services and the need to ensure the maintenance of these.
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The program will among others, enable students examine the public health, environmental, economic, and materials conservation aspects of solid waste management.
The programme also enables students appreciate the impact and control of rodents and arthropod vectors of diseases, including consideration of economic poisons used, their regulation and safety measures.
Requirements to Study BPH (Environmental Health) at UHAS
Science Students
For Ghanaian applicants, candidates should have Core Mathematics, English and Integrated Science (Minimum C6) with three electives from Chemistry, Physics, Biology or Elective Mathematics. For foreign candidates, required subjects will be Science: English, Mathematics, Biology/Agriculture, Physics and Chemistry plus one Arts subject and Further Mathematics.
Non-Science Students
For Ghanaian applicants, candidates should have passes (A1-C6) respectively in three (3) core subjects: Integrated Science, English Language, Core Mathematics and Social Studies in addition to credit passes (A1-C6) in three (3) of the following elective subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Elective Mathematics, Food and Nutrition, General Knowledge in Arts, Economics, Animal Husbandry, Geography, Literature, General Agriculture, Information Communication Technology and Management in Living.
Top-Up Students
Candidates with Diplomas awarded by recognized institutions will gain entry into level 300. Candidates must have:
1. Obtained a diploma from a Ministry of Health training institution or institutions whose diplomas are recognized by the University
2. Professional Certificate Holders in SRN and Public health Nursing (PHN) Obtained a Final Grade Point Average (FGPA) of 2.50 or better in the Diploma Programme.