Directors: Sen Pei, PhD
The field of Environmental Health Science has become increasingly dependent on the use of massive and complex data sources. Understanding how to work with, analyze, and interpret data used in the context of Environmental Health has rapidly become a highly valued, yet uncommonly taught, skill set. The Department of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) is offering a Master of Science (MS) track in Environmental Health Data Science. The curriculum is designed to educate students in the field of environmental health and to provide the quantitative skills needed to work with and analyze these complex environmental health data sources used in the environmental health sciences, including geospatial modeling, advanced statistics, and data management.
In addition to completing rigorous coursework, students gain valuable practical experience by completing a thesis. The thesis research project is meant to apply the skills that they have learned to an environmental health issue by working with data.
The Data Science track is designed to be completed in 12 months but can accommodate part-time students, who may take up to three years to complete the Master's program.
Students in this program will complete:
The Department’s Environmental Health Data Science MS degree program will prepare students to:
Graduates with a Master of Science degree in Environmental Health Data Science are well qualified for environmental health and data science careers in local and regional departments of health, federal agencies such as the NIH, EPA, FDA, CDC, private companies, non-governmental organizations, and careers in research in academia, medicine, industry, and the military.
Requirements and submission instructions can be found here.
Prerequisites: Successful applicants come from a wide range of backgrounds, but each applicant should demonstrate interest in Environmental Health Sciences. Applicants may have an undergraduate degree in any field, but should have academic coursework in college mathematics, including at least a year of calculus, and coursework, undergraduate research, or post-graduate experience in life sciences, for example biology, chemistry, or physics.
Application Deadline: Priority deadline December 1, final deadline June 1 to begin studies the following fall.
Application Components:
Required Courses (36 Credits):
Program Requirements*
FALL (15 Credits)
3 credit Selective list I (pick 1)
SPRING (18 Credits)
3 credit Selective list II (pick 1)
SUMMER (3 Credits)
*This program can be completed on a part-time basis. For more information, please contact Nina Kulacki.
Nina Kulacki, MBA
Director of Academic Programs
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Columbia University
212-305-3466
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