人们越来越关注环境中有毒物质的命运，从而导致制定法规，要求对大型项目和清理工作进行详细的环境评估。超级基金计划的建立进一步增加了对熟练于定量风险分析的环境专业人员的需求。对可持续发展的日益重视增加了“棕地”和其他可能具有高污染水平的场所的再开发，从而导致对环境卫生专业人员的额外需求。环境卫生高级研究证书将为对环境卫生事业感兴趣的学生提供机会，以正式认可该领域的学术专业。它还将提供学术内容，使学生为参加工业卫生证书（CIH）考试做好准备。该计划的特色是学术课程，将发展定量分析问题的能力，包括风险分析，毒理学
The growing concern about the fate of toxic substances in the environment has led to the development of regulations that require detailed environmental assessments of major projects and clean-ups. The establishment of the Superfund program has further increased the need for environmental professionals skilled in quantitative risk analysis. Growing emphasis on sustainable development has increased the re-development of ''brownfields'' and other sites that may have high contaminant levels, resulting in additional demand for environmental health professionals. The Certificate of Advanced Study in Environmental Health will provide students interested in careers in environmental health an opportunity to gain formal recognition for an academic specialization in this area. It will also provide the academic content to prepare students to sit for the Certificate Industrial Hygienist (CIH) Examination. The program features academic coursework that will develop quantitative problem-solving skills in risk analysis, toxicology, and the modeling of the fate and transport of toxic substances in the environment. The program coursework also covers the key policy, legal and management issues necessary for the development of safe and sustainable strategies for the handling of toxic substances.