B.S. in Environmental Health and Safety

What Will You Study in an Online Environmental Science Degree?

• Apply a Christian worldview to all facets of environmental health and safety.
• Develop professional safety skills related to effective risk and injury management practices. 
• Explain the science underlying the chemical and environmental issues common in industrial settings. 
• Study Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for chemical storage and usage, environmental management, and workplace safety management.

In this program, you can explore topics like workplace hazards, emergency response, environmental management, and chemical exposure. You’ll also study ethical practices, accident prevention, and current issues in the field, culminating in a capstone project that ties your learning together. Along the way, you can develop critical thinking skills, gain insight into regulatory systems, and learn how to assess risk in a variety of environments. This combination of practical knowledge and perspective can help you approach safety challenges with clarity, ethics, and purpose.

Potential Careers for Environmental Health and Safety Graduates

• Environmental scientist
• Environmental specialist
• Occupational health and safety specialist
• Occupational health and safety technician
• Safety consultant
• Safety engineer

Benefits of Pursuing Your Undergraduate Environmental Health and Safety Degree with Liberty University

As a leader in distance education since 1985, we understand what it takes to create a flexible and affordable education for busy people. Since we have been investing in distance and online learning for decades, our experience has taught us how to streamline our degree options so you can focus on what really matters to you. While many schools offer online degrees, we believe Liberty stands out.

Here’s what sets us apart:

• Our online programs are backed by our brick-and-mortar campus – ranked among Niche.com’s Top 5 College Campuses in America – and that commitment to excellence extends to our online students as well. Earning your online degree from a nonprofit university with this kind of recognition can help set you apart from others in your field.
• The majority of tuition for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs has not increased in 9 years. While many other online colleges have raised tuition, Liberty has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit university. 
• To continue our mission of providing affordable education, electronic textbooks are provided for all online undergraduate courses at no additional cost to you. As a full-time student, this could save you an estimated $800-2,000 per year on textbooks!
• The completion of the environmental health and safety degree can enable you to submit for the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) status and begin your time in safety professional work to eventually take the Associate Safety Professional (ASP) examination, in preparation to take the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) examination as the pinnacle of professional achievement.
• Every course in this program is taught from a biblical worldview.
• Our faculty have real-world experience in the field of environmental science.

Military Benefits

Service is important to us, so whether you’re currently serving in the Armed Forces, have served, or are married to someone who serves, we’re here to serve you. Liberty’s military benefits are available to:

• Active duty service members of the U.S. Armed Forces
• Reserve/National Guard
• Veterans/retirees
• Spouses of service members and veterans/retirees
• Current Department of Defense employees

We are proud to support you in your pursuit of a flexible and affordable online education by offering you the following benefits: 

• Tuition discounts – $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses
• Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder (less than $565 per course)
• 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
• Potential college credit for military training