Approved Science Course List
REHS/RS
Minnesota Rules, 4695.2700, subpart 1A
Evidence of receiving a baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate degree in environmental health, sanitary science, sanitary engineering, or other related environmental health field which includes at least 30 semester or 45 quarter hour credits in the physical or biological fields.
The following list of courses was approved by the Environmental Health Specialists/Sanitarians Advisory Council and is intended to serve as a Core List to assure candidates and employers that these courses will be accepted as meeting the requirements of MN Rules 4695.2700, subpart 1A. This list is reviewed periodically and does not imply that other courses would not be added to the list.
Upon request by the advisory council, class descriptions and additional information may need to be provided.
Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian Science Course List
Air Pollution | Endocrinology | Microbiology |
Anatomy | Entomology | Molecular Biology |
Animal Science | Environmental Engineering | Occupational Safety |
Astronomy | Environmental Health | Ornithology |
Bacteriology | Environmental Science | Parasitology |
Biochemistry | Epidemiology | Pathology |
Biology | Food Bacteriology | Phycology |
Biophysics | Food Science | Physics |
Biostatistics | Genetics | Physiology |
Botany | Geophysics | Plant Taxonomy |
Calculus | Geology | Public Health Science |
Cell Physiology | Hazardous Waste | Radiological Health |
Chemical Engineering | Hazardous Materials Mgmt. | Sanitary Engineering |
Chemistry | Health Science | Sewage Sanitation |
Civil Engineering | Herpetology | Soil Science |
Community Health | Histology | Solid Waste Mgmt. |
Dairy Science | Hydrology | Statistics |
Earth Science | Ichthyology | Toxicology |
Ecology | Industrial Hygiene | Vector Control |
Embryology | Limnology | Virology |
Emergency Management | Meteorology | Zoology |