Bachelor of Science (BS) in Environmental Health and Safety Protect People. Reduce Risk. Make an Impact.
120
Credit Hours
100% online, 8-week courses
Transfer in up to 75% of the degree total
Next Start Dates: September 21, 2026 | October 26, 2026 | January 18, 2027
Help Protect People and Workplaces with an Environmental Health and Safety Degree
What does it take to create a safe workplace where people can do their jobs while an organization meets environmental and regulatory responsibilities? Environmental health and safety professionals address concerns that can range from occupational hazards and hazardous materials to emergency planning and environmental management. With the right academic foundation, you can learn how science, policy, risk management, and organizational practices come together to support safer working environments.
Through Liberty University’s Bachelor of Science (BS) in Environmental Health and Safety, you can prepare to address the environmental, health, and safety responsibilities of companies and organizations. This online undergraduate degree allows you to examine OSHA requirements, occupational hazards, environmental concerns, emergency response, and the legal and regulatory expectations that influence organizational safety. You can also develop critical thinking, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and quantitative skills that can support your work in this multidisciplinary field.
At Liberty, you can complete this environmental health and safety degree online, allowing you to pursue your education while balancing other responsibilities. The 120-credit-hour curriculum combines environmental health and safety studies with chemistry, statistics, environmental science, fire prevention, biostatistics and epidemiology, and other undergraduate coursework. Whether you’re interested in occupational health and safety specialist career opportunities, environmental work, or organizational safety management, this degree can help you build a broad foundation for serving people and organizations with knowledge and integrity.
For students enrolling today, who are placed on the current academic year’s degree completion plan, the officially conferred degree name will be Bachelor of Science (BS) in Environmental Health and Safety. Degree details, including name, may be subject to change between academic terms.
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What Sets Us Apart?
- Private Nonprofit University
- 600+ Online Degrees
- No Standardized Testing for Admission
- Transfer in up to 75% of an Undergrad Degree
- Transfer in up to 50% of a Grad/Doctoral Degree
Why Choose Liberty’s Online Environmental Health and Safety Degree?
At Liberty, your education can involve more than completing the academic requirements for an EHS bachelor’s degree. You can approach environmental health and safety topics with an emphasis on knowledge, integrity, and purpose. Through this values-driven approach, you can consider the ethical responsibilities involved in protecting people, workplaces, and the environment.
As an online student, you can benefit from a flexible format that respects your time and responsibilities while still challenging you academically. Our curriculum combines practical knowledge with theoretical concepts related to human health, safety systems, and the environment. This format can help you pursue your education while balancing your existing commitments.
Liberty’s faculty bring a blend of academic and real-world experience into the virtual classroom. You can learn from instructors who can provide feedback and support throughout your studies. Their experience can also help connect academic concepts with issues relevant to environmental health and safety practice.
You’ll also have access to resources that support your online studies, including a digital library, writing assistance, technical support, and academic advising. These services can help you locate academic resources, address technical concerns, and navigate your degree requirements. Together, Liberty’s online resources and academic support services can provide assistance throughout your degree program.
What Will You Study in Liberty’s Environmental Health and Safety Degree Online?
Through Liberty’s environmental health and safety courses online, you can build a broad understanding of EHS practice and the regulatory environment surrounding workplace safety. You will examine U.S. federal OSHA regulations, occupational hazard recognition, safety management fundamentals, regulatory requirements, benchmarking, and performance concepts used within safety and environmental management. Your studies will also address electrical safety principles, storage and load calculations, and the use of leading and lagging indicators to evaluate safety performance.
Beyond occupational safety, you’ll explore how environmental concerns can affect organizations and the surrounding communities. Topics will include environment and sustainability, environmental science and policy, energy resources and efficiencies, toxic chemicals and human health, and responsible environmental management practices. If you’re comparing an online environmental management degree with an EHS major, Liberty’s curriculum offers environmental management studies within a broader degree that also addresses occupational safety, human health, hazards, and emergency response.
Risk prevention and emergency planning form another important part of Liberty’s EHS curriculum. You will examine accident causation and prevention, fire prevention and protection, emergency planning, risk management for extreme events, and approaches for identifying and responding to situations in which human life can be at risk. In emergency response management studies, you will also review workplace accidents, including their causes and prevention, and consider ethical and values-based approaches to emergency planning.
Science and quantitative analysis will complement your safety and environmental studies. Your coursework will include general chemistry, probability and statistics, science and society, and applications of biostatistics and epidemiology. Environmental health electives will give you additional opportunities to study approved topics in areas such as chemistry, emergency management, environmental science, geography, or physical science.
Potential Career Opportunities
- Environmental scientist
- Environmental specialist
- Occupational health and safety specialist
- Occupational health and safety technician
- Safety consultant
- Safety engineer
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Course Format
We offer both 8-week and full-semester sub-terms each semester. While many online courses can be taken in the 8-week format, some programs require courses that must be taken in the full-semester term. Some courses may require additional approvals or information prior to registration.
In addition to these formats, some courses may be required to be taken in intensive or alternative formats, which may include scheduled meeting times, travel to campus, or required login sessions.
You can view specific sub-term offerings and requirements in the Course Registration Tool.
Degree Information
- This program falls under the School of Health Sciences.
- View the Undergraduate Health Sciences Course Guides (login required).
- 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.
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Tuition & Aid
At Liberty University, a private Christian education is less expensive than you think. Many of our online tuition rates rank in the top 35% for affordability for 2026 when compared to our leading online competitors.
To continue our mission of providing affordable education, electronic textbooks are provided for all 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!
| Undergraduate Full Time | $410/Credit |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Part Time | $475/Credit |
| Military Undergraduate | $250/Credit |
These rates are reflective of academic year 2026-2027. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
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Admission Information for the Online Bachelor’s in Environmental Health and Safety
Admission Requirements
- Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9595.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
- Send official high school transcripts or official GED test scores.*
- Students may be allowed to enroll in up to 12 credit hours with Liberty with the submission of our High School Self-Certification Form (login required – you will first need to claim your Liberty Account).
- Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system).
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
- Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.
*Official high school transcript requirement may be waived with college transcripts from an accredited college/university showing at least 12 earned credit hours with an acceptable GPA.
Note: A 2.0 or above cumulative GPA is required for admission in good standing.
Transcript Policies
High School Transcript Policy
Applicants may submit a High School Self-Certification Form in lieu of a final official high school transcript in order to enroll in up to 12 credit hours at Liberty University.
- Applicants may submit a college transcript showing 12 or more credits from an accredited institution and a High School Self-Certification Form in lieu of high school transcripts.
Students must submit official high school transcripts, or official college transcripts showing at least 12 credit hours earned with an acceptable grade point average (GPA) from an accredited institution, in order to register for additional courses.
The official high school transcript, GED requirement, and High School Self-Certification Form can be waived if the applicant has earned an associate degree or higher.
Final transcripts must reflect all coursework and final grades received for grades 9-12, a graduation date, and an overall GPA. (Mailed transcripts must be in a sealed and unopened envelope.)
Unofficial College Transcript Policy
Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:
- Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
- Cumulative GPA
- A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
- Degree and date conferred (if applicable)
Official College Transcript Policy
An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.
If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.
Military Transfers
If you have military-only transfer credits (completed basic training and enlistment), you must request an official military transcript. Please go to the Military Transfer Credit webpage to request your military transcript.
International Applicants
If you are an international applicant, you may be required to have your international transcripts reviewed. Information regarding the transcript evaluation process for international students can be found by visiting NACES.
Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.
Admissions Office Contact Information
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Military
Liberty University is dedicated to providing world-class educational experiences to military students across the globe.
Who May Qualify?
- Active Duty
- Reserve/National Guard
- Veterans/Retirees
- Spouses of Service Members and Veterans/Retirees
- Current Department of Defense Employees
Available 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
*Not applicable to certificates.
These rates are reflective of academic year 2026-2027. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
Frequently Asked Questions About Liberty’s Environmental Health and Safety Degree
What courses are in an environmental health and safety degree?
In Liberty’s bachelor’s in environmental health and safety, you will study occupational safety and hazards, emergency response management, environmental management, toxic chemicals and human health, accident causation and prevention, and health and safety policy and ethics. You will also engage with environmental sustainability, energy resources, environmental science and policy, fire prevention, chemistry, statistics, biostatistics, and epidemiology. A capstone in environmental health and safety will give you an opportunity to integrate concepts from across the major.
What degree do I need to become an EHS specialist?
Educational requirements can vary by employer and position, but a bachelor’s degree in environmental health and safety can provide academic preparation related to occupational hazards, regulatory requirements, environmental management, emergency planning, and health and safety practices. Liberty’s curriculum was developed for students interested in roles such as occupational health and safety specialists, occupational health and safety technicians, and environmental scientists and specialists. Additional qualifications, experience, or credentials can be required for particular positions.
How do I start a career path toward becoming a Certified Safety Professional (CSP)?
Certification requirements are separate from Liberty’s degree requirements. Liberty’s EHS degree can provide academic study in areas such as OSHA regulations, occupational hazards, accident prevention, emergency management, and environmental health and safety management. Because specific certification requirements are not established by the degree, you should verify the current requirements for any professional credential you plan to pursue.
Is Liberty University’s environmental health and safety degree accredited?
Liberty University is institutionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate, bachelor’s, master’s, education specialist, and doctoral degrees. SACSCOC accreditation evaluates an institution’s overall academic quality, governance, resources, student support, and ability to fulfill its stated mission. This institutional accreditation applies to Liberty University as a whole and supports the university’s authority to award degrees at these levels.
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