180.601.41
Environmental Health

Location
Internet
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
5
Academic Year
2023 - 2024
Instruction Method
Synchronous Online with Some Asynchronous Online
Start Date
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
End Date
Friday, June 9, 2023
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 1:30 - 4:50pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
Yes
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Joseph Bressler
Contact Name
Joseph Bressler
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

College courses in general biology, algebra, and physics or chemistry.

Description
The environment profoundly affects the public's health. The field of environmental health utilizes interdisciplinary strategies to discover, understand and help mitigate adverse effects in populations.
Summarizes the concepts and principles underlying environmental health sciences, characterizes the major environmental agents and vectors affecting public health, and introduces major ecologic, scientific, and political issues from selected topical areas of environmental health. Presents the major concepts and principles that are environmentally mediated and that constitute a risk to humans —emphasizing the chemical, biological, and physical agents and factors. Considers sources, environmental pathways of transmission, exposure-dose relationships, adverse health effects, and particularly susceptible populations. Identifies the principles and methods of risk assessment and risk management, and uses these as a unifying theme.
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 80% Exam(s)
  • 14% Paper(s)
  • 6% Assignments
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

This course is a modified blended course. Students are expected to prepare, listen, and read materials PRIOR to the class meetings. It is critical that students participate in the online lectures and readings in order to be prepared for the class meetings.
this is a course with an expectation of virtual asynchronous participation, in addition to synchronous class time (onsite in the .11 section and virtually in the .41 section)