Environmental
Health Sciences

Courses

530 Current Issues in Environmental Health U 4
Critical review and discussion of current issues in environmental health; occupational and environmental hazards and responses. Wi Qtr. 2 2-hr cl.

685 Field Experience in Environmental Health Sciences G 1-8
Placement in a public health agency or related site for supervised practice experience.
Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. Prereq: Enrollment in MPH program and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 8 cr hrs. 30 hours of on-site time per credit hour, arranged with adviser. This course is graded S/U.

731 Principles of Environmental Health G 4
Survey of major environmental factors affecting human health, including air, water, and land pollution, occupational hazards, trace metals, chemical carcinogens, radiation, and noise.
Au Qtr. 2 2-hr cl.

732 Basic Concepts in Toxicology G 4
Fundamentals of dose-response, exposure, and the disposition and biotransformation of chemicals in mammalian systems; actions of toxicants in major organ systems.
Wi Qtr. 2 2-hr cl.

733 Toxicology of Chemical Agents G 4
Disruption of biological systems by chemical agents; discussion of classes of chemical toxins and the health effects they produce; experimental toxicology and epidemiology focused on human health.
Sp Qtr. 2 2-hr cl. Prereq: 732 or permission of instructor.

736 Environmental Law and Policy for Public Health G 2
Basic Concepts of environmental law and policy relevant to public health practice.
Wi Qtr. 2-hr cl. Prereq: Grad standing in Public Health or permission of instructor.

735 Introduction to Water and Human Health Risk G 4
Water-related pathogens and their pathways to humans; water supply, sanitation and hygiene development; assessing risk to individual and populations; infectious diseases and outbreak invesitigation.
2 2-hr cl. Prereq: 731 and PUBH-BIO 701 or permission of instructor.

793 Individual Studies in Environmental Health Sciences G 1-6
Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 24 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.

794 Group Studies in Environmental Health Sciences U G 2-5
Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 24 cr hrs.

830 Principles of Occupational Health G 4
Principles and practice of occupational health and medicine.
Au Qtr. 2 2-hr cl.

831 Principles of Risk Assessment G 4
Introduction to the basic components of quantitative toxicological risk assessment.
Wi Qtr. 2 2-hr cl.

835 Molecular Techniques for Environmental Health Sciences G 5
Practical introduction to molecular techniques, as applied to research in environmental health sciences.
Sp Qtr. 2-hr cl, 6-hr lab. Prereq: Permission of instructor.