PUBHEHS 7365
Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment

Students will learn about the development of the formal risk assessment process, its role in environmental and public health regulation in the United States and the four fundamental steps in a risk assessment. Students will learn about the interface between the risk assessment and risk management process.

PUBHEHS 7360
Water Contamination: Sources and Health Impact

Topics focus on understanding the sources, the transport mechanisms and the fate of microbial and chemical contaminants in water, human exposure risks, tracking methods, linking to other environmental matrices and the public health impacts.

Prequisite(s): Undergraduate-level biology or permission of instructor.

PUBHEHS 7350
Special Topics in Environmental Health Sciences

Opportunity for students to pursue a particular environmental health interest that is not available through existing topical offerings.

Prequisite(s): None.

PUBHEHS 7194
Group Studies in Environmental Health Sciences

Group studies in Environmental Health Sciences.

Prequisite(s): None.

PUBHEHS 7193
Individual Studies in Environmental Health Sciences

Individual studies in environmental health sciences focusing on applied topics.

Prequisite(s): None.

PUBHEHS 6320
Global Health and Environmental Microbiology

Fundamentals and emerging issues of health significant microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, protozoa) from water, air, soil and food, and their sources, transmission routes, treatments, detection methods and study tools. Cross-listed in Food, Science and Technology.

PUBHEHS 6310
Principles of Environmental Health Science

Survey of environmental influences on human health and strategies for prevention considering source emissions, environmental fate and transport, human exposure, dose and biological effects.

PUBHEHS 5395 / ENVENG 5195
Engineering Design for Environmental Health

Students will learn how to incorporate health information into the engineering design process. This material complements risk assessment by focusing on the design of engineering systems. The course will discuss balancing financial, health, performance and other considerations. Quantitative analysis will be conducted in soil, water, air, buildings and occupational health scenarios.

Prequisite(s): Math 1151, 1161.01 or 1161.02 and Chem 1210 or 1250 and enrollment in the CivilEn, EnvEng or PUBHEHS major program; or graduate student standing or permission of instructor.

PUBHEHS 5325
Principles of Occupational Health Science

Principles and practice of occupational health, including, among other topics, a history of the discipline and in‐depth consideration of occupational hazards and risks, including types, sources, exposures and health impacts.

Prequisite(s): Undergraduate section: Minimum junior standing or permission of instructor.

PUBHEHS 5315
Principles of Toxicology

Fundamentals of dose‐response, exposure, disposition and biotransformation of chemicals in mammalian systems; actions of toxicants in major organ systems.

Prequisite(s): Undergraduate section: Minimum junior standing or permission of instructor.