Courses and schedules

PUBHEHS 3193
Individual Studies in Environmental Health Sciences

Individual studies in Environmental Health Sciences focusing on applied topics.

Prequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

PUBHEHS 3310
Current Issues in Global Environmental Health

Fundamental concepts and principles of environmental health are presented through a critical review and discussion of current issues in global environmental health. GEN theme lived environments course.

Prequisite(s): None.

PUBHEHS 3320
Fundamentals of Environmental Health Risk Assessment

The scientific process used by governmental agencies to evaluate public health threats due to environmental contamination. An orientation to the fundamental and applied components of risk assessment including: hazard identification, toxicology/dose‐response, exposure assessment and risk characterization.

Prequisite(s): None.

PUBHEHS 4325
Climate Change and Human Health

Recognize current controversies about climate change, summarize the evidence about climate change on human health and identify major human diseases associated with climate change.

Prequisite(s): None.

PUBHEHS 4330
Environmental Epigenetics

Epigenetics is an exciting and rapidly growing field of science, with increasing applications in molecular biology, epidemiology and environmental science. Epigenetics is the study of biological mechanisms that will influence exposed host gene expression without altering DNA sequences. Epigenetic patterns of individuals can change over time by different environmental influences that explain a link between nature and nurture. For example, how identical twins with the same genetically information show different susceptibilities to disease. One of the mechanisms is changes in DNA methylation. The course will provide a solid foundation in epigenetics and introduce the basic mechanisms of epigenetic control of gene expression, major laboratory methods and research applications of in molecular biology, epidemiology and the environmental sciences.

Prequisite(s): Biology 1113 or 1114 or permission of instructor

PUBHEHS 4340
Molecular Techniques for Environmental Health Sciences

This course provides students with a practical, “hands-on” introduction to a variety of techniques applied to the study of living systems at the molecular level to address fundamental public health concerns. One year of college level chemistry and one year of college level biology is recommended.

PUBHEHS 4530
Food Safety and Public Health

Principles and practice of food safety; transmission, inactivation and control of foodborne pathogens, hazards, toxins and allergens; risk assessment, sanitation and pest control in foods.

Prequisite(s): Microbiology 4100 or 4000; or permission from the instructor. Cross listed in FDSCTE 4536

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.

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 5335
Ecology of Infectious Diseases

This course provides an introduction to the ecology of infectious diseases. We will investigate infectious disease transmission and control in single- and multi-host systems and for vector-borne diseases.

Prequisite(s): Biology 1101, 1113 or equivalent course or permission of instructor. Cross listed with ENR 5335.

PUBHEHS 5340
Air Contaminants and Public Health

Air is essential for human survival. The degradation of its quality has significant impacts on human health and the environment.

Prequisite(s): None.

PUBHEHS 5345
Modeling Transmission and Control of Infectious Diseases in Humans and Animals

Provides an introduction to applied infectious disease modeling. Students will learn how the susceptible, infected, removed (SIR) model can represent infectious disease transmission. This course is cross-listed with VETPREV 8830.

Prequisite(s): Biology 1101, 1113 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

PUBHEHS 5350
Geospatial Artificial Intelligence in Public Health

This course introduces students to the intersection of geospatial analysis, artificial intelligence and public health. 

Prequisite(s): Prereq: Geog 5210; or permission of instructor. CSE 1224 is recommended for undergraduate students, and CSE 6520 is recommended for graduate students.

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 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.