Environmental Health Sciences Courses

Program | Faculty | Master's | Doctoral | Courses

All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise specified.

553 Parasitic Diseases (1st sem)

The life cycles, pathology, symptomatology, immunity, epidemiology, and identification of parasites of public health and medical importance. Prerequisites: Micbio 255 or 310/312 or Biol 101, or consent of instructor.

561 Institutional Hygiene and Sanitation (2nd sem)

Focus on concepts of infectious diseases, toxin production, microbial growth in food, and methods of preventing diseases from these agents. For persons interested in sanitary inspection as a career.

562 Air Quality Assessment (1st sem)

Present air pollution as a major public health problem. Topics include: air pollutants and their sources, health and economic effects, meteorology, sampling and analysis, air quality criteria and standards, control technology, control regulations and programs.

563 Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (2nd sem, even yrs)

Effect and control of radiation in the mammalian system. Includes sources, measurements, radiosensitivity, radiation chemistry, cellular effects, and acute and delayed effects in occupational, medical, and environmental exposures. Prerequisites: at least one year each of undergraduate chemistry, physics, and mathematics.

564 Principles of Industrial Hygiene
(1st sem)

Relates the occupational environment to the health, efficiency, and well-being of workers. Emphasis on industrial hygiene, including toxic materials, physical stresses, and control methods. Prerequisite: one year of undergraduate chemistry.

565 Environmental Health Practices

Concepts of control methods used by environmental health and engineering practitioners. Topics include water, wastewater, solid wastes, food sanitation, vector control, housing, and accident control measures.

566 Radiation Instrumentation (2nd sem)

Lecture, lab. Principles and theories underlying the basic physics of radiation detection equipment and bioassay procedures. Application of the specific instrumentation laboratory is basic to radiation protection programs in Public Health in the area of applied health physics. Credit, 4.

567 Environmental Compliance Regulations (2nd sem)

Principles of environmental compliance obligations, common law, trespass, nuisance, and negligence. The major federal environmental laws affecting companies and agencies, and selected state and local regulations. Civil and criminal penalties and liabilities attached to environmental regulations. Strategies for compliance including proactive and environmental management as a method for reducing legal exposure to environmental issues.

569 Laboratory Health and Safety Seminar (1st sem)

How to recognize hazards in the laboratory, how to work safely, and what to do in the event of an emergency. Emphasis on developing an awareness of safety and good attitudes and habits. Credit, 1.

571 Calculation Methods (1st sem)

Concise review of the computational techniques of the chemical, physical, and engineering sciences that are fundamental to environmental health science. Required of all Environmental Health Sciences majors. Prerequisites: at least one year each of undergraduate mathematics, chemistry, and physics.

572 Industrial Hygiene Laboratory
(2nd sem)

Applications of fluid mechanics and gas laws to the collection and detection of gases, vapors, and aerosols in the workplace. Methodological techniques used to evaluate the occupational chemical environment for agents that affect workers' health. Calibration, temperature, and pressure techniques emphasized. Prerequisites: at least one year each of university mathematics, chemistry, and physics, and Env Hl 564 and Env Hl 571 or consent of instructor.

573 Introduction to Aerosol Science

(alt 2nd sem)

The statics and mechanics of aerosols of relevance to the occupational and ambient environments. Fundamentals of particle characteristics and particle behavior including the theory and selection of particle sampling instruments. Prerequisites: one year each of undergraduate mathematics, chemistry, and physics, and Env Hl 571 and Env Hl 572.

660 Issues in Environmental Health Policy and Law

Describes and analyzes a range of major environmental policy and law issues. Subjects include the National Environmental Protection Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act.

666 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology I (1st sem)

The toxicological activity of toxic substances found in the general environment and in industrial settings. Topics include biochemical mechanisms for absorption, excretion, tissue distribution, metabolic transformations, and conjugations; comparative metabolism of animal species; special applications to the toxicology of heavy metals, pesticides, and other industrial chemicals.

667 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology II (2nd sem)

Continuation of Env Hl 666, which is a prerequisite.

671 Development of Occupational and Environmental Health Standards
(2nd sem)

Toxicological and epidemiological basis of occupational and environmental health standards for heavy metals, gases, and carcinogens. Economic and legislative components.

672 Principles of Industrial Ventilation (2nd sem)

Review of fundamental principles of the physics and chemistry of gases, aerosols, and particle behavior in the workplace, followed by intensive study of system design; hood, duct, and fan selection; and system trouble shooting using the ACGIH Industrial Ventilation Manual. The need for workplace ventilation, dilution ventilation, area ventilation. Local exhaust ventilation system designs emphasized. Prerequisites: at least one year each of undergraduate mathematics, chemistry, and physics, Env Hl 571, or consent of instructor.

691A Seminar: Safety Engineering (2nd sem)

Several aspects of safety in industry: historical background, present regulations, the literature of safety, product safety, safety in design, and public interest groups, use of measuring devices such as sound pressure level meters, light meters, air samplers, temperature and humidity.

691B Graduate SeminarResearch Methods (2nd sem)

Graduate students research and present one-hour seminar on a topic related to Environmental Health, and research a topic for a term paper.

696 Independent Study

Credit, 3-9.

696D Special Problems in Environmental Health

Special investigational or research problems for M.P.H. candidates or advanced students. Scope of the work can be varied to meet specified conditions. Credit, 3-9.

697 Special Topics

698 Practice Experience Practicum

Opportunity for supervised field observation to gain practice experience in selected public health agencies.

699 Master's Thesis (M.S. candidates only)

Independent research leading to a thesis on a public health subject. Results should be suitable for publication. Credit, 6-12.

791L SeminarAdvanced Toxicology
(2nd sem)

Explores recent developments in molecular toxicology with particular emphasis on mechanisms of toxicity and tissue repair following damage. Focus on factors that affect the shape of the dose response, especially in the low-dose zone, and how this is affected by mechanisms of toxicity and the adaptive capacity of the organism. The implications of such recent developments in molecular toxicology for the risk assessment process also considered.

899 Doctoral Dissertation

Credit, 18.