180.609.01
Principles of Environmental Health I

Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
M, W, 1:30 - 3:20pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Ernst Spannhake
Contact Name
E. William Spannhake
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

None

Description
Presents concepts, principles, and applications of the main natural and social science disciplines that form the basis of environmental health and describes how these disciplines and their practitioners interact in the environmental health paradigm. Topics include the sources, pathways of exposure, and methods of control of the principal physical, chemical, biologic, and sociologic factors that impact human health in ambient, indoor and occupational environments. Familiarizes students with the processes associated with the translation of basic scientific and health data into public health policy and environmental law. Students gain first-hand experience with the multidisciplinary environmental health approach to the solution of current and emerging environmental problems that pose a risk to public health. Consists of lectures, case studies, and class discussions.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Define the main scientific and sociologic disciplines that form the basis of environmental health and explain how these disciplines and their practitioners interact within the environmental health paradigm
  2. Describe the sources, pathways of exposure and methods of control of the principal physical, chemical, biologic and psychosocial hazards that impact human health in ambient, indoor and occupational environments
  3. Explain the processes associated with the translation of scientific and health data into public health policy and environmental law
  4. Identify and describe important current and emerging environmental problems that pose a risk to public health and describe the multidisciplinary environmental health approach to their solution
Enrollment Restriction
Enrollment limited to degree-seeking students in SPH graduate programs. Permission from instructor required for non-EHS students.
Instructor Consent
Consent required for some students
Consent Note
Consent is required for non-EHS degree candidates.
Consent Contact
espannha@jhsph.edu
Special Comments

EHS degree candidates are required to take both Principles of Environmental Health I & II.