180.610.01
Principles of Environmental Health II
Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2014 - 2015
Instruction Method
TBD
Tu, Th, 1:30 - 3:20pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
180.609.01 Principles of Environmental Health I
Utilizes the concepts, principles and applications of the natural and social science disciplines that form the basis of environmental health to address a series of selected issues of current importance. In a case-study format, students learn and work as members of a group to investigate the driving forces that underlie these issues and explore the values of various strategies of assessment and intervention. Assignments include individual written work and group presentations based upon search of the current literature. Focus is on classroom discussion and the critical evaluation of approaches to environmental health practice. Integrates the practical experiences of students in the class wherever possible.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Work as a member of a team to consider multi-disciplinary approaches to the solution of environmental health problems
- Give critical consideration to information presented in the scientific literature and discuss its use in the assessment of environmental hazards
- Discuss the relative merits and disadvantages of various interventions to protect health in the context of their specific application
- Develop strategies to address the multiplicity of factors that often drive seemingly uncomplicated environmental public health problems