180.607.11
Climate Change and Public Health
Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2015 - 2016
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, June 1, 2015
End Date
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Monday, 1:30 - 4:20pm
Tuesday, 1:30 - 4:20pm
Wednesday, 1:30 - 4:20pm
Thursday, 1:30 - 4:20pm
Friday, 1:30 - 4:20pm
Saturday, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Cindy Parker
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Resources
Explores the science of how and why the climate is changing, as well as the likely and potential impacts of climate change on public health in developed and developing regions of the world. Discusses how rising sea levels; worsening air quality; frequency and severity of weather-related disasters; and scarcity of food and drinking water are all influenced by the changing climate. Examines strategies for mitigation and adaptation, and the role public health professionals can play in these decisions. Concludes with a full-day field trip in the Baltimore area to get hands-on experience with local responses to climate change.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the greenhouse effect and the resulting changes to the physical processes on earth from climate change
- List and prioritize direct and indirect health impacts of climate change
- Compare and contrast strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation with respect to co-benefits to public health