180.609.01
Principles of Environmental Health I

Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
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)
Joseph Bressler
Megan Latshaw
Contact Name
Megan Latshaw
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite
Description
Presents concepts, principles, and applications forming the basis of the field of environmental health. Topics include contaminant sources, fate & transport, pathways of exposure, toxicology, health effects, policy, practice and systems. Discussions and exercises focus on current environmental health issues and opportunities for prevention and intervention. Students learn how to critically evaluate current environmental health literature and how to think about environmental health from a systems perspective.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Describe the field of environmental health and its interdisciplinary nature
  2. Describe the sources and range of hazards to human health that exist within the environment
  3. Explain the means through which toxic exposures induce adverse health effects in healthy and susceptible populations
  4. Discuss the concept of environmental justice and identify potential environmental injustices
  5. Develop and discuss application of strategies that effectively mitigate and prevent adverse health effects caused by environmental agents and conditions
  6. Interpret, evaluate and summarize articles from the current environmental health literature and apply their findings to related environmental situations and conditions
  7. Identify and describe important current and emerging environmental problems that pose a risk to public health
  8. Develop and express an understanding of the contribution that environmental health practice makes within public health
  9. Explain how environmental health contributes to the 3 core functions (and the 10 essential services) of public health
Enrollment Restriction
Enrollment limited to degree-seeking students in SPH graduate programs. Permission from instructor required for non-EHE students.
Instructor Consent
Consent required for some students
Consent Note
Consent is required for non-EHE degree candidates.
Consent Contact
mlatshaw@jhu.edu
Special Comments

MHS degree candidates in EHE are required to take both Principles of Environmental Health I & II; PhD candidates in EHE only take PEH I.