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Environmental Health

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BIOSTAT503 Introduction to Biostatistics

Fall term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Boehnke, Michael L
Offered every year
Prerequisites: Elementary algebra
Description: Fundamental statistical concepts related to the practice of public health: descriptive statistics; probability; sampling; statistical distributions; estimation; hypothesis testing; chi-square tests; simple and multiple linear regression; one-way ANOVA. Use of computer in statistical analysis.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT503 (PDF, 80210 bytes, last modified on Thursday, January 05, 2012)

EHS508 Principles of Risk Assessment

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Maynard, Andrew
Prerequisites: EHS 507, Epidemiology (concurrent enrollment acceptable) or Perm. Instr.
Description: This course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to understand risk assessment methods. Students will understand the use and limitations of risk assessment in establishing exposure standards, acceptable concentrations, and the environmental criteria for hazardous substances that present a risk of carcinogenic or other health effects and the suitability of risk assessment for such purposes. The basic approaches to environmental risk assessment will be emphasized, including methods for identifying health effects, modeling of health effects, and derivation of risk estimates. Methods for dealing with uncertainties as well as limitations and criticisms of risk assessment methods will be discussed. Specific examples of risk assessments will be analyzed and critiqued.
Syllabus for EHS508 (PDF, 159896 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, January 24, 2012)

EHS550 Introduction to Occupational and Environmental Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Ahn, Kwangseog (Kwan)
Prerequisites: Grad Status or Senior Standing
Description: Discussion of the basic concepts of occupational and environmental hygiene; recognition and evaluation of chemical,physical and biological hazards; the human environment; control hierarchies, strategies and technologies; personal protection; criteria and standards; the international dimension; and ethical issues. The course provides basic underpinnings of the nature of theory and practice in occupational and environmental hygiene, and thus provides a structural framework for thinking about the field, identifying linkages between disciplines and specialties, and providing a platform for more advanced study in the individual areas listed. The course is offered as a three-credit course in both the regular term and in the OJ/OC format.

EHS556 Occupational Ergonomics

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every other year
Last offered Winter 2010
Description: Principles, concepts and procedures concerned with worker performance, health and safety. Topics include: biomechanics, job safety, anthropometry, work physiology, psychophysics, work stations, tools, work procedures, work standards, Musculoskeletal disorders, noise, vibration, heat stress and the analysis and design of work.

EHS570 Water Quality Management

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Xi, Chuanwu
Description: Principles of science and engineering used in the evaluation and control of water quality. Includes current legislation, types of pollution, sources and nature of pollution, introduction to water quality management practices, water supply and treatment, hydrologic concepts, effects of waste discharge on receiving waters, lake management, and water quality criteria and standards.

EHS572 Environmental Impact Assessment (NRE 514)

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Batterman, Stuart
Prerequisites: EHS 574, Grad Status
Description: A comprehensive framework for predicting and evaluating environmental impacts is presented. The course emphasizes the theory, application, integration and evaluation of models simulating transport and fate of contaminants in air, surface and ground water, and soil. Case studies and computer exercises demonstrate contemporary exposure and health risk assessment problems.
This course is cross-listed with NRE514 in the NRE department.

EHS574 Environmental Chemistry

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Nriagu, Jerome
Prerequisites: College Chemistry including Organic Chemistry and Calculus
Description: Environmental chemistry of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and soils. Review of physical and chemical hazards and sources, distribution, transformations, routes to man of environmental contaminants. Human exposure assessment procedures and applications in health risk analysis programs.

EHS600 Professional Perspectives in Environmental Health

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Maynard, Andrew
Prerequisites: Grad Status, Completion of approved internship, research or practical experience
Description: This project-oriented course provides the student the opportunity to integrate academic principles, practical skills and concepts in environmental health as related to the broader scope of public health. Students will carry out a 2 credit hour applied group project, having to synthesize their acquired knowledge from different courses and subplans to address real world problems. Students will provide oral presentation (intermediary and final) and written reports on the conducted project. This culminating capstone course will be elected during the professional students last fall term in residence.
Syllabus for EHS600 (PDF, 141280 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, January 24, 2012)

EHS652 Evaluation of Chemical Hazards

Fall term(s)
3-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zellers, Edward
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2009
Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in biostatistics course
Description: Concepts and techniques related to the evaluation of occupational exposures to gases, vapors, and aerosols. Emphasis on operating mechanisms and practical aspects of industrial hygiene air-monitoring equipment, characterizing exposure distributions, and developing sampling strategies. Lectures, laboratory exercises, demonstrations, problems, technical reports, and reading. Primarily for students in occupational health and safety.

EHS653 Environmental Sampling and Analysis Laboratory

Winter term(s)
1-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zellers, Edward
Prerequisites: EHS 652 or permission of instructor
Description: Laboratory and lecture course on equipment, instrumentation, methodologies, and strategies for measuring environmental chemical and microbiological contaminants. A primary emphasis is placed on air monitoring for human exposure assessment in the workplace and general environment. Dermal, surface, soil, and water contamination measurements are also covered. Lectures, laboratories, and demonstrations. Primarily for students in environmental health sciences with interests in occupational and ambient-environmental exposure assessments for regulatory compliance and epidemiologic risk estimation.

EHS668 Professional Seminar in Occupational Health

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Meeker, John
Description: Seminars in contemporary occupational health topics and issues. Presentations by noted authorities from industry, labor organizations, governments, and academia.

EHS698 Research

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
1-6 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Original research investigation of a special topic in environmental health, occupational health, nutrition and/or toxicology. May be elected more than once for a maximum of six credits.

EPID503 Strategies and Uses of Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Kardia, Sharon; Aiello, Allison
Offered every year
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: Biostat 503, Grad Status
Description: This course offers an introduction to the principles, concepts, and methods of population-based epidemiologic research. It is intended to be the introductory course for students who are NOT majoring in Epidemiology. The course will be divided into three primary sections. The first section will serve as an introduction to the basic principles of epidemiology and the measures used in epidemiology. The second section will discuss epidemiologic study design (including case-control, cohort studies) and analysis (including bias, confounding, effect modification). The third section will cover special topics that are important to an introductory understanding of epidemiology (including outbreak investigations, screening, and the role of epidemiology in public health.

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