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Apr 30, 2024
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Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ENVS 321 Environmental and Occupational Health5 credits
This course investigates the role of the environment in personal, community, and global health, as well as the role of the environmental health specialist in public services. This course covers current environmental public health issues and topics in environmental science, including global health threats such as climate change, disaster and emergency preparedness, and pollution. This course also introduces concepts of occupational safety and health, including regulatory agencies, financial and human impact of occupational injuries, and workers’ compensation.
Prerequisites: Admission to the BASPH program
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Analyze the role that environmental policy and regulation has in mitigating health risks
- Investigate major sources and types of environmental agents and the role they play in health outcomes
- Identify and define the steps in risk-assessment and risk-management processes
- Define toxicology and identify issues surrounding human exposure to chemical toxins
- Identify and describe the organization of regulatory agencies that deal with issues of occupational safety and health, environmental health, and risk management
- Define basic terminology used in the field of occupational safety and health and apply it appropriately
- Evaluate the financial and human impact of occupational injuries and illnesses
- Develop a basic understanding of workers’ compensation plans
Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcome:
- Investigate the role that the environment and chemical exposure has on health
Global Outcomes
This course teaches to the global outcome of information literacy.
Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50
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