EH 201 [Summer 2] Introduction to Environmental Health

This course offers a general introduction to environmental health from local to global, addressing fundamental topics and current controversies. The first half of the course covers core topics that prepare students to more fully understand and address environmental health issues: toxicology, exposure assessment, risk assessment/risk management, air pollution, water pollution, and the built environment/urban sprawl. Using the tools from the first half, students then learn about: occupational health, children's health and the environment, injuries, climate change and health, environmental law and policies, debates concerning pesticide use, and environmental justice. Students will actively engage with the course material through in-class, and on-line case discussions, debates, and review of environment-related current events. This course provides an excellent introductory foundation in environmental health for all professional master's degree candidates, whether or not specializing in environmental health. The course fulfills the environmental health requirement for all professional master's degree programs. 

Instructors: Dr. Rose Goldman, Molly Kile
1:30 p.m.- 3:20 p.m. (Mon.- Fri.) 
Lectures, class discussions. 2.5 credits.