| Course ID: | EHSC 7010. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Fundamentals of Environmental Health Science |
Course
Description: | Teaches the fundamentals of environmental health. Topics will include biological and ecological processes, sources and effects of environmental stress and pollutants, and methods to control and minimize detrimental effects. Scientific methods, evidence, long-term perspective, and critical thinking will be stressed. |
| Oasis Title: | Fundamentals of EHSC |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EHSC 7010E |
| Pre or Corequisite: | BIOS 7001 or BIOS 7001E |
| Corequisite: | BIOS 7003L |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the primary scientific facts and principles of environmental health.
2. Evaluate approaches for assessing, preventing, and controlling environmental hazards that pose risks to human health and safety.
3. Analyze how direct and indirect human, ecological, and safety effects of major environmental and occupational agents affect human and environmental health.
4. Critically assess current human activities that cause major environmental risks and potential solutions to mitigate these risks.
5. Evaluate genetic, physiologic, and psychosocial factors that affect susceptibility to adverse health outcomes from exposure to environmental hazards.
6. Interpret environmental issues using concepts from risk management, risk communication, and environmental justice.
7. Interpret summary data from toxicity data and use concepts of general mechanisms of toxicity in eliciting a toxic response to various environmental exposures to explain risks.
8. Evaluate the roles of federal and state environmental control agencies, their policies, and regulatory programs related to controlling environmental health issues.
9. Analyze and critically assess the primary literature of key current environmental health concerns and research topics to identify constraints and strengths. |
| Topical Outline: | Introduction to Environmental Health
Ecology and the Environment
Population Effects + Sustainability
Environmental Chemistry and Metals
Toxicology
Pest Control and Pesticides
Environmental Epidemiology
Occupational Epidemiology
Exposure Assessment and Biomarkers
Industrial Hygiene
Injuries and Prevention
Radiation
Food
Water
Air
Ecology of Diseases
Genetics
Microbiomes and Antibiotic Resistance
Children and Transgenerational Effects
Developing Nations
Healthy Communities and Buildings
Solid and Hazardous Waste
Energy Production and Use
Climate Change
Environmental Disasters
Environmental Justice
Environmental Health Policies
Risk Assessment and Communication
Nature Contact |
| Honor Code Reference: | Unauthorized assistance in course assignments will be watched
for and handled on a case by case basis appropriately and
according to UGA's policies and procedures. The effect of
dishonesty or unauthorized assistance upon grading will be
handled on a case by case basis appropriately and within the
framework of UGA's policies and procedures. |