| Course ID: | EHSC 8010. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Advanced Topics in Environmental Health Science I |
Course
Description: | An advanced course focusing on fundamental paradigms and
evolving concepts of environmental health science, including
toxicology, environmental and occupational exposure assessment,
environmental epidemiology, food safety. Topics will be
explored through a combination of lecture, case studies, and
critical discussions of primary literature. |
| Oasis Title: | Adv Topics EHS I |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | • Exhibit a strong foundation in the core disciplines of
environmental health science, including air quality, food and
water quality, environmental exposure, toxicology, and
management of exposures in the workplace.
• Evaluate and critique emerging areas of research in
environmental health science and their application to the
larger public health discipline. |
| Topical Outline: | • Ecological principles applied to human health
• Fundamentals of environmental toxicology
• Fundamentals of environmental epidemiology
• Exposure assessment in the environment and workplace
• Influences of behavior and genetics
• Ambient and indoor air pollution
• Water pollution
• Food safety and agricultural practices
• Industrial hygiene and workplace exposures
• Radiation: ambient and worker exposures
This list of topics is a general plan for the course;
deviations announced to the class by the instructor may be
necessary. |
| Honor Code Reference: | Students are expected to follow the UGA Student Honor Code in
all works as detailed in A Culture of Honesty: “I will be
academically honest in all of my academic work and will not
tolerate academic dishonesty of others.” A Culture of Honesty,
the University's policy and procedures for handling cases of
suspected dishonesty, can be found at
http://www.uga.edu/honesty/. |