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ENVH 509 - Principles of Environmental and Occupational Health (3 units)

This course is presented as an introductory level survey of environmental health issues, problems, solutions, and principles of practice. It is assumed that students intend to have a public health career application, and have minimal previous training or experience in the field of environmental health. Objectives are stated briefly as performance competencies below.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:

• Describe the direct and indirect human, ecological, and safety effects of major environmental and occupational agents.
• Describe genetic, physiologic, and psychosocial factors that affect susceptibility to adverse health outcomes following exposure to environmental hazards.
• Describe federal and state regulatory programs, guidelines, and authorities that control environmental health issues.
• Specify current environmental risk assessment methods.
• Specify approaches for assessing, prevention, and controlling environmental hazards that pose risks to human health and safety.
• Explain the general mechanisms of toxicity in eliciting a toxic response to various environmental exposures.
• Discuss various risk management and risk communication approaches in relation to issues of environmental justice and equity.
• Apply principles of environmental health to the analysis and management of environmental exposure problems in the student’s professional career and personal life.
• Design, implement, and evaluate a drug prevention program in the community.

Required Text

1. Living with the Earth: Concepts in Environmental Health Science, 2nd Edition by Gary S. Moore, Lewis Publishers. Web-enhanced textbook.
   
   Students are expected to use the website along with textbook. The username and password are found in the thread “office hours” in the menu “forum.” The most useful section will be the site location featuring “A Book Study Guide.” Associated with each chapter are links to useful sites maintained on the subject by the U.S. government, international and national organizations, academic institutions, and private groups. You may take a virtual field trip through the Indian Peaks, Colorado Front Range by entering the Chapter 1 web link, Introduction to Biomes. There are many such sites that offer a wealth of information to explore. There are many searchable databases where you can find nearly any environmental topic by keyword.
2. Our global environment by Anne Nadakavukaren, latest edition
3. Essentials of Environmental Health by Robert H. Friis, ISBN 10: 0-7637-4762-9.

Course Prerequisites – None

Course Sign-up and Registration

If you would like to join this class in Fall 2007, please email Mr. Rafael V Molina. Please provide your last name, first name, and LLU student ID.

Registration Deadlines

Registration begins – November 26, 2007.
Registration for online courses ends – December 20, 2007.
Class starts – January 7, 2008.

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Tuition

* Students accepted and registered in the SPH remote/distance and online programs are exempt.

† These costs are for the 2008-09 school year and are subject to change without notice. Please consult the University Catalog under which you were admitted or contact the financial aid office.

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