Environmental Health

Spring 2023 > Health Sciences > PUBH.5061 > 031

Course No: PUBH.5061-031; SIS Class Nbr: 13088; SIS Term: 3230
Course Status: Registration Closed

Course Description

This environmental health course explores the links between human activities and environmental systems and examines how these interactions can impact human health. The course is designed to provide knowledge and skills necessary to understand how human and industrial activities such as population growth, methods of food production, pollution of the air and water, waste, the built environment, toxic substances, pest control, and global climate change can result in human diseases and impact the environment. Understanding the links between human activities and environmental systems is essential to developing effective prevention strategies and building sustainable communities.

Prerequisites, Notes & Instructor

  • Prerequisites: Students with a CSCE career need permission to take Graduate Level Courses.
  • Core Codes: ENSC
  • Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
  • Instructor: Wendy Heiger-Bernays
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When Offered & Tuition

  • Online Course
  • 2023 Spring: Jan 17 to May 06
  • Course Level: Graduate
  • Tuition: $1755 | Pay as little as $ 446.25/mo for this course.
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  • Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.

Related Programs: Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management, M.P.H. in Epidemiology, M.P.H. in Healthcare Management, M.S. in Health Information Management: Health Service Management Option, Graduate Certificate in Public Health Studies

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