Environmental Issues in Public Health

Catalog description

This graduate-level course encompasses the significant topic areas of environmental health associated with biological, chemical, and physical agents in the environment and how human health is impacted by water, soil and air quality, food safety, weather, and land resources. Genetic, physiological, and psychosocial factors are also explored, specifically to those that influence & compromise public health outcomes and are associated with the environment and environmental hazards. This course satisfies a proctored assessment requirement for this program and is not eligible for transfer credit.