Environmental Risk Assessment. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

Catalog description

Prerequisite: undergraduate courses in calculus and economics. Application of management technique methodology to recognize, evaluate, and make decisions regarding expenditures for the mitigation of potentially hazardous environmental risks. Basic analytical techniques applicable to social and economic risk assessment; methodology and application to current air and water resources; and rationale for cost-benefit and trade-off analysis. Technical characteristics of materials: half-life, decomposition rates, and temperature sensitivity determining environmental probabilities and expectations.