13 courses with the subject ENVH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ENVH 1103International Health3
This course examines avenues of international cooperation in health and explores the most significant health problems and resources in developing and developed countries by focusing on international differences in health status, social/economic/political factors in health care, varied approaches to providing health services, the role of health workers, and the involvement of foundations and multilateral and bilateral agencies. Public Health majors, minors or students studying the Public Health concentration must complete this course with a C or better.
This course examines avenues of international cooperation in health and explores the most significant health problems and resources in developing and developed countries by focusing on international differences in health status, social/economic/political factors in health care, varied approaches to providing health services, the role of health workers, and the involvement of foundations and multilateral and bilateral agencies. Public Health majors, minors or students studying the Public Health concentration must complete this course with a C or better.
This introductory course incorporates not only the common concepts associated with environmental health (such as population dynamics, air pollution, water pollution, and land pollution) but also emerging and controversial issues associated with environmental threats to human health, such as emerging diseases, global warming, and biological and chemical weapons. Emphasis is on biological, chemical, and physical sources of exposures, the effects on human health, and the methods of limiting exposures and effects. Public Health majors, minors or students studying in the Public Health concentration must complete this course with a C or better.
ENVH 5004 is a required foundational, introductory course for the MPH degree programs, and as such serves as an introduction to the various aspects of the Environmental Health field. The course incorporates not only the common concepts associated with environmental exposures (air, water, soil, food, etc.) but also legacy and emerging issues associated with environmental threats to human health, including the potential impacts of emerging contaminants on human health. The emphasis is on biological, chemical, and physical sources of exposures, their salient characteristics, potential effects on human and ecological health, and the modern responses (methods, actions, and policies) for limiting exposures and effects.
Subject
ENVH
Credits (min)
1.5
Credits (max)
1.5
Credit unit
Credit Hour
Type
course
Repeatable
Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits.
This is an intermediate-level graduate course for those interested in environmental health and global health. Other graduate students may attend the course with the instructor's permission, provided they meet the course prerequisites. This course does not meet the core requirement for environmental health in the MPH program.
This is an intermediate-level graduate course for those interested in water, sanitation and hygiene and the implications on public health. Graduate students from the College of Public Health or from Engineering, Environmental Sciences or other related fields may attend the course with the instructor's permission. The course explores the importance of water, sanitation and hygiene on public health. The course is designed for the students to get hands-on learning about selecting and designing appropriate water and sanitation interventions as well as selecting methods for evaluating the public health impact of these interventions.
Subject
ENVH
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Repeatable
Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits.
ENVH 8016Environmental Exposures and Human Health Risk Assessment3
This course will provide in-depth review of the four major steps of risk assessment, including hazard identification, exposure assessment, dose-response assessment and risk characterization. The course covers qualitative and quantitative exposure estimates for determining the exposure-response relation and health risks in an epidemiological study. The course also covers the development of estimates of mixture exposures for epidemiology and intervention studies. Students will develop an understanding of the underlying sciences and mathematics that fall within exposure science and use Markov chain method to build exposure models. Risk characterization will provide practical tools for course is an introduction to the use of stochastic modeling to identify, assess, and manage environmental health hazards. Students will conduct an environmental risk assessment, including planning, scoping, exposure and risk assessment, and communication through the lens of public health. Students will compare and contrast estimation-based approaches, versus p-value only approaches in hazard identification modeling, including implications of Type I versus Type II error cut-offs. In addition to the cancer slope factor and Hazard Quotient (HQ), the concepts for the Hazard Index (HI) for combining exposures in the HI will be covered.
This is an upper-level graduate course that focuses on the concepts of policy and regulatory systems meant for the protection and management of the environment in the United States, including the evolution of the regulatory systems and policy making process to address both legacy and emerging environmental issues and the factors that shape these policies and regulations. Emphasis will be placed on the development of the standards, enforcement, and compliance of selected federal environmental regulations and their equivalent enforcements at the state and local levels, and ultimately, how those regulations influence public health. The course might be of interest to those interested in understanding environmental policy and regulation in the U.S., identifying means to facilitate changes in environmental policy for human health and environmental protection, and how it provides foundation for other international policies and laws pertaining to environmental management and sustainability. Students may find this as an applied policy- and decision-making course. The course will bring in other experts, either in the form of team teaching or guest speakers, who will offer relevant and timely perspectives on topics of significant interest.
Climate change and extreme weather events increasingly contribute to both natural and anthropogenic disasters, with disproportionate impacts on low-income communities and vulnerable populations. The health consequences of climate change span a wide range of outcomes, including communicable and non-communicable diseases, injuries, toxic exposures, mental health challenges, and mortality. This course provides an in-depth exploration of the complex relationships among climate change, environmental contamination, social vulnerability, disaster preparedness and response, and health across the lifespan. Building on foundational knowledge in environmental health, students will critically analyze differential risk factors that heighten susceptibility to climate-related health threats and environmental exposures. The course emphasizes applied, equity-focused approaches to public health preparedness and climate resilience.
Subject
ENVH
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Repeatable
Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits.Pre-requisites: Minimum grade of B- in ENVH 5004.
This intermediate course will cover selected topics in occupational and environmental epidemiology through a focus on specific health outcomes, such as non-malignant respiratory diseases, cancer, and musculoskeletal disorders, within the context of particular study designs or exposures. Students will have the opportunity to critically examine the current literature and to study contemporary issues in research. Exposure assessment, biomarkers, and emerging diseases within the context of the workplace and the environment will be addressed.
Exposure assessment is the multidisciplinary field that identifies and characterizes exposure to environmental agents; develops estimates of exposure for epidemiology, exposure-response, trend and surveillance, and risk assessment studies; and evaluates the significance of exposure of effectiveness of intervention strategies.
This course entails a fieldwork project or internship in a public health agency. It includes seminars, oral and written reports of progress, and joint supervision by a preceptor and faculty member.
Subject
ENVH
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Repeatable
Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits.Pre-requisites: Minimum grade of B- in EPBI 5201, EPBI 5002, EPBI 5005, HPM 5006, SBS 5001, and EPBI 8012 (may be taken concurrently)
This course is an evaluation of the fieldwork project or internship using a full range of research methodologies. Data are collected, analyzed, and reported in a comprehensive final report. Oral and/or poster presentations are presented to public health organizations. The course includes a final oral defense of the project or internship.
Subject
ENVH
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Repeatable
Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits.
