First-Year Seminars 110PH - Environmental & Public Health

This course offers a broad introduction to the;problems and solutions in the field of;environmental and public health. Students will;read about and discuss issues that occur in both;industrialized and developing countries. Topics;include the biological, physical, and chemical;agents of environmental contamination; methods;used in epidemiology and toxicology to evaluate;environmental hazards; policies currently in;place to reduce health risks and protect;populations from exposure; and emerging global;environmental health problems.

First-year students only, by placement.