Environmental Studies 150PH - Introductory Topics in Environmental Studies: 'Introduction to Environmental and Public Health'

Environmental & Public Health

Fall
2023
01
4.00
Gretchen Peltier

MW 08:30AM-09:45AM

Mount Holyoke College
121376
Clapp Laboratory 306
gpeltier@mtholyoke.edu
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.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.