ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

An overview of environmental health issues including discussion of epidemiologic methods, illnesses caused or exacerbated by environmental exposures, and the role of research in driving effective policies to protect and promote public health. The class may include guest lectures by area experts and will entail original student research projects. The dynamic between research and action, i.e., “making a difference,” is stressed. FORMERLY OFFERED AS ENST 314 .