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ENVH 105. Environmental Health Science (3). Interactions between human activities, health and environmental systems. Use of scientific method in defining and solving environmental health science problems. Laboratory emphasis on pollution measurement, effects and control. Two one-hour lectures and one two-hour laboratory. Credit not given for more than one of ENVH 105 and BIOL 101. Applicable to the natural sciences general education requirement.

ENVH 210. The Global Commons: International Perspectives on Environmental Health and Protection (3). An examination of environmental conditions throughout the world, and how culture affects response to and perceptions of environmental conditions. Prerequisite or Corequisite: ENG 112 or equivalent. Applicable to the social sciences and international perspective general education requirements. Approved for Distance Ed.

ENVH 301. Public Health and Sanitation (3). Assessment of public health in the community. Institutional inspection techniques, communicable disease control, solid waste disposal and prevention of food-borne disease. Three hours lecture.

ENVH 302. Industrial Hygiene (3). Basic concepts in recognition, evaluation and control of workplace hazards including chemical, physical and biologic stressors. Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: CHEM 125.

ENVH 303. Industrial Hygiene Laboratory (1). Evaluation methods for chemical, noise, radiation and physical hazards in the workplace and environment. Three hours weekly. Corequisite: ENVH 302. Major restricted or instructor's consent.

ENVH 304. Air Quality Management (3). Principles of air quality; pollution sources, effects and control strategies. Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: CHEM 125.

ENVH 305. Air Quality Laboratory (1). Sampling and analysis methods in air quality control. three hours weekly. Corequisite: ENVH 304. Major restricted or instructor's consent.

ENVH 306. Environmental Regulation, Organization and Administration (3). Foundations of environmental law. Structure and function of federal, state, regional and local environmental agencies. Key environmental statutes. Environmental program administration.

ENVH 307. Occupational Safety (3). Workplace safety principles including regulations, program development and program implementation.

ENVH 308. Industrial Ventilation (3). Principles of ventilation. Design and evaluation of general dilution and local exhaust systems for control of industrial hazards. Prerequisites: MATH 128 or MATH 120 and MATH 129 or MATH 122 and MATH 129.

ENVH 309. Environmental Assessment Methods I (3). Introduction to methods of assessing environmental problems. Includes information and data sources, experimental design, sampling and analytical techniques and theory, statistical methods, field projects and technical reporting. Prerequisite: CHEM 125.

ENVH 310. Environmental Assessment Methods II (3). Advanced methods of assessing environmental problems. Includes information and data sources, experimental design, sampling and analytical techniques and theory, statistical methods and technical reporting. Prerequisite: ENVH 309.

ENVH 402. Principles of Water Quality (3). Properties of water and biological, chemical and physical pollutants. Relationship between use and quality. Management strategies. Three hours lecture. Prerequisites: CHEM 127 and CHEM 128.

ENVH 403. Water Quality Laboratory (1) . Laboratory practices in water quality. Three hours weekly. Corequisite: ENVH 402. Major restricted or instructor's consent.

ENVH 405. Hazardous Material Management (3). Principles of managing hazardous waste and material, disposal, treatment, emergency response and clean-up. Consideration of environmental toxicology and risk assessment.

ENVH 407. Environmental Toxicology (3). Measurement, effects and mechanisms of toxicity on human health and the environment. Use of toxicology in environmental risk assessment and risk management. Prerequisite: CHEM 306 or consent of instructor.

ENVH 449. Epidemiology (3). Principles and methods of epidemiological investigation. Distribution and determinants of health and disease in humans. Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: Statistics course. Cross-listed as BIOL 449.

ENVH 470. Special Problems in Environmental Health (1-4). Student designs and carries out study or special project in area of interest. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated.

ENVH 491. Environmental Health Practicum (1-3). Experience working under supervision in selected environmental, public health or health planning agencies or industries with environmental health units; emphasis on practice rather than observation. Prerequisites: instructor's permission, at least junior status. May be repeated up to 4 hours. Graded S/U.

ENVH 492. Comprehensive Environmental Health Practices (3). A capstone course for integrating environmental health principles into practical application. Dissemination and examination of internship research will also be considered. Prerequisite: ENVH 491.

ENVH 549. Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology (3). Principles of epidemiological investigation focused on occupational settings. Quantitative analysis of relationship between environmental conditions and human responses.

ENVH 582. Topics in Environmental Health (1-3). Study of selected aspect of the discipline, particular area of concern, or question put forward for consideration.

ENVH 605. Introduction to Environmental Health (3). A survey of the major environmental issues facing global society and their relationship to personal, public, and ecological health. Issues encompass the developing and developed worlds, current conditions and future trends, and all major settings where environmental degradation may be a problem.

ENVH 680. Seminar in Environmental Health (1-4). On demand. Systematic study of selected topics in environmental health. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

ENVH 691. Directed Research in Environmental Health (1-4). On demand. Supervised independent research on a particular topic. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.