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Aug 31, 2024
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PH 300 - Environmental Health Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UDB; Sustainability Ecological basis of environmental issues, problems and solutions to better understand and recognize human health needs and environmental well-being. The impact of climate change on the physical, biological and human environments in California will be explored.
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Areas B1-B3. Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better. Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid. Grading: A-F grading only. Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UDB - Upper Division Science Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning, Overlay - Sustainability Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Recognize the broad meaning of the environment we live in;
- List the fundamental ecological principles that govern life on Earth;
- Recognize global environmental issues involving energy use, air, land and water, public health issues including epidemiology, toxicology, radiation and risk assessment;
- food safety, injury issues, occupational health and disaster preparedness;
- Summarize global environmental problems involving resource use, their causes and discuss strategies for preventing and managing them to ensure a sustainable and healthy environment;
- Demonstrate how the aforementioned environmental components fit together and how they affect human well-being within political, cultural and socioeconomic systems.
- Identify the effects of climate change on the physical, biological and human environments in California.
UD-B. Upper-division Science Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate advanced and/or focused science or quantitative content knowledge in a specific scientific field, using appropriate vocabulary and referencing appropriate concepts (such as models, uncertainties, hypotheses, theories, and technologies);
- apply advanced quantitative skills (such as statistics, algebraic solutions, interpretation of graphical data) to scientific problems and evaluate scientific claims;
- demonstrate understanding of the nature of science and scientific inquiry and the experimental and empirical methodologies used in science to investigate a scientific question or issue; and
- apply science content knowledge to contemporary scientific issues (e.g., global warming) and technologies (e.g., cloning), where appropriate.
Sustainability Overlay Learning Outcomes
- identify the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability, either in general or in relation to a specific problem;
- analyze interactions between human activities and natural systems;
- describe key threats to environmental sustainability; and
- explain how individual and societal choices affect prospects for sustainability at the local, regional, and/or global levels.
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