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Aug 26, 2024
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PH 415 - Introduction to Environmental Risk Assessment Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D Introduction to environmental risk assessment in the context of evaluating human health. Discuss social, economic, and political factors that affect decision-making. Topics include risk assessment framework, evaluating chemicals risks, managing and controlling risk, and policy tools to aid decision-making.
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area D1-3 requirements. Prerequisites: PH 300 and completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3, and B4 with 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-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Achieve a general understanding of the concept of environmental risk assessment and its application to public health problems;
- Identify the elements of environmental risk assessment, utilizing the general framework developed by the National Research Council;
- Evaluate a report of an environmental risk assessment and interpret the policy relevance of the findings;
- Describe current uses of environmental risk assessment in policy- and decision-making.
UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes
- analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
- demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
- demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.
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