Courses

EHS570 Water Quality Management

This course provides an overview of impairments to water quality from human activities and technical and management approaches for addressing them. The course draws on basic principles from diverse fields, including hydrology, microbiology, geochemistry, ecology, environmental engineering and environmental health, and utilizes case studies to illustrate approaches to water quality management. The first part of the course includes water resources in the world; water quality standards and regulations; chemical, physical and biological pollutants in water and their monitoring techniques. The courses then will discuss about sources of pollution and their control approaches. The courses will also discuss about drinking water quality management approaches and specifically water quality management approaches in the Great Lakes and in emergency situations. At the end of the course, the course will introduce modeling tools used in risk assessment of water related diseases and emerging issues related to water quality.

EHS576 Environmental Health Microbiology

Graduate level course on basic knowledge about microbes in the environment and its impact on public health. Topics will include: - introduction on microbiology; - growth and control of microbes in the environment; - characterization and identification of microbes in the environment; - biofilms and its control - transmission and persistence of health-related microbes in various environments such as water, air, food, indoor and industrial settings; - microbial transformation of organic and metal contaminants in the environments; - spread of antibiotic resistance in the environment.

EHS614 Water and Global Health

Poor water quality, insufficient quantity and inadequate access to water are among the most serious threats to human health worldwide. This course analyzes the historical and contemporary roles that water plays on global health. Key drivers that affect water quality and quantity (with linkages to human health impacts) are investigated, including agriculture, climate change, population growth and urbanization, natural resources, international trade, and regional conflicts. Both theoretical and practical methods are used to examine real world cases. A systems framework is used to develop sustainable and appropriate solutions that consider individual, social, technological, and institutional factors.

EHS690 Practice in Global Environmental Health

The course will be divided into three sections: Section 1, Introduction of a variety aspects of internships in global environmental health; Section 2, working with individual faculty (advisor) to select an international project and prepare funding applications; and Section 3; present the proposed project in class.