Environmental Quality and Human Health
E&ES 165
Spring 2012
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01
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The course is designed for first-year students concerned about the well-being of the planet and its human inhabitants. Throughout the course, students will examine implications of the production of energy, manufactured goods, and food on environmental quality and on the health of present and future generations of humans. Students will be introduced to local, regional, and global implications of toxins in the soil, air, and water. Exercises will include collection of environmental data (e.g., lead, ground-level ozone, etc.), spatial analyses using a geographic information system (GIS), and examination of disease clusters using epidemiologic data. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM E&ES |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYI |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Steingraber, S. LIVING DOWNSTREAM: AN ECOLOGIST'S PERSONAL INVESTIGATION OF CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Frumkin, H. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL or Maxwell, N. UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
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Examinations and Assignments:
3 exams
1 group project
multiple independent assignments |
| Instructor(s): Diver,Kim Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: SCIE317; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 19 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 11 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 7 |
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