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PHS-5014: Environmental Health

Description: Exploration of major environmental health concepts and issues, environmental policies and regulations. Topics include world population and pressures on the environment, healthy environment; environmental determinants of public health, including biological, physical and chemical factors; environmental factors affecting disease vectors and their control; air and water quality; waste management; the built environment, work environments and recreational area; food protection and safety; occupational health; tools for environmental evaluation, planning and safety. Pre: Graduate Standing or permission from the instructor.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: VM-7014

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 12

Average GPA: 3.74 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 60.78%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Julia M Gohlke202076.9%23.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.743
Ryan S Calder202479.1%17.7%2.8%0.4%0.0%0.0%3.749

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W