Unit Code: EVH511

Unit Name: Foundations of Environmental Health

Description: The purpose of this course is to provide new undergraduate students of Environmental Health with the basic knowledge for understanding Environmental Health. Environmental Health (EH) refers to a very complex interaction between environments and human health. EH is our understanding of how natural environments as well as those created by humans (anthropogenic environments) affect all that live in that environment. The ‘environment’ is a complex system of living things and natural processes. Humans is one species (a ‘living thing’) in this system. But humans (us), cause disproportionate and detrimental impacts on all of our environments. This affects the states of these environments – which also affects our own health and wellbeing.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Describe the context and ethics of Environmental Health 2. Explain the basics of Environmental Health as a Science and a Practice 3. Discuss the anthropogenic (human-made) world we have made for us- considering the ethics 4. Explain how the things we need to live affect the environment and ultimately affects us 5. Describe how we humans live sustainably and ethically with other beings in the world we have created 6. Discuss the Basics of the Methods of Environmental Health and ethics principles behind its applications

Prerequisite: N/A

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 1