2009 Course Handbook
GSE819: Environmental Health
This unit explores the relationships between the environment and the health people enjoy. Topics are: what is health and how it is measured; the interrelationships between the physical, biological and socio-economic environments; health risk in urban-industrial societies; influences on health from the climate, the built work environment; water, air, infectious diseases; environmental health risk assessment.
Note: permission to complete the unit without completion of GSE803 Science in Environmental Management as a prerequisite will only be granted if the student has completed a science-based degree.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | TBA |
| Prerequisites: | GSE803 or permission of Executive Dean of Faculty |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Faculty of Science |
Timetable Information
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