SPH 412 - Environmental Risk Assessment and Management

3 units (fi 6)(EITH/SP/SU, 3-0-0)

School of Public Health

This course will introduce students to the frameworks of environmental risk analysis in the context of human, ecosystem, and planetary health. Concepts include problem formulation, risk assessment, risk characterization, risk management, and the communication of risk. A special emphasis is placed on the science of risk assessment including hazard identification, exposure assessment, effects assessment, dose response assessment/modeling, and the characterization of risk. The art of public engagement in risk analysis and how regulations and policy science are also discussed in brief. Note: Credit may not be obtained for both SPH 412 and SPH 512.