EA-Environmental Assessment


EA 502Environmental Risk AssessmentUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: Two semester sequence of college biology & college chemistry.
This course provides students with an appreciation and understanding of the principles of environmental risk assessment including: Hazard Identification, Toxicity Assessment, Exposure Assessment, and Risk Characterization. Emphasis is placed on contemporary problems in human health and the environment, and it will be based on the most current methodologies described in the "Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund." Enrollment in the course requires graduate standing or consent of the instructor. Two semester sequence of college biology & college chemistry.


EA 503Environmental Exposure AssessmentUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: Two semester sequence of college biology & college chemistry.
Provides students with an appreciation and understanding of the principles of environmental exposure assessment including the sources, transport and fate of chemicals in the environment. Emphasis is on contemporary problems in human health and the environment, covering topics such as: transformation and degradation processes, classes of contaminants a well as predicting environmental fate and exposure. Enrollment in the course requires graduate standing or consent of the instructor. Two semester sequence of college biology & college chemistry.


EA 504Environmental Monitoring and AnalysisUNITS: 3 - Offered in Summer
Prerequisite: One Year College Biology and One Year College Chemistry
Monitoring and analysis of chemical and biological impacts to the environment. Theory of chemical, physical, biological, and ecological monitoring. Planning and conducting environmental sampling and monitoring programs. Management, analysis, and quality assurance and control. Enrollment in the course requires graduate standing or consent of the instructor.


EA 665Professional ProjectUNITS: 3-6 - Offered in Spring and Summer
Environmental assessment project conducted under the mentorship of a member of the graduate faculty.