EHST 2110. Introduction to Environmental Health Science (3). An introductory course designed to acquaint the student with the principles of environmental health practices. Areas of major emphasis are water quality, air quality, food supply, industrial hygiene, and solid and hazardous waste disposal.
EHST 2111. Introduction to Environmental Health Science Lab (1) 3 lab hours per week. P/C: EHST 2110. Lab and field techniques in principles of environmental health sciences practices. Includes water and air quality, noise, food, radiation, and biological safety, and hazardous materials.
EHST 3000. Environmental Health Practice Seminar (1) (S) 2 classroom or lab hours per week. P: Major or intended major in EHST. Variety of environmental health practice settings in government, industry, and elsewhere.
EHST 3003. Environmental Epidemiology (3) (F) Science of Epidemiology and Biostatistics required to understand epidemiological studies. Topics include longitudinal and case control studies.
EHST 3060, 3061. Environmental Issues in Construction (4,0) (F,S) 3 lecture and 2 lab hours per week. P: GEOG 1500, 1501. Comprehensive overview of environmental impact of construction processes, including legislative and regulatory requirements.
EHST 3200. Food Sanitation Principles (3). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor; co requisite: EHST 3201. A study of food composition, engineering principles, processing and preservation methods, foodborne diseases, and food regulatory programs.
EHST 3201. Food Sanitation Principles Laboratory (1). Three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor; CO requisite: EHST 3200. Practical experience in procedures for evaluating food, milk products, and sanitizing agents.
EHST 3350. Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment (4). Prerequisites: BIOL 2110, 2111; CHEM 1160, 1161; CO requisite: EHST 3351. An introduction to principles of water supply and wastewater treatment technology.
EHST 3351. Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Laboratory (1). Three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: BIOL 2110, 2111; CHEM 1160, 1161; corequisite: EHST 3350. Laboratory to accompany EHST 3350.
EHST 3370. On-site Wastewater Treatment and Disposal (3). Prerequisites: EHST 3350, 3351; corequisite: EHST 3371. Applications of wastewater treatment and disposal technology in areas where centralized systems are not feasible. The course includes site evaluation, design, construction practices, and regulation of on-site systems.
EHST 3371. On-Site Wastewater Laboratory (1). Three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: EHST 3350, 3351; corequisite EHST 3370. Laboratory and field techniques for Onsite wastewater treatment.
EHST 3500, 3501, 3502. #Problems in Environmental Health (1,2,3). Hours required may vary with individual student assignment and/or project. Fourteen hours classroom work for one hour credit. Limited to environmental health majors. Deals with a specific topic, area, or problem which is not adequately covered in the current curriculum.
EHST 3600. Air Pollution (3). Prerequisite: EHST 2110 or consent of instructor. A consideration of the evaluation and monitoring of air pollutants; effects of air pollutants; survey of control procedures and legislation; laboratory procedures in air quality investigations.
EHST 3700. Industrial Hygiene (3). Prerequisite: CHEM 1160, 1161; BIOL 2130; corequisite: EHST 3701. Designed to familiarize the student with health problems encountered in business, industrial, and other work places. Special emphasis on the recognition and evaluation of occupational stresses and ways to prevent disease.
EHST 3701. Industrial Hygiene Laboratory (1). Three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor; corequisite: EHST 3700. Practical experience and methods for evaluating work environment.
EHST 3900. Introduction to Occupational Health (3) P: 6 s.h. in BIOL, including BIOL 2130; 8 s.h. of general CHEM; or consent of instructor. Occupation diseases in terms of occupational health hazards and associated health effects.
EHST 3910. General Industry Safety (3) Technical aspect of occupational safety. Machine guarding, walking and working surfaces, hand and power tools, electical systems, and plant layout.
EHST 3926. Construction Safety (3) Technical aspects of construction safety. Scaffolding, trenching and shoring, excavations, and building codes.
EHST 4010. Toxicological Foundations of Risk Assessment 
(3) (F). Prerequisites: BIOL 2130; CHEM 2650, 2651. An introductory course that examines the undesirable biological responses to physical and chemical agents. Mechanisms of action at the molecular, cellular, and organ levels will be examined.
EHST 4200. Environmental Health Management and Law (3). Limited to environmental health majors. Introduction to the processes involved in planning, facilitation, execution, evaluation, and control of environmental health services.
EHST 4300. Institutional, Recreational Sanitation, and Vectorborne Diseases (3). Prerequisites: EHST 2110, 3003, 3100, 3200, 3201, 3350, 3351, 3370, 3371; or consent of instructor; corequisite: EHST 4301. Environmental health practices in institutions including safety, infection control, and infectious waste disposal. Health and safety hazards at recreational facilities including swimming pools, campgrounds and public parks, and vectors and Vectorborne diseases in the United States.
EHST 4301. Institutional, Recreational Sanitation, and Vectorborne Diseases Laboratory (1). Three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: EHST 2110, 3003, 3100, 3200, 3201, 3350, 3351, 3370, 3371; or consent of instructor; corequisite: EHST 4300. Laboratory and field identification of vectors of public health importance. Onsite inspections of institutional and recreational facilities.
EHST 4350, 4351 Vector Borne Disease Ecology and Lab (3,1) (F) P: EHST 2110, 3003, 3350, 3370, 3371; or consent of instructor; 2 lecture and 2 lab hours per week. Introductory course of vector borne diseases, their vectors and their ecology in humans and the environment.
EHST 4990, 4991. Environmental Health Internship (3,3). Prerequisites: Environmental Health major. Supervised learning experience in an approved clinical/environmental health facility.
EHST 5001. #Seminar in Environmental Health (1). Student, staff, and guest speakers on current research.
EHST 5010, 5011. Principles of Toxicology and Lab (3, 1) For EHST majors, but other majors accepted. P: Senior or graduate standing; 8 s.h. of general chemistry; 6 s.h. of biology, including BIOL 2130; or consent of instructor. Basics of toxicology such as physiciological response and environmental sources as well as specifics of major toxins.
EHST 5020. Environmental Toxicology (3) P: EHST 5010,5011; or consent of instructor. Effect of anthropogenic and naturally occurring toxins on environment. Toxin sources, distribution, and bioaccumulation. Covers pesticides, metals, solvents, radioactice isotopes, food additives, air pollutants, and natural plant/animal toxins.
EHST 5164. Radiological Health Field Operation (1) P: Consent of instructor. Field observation of radiological health physics, practices at nuclear fuel cycle facilities, and government nuclear facilities.
EHST 5165. Advanced Radiological Laboratory (1) P: Consent of instructor. Intensive radiological lab training at Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Tour of research facilities.
EHST 5510. Physical Safety (2) Formerly EHST 3100. Practical application of physical safety principles in living and work environments.
EHST 5520. Biological Safety (2) Formerly EHST 6120. Practical application of biological safety principles in living and work environments.
EHST 5530. Chemical Safety (2) Practical application of chemical safety principles in living and work environments.
EHST 5540 Radiation Safety (2) Formerly EHST 2500. Practical application of radiation safety principles in living and work environments.
EHST 5800. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (3). Prerequisites: CHEM 1160, 1161. A detailed examination of the problems associated with the collection, treatment and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes in the US. The study of the development of federal legislation and regulation for solid and hazardous waste management. Current technologies for solving waste management problems.
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