Graduate classes and syllabi

Graduate Course descriptions and syllabi

HLTH 6100 (3) Intervention Strategies for Health Education. P: Undergraduate methodology course in health education or consent of instructor. Existing research concerned with methods/strategies utilized by health educators. Instructor: Dr. Deedee Glascoff
HLTH 6101 (3) Research Methods in Health Education. P: Admission to a graduate program in health education. Skills required to design, evaluate, and report research. Specific emphasis on most utilized techniques. Experimental, survey, evaluation, and qualitative research methods. Instructor: Dr. Sharon Knight
HLTH 6200 (3) Program Planning and Evaluation in Health Education and Promotion I. P: Admission to graduate program or consent of instructor. P/C: HLTH 6100. Fundamentals. Emphasis on developing skills in needs assessment, instrument construction, and program proposal development. Instructor: Dr. David White
HLTH 6201 (1) Program Planning and Evaluation II. P: Admission to the graduate program in health education; HLTH 6200; or consent of instructor. Fundamentals. Emphasis on skills development in formative, outcome, and impact data collection and analysis. Instructor: Dr. David White
HLTH 6355 (3) Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Education and Prevention. P: Admission to graduate program or consent of instructor. ATOD abuse education and prevention theory and approaches. Instructor: Dr. David White
HLTH 6400 (3) Management of Health Education Programs. P: Acceptance into health education or consent of instructor. Administrative aspects of health education in variety of settings. Program planning, implementation, evaluation, budget and fund raising, and role of government and private agencies for leadership in health education. Instructor: Dr. Rick Barnes
HLTH 6500 (3) HLTH 6501 (3)Independent Study. P: Consent of department chair. Investigation of current research and methodology in health education. Instructor: Dr. Michael Felts
HLTH 6990 (3) HLTH 6991 (3) Internship in Health Education. P: Minimum of 18 semester hour in health education program or consent of graduate director. Supervised observation and practice in health education setting. Instructor: Dr. Michael Felts
HLTH 7000 (3) Thesis. May be repeated. May count maximum of 6 semester hours. Instructor: Dr. Michael Felts

Environmental Health Graduate Courses

EHST 5001. Seminar in Environmental Health (1) Student, staff and guest speakers on current research. Course Instructor: Dr. Sprau
EHST 5010,11. Principles of Toxicology and Laboratory (3,1) For EHST majors but other majors accepted. P: Senior or graduate standing; 8 s.h. general chemistry; 6 s.h. of biology, including BIOL 2130; or consent of instructor. Basics of toxicology such as physiological response and environmental sources as well as specifics of major toxins. Course Instructor: Mr. Crotts
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, 5801. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management and Lab (3,0) 2 lecture and 2 lab hours per week. P: CHEM 1160, 1161 or consent of instructor. Problems associated with collection, treatment, and disposal of municipal solid waste and hazardous wastes in the United States.
EHST 6010. Fundamentals of Environmental Health (3) Effects of environment on human health. Focuses on rural environment. Consideration given to water supply and wastewater disposal, water quality, solid and hazardous wastes, air quality, occupational health and safety, food protection and vector control. Course Instructor: Dr. Sprau
EHST 6201, 6202, 6203. Individual Studies (1,2,3). May be repeated for maximum of 3 s.h. P: Declared EHST major, consent of major professor. Advanced knowledge in selected areas of environmental health.
EHST 6210, 6620, 6230. Topics in Environmental Health and Safety (1,2,3) May be repeated with change of topic. Seminar: Selected environmental health and safety problems considering current studies and efforts at solutions.
EHST 6300. Public Health Pests and Vector Borne Disease (3) Identification, management, and ecology of arthropods and other disease vectors, and characteristics and epidemiology of diseases they carry.
EHST 6301. Public Health Pests and Vector Borne Disease Lab (1) Concentration on mosquitoes and ticks in North Carolina, testing for West Nile Virus, and application of 3-D imaging techniques.
EHST 6400. Technical Advances in Water Supply and Waste Treatment (3) State-of-the-art advances in water and waste water treatment. Examination of best practical available technology for coping with special water supply and waste disposal problems. Demonstration of principles upon which real life systems function. Course Instructor: Dr. Zarate
EHST 6420. Sanitary Microbiology and Safety of Foods (3) P: Consent of instructor. Sanitary microbiology and chemical safety of foods. Topics include natural toxicants, food additives, and regulations for protection of public health. Course Instructor: Dr. Zarate
EHST 6600. Air Quality Control Methods and Devices (3) Public Health Service Officers speak with environmental health students Theory, use, evaluation, advantages, and limitations of procedures and methods employed in air quality control.
EHST 6700. Industrial Hygiene Application (3) Principles of evaluating and controlling work environment. Emphasis on resolving occupational health problems. Course Instructor: Mr. Crotts
EHST 6701. Industrial Hygiene Application Laboratory (1) C: EHST 6700. Methods of measurement and evaluation used by industrial hygienists. Course Instructor: Mr. Crotts
EHST 6800. Environmental Health Program Management (3) Knowledge and practice in planning, developing, and managing environmental health programs. Application of current management practices toward solutions of environmental health problems. Course Instructor: Dr. Anderson
EHST 6980. Environmental Health Practicum (3) Directed work experience in clinical/ environmental health agency.
EHST 6990. Directed Graduate Research Project (3) For non-thesis master's degree students. P: Consent of instructor. Independent study and research.
EHST 7000. Thesis (3) May be repeated . May count maximum of 6 s.h.
EHST 7000. Thesis: Summer Research (1) May be repeated. No credit may count toward degree. Students conducting thesis research may only register for this course during the summer.

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