Courses Details

EHS652: Evaluation of Chemical Hazards

  • Graduate level
  • Both Residential and OJOC
  • Fall term(s) for OJOC and residential students;
  • 3-4 credit hour(s) for OJOC and residential students;
  • Instructor(s): John Meeker
  • Offered Every fall semester
  • Last offered Fall 2024
  • Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in biostatistics course
  • Description: Concepts and techniques related to the evaluation of occupational exposures to gases, vapors, and aerosols. Emphasis on operating mechanisms and practical aspects of industrial hygiene air-monitoring equipment, characterizing exposure distributions, and developing sampling strategies. Lectures, laboratory exercises, demonstrations, problems, technical reports, and reading. Primarily for students in occupational health and safety.
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John Meeker
Concentration Competencies that EHS652 Allows Assessment On
Department Program Degree Competency Specific course(s) that allow assessment
EHS Environmental Health Sciences MPH Summarize qualitative and quantitative aspects of exposure assessment based on hazard properties, applicable exposure pathways, and routes of exposure EHS652
EHS Industrial Hygiene MPH Identify and describe the qualitative and quantitative aspect of hazardous workplace agents, factors, and stressors associated with defined sources and/or processes EHS652
EHS Industrial Hygiene MPH Assess qualitative, quantitative, and statistical aspects of workplace hazards and exposures, and consequent health risks based on applicable pathways and modes of action EHS652
EHS Industrial Hygiene MPH Interpret and apply occupational and environmental regulations EHS652
EHS Environmental Health Sciences MS Describe sources and processes involved in the transport, behavior and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment and workplace EHS652
EHS Environmental Health Sciences MS Interpret EHS info within the context of public health EHS652
EHS Industrial Hygiene MS Identify and describe the qualitative and quantitative aspect of hazardous workplace agents, factors, and stressors associated with defined sources and/or processes EHS652
EHS Industrial Hygiene MS Assess qualitative, quantitative, and statistical aspects of workplace hazards and exposures, and consequent health risks based on applicable pathways and modes of action EHS652
EHS PhD Apply basic principles of environmental and occupational health in the context of public health EHS652
EHS PhD Describe how data are collected and used in exposure and risk assessments of environmental and occupational health hazards EHS652