Courses Taught by Chuanwu Xi

EHS570: Water Quality Management

  • Graduate level
  • Both Residential and Online MPH
  • This is a second year course for Online students
  • Fall term(s) for residential students; Winter term(s) for online MPH students;
  • 3 credit hour(s) for residential students; 2 credit hour(s) for online MPH students;
  • Instructor(s): Chuanwu Xi (Residential); Chuanwu Xi (Online MPH);
  • Last offered Fall 2023
  • Not offered 2024-2025
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Description: Principles of science and engineering used in the evaluation and control of water quality. Includes current legislation, types of pollution, sources and nature of pollution, introduction to water quality management practices, water supply and treatment, hydrologic concepts, effects of waste discharge on receiving waters, lake management, and water quality criteria and standards.
  • Residential Syllabus for EHS570
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Concentration Competencies that EHS570 Allows Assessment On
Department Program Degree Competency Specific course(s) that allow assessment
EHS Environmental Quality, Sustainability, and Health MPH Evaluate environmental quality and health, including environmental standards on air and water quality, and their effects on individual, community and global health EHS582, EHS570

EHS576: Biological Agents

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Chuanwu Xi (Residential);
  • Last offered Winter 2023
  • Prerequisites: Biology, Chem, Grad Standing or Perm. Instr.
  • Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
  • Description: Biological agents in the environment that have a substantial impact on human health.
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EHS614: Water and Global Health

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Chuanwu Xi (Residential);
  • Last offered Winter 2021
  • Not offered 2024-2025
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Description: Poor water quality, insufficient quantity and inadequate access to water are among the most serious threats to human health worldwide. This course analyzes the historical and contemporary roles that water plays on global health. Key drivers that affect water quality and quantity (with linkages to human health impacts) are investigated, including agriculture, climate change, population growth and urbanization, natural resources, international trade, and regional conflicts. Both theoretical and practical methods are used to examine real world cases. A systems framework is used to develop sustainable and appropriate solutions that consider individual, social, technological, and institutional factors.
  • Learning Objectives: L1 - the historical role of water in shaping the growth and development of humans and societies L2 - similarities and differences of human health and disease issues across the world (e.g., developed versus developing nations, region X versus region Y) that are water-related L3 - how key drivers (e.g., population growth, agriculture, international trade, biodiversity, resource exploitation) exacerbate water supply, security, sanitation and waste L4 - the key biological, chemical, and physical stressors in water systems around the world L5 - systems approaches and how these may be used to tackle complex environmental health issues L6 -the roles of individuals, scientists, organizations (non-governmental, governmental), and nations in the management and sustainability of water resources L7 - sustainable solutions and evaluative schemes/metrics to 'water and global health' at the individual-, technological-, and institutional-levels
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EHS690: Practice in Global Environmental Health

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Fall term(s) for residential students;
  • 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Chuanwu Xi (Residential);
  • Last offered Fall 2021
  • Not offered 2024-2025
  • Prerequisites: Instructor Approval
  • Description: The course will be divided into three sections: Section 1, Introduction of a variety aspects of internships in global environmental health; Section 2, working with individual faculty (advisor) to select an international project and prepare funding applications; and Section 3; present the proposed project in class.
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