Courses Taught by Richard Neitzel

EHS651: Occupational Health, Safety And Environmental Program Management

• Graduate level
• Residential
• Winter term(s) for residential students;
• 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
• Instructor(s): Jan Lach, Richard Neitzel, Simone Charles, (Residential);
• Offered Every other year (next offering: Winter 2025)
• Last offered Winter 2023
• Prerequisites: None
• Advisory Prerequisites: None
• Description: This course introduces students to the breadth of functions and activities routinely performed by OHSE managers. Topics include: OHSE organization structure, management systems, program content, metrics, budgeting, risk management, incident investigation, emergency preparedness and response, regulatory compliance, legal systems, health and safety culture, and prevention through design processes.
• Learning Objectives: Students will gain a fundamental understanding of: (1) How OHSE programs are typically organized, the roles and responsibilities of OHSE managers, and expectations of other OHSE stakeholders in the organization. (2) Challenges associated with managing personnel and processes, including dealing with ethical issues, setting goals and measuring performance, hiring and training professionals, and managing consultants. (3) Financial aspects of program management, such as risk management and insurance, budgeting, workers compensation, and legal liability for both corporate activities and products. (4) Incident investigation and management, as well as emergency planning and response management. (5) Regulatory rulemaking, inspections, and compliance management processes.
• Syllabus for EHS651

Concentration Competencies that EHS651 Allows Assessment On

Department	Program	Degree	Competency	Specific course(s) that allow assessment
EHS	Industrial Hygiene	MPH	Describe the relevance of business and managerial practices to workplace health and safety	EHS651

EHS654: Control Of Occupational Hazardous Exposures

• Graduate level
• Residential
• Winter term(s) for residential students;
• 2-3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
• Instructor(s): Richard Neitzel (Residential);
• Offered Every other winter (next offering: Winter 2026)
• Last offered Winter 2024
• Prerequisites: Grad status
• Description: This graduate course focuses on controlling workplace hazards using the hierarchy of controls. Students will learn to evaluate and recommend engineering, administrative, and personal protective controls. An optional third credit covers advanced ventilation, including local exhaust ventilation (LEV), for source control in occupational settings.
• Learning Objectives: 2-credit course: After this course, students will be able to: 1. Understand exposure and hazard banding strategies for workplace exposure scenarios 2. Name Federal and State regulation authorities and requirements related to human exposures 3. Describe the criteria for selecting chemical or biological protective clothing 4. Describe criteria for selecting protective equipment for physical agents such as noise 5. List the elements and evaluation of a comprehensive respiratory protection program 6. Recall effective hazard communication strategies in the workplace 3-credit course: After this course, students will additionally be able to: 7. Compute exposure estimates for indoor air quality assuming well-mixed room models 8. Describe HVAC components used for indoor air quality and infection control 9. Assess the airflow characteristics of a ventilation system and apply this data for system diagnostics 10. Select the appropriate type of local exhaust hood for controlling workplace exposures 11. Calculate basic ventilation estimates typically needed in workplaces
• Syllabus for EHS654

Concentration Competencies that EHS654 Allows Assessment On

Department	Program	Degree	Competency	Specific course(s) that allow assessment
EHS	Industrial Hygiene	MPH	Recommend and evaluate engineering, administrative, and personal protective controls and/or other interventions to reduce or eliminate workplace hazards	EHS654

EHS655: Human Exposure Analysis

• Graduate level
• Residential
• Winter term(s) for residential students;
• 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
• Instructor(s): Richard Neitzel (Residential);
• Offered Every winter semester (next offering: Winter 2025)
• Last offered Winter 2024
• Prerequisites: Graduate standing
• Description: Students taking this course will learn how to conduct statistical analyses of human exposures, and will apply these skills to a dataset containing exposure and health outcome data. They will also develop skills for understanding, interpreting, and communicating exposure information and for identifying and communicating evidence-based risk management recommendations.
• Syllabus for EHS655

EHS658: Physical Hazards

• Graduate level
• Residential
• Fall term(s) for residential students;
• 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
• Instructor(s): Richard Neitzel (Residential);
• Last offered Fall 2024
• Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or Perm. Instr.
• Description: Lectures, discussions, demonstrations on the health effects, measurements methods, regulations, and control technologies related to physical hazards, including temperature extremes, noise, vibration, lasers, non-ionizing radiation (rf, microwave, IR, visible, and UV), and ionizing radiation.
• Syllabus for EHS658

Concentration Competencies that EHS658 Allows Assessment On

Department	Program	Degree	Competency	Specific course(s) that allow assessment
EHS	Environmental Health Sciences	MPH	Recommend approaches to prevent and control environmental exposures that are risks to human health and safety	EHS658

EHS757: Applied Principles Of Occupational Health

• Graduate level
• Residential
• Fall term(s) for residential students;
• 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
• Instructor(s): Richard Neitzel (Residential);
• Last offered Fall 2023
• Prerequisites: None
• Description: Observation and discussion of selected industrial processes, potential hazards, and controls. Potential hazards include chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic. Emphasis on application and integration of different aspects of occupational health management. Field trips to various industrial plants. Guest lectures and student-lead discussions. Intended for second-year Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine students.
• Learning Objectives: 1. Evaluate how to practice the evaluation and discussion of real-world industrial settings where there is the potential for worker exposures to hazardous agents 2. Discuss how to work in multidisciplinary teams of health professionals 3. Understand occupational health and safety hazards associated with different processes: sources, exposure paths 4. Differentiate between different occupational health and safety hazards and control options for hazard reduction 5. Practice effective communication and interviewing skills
• Syllabus for EHS757

PUBHLTH514: Public Health Sciences and the Environment

• Graduate level
• Both Residential and Online MPH
• This is a first year course for Online students
• Winter term(s) for residential students; Winter term(s) for online MPH students;
• 2 credit hour(s) for residential students; 2 credit hour(s) for online MPH students;
• Instructor(s): Richard Neitzel (Residential); Richard Neitzel (Online MPH);
• Prerequisites: MPH, MHI, or MHSA Residential Students Only or By Instructor Permission
• Description: Many public health outcomes are directly influenced by human contact with the environment. This course will explore an important discipline within public health, environmental health sciences- that is, the study of how environmental factors affect human health and disease. We will apply environmental health and systems thinking principles to evaluate several major threats to public health: climate change, the built environment, and environmental justice issues. We will also assess the effectiveness of policies designed to address and reduce the threats presented by these and other issues.
• Learning Objectives: After completion of the course, students should be able to: --Explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge (CEPH LO 6)--Explain effects of environmental factors on a population's health (CEPH LO 7, linked to competency M1, CEPH C15) --Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease (CEPH LO 11, linked to competency CEPH C22) --Apply process mapping methods to systematically evaluate the generation and movement of environmental hazards on the public (linked to competency CEPH C22) --Explain the impact of pollution control policies on public health outcomes (linked to competency CEPH C15) --Explain how environmental and occupational exposures can be measured and connected to human health (linked to competency M1) --Explain why a focus on sensitive and vulnerable groups is critical in environmental health science (linked to competency CEPH C15) --Explain strategies that can be applied to reduce environmental and occupational hazards
• This course is required for the school-wide core curriculum