Course Descriptions
(F) offered Fall Semester(S) offered Spring Semester

EH 201 (Demand) 4 hrs. cr.
Hazardous Materials and Waste Management
Knowledge will be gained in the proper storage, handling and disposals of hazardous materials and hazardous waste. All students who successfully complete this course will be awarded Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) certificates. Prerequisites. Biology 101 or 121 and Chem 101.

EH 211 (F, Odd) 2 hrs. cr.
Soil Morphology and Sewage Systems
Information for the environmental health practitioner on soil morphology and site assessment for the design of small sewage treatment systems. One hour of lecture and two hours of field and/or laboratory activities are required per week. Prerequisites: Bio 101 or 121 and Chem 101.

EH 298 (Demand) 1-8 hrs. cr.
Selected Topics in Environmental Health
Special topics in environmental health not normally included in another course. Prerequisite: Permission.

EH 300 (Demand) 4 hrs. cr.
Environmental Geology
Introduction to man's relationship to the earth's environment. Limitations of natural resources and future projections are considered along with man's demands on the environment. Oil spills, surface mining, waste disposal, ground water and other problems of a geologic nature are reviewed. Natural environmental hazards, such as volcanoes, earthquakes, subsidence, mass movements and floods are examined. Prerequisites Physics 151 (Cross-listed in geology.)

EH 304 (F, Odd) 3 hrs. cr.
Geographic Information Systems
Explores the expanding use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in ecology, environmental health, and related fields. Satisfies the computer literacy requirement for biology and environmental health majors. Lecture and laboratory scheduled equivalent to 3 credits. Prerequisite: Bio 101. (Cross-listed in biology.)

EH 312 (Sum) 4 hrs. cr.
Environmental Biology (Writing Intensive)
Environmental factors and their interactions with living organisms. Emphasis on human ecology and wise natural resource utilization. Three lectures, one 2 hr. lab per week. Prerequisite: Bio 101 or 121. (Cross-listed in biology.)

EH 352 (Demand) 3 hrs. cr.
International Environmental Health
International Environmental Health is an in-dept study of environmental health issues in countries other than the United States of America. This course will be approached by selecting a country to be studied, reviewing the environmental issues pertinent to the selected country. Environmental health issues, which are common to many countries, as well as issues which are unique to the selected country will be studied. The environmental health issues of the selected country will be studied in the classroom and followed up with an extended field trip usually lasting approximately two weeks. Prerequisites: EH 312.

EH 370 (S) 3 hrs. cr.
Environmental Health
Contemporary health problems and public heath protection measures, including public health disease prevention, and environmental health hazards. Three lectures per week. Prerequisite: Bio 101 or Bio 121. (Cross-listed in biology.)

EH 371 (S, Even) 2 hrs. cr.
Toxicology
An introduction to toxicants which threaten the health of humans. Two lectures per week. Prerequisite: Bio 101 or 121.

EH 372 (F, Odd) 2 hrs. cr.
Environmental Regulations and Program Administration
Study of regulations which constitute the basis for management of environmental agencies and organization of environmental health agencies. Prerequisite: EH 370.

EH 373 (F, Even) 2 hrs. cr.
Solid Waste Management
Introduction to the problems and solutions related to the generation, storage, collection and disposal of solid wastes. Management aspects of planning, organizing, designing and operating refuse collection and disposal systems also included. Prerequisite: Bio 101 or Bio 121 and Chem 101.

EH 375 (F, Even) 2 hrs. cr.
Vector Control
Identification and control of organisms which serve as reservoirs and vectors of diseases. One lecture, one 2-hr. lab per week. Prerequisite: Bio 101 or Bio 121 and Chem 101.

EH 376 (F, Odd) 4 hrs. cr.
Environmental Protection
This course will provide information on soils, water quality, water treatment systems, wastewater treatment systems, air quality and air pollution control necessary for the environmental quality practitioner in government or industry. Three hours of lecture and two hours of field and/or laboratory activities are required per week. Prerequisite: Bio 101 or Bio 121 and Chem 101.

EH 377 (S, Even) 4 hrs. cr.
Food and Community Sanitation
Introduction to concepts, principles and methods generally useful in performance of duties of city and county health department personnel. Three lectures, one 2-hr. lab per week. Prerequisite: Bio 101 or Bio 121 and Chem 101.

EH 378 (S, Even) 3 hrs. cr.
Occupational Health and Safety
An introduction to the concepts, principles, and methods generally employed by industrial health and safety officers in the performance of their duties. Prerequisite: Bio 101 or Bio 121 and Chem 101.

EH 380 (S, Odd) 3 hrs. cr.
Epidemiology
Introduction to the concepts, principles and methods generally useful in the surveillance and investigation of communicable disease. Prerequisite: Bio 101 or Bio 121. (Cross listed in biology.)

EH 381 (S, Even) 1 hr. cr.
Risk Assessment and Communication
Introduction to the concepts, principles, and methods generally useful in assessing risk and communicating the levels of risk to workers and the public. Prerequisite: EH 370.

EH 450 (F, S) 1-8 hrs. cr.
Internship in Environmental Health
Experience in actual observation and work at health facilities, health regulation agencies and/or industrial plants where environmental health is a viable concern. Periodic meetings between the Missouri Southern coordinator, the cooperating institution and the student will be required. The student should not be employed in any job that will prevent full-time, maximum concentration on the academic internship. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing in environmental health or biology curricula.

EH 498 (Demand) 1-3 hrs. cr.
Seminar in Environmental Health
For upper division environmental health and biology majors only. Meets regularly a minimum number of hours. Designed to give specialized instruction in some discipline of environmental health not covered in other courses. Prerequisites: Junior standing, 20 hrs. in environmental health and/or biology and a minimum GPA of 2.5 in environmental health and/or biology or permission.

EH 499 (Demand) 1-3 hrs. cr.
Problems in Environmental Health
Individual work under the supervision of a staff member, with the credit and hours to be arranged. Problems may be undertaken in any field of environmental health, with adequate preparation and the consent of the supervising instructor, coordinator, department head and school dean. Prerequisites: Minimum GPA of 3.0 in 20 hrs. of environmental health and/or biology.

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