HLTH403-22S2 (D) Semester Two 2022 (Distance)

Environmental Health

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 July 2022
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 31 July 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 2 October 2022

Description

Environmental health is an integral aspect of the health of a community. Risks to environmental health include pollution, unsafe foods, and infectious diseases, and many of these risks are increasing as a result of growing populations globally, and the effects of climate change. This course provides the foundation for students to understand environmental health.

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Biculturally competent and confident

Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Engaged with the community

Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Course Coordinator

Arindam Basu

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Annotated Bibliography of an environmental health topic 06 Aug 2022 30%
Write a simplified systematic map of an environmental health issue 11 Sep 2022 40%
Write a review of an Environmental Health Risk Assessment paper 04 Oct 2022 30%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,255.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

All HLTH403 Occurrences

  • HLTH403-22S2 (C) Semester Two 2022
  • HLTH403-22S2 (D) Semester Two 2022 (Distance)