Basics of environmental health (5 cr)
Code: YT00AF59-3003
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.01.2019 - 14.01.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.01.2019 - 30.04.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Department of Forestry and Environmental Technology
- Campus
- Mikkeli Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Environmental Technology
Objective
You know what the most common harmful substances impacting human health are.
You can evaluate different environmental factors which impact human health.
You know the essential mechanisms and exposure to environmental factors.
You know what kind of supervision there is in environmental health.
Content
What kind of physical, chemical and biological environmental factors are there and how do they impact human health?
Through what kind of exposure, ie food, air or water, do environmental factors affect human health?
Which authorities monitor factors that affect human health?
How to report on activities causing health hazards?
Evaluation
Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with customers, users and target groups.
Study forms and methods
Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Työjärjestyksen mukaiset teoriatunnit.
Työhön integroitu oppimisväylä:
Soveltuu nopeuttajille, ei edeltävyysehtoja.
Timing of exams and assignments
Yleisinä tenttipäivinä.
Student workload
ECTS järjestelmän mukainen.
Evaluation scale
1-5