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community health and safety, pest control. The course provides federal regulations. In addition,
occupational health and safety, and updated information about food this course examines principles,
environmental health and safety safety practices from preparation procedures, methods, and various
statistics. and processing to consumption. It applications of environmental
emphasizes on the development, impact assessment. The ultimate
EHS 300 - Housing and implementation, and appraisal of goal of the course is to promote an
Sustainable Communities national and international food safety understanding of how environmental
Credit Hours: 3 management systems such as GMP, impact assessment is conducted and
Prerequisite: ENS 210 HACCP, and ISO 22000. used as a valuable tool in the project
management decision-making
This course introduces students EHS 400 - Toxicology process.
to the theory and practice of Credit Hours: 3
developing sustainable communities, Prerequisite: BIO 205 EHS 415 - Environmental Health
including elements such as housing, Regulation & Compliance
transportation systems, landscape This course examines basic concepts Credit Hours: 3
design, community services, and as they apply to environmental Prerequisites: ENS 220 + HSC 315
resource conservation. toxicology. Discusses distribution,
cellular penetration, metabolic The Environmental Health Regulation
It also discusses the economic conversion, and elimination and Compliance course discusses the
and social impacts of sustainability of toxic agents, as well as the importance of environmental law for
initiatives including case studies fundamental laws governing the the protection of natural systems. It
of sustainable communities. In interaction of foreign chemicals with describes in detail the evolution of
addition, it covers the environment biological systems. Focuses on the environmental laws on the national
of UAE, the climatic conditions of application of these concepts to the and international levels and provides
the Arabian Gulf region. The specific understanding and prevention of the students with an understanding
conditions of UAE will be related to mortality and morbidity resulting of the regulatory and enforcement
water limitations and the threats from environmental exposure to toxic processes and the knowledge of
of water resources contamination. substances. the most important environmental
In addition, the course presents regulations in the UAE and
the most recent approaches and EHS 320 - Waste Management internationally. It then examines how
technologies in liquid and solid waste Credit Hours: 3 government and non-government
disposal and utilization. Examples of Prerequisite: ENS 210 institutions and businesses comply
initiatives taken by UAE government with these regulations and address
agencies and best practices will also The Waste Management course air and water pollution, waste
be presented. Finally, the course introduces students to the management, and food safety.
addresses issues of sustainable fundamentals of waste management
architecture and green building with a focus on municipal solid waste. EHS 420 - Hazardous Materials
technologies. It covers the technical, regulatory, Credit Hours: 3
economic, environmental, and
EHS 310 - Food Safety & public health aspects of waste Prerequisite: HSC 305
Management handling, collection, transportation, This course is designed to equip
Credit Hours: 3 separation, recycling, composting, students with the knowledge
Prerequisite: HSC 210 and incineration. It also discusses to recognize and safely handle
the design, construction, and hazardous substances, whether
The Food Safety and Management management of landfills and the in controlled (laboratory) settings,
course is intended to give a broad creation of energy and high-value or as the result of an accident or
overview of the principles of food materials from waste. unforeseen incident. It includes a
sanitation and management. It discussion of hazardous materials
covers various sources of food EHS 410 - Impact Assessment commonly found in industrial,
contamination highlighting the Credit Hours: 3 medical, and common urban settings.
relationship of microorganisms Prerequisite: EHS 320 Through an in-depth discussion of
to food sanitation. It addresses risk management and planning,
valuable knowledge about food The objective of this course is to students will learn to critically analyze
preparation/handling starting with expose the students to the need for and develop procedures to minimize
food storage, cooking, serving, environmental impact assessments health risks associated with exposure
cleaning of kitchen premises, and and how to prepare the various to hazardous materials.
ending with waste disposal and documents required by state and

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