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and statistical analyses, and practices, environmental control, Bachelor of
arriving to conclusions. The topic environmental and health program
will be chosen by students and planning and training in community Science in
will be written and presented in a resources utilization, students will
gain professional and personal skills
concise way and scholarly format and competencies needed to prepare Human Nutrition
in the form of a presentation in
front of a committee. Students them for real-life situations and job
will gain research experience to market. and Dietetics
apply technical and communication
skills learned in specific settings
(ministries, industries, companies,
businesses, environmental protection Degree Requirements
and health agencies, hospitals,
professional associations, research
centers/laboratories, national and CHE 205 - General Chemistry I
international NGOs etc.). Credit Hours: 3
Students will have a supervisor/ Pre-requisite: (Co) ENG102/ ENG200
mentor from the faculty to facilitate
the course (content, process, and Chemistry is the study of matter and
assessment) and may have a second its interactions. This course is an
mentor who is an expert in the introduction to chemistry, providing
chosen area of EHS, external to ADU. sufficient information for a student
to continue chemistry instruction
EHS 399 - Internship at the college level. It provides an
Credit Hours: 3 understanding of chemical kinetics,
Prerequisite: 90 Credit Hours equilibria, acid-base chemistry,
and chemical thermodynamics.
The internship is a junior-senior level Throughout the course, emphasis will
component of the EHS program be placed upon problem solving.
that provides students with real-life
experiential learning supplementing CHE201L - General Chemistry I
their theoretical and laboratory class Laboratory
learning. This course is a requirement Credit Hour: 1
for graduation from the BSc in EHS Pre or Co-requisite: CHE 205
program at the College of Health
Sciences. This course introduces the principles
and concepts of chemistry with
Students are required to complete emphasis on laboratory skills and
a minimum of 240 working hours practical hands-on experiences for
over a period of six weeks in the students. This course will have
approved work settings in public laboratory experiments, simulated
and private sectors (ministries, experiments, demonstrations and
industries, companies, consultancy group activities for the students that
firms, environmental protection illustrate the principles and concepts
and occupational health agencies, for the course CHE 205.
academic centers, research centers/
laboratories, international and
national NGOs, UN agencies, etc.).
Under the supervision of faculty and CHE 207 - Organic Chemistry
internship site supervisors, students Credit Hours: 3
will be engaged in specific tasks, Prerequisites: CHE 205 + CHE 201L
duties, and assignments addressing
current environmental issues on-site. This is an introductory course that
In addition to the experience gained focuses on the basic aspects of
in the observation and application Organic Chemistry. This course
of public environmental/health helps the students to promote an

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