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        EHS 420 - Hazardous Materials   EHS 424 - Quality and Control of   EHS 435L - Environmental            ENS 205 - Introduction to    HSC 305 - Occupational Health
        Credit Hours: 3               Water and Air Pollution        Monitoring & Control Lab                 Environmental Science         and Safety                      Research, Placements
        Prerequisite: HSC 305         Credit Hours: 3                Credit Hour: 1                           Credit Hours: 3               Credit Hours: 3                 and Electives
        This course is designed to equip   Prerequisites: EHS 415    Co-requisites: (Co)EHS424 + (Co)         Prerequisites: (Co) ENG 102 / ENG   Prerequisite: HSC 200
        students with the knowledge   The course will introduce the   EHS435                                  200 + (Co) FWS 100            The Occupational Health and Safety   HSC 410 - Healthcare Research
        to recognize and safely handle   atmosphere and the hydrological   This laboratory course provides    This course introduces students   course describes the importance of   Methodology
        hazardous substances, whether   cycle and define the natural aquatic   practical training in environmental   to the principles of Environmental   health and safety at work place and
        in controlled (laboratory) settings,   environment. It discusses the value   monitoring techniques and pollution   Science.         its socio-economic impact on work   Credit Hours: 3
        or as the result of an accident or   of meteorology and its part in air   control methods. Students develop                         place and workers. It gives students
        unforeseen incident. It includes a   quality. Also, it will explain the primary   hands-on skills in sampling,   It presents the different ecosystems,   the tools and skills to ensure health   Prerequisite: HSC 205
        discussion of hazardous materials   types of air pollutants, their sources,   measurement, analysis, and   the biogeochemical cycles of some   and safety measures within a working   This course is involved with
        commonly found in industrial,   and their effects on human being   interpretation of environmental    elements like oxygen, carbon, and   environment including hazard   understanding basic principles
        medical, and common urban settings.   and their environments. The course   parameters related to air, water, soil,   nitrogen, biomes, biodiversity, and   identification and control, accident   of research techniques and
        Through an in-depth discussion of   will illustrate various measurement   and noise quality using standard   how species interaction. It discusses   prevention and investigation,   methodologies as applied to
        risk management and planning,   technologies, systems, and a   laboratory and field equipment.        water and air pollution as well as   conducting safety trainings, and   healthcare professions. The purpose
        students will learn to critically analyze   selection of control and elimination   The course also introduces quality   environmental geology and earth   emergency planning. It also provides   of this course is to further develop
        and develop procedures to minimize   methods. Further, the course will   assurance and quality control (QA/  resources. This course also presents   students with an in-depth idea   research, critical analysis, and
        health risks associated with exposure   explain the methods of modeling   QC), environmental standards,   environmental issues, discusses                          communication skills.The major
        to hazardous materials.       atmospheric dispersion, detailing   data analysis, and the application   solutions that help reduce such   about the national and international   components of this course are
                                      the sources of water pollution   of pollution prevention and            issues and provide sustainable   occupational health and safety   understanding research purpose
                                      and the effects of water pollution,   control technologies to support   development, and emphasizes on the   organizations.          and methodology; developing a
        EHS 415 - Environmental Health   including biological treatment of   environmental management and     importance of maintaining a healthy                          research proposal; critical review
                                                                                                              environment.
                                      sewerage, sludge treatment, and
                                                                     regulatory compliance. Emphasis is
        Regulation & Compliance       disposal, before addressing industrial   placed on safe laboratory practices,                         HSC 315 - Global Issues in     of the literature and information
                                                                                                                                                                           resources; comprehending the role
        Credit Hours: 3               wastewater treatment and water   accurate data collection, and                                        Environmental Health           of ethics in health sciences research;
                                      quality.                       professional reporting.                  HSC 210 - Epidemiology and                                   and introducing different quantitative
        Prerequisites: ENS 220 + HSC 315                                                                                                    Credit Hours: 3                and qualitative healthcare research
                                                                                                              Population Health
        The Environmental Health Regulation                                                                                                 Prerequisite: EHS 205          methods. The course will also enable
        and Compliance course discusses the   EHS 435- Environmental   EHS 440- Industrial Hygiene            Credit Hours: 3                                              the students to develop different
        importance of environmental law for   Monitoring & Control                                            Prerequisite: HSC 205         This course is an introduction to the   data collection tools and different
        the protection of natural systems. It                        Credit Hour: 3                                                         global applications of environmental   sampling designs and techniques.
        describes in detail the evolution of   Credit Hour: 3        Prerequisites: HSC305                    This course introduces students   health and safety theory. It covers
        environmental laws on the national                                                                    to the scientific discipline of   a wide range of globally-relevant
        and international levels and provides   Prerequisites: EHS415   The course provides the students      epidemiology. It covers definitions   environmental health issues,   EHS 499 - Undergraduate
        the students with an understanding   This course introduces the principles   with the basics of industrial hygiene.   and concepts of epidemiology   including access to water, clean   Research
        of the regulatory and enforcement   and concepts of subject with the   It will highlight critical key concepts   together with the principles and tools   air, and energy. It also covers the
        processes and the knowledge of   emphasis on laboratory skills and   and offers in-depth practical coverage   of epidemiology. The course includes   globally-relevant theoretical issues   Credit Hours: 4
        the most important environmental   practical hands-on experiences for   of hazards or potential hazards,   measuring the frequency of health   of environmental health ethics and
        regulations in the UAE and    the students. This course is designed   sampling and workplace evaluations,   issues, measuring       environmental justice. Through the   Prerequisite: 90 Credit Hours
        internationally. It then examines how   to provide an overview of the various   hazard control, occupational health,   risk and the burden of disease.   analysis of theory and practice, this   The Undergraduate Research course
        government and non-government   sample collection, analytical, and   and occupational health standards.   Epidemiological study designs are   course looks at the global impacts   is a senior level component of the
        institutions and businesses comply   data analysis techniques related   The laboratory experiments    explored, including descriptive,   of environmental health and safety   EHS program that gives students the
        with these regulations and address   to the detection and control of   are premeditated to reproduce   analytical and intervention studies.   particularly in crisis situations,   opportunity to participate in real-life
        air and water pollution, waste   pollution. This course will have   characteristic industrial techniques   Survey research, as a methodology   whether these are man-made crises   EHS topics/issues. It is a research-
        management, and food safety.   laboratory experiments, simulated   and provide a foundation for the   that can be used across many study   (pollution of food & water sources) or   directed work intended to advance a
                                      experiments, demonstrations and   selection of sampling and analytical   designs, is addressed. Issues related   natural disasters.   student’s interest in a topic or issue
                                      group activities for the students that   techniques.                    to weighing up the evidence from                             related to EHS.
                                      illustrate the principles and concepts                                  such studies and ethical issues in
                                      for the course Pollution Monitoring                                     epidemiology are explored.                                   Under the supervision of a
                                      & Control.                                                                                                                           faculty member, students will be
                                                                                                                                                                           engaged in specific tasks revolving
                                                                                                                                                                           around a research question and
                                                                                                                                                                           focusing on applying research


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