3 credits, fall, winter, spring, & summer terms, Public Health Faculty

HPH 581               Capstone Seminar:  Population Health Issues

This course will assist students in synthesizing the basic public health knowledge through completion of a Capstone Project. Most core and concentration course work must be complete before the student can participate in the Capstone Seminar. Attendance at Public Health Grand Rounds will also be required for this course.  Instructor consent required.

3 credits, satisfactory/fail, term varies, Public Health Faculty

Evaluative Sciences Concentration Courses

HPH 555              Demographic Theory & Methods

This course introduces students to the basic theory and methods employed in the study of demography. The students will understand life table methodology, population projection, sources of demographic data, patterns in global fertility and mortality, the demographic transition, current patterns in fertility, marriage and work, abortion and contraception, and fertility/mortality interrelationships.

3 credits, summer term, Professor Hale

HPH 560              Advanced Biostatistics

Students learn to formulate a scientific question in terms of a statistical model, leading to objective and quantitative answers. Topics may include analysis of variance, regression, including details of data-analytic techniques and implications for study design, measures of association, 2x2 tables, stratification, matched pairs, logistic regression, model building, analysis of rates, and survival data analysis using proportional hazards models. Stresses applications in epidemiology, and other areas of public health research. Prerequisites: HPH 506 and HPH 507.

3 credits, fall term, Public Health Faculty

This course is designed to introduce students to the application of standard methods in health services research. The student will learn the principles, methods, and terminology specific to this field. Threats to validity, information bias and the methods of control will be explored. Lectures will include risk adjustment, benchmarking, outcomes and effectiveness research.  This course will emphasize the theory of sampling and survey methods and their application to health services research. Prerequisites: HPH 507 and HPH 562.

3 credits, summer term, Professor Meng

HPH 567              Clinical Outcomes Research

This course will provide an overview of the field of clinical outcomes assessment. The specific topics covered include: risk factors identification, clinical outcomes selection, risk adjustment methods, patient safety monitoring, and provider-based quality improvement performance reporting. Students will be introduced to a broad range of clinical outcomes including (but not limited to) short-term mortality, treatment-related morbidity, health-related quality of life, condition-specific metrics, patient satisfaction, health plan member satisfaction, utility theory, and cost-effectiveness analysis. An emphasis will be placed in this course on how clinical outcomes research can provide a data-driven approach to influence patient, provider, program, and policy decisions. Prerequisites: HPH 507 and HPH 562.

3 credits, fall term, Professor Shroyer

Community Health Concentration Courses

HAS 527              Principles & Practices of Community Health

This course provides an overview of the public health system, the philosophy and purpose of public and community health, the managerial and educational aspects of public health programs, how the public health sector responds to disease prevention, environmental issues, community public health provisions and other core public and community health components. The impact of federal health care reform on the public health delivery system and the economic and fiscal implications of the system on state and local governments will be discussed. Students will analyze the critical elements of a health care system.

3 credits, term varies, Community Health Faculty

HAS 545              Ethics & Health Care

This course, designed for health care professionals (providers, educators, and managers), provides an overview of the ethics of health care in a rapidly changing society. Students learn how to approach ethical dilemmas using theoretical frameworks and decision-making processes.  Ethical issues surrounding health care changes and public health policy, including distribution of resources and rationing of services, are explored.  Through the use of case studies, students are introduced to other health topics such as euthanasia, reproduction, transplants, and genetics from an ethical perspective.  This course also includes a review of classic cases in health care ethics and how they have shaped health policy.  An overview of patient education and ethics and a discussion on the professional codes of ethics and standards are a part of this course.

3 credits, fall term, Community Health Faculty

HAS 557              Planning & Implementing Community Health Programs

This course provides students with knowledge and skills for developing all phases of community health plans. Students gain knowledge and skills to conduct needs assessment including the use of surveys, focus groups, literature reviews, chart reviews, telephone/computer interviews and content expert consultations.  Students also acquire extensive information and materials for developing implementation strategies, methods and techniques.  All students are required to design a community health program utilizing the planning and implementing phases presented in the course.

3 credits, fall term, Community Health Faculty

The impact of behavior on the health and well-being of the public is profound and far-reaching, as the majority of the leading causes of death and disability are largely attributable to behaviors that can be modified or prevented through changes in individual, community, and/or institutional/ organizational behavior. This course is designed to (1) help students acquire knowledge of theories and concepts to describe, explain, and predict health-related behaviors as well as behavioral responses to risk communication; (2) learn the skills to apply this knowledge to evaluate the effectiveness of behavioral and health communication interventions; and (3) develop a health-related behavioral intervention project proposal that includes a plan to evaluate behavior change outcomes.

3 credits, term varies, Community Health Faculty

HAS 560              Evaluation of Community Health Programs

Addresses basic principles and practices of program evalu-ation including identifying the goals of a community health program, designing an evaluation plan that can determine if program goals are achieved; implementing an evaluation plan; interacting with stakeholders, and using the results of the program evaluation to improve performance. Students are required to design an evaluation component for the community health program they developed in HAS 557:  Planning & Evaluating Health Programs.

3 credits, spring term, Professor Karen Goldsteen

Public Health Practice Concentration

HPH 524              Strategic Management of Public Health Organizations

This course is an introduction to public health management in relationship to program development and implementation. Health care organizations will succeed or fail for reasons related to their strategic planning and the organizational strategies designed to achieve their goals.  Through lectures, discussions, group exercises, guest lecturers, and case analyses, students will explore the strategic management and planning process.  Students will formulate and evaluate alternative solutions to program development and implementation through critical analysis of the stages of strategic planning and management:  situational analysis, strategic formulation of program, and strategic implementation of programs.

2 credits, winter term, Public Health Faculty

HPH 530              History of Public Health & Medicine

This course explores major themes and interpretations in the history of public health and medicine since the 18th century. Particular emphasis is placed on the influence of social and cultural developments on medicine and public health, and vice versa.  American developments will be placed in a broad comparative perspective including both Western and non-Western nations.

2 credits, summer term, Professor Tomes or Sellers

HPH 549              Public Health Law              

This course is a survey of legal and policy issues that have special relevance for public health professionals. Topics may vary, but typically will include many of the following: structure of the U.S. legal system; power of state governments in matters affecting health care; governmental power and the right to privacy; constitutional issues in social welfare benefits; governmental regulation of health care providers and payers; the scope and discretion of administrative agencies in health care; the antitrust laws; the fraud and abuse laws; and negligence in the delivery and financing of health care. Prerequisite: HPH 508.

2 credits, spring term, Professor McCrary

HPH 555               Demographic Theory & Methods

This course introduces students to the basic theory and methods employed in the study of demography. The students will understand life table methodology, population projection, sources of demographic data, patterns in global fertility and mortality, the demographic transition, current patterns in fertility, marriage and work, abortion and contraception, and fertility/mortality interrelationships.

3 credits, summer term, Professor Hale

HPH 660              Management Accounting & Financial Decision Analysis

Fundamentals of managerial accounting with emphasis on ratio and cost accounting terms, concepts, break-even analysis, financial structure, cost analysis, opportunity costs and return calculations, replacement of assets, and cash flow management. (Cross-listed with EMP 502)

3 credits, fall term, Tech & Soc Faculty

Selective Courses

HPH 504               Surveillance & Control of Infectious Diseases

This course introduces the methods of surveillance and control of infectious diseases in the community and in health care organizations including the design, implementation, and evaluation of surveillance systems and the analysis of surveillance system data. The course focuses on infectious diseases common in the United States, but also discusses the global situation.  Bioterrorism will be discussed.

3 credits, term varies, Public Health Faculty

HPH 505              Topics in Population Health Studies

This course presents current topics and issues in population health studies.

0.5-3 credits, term varies

HPH 517              Continuous Quality Improvement Methods

This course introduces the principles and methods of continuous quality improvement (CQI) for public health and health care organizations including benchmarking, development of pertinent information systems, timely and regular analysis of data, and presentation of performance results. The course also discusses implementation issues including availability of relevant data and achieving administrative and staff support.   

2 credits, term varies, Public Health Faculty

HPH 519              Independent Study

Intensive reading, under supervision of one or more instructors, of material not covered in the formal curriculum, or execution of a research project under the supervision of one or more faculty members. Instructor consent required.

HPH 532              Environmental Epidemiology & Exposure Assessment

This is an intermediate level graduate course that offers an overview of selected important topics in environmental epidemiology. Major classes of environmental contaminants and environmentally-related diseases will be reviewed. Epidemiologic methods will be considered for studying environmental determinants of disease (e.g., air, water, and food pollutants) in relation to specific health outcomes, such as cancer, non-malignant respiratory diseases, adverse reproductive outcomes, and neurologic diseases. Challenges associated with assigning exposure to environmental contaminants will be discussed in depth. Emphasis will be placed on developing a research question and designing a study to address the research question. Prerequisite: HPH 514 and HPH 516

3 credits, term varies, Professor Meliker

HPH 534              Spatial Analysis: Health Applications

This course is an intermediate level graduate course in the application of spatial methods for analyzing environmental exposure and disease data. Students with backgrounds in epidemiology, public health, environmental health, biostatistics, community health, biology, sociology, psychology, marine and atmospheric sciences, geosciences, demography, and geography are particularly encouraged to participate. Although the course will focus on examples related to human health, graduate students in other disciplines will find the course useful for specific and appropriately defined research purposes. Techniques for spatially analyzing point patterns and aggregated data in polygons will be introduced, including autocorrelation, clustering analysis, geostatistical smoothing, and approaches for spatial regression. Consideration of space-time variability will also be covered. This course includes theoretical elements so that the student will learn to appreciate strengths and weaknesses of different spatial approaches. Prerequisite: Course in GIS or equivalent, as determined by consent from the instructor.

3 credits, term varies, Professor Meliker

HPH 542               Introduction to Global Health I

This course will provide health personnel with a basic awareness of the problems of the worlds' population with special focus on the poorest. To promote these objectives, this course has been designed to introduce medical and public health students to key population health topics from a global perspective, with special emphasis placed on the health and welfare of women and young children in low-income countries. The health impact of emergent and re-emergent infectious diseases will be reviewed, including HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and sexually transmitted infections. Malnutrition will be discussed. Students will be introduced to demography and the impact of population increases on the global environment. There will be discussions of the health problems of immigrants to the U.S. from tropical countries.

3 credits, term varies, Public Health Faculty

HPH 546              Introduction to Global Health II

This course will provide health personnel with a basic awareness of the problems of the worlds' population with special focus on the poorest. To promote these objectives, this course has been designed to introduce medical and public health students to key population health topics from a global perspective, with special emphasis placed on trends in morbidity and mortality, maternal and perinatal mortality in low-income countries, and war, catastrophe and displaced persons. The health impact of emergent infectious diseases will be reviewed including water-borne diseases, emerging antibiotic resistance, bioterrorism, and parasitic disease. The design and effectiveness of foreign aid programs will be discussed. Students will be introduced to demography and the impact of population increases on the global environment. There will be discussions of the health problems of immigrants to the U.S. from tropical countries. Finally students will learn about vaccination and other safety issues related to traveling and working in the tropics.

3 credits, term varies, Public Health Faculty

HPH 548               Health and Science Communications

This graduate level course is taught in combination with the journalism undergraduate course JRN 334 Science and Health Reporting. This course aims to foster a mutual understanding of health communication between the journalist and public health professional with the goal of improving the public health messages that are released to the public. Drawing on the resources of the Health Sciences Center, as well as the School of Journalism, the course stresses hands-on experience in developing skills and knowledge needed to frame and communicate messages accurately within the framework of public health institutions and the media. Students will gain: an understanding of how all forms of media are organized and how news is disseminated; how hospital/public health media relations offices are organized and disseminate information; how to communicate basic statistics; how to give an interview as an expert to the media; how to interpret research studies.

3 credits, term varies, Professor Kaplan-Liss

HPH 566              Clinical Trials

This course introduces the design, conduct, and analysis of clinical trials. Topics will include types of clinical trials, study design, treatment allocation, randomization and stratification, quality control, sample size requirements, patient consent, and interpretation of results.

2 credits, term varies, Professor Shroyer

HPH 574              Internship in Evaluative Sciences

This course will allow students to gain practical evaluative science skills though a semester long research assistantship. It will introduce students to study design, measurement and analysis of research for community populations, and strengthen collaborative research skills of public health students. To promote these objectives, students will work on research projects within the Center for Public Health and Health Policy Research. Students will learn to conduct systematic reviews of literature, learn the utility of public use data sets to address community health questions, develop and/or implement research projects including development of sampling plan, data collection and management, data analysis, and program measurement and evaluation. Topics include but are not limited to community-based participatory research, survey instrument development, Institutional Review Board procedures, grant writing, summarizing and presenting data, communicating study results to diverse public health and lay audiences, research involving human subjects, and HIPPA. Instructor consent required.

2-3 credits, fall, winter, spring, & summer terms, Professor Goodman

Cross-listed Courses

HPH 620              Parameters of Social & Health Policy I

3 credits, fall term, Professors Blau, Brandwein, Farrington, Lewis & Peabody

HPH 621              Parameters of Social & Health Policy II       

Utilizes frameworks for social policy analysis. Explores continuing dilemmas in policy development. Stresses effects of social movements and social change on social policy.  Prerequisite:  HWC 509.  (Cross-listed with HWC 510)

3 credits, spring term, Professors Blau, Brandwein, Farrington, Lewis & Peabody

            HPH 626              Overview of Substance Abuse

An examination of the history and development of alcohol and substance abuse problems in the United States. Focuses on the etiology, psychopharmacology and legal ramifications of the use of licit and illicit substances in our culture.  Provides information on a variety of services available to drug abusers, addicted individuals and their families in the fields of prevention, education and treatment. (Cross-listed with HWC 544)

2 credits, term varies, Professors Brisbane & Murphy

HPH 630              Chemical Dependency in Special Populations 

Covers alcoholism and substance abuse with populations that have been traditionally devalued and oppressed. Focuses on development of skills and sensitivity to the needs of ethnic groups, women, the elderly, and the mentally ill and gay and lesbian people who are chemically dependent. Explores policy and practice issues related to these populations. (Cross-listed with HWC 553)

2 credits, term varies, Professor Murphy

HPH 631              Cultural Competence: An Ingredient Enhancing Treatment Outcomes    

Demonstrates that cultural competency, like computer literacy, is a necessity. Outlines how prevention messages and treatment modalities provided within a cultural context are likely to change attitudes or redirect behaviors. There is a new wave of immigrants and a growing assertion of cultural identity by groups who were born in the United States. Therefore, a new communication edict of cultural dialogue is fast becoming part of one's professional mandate. Hence, the ability to interact with people who are culturally different from the professional is a prerequisite to providing culturally competent services to these groups. (Cross-listed with HWC 557)

2 credits, term varies, Professor Brisbane

HPH 633              Childhood Sexual Abuse & Long-Term Sequelae: Assessment & Intervention

Introduces students to the incidence and prevalence of child-hood sexual abuse as a national problem. Covered are definition issues, sequelae during childhood, family constell-ation and adult sequelae. Addressed are assessment and current treatment modalities, particularly for families and offenders, as well as ethical and legal dilemmas and the sub-sequent health related difficulties of this childhood trauma. Special attention is paid to the cultural dynamics in sexual abuse. Students are expected to develop an awareness of and critically analyze current research. Focus is on examination of policy issues legislation.(Cross-listed with HWC 569)

2 credits, term varies, Professor Monahan

HPH 635               Seminar on Family Violence            

An overview of the phenomenon of family violence in the United States including child abuse, partner abuse and elder abuse. Explores theories of etiology, including patriarchy, intergenerational family dynamics and substance abuse. Examines programmatic approaches including the legal system and programs for batterers by utilizing guest speakers from Suffolk County agencies. (Cross-listed with HWC 580)

2 credits, term varies, Professor Brandwein

HPH 636              Community Analysis & Health Promotion

Explores diverse concepts of community, analyzes a range of community structures, processes and power relationships. Investigates contemporary models, strategies and tactics of community organizing and health promotion in the United States and in selected other countries. Emphasizes efforts made by poor people, ethnic minorities of color and women to organize and mobilize community groups and movements. Highlights group and community analysis and organization skills. (Cross-listed with HWC 584)

2 credits, term varies, Professor Vidal

HPH 651              Environmental & Occupational Health Laws & Agencies

3 credits, term varies

HPH 653              Introduction to Homeland Security

The course is a combination of lectures and laboratory experience to introduce students to critical issues and assess needs for homeland security. The course includes invited lectures by experts on special topics such as fundamentals of nuclear chemical and biological weapons and the associated threat to the transportation of goods and the public. The students will learn about cyber security, devices to safeguard materials from terrorist threats, safety of nuclear power plants and water supply, forensics and emergency preparedness. The students will submit a term paper on a selected topic in lieu of the final exam. Prerequisite: Undergraduate level biology, chemistry and physics. (Cross-listed with EST 550)

3  credits, fall & spring terms

HPH 654              Nuclear Safeguards & Security

The course familiarizes students with the fundamentals of nuclear physics, radiation, mining, weapons, and fuel cycle, other than producing electricity, as it pertains to nuclear power plants. Topics include nuclear detection, devices to safeguard nuclear materials from terrorist threats, needed physical protection for safe handling and its relevance to Homeland Security. The course combines lectures with hands-on experience at the newly installed nuclear detection facility located at the nearby United States Department of Energy's Brookhaven Laboratory. Prerequisites: Undergraduate or equivalent physics and chemistry. (Cross-listed with EST 553)

4  credits, fall & spring terms

HPH 655              Chemical & Biological Weapons: Safeguards & Security

The course deals with the fundamentals of chemistry and biochemistry related to chemical weapons (CW) and biological weapons (BW) that could be used by terrorists. Topics include CW and BW history, production, control, detection, identification, and emergency response measures to deal with intended or unintended releases and escape, and security measures to protect and control stockpiles. Prerequisites: Undergraduate or equivalent chemistry, biochemistry, and microbiology. (Cross-listed with EST 554)

4 credits, fall & spring terms

HPH 656              Risk Assessment, Regulation, & Homeland Security

The course focus is on risk assessment associated with nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons as it relates to Homeland Security. Topics include air dispersion, uncertainty analysis, exposure measurements, epidemiology, toxicology, regulatory issues, risk management, risk communication, risk perception, and risk preparedness. The course will also cover laws and regulation, discouraging terrorism, and disaster preparedness, various acts passed by the U.S. Congress to regulate water, air, and controlled substances.Prerequisites: Undergraduate or equivalent physics, math, and chemistry.(Cross-listed with EST 560)

4  credits, fall & spring terms

HPH 657              Demographic Economics I

This course deals with the economics of the family.  It utilizes recently developed techniques in economics and demography to deal with questions concerning marriage, divorce, fertility, contraception, the intrafamily distribution of resources, and the intergenerational distribution of resources.  Students will do original theoretical and empirical research under the professor's supervision.  Prerequisite: ECO 501, graduate standing in the Economics Department, or permission of the Graduate Program Director.  (Cross-listed with ECO 642)

3 credits, spring term

HPH 658              Use of Remote Sensing & GIS in Environmental Analysis

An introduction to the use of aerial and satellite imagery in environmental analysis and the manipulation of geographic data sets of all types using Geographic Information Systems.  This course is designed to teach students in archaeology, physical anthropology, and related disciplines, how satellite imagery combined with various maps can be manipulated using GIS software to perform powerful geographic analysis.  Although students are eventually likely to use these tools in many different parts of the world, this courses focuses on Long Island as a research area, and each student designs and completes a research project on a particular section of the area, focusing on the habitats of local wildlife, the locations of archaeological sites, coastal regimes, etc.  This course presumes computer literacy and familiarity with database management. (Cross-listed with ANT 526 and DPA 526)

HPH 659              Biology of Cancer

A short course with the emphasis on cancer as a disease of man.  Lectures address human cancer as seen by the clinician and as basic research relates to human disease.  This course provides students with a link between courses in cell and molecular biology and the application of this basic information to tumor management. (Cross-listed with HBM 522)

HPH 661               Methods of Socio-Technological Decision-Making

Application of decision-making techniques to analyze problems involving technology, particularly its social impacts.  Areas of study include decision-making under uncertainty, decision-making in a passive vs. active environment, sequential decisions, estimation payoffs, forecasting, and technology assessment.  These systems analysis techniques are used to formulate and solve a variety of socio-technological problems, especially those that arise in educational, industrial, and environmental professions. (Cross-listed with EST 581)

HPH 662              Systems Approach to Human-Machine Systems

System concepts (feedback, stability, chaos, ergonomics) and analytical tools applied to dynamic systems in which technologies and/or natural environments interact with human users, regulators, or designers. Examples: ecological systems, nuclear power plant operations, space shuttle missions, computer/web technologies, regional planning. Students prepare a systems design study of an industrial, educational, or environmental device, technology, or management system. (Cross-listed with EST 582)

3 credits, spring term

An overview of market failures and peculiarities of the health market.  We develop tools necessary for studying the health market from efficiency and social welfare perspectives.  Incorporate key market specific differences into economic models, like asymmetric information and agency, imperfect information, and forms of intervention. Cover theoretical and econometric tools necessary for evaluation of the market.  Supply and demand analysis of the market for health services. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. (Cross-listed with ECO 646)

3 credits fall term

HPH 665              Health Economics II

This course applies advanced economic theory and econometriecs to issues within the health market in more detail.  Theoretical and econometric analysis of the health care delivery system, such as the demand for medical services, the supply and distribution of physician services, hospital behavior, third-party insurance reimbursement, national health insurance and cost, price inflation, and welfare economics and policy analysis. Prerequisite:  Permission of instructor. (Cross-listed with ECO 645)

3 credits spring term 

HPH 671              Marine Pollution               

Review of the physical and chemical characteristics and speciation in the marine environment of organic pollutants, metals and radionuclides including bioavailability, assimilation by marine organisms, toxicity, and policy issues. Prerequisites:  MAR 502 and MAR 503.  (Cross-listed with MAR 512)

3 credits, fall term

HPH 672              Marine Management         

The course discusses waste management issues particularly affecting the marine environment.  Topics include ocean dumping, sewage treatment, fish kills, beach pollution, and nuisance algal blooms.  Techniques for managing the waste stream are presented.  Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.  (Cross-listed with MAR 514)

3 credits, spring term

HPH 673              Groundwater Problems

Discussion of the hydraulic processes and technologies that are central to the management and monitoring of groundwater resources including special problems of coastal hydrology and saltwater intrusion, as well as the fate of contaminants.  Remediation approaches are also examined. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. (Cross-listed with MAR 521)

3 credits, summer term

HPH 675              Environment & Public Health 

Review of the interactions of humans with the atmosphere and water resources, especially in the Long Island coastal community.  An introduction is provided to the field of environmental health and the practices relevant to an urban/suburban and coastal setting. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.  (Cross-listed with MAR 525)

3 credits, spring term

HPH 676              Environmental Law & Regulation

This course covers environmental law and regulations from inception in common law through statutory law and regulations.  The initial approach entails the review of important case law giving rise to today's body of environmental regulations. Emphasis is on environmental statutes and regulations dealing with waterfront and coastal development and solid waste as well as New York State's Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). (Cross-listed with MAR 536)

3 credits, spring term 

HPH 684              Environmental & Waste Management in Business & Industry

Environmental and waste management practices in industrial and other institutional settings. Technologies of hazardous waste prevention, treatment, storage, transportation, and disposal.  Information systems and software tools for environmental audits, regulatory monitoring and compliance and cost estimation.  Recycling programs, air, land and water emissions controls and permits.  Employee health, safety, and education; quality management.  Field trips to several Long Island institutions.  (Cross-listed with EST 586)

3 credits, term varies                                

HPH  686              Risk Assessment & Hazard Management

 A case study approach to the assessment of risk and the management of natural and technological hazards, with emphasis on those that can harm the environment. The course focuses on technological hazards involving energy, transportation, agriculture, natural resources, chemical technology, nuclear technology and biotechnology, and on natural hazards such as climatic changes, droughts, floods, and earthquakes. The first part of the course consists of readings on risk assessment and hazard management and discussion of published case studies. During the second part of the course, students conduct their own case studies and use them as the basis for oral and written reports. (Cross-listed with EST 593)

3 credits, spring term

HPH 687              Diagnosis of Environmental Disputes

Diagnosis of disagreements about environmental and waste problems. Tools for evaluating disputes about (1) scientific theories, and environmental models, (2) definitions and analytical methodologies for estimating risks, real cost, net energy use, and life-cycle environmental impact, (3) regulatory and legal policy, (4) citing of controversial environmental facilities, and (5) fairness and other ethical issues. These diagnostic tools brought to bear upon case studies of population prevention, recycling, nuclear waste disposal, and climate change.  Prerequisite:  EST 581.  (Cross-listed as both CEY 594 and EST 594)

3 credits, term varies

HPH 688              Principles of Environmental Systems Analysis                               

This course is intended for students interested in learning systems engineering principles relevant to solving environmental and waste management problems. Concepts include compartmental models, state variables, optimization, and numerical and analytical solutions to differential equations. Prerequisites:  MAT 132 and one year of quantitative science such as physics, chemistry, or geology:  or permission of instructor.  (Cross-listed with EST 595)

3 credits, fall term

HPH 689              Simulation Models for Environmental & Waste Management

This course is intended for students interested in developing computer models for technology assessment and for environmental and waste management. Concepts developed in EST 595 Environmental Systems Engineering and Analysis are applied to real world problems. Techniques in model development will be presented in the context of applications in surface and groundwater management, acid rain, and health risks from environmental contamination. Prerequisites:  EST 595 or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed with EST 596)

3 credits, spring term time and location of courses

Most courses are taught in the Health Science Center campus, and are offered in the late afternoon or early evening.