304660 (v.1) Environmental Health Specialisation 303

Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

6.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Water pollution - natural water systems, recreational waters and potable water supply monitoring and analysis for water quality. Integrated catchment management. Swimming pools - water quality management. Standard codes of practice and legislation. Air pollution - environmental systems, natural and renewable cycles. History of air pollution and case studies on the associated health effects. Air pollution meteorology, types of air pollutants, sources and effects on human health, vegetation, animals and materials, together with economic effects. Sampling and analysis for air pollutants. Introduction to pollution control methods. Current legislation, government policies, standards and codes of practice. Project preparation and design.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

061303 Environmental Health

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External