Environmental Health
Faculty of Life & Earth Sciences
MODULE: Environmental Health
Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 48 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.
DESCRIPTION:
This program provides a comprehensive study of environmental health, showing how the theories are applied in the real world to provide effective understanding of environmental health problems. It presents the best solutions to ecological problems and environmental health issues.
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).
Ecosystems
Environmental Science Natural Resource Economics Environmental Policies Ecology Ecology & Human Impact Environmental Toxicology Environmental Risks Water & Waste Sanitation Solid Waste Management Hazardous Waste Management Water & Air Quality Environmental Health Bioprocessing of Byproducts Pollution Management Environmental Management
Academic Supervisor: Luis Fontanet Sallán
More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.
* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.
* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.
* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.
* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.
* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.
* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.
BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.
Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):
Ecosystems
This course surveys the structure and functioning of major terrestrial ecosystems. It considers the dynamics of ecosystems, landscape ecology, the methods of ecosystem analysis, energy flow, nutrient cycling, community dynamics, issues of scale, models, and ecosystem properties of self-organization, resilience and stability.
Instructor: María del Mar Sánchez Conde
Environmental Science
This course deals with relevant theories from physical sciences, ecology, economics, political science and other fields related to environmental studies. It presents an interdisciplinary approach to the interaction of humans and biological systems with the environment. It examines environmental problems, their prevention and possible solutions.
Instructor: Vicente Enrique Martín Olmos
Natural Resource Economics
This course deals with the economic principles and policy issues in the use of exhaustible and renewable resources including fossil fuels, water, minerals, fisheries, forests, and biodiversity. It considers the management of natural resources on a regional and international scale. It explains how public, economic and political choices affect environmental degradation and natural resources.
Instructor: Juan Carlos Bernial
Environmental Policies
This course is the intersection of social, cultural, political, and economic demands with our ecosystem and environmental resourses. It examines the theoretical and applied basis of environmental policy making, as well as the interaction between political institutions, governmental bodies, interest groups, legislative and administrative actions, and the public.
Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán
Ecology
This course provides a comprehensive study of ecology and environmental science, showing how the theories are applied in the real world to provide effective understanding of ecological problems. It presents the knowledge needed to intervene environmental impact and considers the best solutions to ecological problems and environmental health issues.
Instructor: María del Mar Sánchez Conde
Ecology & Human Impact
This course studies the relationships of live organisms, including humans, to their environment at the individual, population, and community level. It includes adaptations to the physical environment, competition, concept of the niche, population dynamics, predator-prey interactions, herbivore effects, community ecology, ecosystem structure and stability, and the use and management of resources by the human beings.
Instructor: Vicente Enrique Martín Olmos
Environmental Toxicology
This course presents the principles of environmental toxicology, including the major classes of toxicants, environmental movement and fate, toxicokinetics, biotransformation, toxicodynamics, factors influencing toxicity, mechanisms of toxic action and detoxication, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity, toxicity testing and evaluation, and risk assessment.
Instructor: Vicente Enrique Martín Olmos
Environmental Risks
This course examines and compares different types of environmental risks and hazards from natural disasters (tornados, earthquakes and meteorite impacts) to acute and chronic health effects caused by exposure to radiation and toxic substances. It emphasizes the principles controlling the hazardous phenomena and develops methods for making reasoned assessments of the threats impact to health and wealth.
Instructor: Vicente Enrique Martín Olmos
Water & Waste Sanitation
This course deals with waste sanitation and the environmental health problems concerning watersheds, water channels, river systems and the sea. It examines waste impact on the hydrologic cycle, and provides management solutions for modifying this impact on water quality, quantity and use.
Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán
Solid Waste Management
This course examines the public health, environmental, economic, and materials conservation aspects of solid wastes management; amounts and sources of solid wastes, waste reduction and recycling, methods of storage, transportation and disposal, identification of present problems and future needs. It also provides a review of the current physical, chemical, and biological methods of solid and hazardous waste management and disposal.
Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán
Hazardous Waste Management
This course examines and compares hazardous wastes and introduces the pertinent regulations. It discusses exposure pathways and management options at pre-generation, pre-release, and post-release stages, with emphasis on public health significance. It presents hazardous waste treatment technologies and physical, chemical and biological treatment of toxic wastes.
Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán
Water & Air Quality
This course reviews the control technologies used for management of air, water, and wastewater pollutants. It examines the characteristics of air and water quality, their physical, chemical, and bacteriological parameters, and control, including filtration, sedimentation, coagulation, absorption, chemical treatment, and aeration.
Instructor: Vicente Enrique Martín Olmos
Environmental Health
This course examines the relationship of people to their environment, how it affects their physical well-being and what they can do to influence the quality of the environment and to enhance their health. It considers environmental health control programs, agencies and regulatory process.
Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán
Bioprocessing of Byproducts
This course presents the principles of chemistry, microbiology, and engineering applicable to the design of systems for the treatment and utilization of livestock manures and other agricultural byproducts. It explains the bioenergetics of microbial processes, composting agricultural and animal wastes, odor measurement, and toxic control.
Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán
Pollution Management
This course explains concepts and approaches to correct and alleviate the effects of environmental pollution. It examines the use of biological processes, as well as the biochemical, ecological, and physicochemical aspects for the remediation and mitigation of pollution. It reviews the most current and advanced control technologies used for management of air and water pollutants.
Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán
Environmental Management
This course examines the methods for evaluating and managing the environmental impact and performance of businesses, products, and processes. In addition, it presents a multidisciplinary approach for identifying, evaluating, and managing risks from environmental contaminants and hazards, providing remediation strategies such monitoring, containment, in-situ remediation or ex-situ treatment.
Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán
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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.
Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.
