EOH 101-OL:  
  Introduction to
  Environmental Health

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why take this course?

Bioterrorism. Mold in homes. Global warming. The West Nile Virus. And the list goes on... A wide array of characters have weighed in on environmental issues: people from Erin Brockovich to Rush Limbaugh have made some pretty disturbing allegations. Some of it true, some of it not...

A lot of people are scared. Others are skeptical.

So here's a novel idea: instead of being guided by public figures with an agenda of fear, votes, or higher ratings, why not look at the issues with a professor of environmental health? Sort the fallacies from the serious risks.

This course satisfies the lower division general education requirement. The field of environmental health has a tremendous need for new professionals. And hey, we're talkin' about the freakin' planet....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who's the instructor?

Professor Koontz is a Registered Environmental Health Specialists, which is extremely rare for undergraduate programs.  He has many years of teaching, academic, and professional experience.   He was selected for this course due to his extremely high student evaluations. Professor Koontz was elected as an officer of the Society for Risk Analysis, and has more years of diverse, practical field experience in environmental health than anyone in our department -- he's seen it all!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are the prerequisites?

There are no prerequisites! No science. No math. This is a general education course, so all students are welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How can this course help me in my chosen major?

 Many different professionals and academics have important applications in environmental health:

  • Physicians (environmental and occupational medicine)
  • Lawyers (environmental law)
  • Artists (environmental art)
  • Business managers and entrepreneurs (meeting and anticipating environmental regulations)
  • Scientists of virtually all kinds (environmental research)
  • Historians, writers, and academics of all kinds
  • Given the nature of the subject, it's impossible to imagine any student that would not benefit from a background in environmental health.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a demand for environmental health?

The demand for environmental health professionals is huge! Also, a background in this field adds value to any professional. Consider the following:

  • Various studies indicate a severe shortage of trained environmental health professionals.
  • The Surgeon General of the United States recently sent his high level Professional Advisory Committee directly to CSUN. The reason? To recruit environmental health professionals.
  • Various organizations, from government agencies to private industry,  offer paid internships to our students before they graduate.  Why do they offer it? To recruit environmental health professionals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How do I enroll?

Send me an email (click here). Give us your full name and intention to enroll in this course. In return, just before the beginning of the semester we will issue you three things:

  • the password to the course web site
  • a username and password to take the online exams
  • the best we can offer in online education!

In addition to our online section, consider also our 2 traditional sections of this course (not online).  For more information on these sections, see  http://www.csun.edu/~vchsc006/101/101.htm.  These current sections are given below:

Section

Time

Instructor

12116

MW 10-10:50

Owen Seiver

12465

TuTh 12:30 - 1:45

Antonio Machado

17342

Online Course

Brett Koontz

If you’re looking for one of our upper division g.e. courses, try our highly rated EOH 353 course.  For more information, see  http://www.csun.edu/~vchsc006/353/earth2.html.    The current sections for this course are given below:

Section

Time

Instructor

12118

MW 12: - 12:50

Owen Seiver

12119

TuTh 11 - 12:15

Antonio Machado

12120

Tu 7 - 9:45 PM

Michael Alvord

12467

W 4  - 6:45 PM

Brett Koontz

12121

Online Course

Brett Koontz

12122

Online Course

Brett Koontz

 

Note:  Dr. Seiver’s sections meets on MW only (not Friday) because the course is partially online.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any other questions?

 

Our program has a long tradition of working hard to meet the needs of our students. For more information on our department, click here.