Applications of Environmental Risk Assessment

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Course ID:	WF-OB-ROBSONApp-ER
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Applications of Environmental Risk Assessment
Name in Polish:	Applications of Environmental Risk Assessment
Organizational unit:	Institute of Ecology and Bioethics
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Subject level:	advanced
Learning outcome code/codes:	OB2_W02 OB2_W03 OB2_W07 OB2_W08 OB2_W09 OB2_W12 OB2_U01 OB2_U07 OB2_U09 OB2_U11 OB2_U13 OB2_K05
Short description:	This course is designed to provide basic risk assessment review and examples of environmental risk with global impacts. The class will give basic knowledge on risk process, identification, dose response, risk characterization and risk management. The class will also discuss information of risk not policy decisions.
Full description:	The course includes: 1. Introduction to Risk Assessment; Global Environmental Health 2. Toxicology in Risk Assessment ; The Risk Assessment Process 3. Exposure Assessment - Pest; Agriculture and Risk 4. Occupational Risk Assessment for farmers; Case study: Pesticides and neural health 5. Exposure Pathway: Water and pesticide exposure; Case study: US Ag Health Study 6. Risk Assessment in Children; Infants and pesticides in the diet 7. Ecological Risk Assessment 8. Exposure Pathway: What is in the food we eat? 9. Framework of Environmental Risk Management 10. Environmental Risk Management how to train farmers 11.Epidemiological study: source of evidence in risk identification in agriculture 12. Health risk assessment US model, European Model 13. Risk Communication: Task in the Risk Management 14. Risk Communication; Case study How to relate to farmers 15. Risk Assessment in Children Group paper and presentation Final Exam
Bibliography:	Environmental Risk Assessment, Robson and Toscano, 2007 Jossey Bass and supplemental PDFs from the instructor.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Participants will take three short examination, they will also do a group project and presentation on a risk topic of their liking with instructor approval

This course is not currently offered.

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