PUBHLT 0422 - MOLECULES OF LIFE, SICKNESS, AND DEATH

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Daily exposure to environmental molecules, chemicals, and elements in food, water, and air provide both benefits and hazards to health. The objectives of this course are to increase understanding of the mechanisms through which ingestion, inhalation, or absorption of environmental constituents and xenobiotics, promote health, disease, or even death. The course introduces basic concepts and principles of how environmental chemicals and elements impact health. The key tenet of toxicology, the dose makes the poison, will be reinforced through lectures and analysis of current case-studies that present the material in the context of pertinent, real world gene-by-environment interactions that promote human disease, as well as major environmental and public health concerns. Emphasis will be on assessing potential interventions that protect or improve individual and public health. Prerequisites: general education courses in biology and chemistry or permission of the instructors.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Student must be Sophomore level or higher

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