Course title
環境衛生学   [Environmental Hygienics]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	3～	Semester	3rd
Course type	3rd	Course code	01VN3304
Instructor(s)
佐藤 至（岩）, 石原 加奈子   [SATOU Itaru, ISHIHARA Kanako]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office	afjgxte/L1151	Email address

Course description

Environmental hygiene is a part of public health which consists of basic health science, food hygiene, zoonotic diseases, and environmental hygiene. You will learn various environmental issues including preservation of natural environmentand biodiversity to understand their causes, current situation and countermeasures.

Expected Learning

Students are expected to explain the risk to ecosystem caused by the environmental pollution, countermeasures for the environmental pollution, and roles of veterinarians in these field. Students are expected to explain the importance of natural environment and its conservation measures. Students are expected to explain the involvement of water in human health, measures to ensure drinking water safety, and sewage treatments. Students are expected to explain the involvement of air in human health and indexes for air and indoor environment. Students are expected to explain the current situation and countermeasures on the waste problems. Students are expected to explain the history, current situation, and countermeasures on the environmental pollution. Students are expected to explain the outline of global environment issues and their countermeasures. Students are expected to explain the current situation and countermeasures on the environmental contamination with chemicals or radioactive materials. Students are expected to explain the species of hazardous animals, their harm, and countermeasures.

Course schedule

1. Overview, Risk Analysis 2. Natural environment 3. Living environment I (Drinking water) 4. Living environment I (Sewage) 5. Living environment II (Air and indooe environment) 6. Living environment III (waste) 7. Global environment I 8. Global environment II 9. Regional environment I (Environmental pollution & standard) 10. Regional environment II (Environmental pollution & standard) 11. Chemical hazars & management 12. Radioactivity contamination I 13. Radioactivity contamination II 14. Hazardous animals 15. Examination

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Assessment/Grading

Attendance status and final exams are evaluated comprehensively. Students with 5 times absence cannot take the examination. Two times tardiness is converted to one absence. Tardiness longer than 30 min is regarded as absence.

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Japanese

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3/1/2021 3:08:05 PM