INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Michael D. Turner, Assistant Professor. Office: PA B9C.
Office Hours: 10:00-12:00 a.m. MTWTh; and by appointment at other times.
Telephone: 918-456-5511 ext. 2970.
FAX: 918-458-2337
E-mail: turne003@mail.nsuok.edu
COURSE TITLE AND NUMBER: CLASS DAYS & TIME:
IOM 4653 - Environmental Health 1:30 - 4:20 p.m. MTWTh
PREREQUISITES:
NONE
CATALOG DESCRIPTION OF COURSE:
Designed to meet individual student needs by providing classroom and/or laboratory experiences in an area of industry.
COURSE PURPOSE:
Students will investigate aspects of public health concerned with those forms of life, substances, forces, and conditions in the human environment that may exert an influence on human health and well being.
EXPECTED COURSE OUTCOMES:
Students will be expected to achieve the following objectives:
1. Discuss the basic elements of the human-environment relationship: life support systems, residues and wastes, human activities and environmental hazzards.
2. List historical events that have led to our current understanding of environmental health.
3. Describe vectors and control methodologies associated with infectious disease.
4. Define noise pollution and explain the complex nature of noise assessment, health effects associated with noise, and noise control.
5. Describe health and environmental effects associated with the proper disposal of solid and hazardous wastes.
6. Evaluate strategies employed to maintain acceptable air and water quality
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
There is no required textbook for this course. The instructor will provide handouts and access to texts and web sites for supplemental/reference material.
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES:
The expected course outcomes will be realized through a variety of instructional strategies to complement students' life experiences. Those strategies include, but are not limited to, the following: expository-discussion, demonstration, inquiry, and group activities.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF INSTRUCTION
DATE TOPICS
7/8 Introduction/What is Environmental Health?
7/9 History of Sanitation and Environmental Health
7/10 Vectors and Control of Infectious Disease
7/11 Vectors and Control of Infectious Disease
7/15 Vectors and Control of Infectious Disease/Review for Test 1
7/16 Test 1/Noise
7/17 Test 1 Review/Noise
7/18 Solid Waste
7/22 Solid Waste
7/23 Hazardous Waste/Review for Test 2
7/24 Test 2/Water Quality
7/25 Review Test 2/Water Quality
7/29 Air Quality
7/30 Oral Presentations Research papers due at beginning of class!
7/31 Air Quality/Review for Final Exam
8/1 Final Exam
STUDENT PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES: (Attendance/Punctuality)
Consistent and punctual attendance is both expected and required for your successful completion of the course. Absences will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Death or grave illness in the family, childbirth, impassable roads are of course beyond our control. Decisions to celebrate anniversaries, for example, or attend concerts, go on hunting safaris, or participate in a variety of extra-curricular affairs are not. Students will be expected to make up any work missed as a result of absence, whether or not the absence was justified. Unannounced Pop Quizzes may not be made up. Excessive absences will reduce the final grade for the course. Each unexcused absence will result in a corresponding final grade reduction of one letter grade.
ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES:
Assignments are due at the beginning of the class period on the date indicated when the assignment is given. After the assignment due date, work will be accepted up to one week late with a corresponding grade reduction of one letter grade. Reading assignments are considered preparation for the lecture period. The student is responsible for all material assigned even if not discussed in class. Quizzes over assignments may be given without prior announcement.
STUDENT EVALUATION:
Grades will be based upon formal written examinations, a research paper and oral presentation, meaningful class discussion/participation and the final exam.
Written Examinations (2 @ 100 points each) 200 points
Research Paper 75 points
Oral Presentation 25 points
Class Participation 100 points
Final Exam 200 points
Total Course Points 600 points
1. Your final grade will be based on your overall course average as follows:
90 - 100% A
80 - 89% B
70 - 79% C
60 - 69% D
< 60% F
2. The final examination will be administered at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, August 1, 2002.
4. Students may visit with the professor about their performance during normally scheduled office hours and by appointment.
ADA COMPLIANCE:
If any member of the class feels that he/she has a disability and needs special accommodations, please advise the instructor of such disability at the first class attended.
INCLEMENT WEATHER / DISASTER POLICY:
The following are basic premises for the inclement weather policy at Northeastern State University:
1. Classes are expected to be held if at all possible.
2. It is the student's responsibility to receive the information when weather is questionable.
3. Neither students nor faculty are expected to risk life or limb.
4. Faculty members are obligated to hold classes if the University is not closed, unless the faculty member is unable to get to campus.
Policy: During times of inclement weather, decisions concerning day classes will be made by 6:00 a.m. in order for the media to be notified and for students to receive the announcement before they leave home. Decisions concerning night classes will be made by 3:00 p.m.
The following media will be notified regarding closing of the campus:
Radio Stations: Television Stations:
KRMG 740 AM Tulsa KJRH Channel 2 Tulsa
KAYI 107 FM Tulsa KOTV Channel 6 Tulsa
KTLQ 1350 AM Tahlequah KTUL Channel 8 Tulsa
KEOK 102 FM Tahlequah KFSM Channel 5 Fort Smith
KBIX 1490 AM Muskogee Cable Channel 96 Tahlequah
KMMY 97 FM Muskogee
KVOO 1170 AM Tulsa
The automated attendant message on 918-456-5511 will be modified to include information concerning campus operations during inclement weather.