Courses Taught by Tim Dvonch

EHS582: Principles of Community Air Pollution

Graduate level
Residential
Winter term(s) for residential students;
3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
Instructor(s): Tim Dvonch (Residential);
Not offered 2024-2025
Prerequisites: None
Description: Discussion of economic, nuisance, and health aspects, emphasizing sources, causes, effects, control measures, and the organization and administration of community control programs.

Concentration Competencies that EHS582 Allows Assessment On
Department	Program	Degree	Competency	Specific course(s) that allow assessment
EHS	Environmental Quality, Sustainability, and Health	MPH	Evaluate environmental quality and health, including environmental standards on air and water quality, and their effects on individual, community and global health	EHS582, EHS570

Graduate level
Both Residential and Online MPH
This is a first year course for Online students
Winter term(s) for residential students; Winter term(s) for online MPH students;
2 credit hour(s) for residential students; 2 credit hour(s) for online MPH students;
Instructor(s): Tim Dvonch (Residential); Tim Dvonch (Online MPH);
Offered Every winter semester
Last offered Winter 2024
Not offered 2024-2025
Prerequisites: None
Advisory Prerequisites: None
Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
Description: This course will provide the knowledge and skills necessary to assess policies and their impact on environmental health and sustainability issues, and understand the role that governmental and organizational bodies play in the development, implementation, and oversight of these policies.
Learning Objectives: The students taking this class are expected to be able to: 1) Analyze environmental health policies, considering stakeholder engagement and the role of state, federal, and international agencies; 2) Understand the role of bodies and agencies in environmental health policies at local, state, federal, and international levels; 3) Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity; 4) Recognize the challenges to successful development and implementation of environmental health policies.

Graduate level
Residential
Fall term(s) for residential students;
3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
Instructor(s): Tim Dvonch (Residential);
Offered Every fall semester
Last offered Fall 2024
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course will convey the basic concepts of occupational and environmental exposure science: the fundamental and practical aspects of assessing and controlling exposures to hazardous agents, broadly defined, encountered in occupational, residential, and ambient environments. The course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to assess exposure, and understand how upstream processes create risks for health. Major topics include: the regulatory landscape; prevention and sustainability (by design); recognition and evaluation of the various pathways and routes of exposure to chemical, physical, and biological hazards; air, water, soil, surface, food, and consumer product contamination; control hierarchies, strategies, and technologies, criteria, and standards; the international dimension; and ethical issues.

Concentration Competencies that EHS601 Allows Assessment On
Department	Program	Degree	Competency	Specific course(s) that allow assessment
EHS	Environmental Health Promotion and Policy	MPH	Summarize qualitative and quantitative aspects of exposure assessment	EHS601
EHS	Environmental Quality, Sustainability, and Health	MPH	Evaluate human exposure using exposure assessment strategies and considering multiple sources, media, pathways, and cycles	EHS601
EPID	Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology	MPH	Apply appropriate methods for collecting primary and/or secondary occupational and environmental exposure data and health outcomes for original analysis	EHS601

Graduate level
Residential
Winter term(s) for residential students;
3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
Instructor(s): Tim Dvonch (Residential);
Not offered 2024-2025
Prerequisites: None
Description: Clean air is considered to be a basic requirement of human health and well-being. However, air pollution continues to pose a significant threat to health worldwide. This course covers air pollutants, their characterization, ambient concentrations, effects on human health and the environment, and international policy-making, guidelines, and governance.