ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING

CIVENGR 422

Course Description

Overview of the public health profession and the role of environmental sanitary engineers in public health. Introduction to chemical and microbial contaminants of public health concern - their routes of exposure and development of regulatory standards for drinking water, air, hazardous wastes, and industrial workplaces. Introduction to occurrence, toxicity, and virulence as components of public health risk and the engineer's role in identifying occurrence and design of engineering controls for public health protection.

Prerequisties

CIVENGR 320 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

6.46% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

No change from Historical

A Rate

100%

45.83% from Historical

Class Size

-31.43% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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