Spring 2027

Introduction to Environmental Health

Introduction to Environmental Health covers the impact of environmental problems on human health, including biological hazards from air and water pollution, radiation, pesticides, noise, and workplace factors.

offering recorded3 credits

Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Vijay Limaye2.3/5

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Past student reviews · Vijay Limaye

Vijay Limaye was a tough grader who used quizzes and exams to trick students with specific, unemphasized details. The class relied on only a few assignments and exams.

What you’ll be able to do

Describe the principles and practice of environmental health.
Describe environmental health and its history as a crucial aspect of the history of public health
Describe the U.S. and world health status and issues as background framework to environmental health.
Describe a brief introduction to the public health research methodologies including epidemiology and toxicology.
Describe crucial infectious and non-infectious disease principles as necessary to understand issues in environmental health.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

Grade history

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Professors

Spring 2027

Vijay Limaye

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Raw average: 1.19/5 from 26 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 1.3/5 raw quality · 4.3/5 difficulty · 3 reviews

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Past student reviews · Vijay Limaye

Vijay Limaye relied heavily on guest speakers, whom students found engaging, while describing his own lectures as boring and difficult to stay engaged in. Assessments were based on a few exams and assignments, with grades taking a long time to return. Students described the quizzes and exams as tricky and specific, noting that questions often tested de-emphasized statistics or used wording designed to trick them rather than test knowledge.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.40 GPA, 72.0% A/AB (n=82 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

VIJAY LIMAYE is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	0 / 170	0
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	0 / 170	0

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Vijay Limaye

The course relies heavily on guest speakers, who students found engaging, while Vijay Limaye's own lectures were described as boring and difficult to follow.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.57 GPA, 72.6% A/AB (n=168 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.67 GPA, 83.5% A/AB (n=158 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.40 GPA, 72.0% A/AB (n=82 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Vijay Limaye

Vijay Limaye was a tough grader who used quizzes and exams to trick students with specific, unemphasized details. The class relied on only a few assignments and exams.

Past student reviews · Vijay Limaye

Students reported that grades took a long time to be returned, which made it harder to know how they were performing in the class.

Topics

Biological hazards from air and water pollution, radiation, pesticides, and noise.
Food safety, occupational health, workplace environment, and accidents.
U.S. and world health status and issues as a framework for environmental health.
Public health research methodologies, including epidemiology and toxicology.

Skills

Describe the principles and practice of environmental health.
Introduce public health research methodologies including epidemiology and toxicology.
Explain infectious and non-infectious disease principles relevant to environmental health.

Grades

Spring 2027 · Projected

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.07 GPA average error.

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1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records

ENVIRST/POPHLTH 471 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Environmental Health

Recorded 2026-10-14

ENVIRST/POPHLTH 471 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Environmental Health

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Introduction to Environmental Health

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Vijay Limaye

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