Environmental Health and SafetyLaajuus (5 cr)
Course unit code: IE10030
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
- Responsible person
- Anniina Kontiokorpi, Vastuuopettaja
Objective
You get familiar with typical environmental risks and how to control and manage these risks. You are aware of the risks related to the human health and to the environment. You understand your personal and professional responsibility when it comes to safe, secure and healthy environment and in environmental protection. You are able to evaluate the probability and importance of different kind of environmental risks by utilizing evaluation methods.
Content
- Environmental health effects.
- Physical, chemical and biological environmental factors.
- Environmental changes caused by human activities.
- Environmental risks.
- Evaluation of health, ecological and technological risks.
- Evaluation of the probability, importance and impacts of environmental risks.
- Environmental safety/security authorities and acts.