UNSW Handbook Course - Introduction to Environmental Risk Assessment

Introduction to Environmental Risk Assessment - SESC9261


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Safety Science
	Course Outline: http://www.safesci.unsw.edu.au
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course introduces the methods used to quantify human health and ecological risks associated with the presence of hazardous chemicals and pathogens in the environment. Environmental risks can be quantified when the following elements are known:-
The source of the chemical/pathogen posing risk/s to human and/or ecological receptors; the fate and transport mechanisms by which a chemical/pathogen moves from the source of the receptors; exposure scenarios; the dose to the receptors. These elements are evaluated during the course. Theoretical concepts used in environmental risk assessment are illustrated with simple, real-life examples. Relevant guideline documents are used to highlight the practice of environmental risk assessment in Australia, and compare it with that of countries in Europe and the United States.

Note: Also offered in off-campus mode in S1.

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