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This course will provide an overview of the fundamentals of risk analysis for environmental health. Students will develop a critical understanding of the steps for quantitative assessment of risk (dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization) through a series of examples and applied problems. Methods for risk analysis will be taught, including use of software tools. The course will emphasize identification of data sources for use in risk calculations and interpretation of risk analysis results, including robust discussion of the variability and uncertainties. Students will examine how quantitative assessment of risk can inform regulation for protection of human health from environmental hazards. Completion of a college-level statistics course with a minimum grade of C is required.

College/Department: Dornsife School of Public Health
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit