THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
FACULTY
SENATE
Senate
Document Number 2410S
Date
of Senate Approval 01/21/10
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
APC Document 12: Change
course description for ENVR 336
Effective
Date: Fall 2010
1.
Delete: On page 137, description for Envr
336, Environmental Health:
Introduction
to toxicology and problems associated with the generation, detection and
disposal of
hazardous chemicals, industrial and municipal wastes, pesticides, food
pollutants
and radioactive wastes and the occupational setting. Prerequisite: ENVR 130;
or
permission of instructor. See department chair.
Add: On page 137, in place of deleted
entry:
Introduction to the assessment and
management of risks to human health from exposures to physical, chemical, and
biological environmental factors.
Prerequisite: ENVR 130. Spring.
Impact:
Minimal. Course was taught biennially
by an adjunct and now will be taught yearly by the same adjunct for the
indefinite future. Demand has increased
recently from students taking Environmental Health as an elective for majors in
Health and Wellness Promotion. If the
course continues to be offered biennially or if it were discontinued due to
severe budget cuts, neither Health and Wellness Promotion nor Environmental
Studies majors technically would be affected because Environmental Health is
not required for any major.
Rationale:
The new description is more general
than the old one and reflects better the content of the course as it has been
taught for the past several years. Demand for the course has increased with
students majoring in Health & Wellness Promotion, and we believe that the
course provides an appropriate elective for both majors and that the demand for
offering the course annually exists.