Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 15 Hours. |
Seminars / Tutorials | 5 Hours. 5 Hours of Simulated Public Enquiry |
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Proof of evidence and presentational materials for public enquiry and individual summary report, approximately 2,500 word equivalent. Course Work: | 25% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours 2 hour written examination. | 75% |
Supplementary Assessment | Resit examinations: 2 hour written examination 75%, In-course assessment marks to be carried forward. |
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:-
To introduce students to the Scientific investigation of the interaction between water quality and health of the exposed population. This introductory module seeks to provide students with a grounding in how environmental factors affect public health. It commences with an introduction to the available epidemiological methods and approaches which have been used to define the linkage between environmental contamination and its public health impacts. A series of case studies are then examined to illustrate the strength of this linkage and its scientific foundations.
This module is at CQFW Level 6