Section Info: ENVST-233HC-01

Course Title: Topics in Environmental Studies: 'Human Health and Climate Change'

Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025

Term: Spring Semester 2025

Description: Human health is directly and indirectly impacted by climate change. Throughout this course we will investigate the diverse human health impacts that are linked to climate change. We will ask how changes to our air quality, water quality, vector-borne disease distribution, and food production impact our health. We will examine how extreme weather events lead to changes in morbidity, mortality, and mental health conditions in communities. Through both lecture and discussion, we will critically review and evaluate our current knowledge regarding climate and human health as well as identify solutions for adapting to these changes.

Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences , SI - Speaking-Intensive , TP - Topics Course

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Gretchen Peltier		gpeltier@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025	Lecture	Monday and Wednesday	10:00AM - 11:15AM	TBA	TBA	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
Prereq: ENVST-150 or 4 credits in science.	Take previously	Required

Comments

Additional Comments

Course Tags
ENVST-NS	ENVST-NS: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Natural Science	This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Natural Science area.

Cross-listed Sections

None

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 18	Enrollment: 18	Available: 0	Waitlist: 20

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
Title: Climate Change and Public Health Author: Levy, Barry S., and Jonathan A. Patz Copyright: 2024 Edition: 2nd Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Oxford University Press	Required	74.95

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.