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1	Describe the challenges of contemporary and emerging local, national, and global environmental health challenges
2	Describe preventive approaches for assessing and controlling environmental problems that affect the health of populations
3	Apply approaches to the prevention and control of infectious diseases
4	Describe the conceptual framework of health disaster preparedness and management
5	Understand and apply at an introductory level scientific methods to safeguard the population’s health against environmental threats

There is no set textbook for this course. All resources, including links to journal articles and reading lists, will be disseminated via MyUni.

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The primary means of communication outside of formal contact hours will be via MyUni. Announcements and discussion boards will be the main method of communicating with the student cohort. Course material will be supported by online resources via MyUni. Material will be sequentially released in line with the teaching and learning activities in each week.

This course will introduce students to the concepts and principles of environmental health sciences and infectious diseases within a population health framework. A blended learning approach will be adopted whereby students will engage in on-line interactive modules on key concepts and principles. Students will participate in collaborative and experiential learning in class to draw on this content in order to synthesise, analyse, apply and evaluate approaches for assessing and controlling environmental threats that affect the health of populations, including infectious diseases.

The course will be delivered in 3 hours per week consisting of lectures/seminars and workshops, including presentations from guest speakers. If possible, field trips concerning environmental health and infectious disease issues will be arranged.

Contact hours: 3 hours per week plus readings, assignments and other preparation.

Lectures/seminars and workshops will cover the following topics:

· contemporary and emerging environmental health issues and infectious diseases
· environmental health hazards
· epidemiology
· environmental risk assessment
· global burden of infectious diseases
· environmental determinants of health
· surveillance of environmental health issues and infectious diseases
· infectious disease control strategies
· human-animal interactions and health implications
· infectious disease microbiology
· environmental and social impacts of climate change on human health
· disaster preparedness and management

Guest speakers from government and non-government organizations will be invited to present at the seminars.

Students may undertake a field trip/s to illustrate the hazards and preventive approaches concerning environmental health and/or infectious diseases. This will depend on availability. If the field trip/s is arranged it is expected that students attend, it is a mandatory requirement of the course as it is a structured learning activity. However, if for medical or genuine compassionate reasons a student is unable to attend the field trip/s, an alternative learning assessment will be available. The University’s standard insurance policy will cover students for these activities as they are linked to a credit bearing course.

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Assessment Task	Assessment Type	Weighting	Learning course objective(s) being addressed
Field trip report	Summative	20%	1, 2, 3, 5
Workshop participation	Summative	10%	1, 2, 3, 5
Quizzes	Summative	15%	1-5
Group work (outbreak investigation)	Summative	20%	1-5
Essay	Summative	35%	1-5

None.

Field trip report (20%)
Students will write a report based on their field trip observation.

Workshop participation (10%)
Attendance and interaction with peers in the workshops.

Group work (20%)
Students will participate in an infectious disease outbreak investigation and will contribute to a range of activities including hypothesis generating questions, and analysis of data. Students will be provided with important information and clues in order to solve the outbreak.

Quizzes (15%)
Quizzes throughout the semester will aid students in monitoring their understanding of key concepts and principles for the topic areas.

Essay (35%)
A written essay concerning a major environmental health or infectious disease issue either in Australia or globally.

Extensions
All extensions for assignments must be requested, at the latest, by the last working day before the due date of submission.   Extensions will generally be granted only on medical or genuine compassionate grounds.  Supporting documentation must be  provided at the time a student requests an extension.  Without documentation, extensions will not be granted.  Late requests for extension will neither be accepted nor acknowledged.

Only the Course Co-ordinator(s) may grant extensions.

Supporting documentation will be required when requesting an extension. Examples of documents that are acceptable include: a  medical certificate that specifies dates of incapacity, a police report (in the case of lost computers, car & household theft etc.), a  letter from a Student Counsellor, Education and Welfare Officer (EWO) or Disability Liaison Officer that provides an assessment of  compassionate circumstances, or a letter from an independent external counsellor or appropriate professional able to verify the  student’s situation.  The length of any extension granted will take into account the period and severity of any incapacity or impact  on the student.  Extensions of more than 10 days will not be granted except in exceptional circumstances.

Late submission
Marks will be deducted when assignments for which no extension has been granted are handed in late.

All assignments, including those handed in late, will be assessed on their merits.  In the case of late assignments where no  extension has been granted, 5 percentage points of the total marks possible per day will be deducted.  If an assignment that is 2  days late is awarded 65% on its merits, the mark will then be reduced by 10% (5% per day for 2 days) to 55%.  If that same  assignment is 4 days late, the mark will be reduced by 20% (5% per day for 4 days) to 45%, and so on.

The School of Public Health reserves the right to refuse to accept an assignment that is more than 7 days late.

Assignments submitted after the due date may not be graded in time to be returned on the listed return dates.

Students submitting examinable written work who request (and receive) an extension that takes them beyond the examination  period are advised that there is no guarantee that their grades will be processed in time to meet usual University deadlines.
 
Resubmission
If a student is dissatisfied with an assessment grade they should follow the Student Grievance Resolution Process <https://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/grievance/process/>. Students who are not satisfied with a particular assessment result should raise their concerns with Course Co-ordinator(s) in the first instance. This must be done within 10 business days of the date of notification of the result. Resubmission of any assignment is subject to the agreement of the Course Co-ordinator(s) and will only be permitted for the most compelling of reasons.