Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Public and Allied Health

Learning Methods

Lecture

Off Site

Module Offerings

4001ENVCPH-JAN-CTY

Aims

To provide students with an understanding of the range of stressors and their impact on the living and built environment

Learning Outcomes

1.
Explain the structure and function of major systems within the human body and the disease process
2.
Discuss biological processes in relation to the environment, and the basic principles of ecology, including the biosphere and its systems.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:The relationships between humans and their environment. Basic scientific terminology and exploration of key body systems and common related diseases. Fundamental principles of ecology, the biosphere and its processes, including, climate change and concepts of recycling and renewal. Natural resources and how they are used in society, sustainability and health.
Module Overview:
This module allows you to gain an insight into how environmental stressors impact on the human body and the living environment. There will also be a field trip to a sewage treatment plant, composting facility, restored landfill site or similar venue to explore the ecological processes employed.
Additional Information:This module allows students to gain an insight into how environmental stressors impact on the human body and the living environment. There will also be a field trip to a sewage treatment plant, composting facility, restored landfill site or similar venue to explore the ecological processes employed.

Assessments

Centralised Exam

Centralised Exam