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  • EESC 404: Urban Environments:Speaking About Lead in West Philadelphia

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Pepino. ABCS Course. Requires community service in addition to class time. Lead poisoning can cause learning disabilities, impaired hearing, behavioral problems, and at very high levels, seizures, coma and even death. Children up to the age of six are especially at risk because of their developing systems; they often ingest lead chips and dust while playing in their home and yards. In ENVS 404, Penn undergraduates learn about the epidemiology of lead poisoning, the pathways of exposure, and methods for community outreach and education. Penn students collaborate with middle school and high school teachers in West Philadelphia to engage middle school children in exercises that apply environmental research relating to lead poisoning to their homes and neighborhoods.
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  • EESC 405: Urban Environment II

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Pepino. Prerequisite(s): ENVS 404 or permission of instructor. requires community service. An independent study where Penn undergraduates can explore the health, environmental, and natural resource issues of Philadelphia,with a focus on the specific needs of West Philadelphia. Current public health concerns impacting vulnerable populations such as children, especially lead poisoning and asthma, are potential topics. Environmental issues such as water supply, air quality, radon, brownfields, and sprawl would also be good areas of study. Community service can be a component of the study. Permission from the instructor is required.
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  • EESC 406: Community Based Environmental Health

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Pepino. ABCS Course. Requires community service in addition to class time. From the fall of the Roman Empire to Love Canal to the epidemics of asthma, childhood obesity and lead poisoning in West Philadelphia, the impact of the environment on health has been a continuous challenge to society. The environment can affect people's health more strongly than biological factors, medical care and lifestyle. The water we drink, the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the neighborhood we live in are all components of the environment that impact our health. Some estimates, based on morbidity and mortality statistics, indicate that the impact of the environment on health is as high as 80%. These impacts are particularly significant in urban areas like West Philadelphia. Over the last 20 years, the field of environmental health has matured and expanded to become one of the most comprehensive and humanly relevant disciplines in science. This course will examine not only the toxicity of physical agents, but also the effects on human health of lifestyle, social and economic factors, and the built environment. Topics include cancer clusters, water borne diseases, radon and lung cancer, lead poisoning, environmental tobacco smoke, respiratory diseases and obesity. Students will research the health impacts of classic industrial pollution case studies in the US. Class discussions will also include risk communication, community outreach and education, access to health care and impact on vulnerable populations. Each student will have the opportunity to focus on Public Health, Environmental Protection, Public Policy, and Environmental Education issues as they discuss approaches to mitigating environmental health risks. This honors seminar will consist of lectures, guest speakers, readings, student presentations, discussions, research, and community service. The students will have two small research assignments including an Environmental and Health Policy Analysis and an Industrial Pollution Case Study Analysis. Both assignments will include class presentations. The major research assignment for the course will be a problem-oriented research paper and presentation on a topic related to community-based environmental health selected by the student. In this paper, the student must also devise practical recommendations for the problem based on their research.
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  • EESC 407: Urban Environments:Prevention of Tobacco Smoking in Adolescents

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Pepino. ABCS Course. Requires community service in addition to class time. Cigarette smoking is a major public health problem. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Control reports that more than 80% of current adult tobacco users started smoking before age 18. The National Youth Tobacco Survey indicated that 12.8% of middle school students and 34.8% of high school students in their study used some form of tobacco products. In ENVS 407, Penn undergraduates learn about the short and long term physiological consequences of smoking, social influences and peer norms regarding tobacco use, the effectiveness of cessation programs, tobacco advocacy and the impact of the tobacco settlement. Penn students will collaborate with teachers in West Philadelphia to prepare and deliver lessons to middle school students. The undergraduates will survey and evaluate middle school and Penn student smoking. One of the course goals is to raise awareness of the middle school children to prevent addiction to tobacco smoke during adolescence. Collaboration with the middle schools gives Penn students the opportunity to apply their study of the prevention of tobacco smoking to real world situations.
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  • EESC 408: Urban Environments:The Urban Asthma Epedemic

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Pepino. ABCS Course. Requires community service in addition to class time. Asthma as a pediatric chronic disease is undergoing a dramatic and unexplained increase. It has become the number one cause of public school absenteeism and now accounts for a significant number of childhood deaths each year in the USA.The Surgeon General of the United States has characterized childhood asthma as an epidemic. In ENVS 408, Penn undergraduates learn about the epidemiology of urban asthma, the debate about the probable causes of the current asthma crisis, and the nature and distribution of environmental factors that modern medicine describes as potential triggers of asthma episodes. Penn students will collaborate with the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) on a clinical research study entitled the Community Asthma Prevention Program. The Penn undergraduates will co-teach with CHOP parent educators asthma classes offered at community centers in Southwest, West, and North Philadelphia. The CHOP study gives the Penn students the opportunity to apply their study of the urban asthma epidemic to real world situations.
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  • EESC 450: Techniques in environmental accounting and system analysis

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Scatena. Prerequisite(s): One year of introductory calculus and statistics, working knowledge of spreadsheet software. This course covers the development and analysis of environmental budgets and input-output models that are commonly used in earth and environmental science. The first part of the semester will concentrate on the physical laws, systems principles, and analytical tools used in developing and evaluating input-output models and environmental budgets. In the remainder of the semester, we will develop and analyze hydrologic, energy and nutrient budgets for a variety of systems.
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  • EESC 452: Disturbances and Disasters

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Scatena. This course covers the earth and environmental science of natural disturbances and disasters. Floods, tsunamis, snow and ice storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, droughts, and meteor impacts will be discussed and covered with case studies and readings. The distribution and frequency, geologic and ecosystem level impacts, and risk management of each disturbance will be discussed.
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  • EESC 463: Brownfield Remediation

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Keene. Offered through CGS - See current timetable. This course gives an overview of the genesis of the so-called "Brownfield" problem and of the various efforts that our society is taking to try to solve, or at least ameliorate it. The course will place the "Brownfield" problem in the broader context of the growth and decline of industrial base cities like Philadelphia. Students will study the general constitutional and statutory framework within which we approach the problems of orphan, polluted sites and the disposal of contemporary solid wastes. They will also analyze the principal actions that have been taken by federal and state governments to address remediation and redevelopment of abandoned industrial sites. In addition, the course will explore environmental equity issues.
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  • EESC 499: Senior Thesis

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Giegengack. Prerequisite(s): ENVS 400-level course (may be taken concurrently). The Environmental Studies major requires 2 semesters of ENVS 499. The culmination of the Environmental Studies Major. Students write a thesis on a topic which combines their concentration with Environmental Studies. Students work with an advisor in their discipline.
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  • EESC 501: GIS,ArcGIS & NeoGeography

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    This distance learning course introduces students to the fundamental techniques for using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze neighborhood markets. GIS is a computer-based data processing tool used to manage, visualize and analyze spatial information. Using Arc GIS 9.2, this course provides a hands-on experience to create maps, integrate demographic and economic data to conduct analysis within students' field of interest, including geography, history, archaeology, engineering, real estate, sociology, architecture, and political science/ policy studies. Students will also be introduced to advanced geospatial analysis tools and intergrated online mapping environments using NeoGeography. The class will enable students to learn how to address research questions and problems specific to their fields through GIS; the focus throughout will be on professional and resarch applications of this technology. Students will have virtual lectures and GIS lab support throughout online meetings at least two times per week. One-on-One and small group work sessions will be scheduled as needed. Prior experience with GIS is not required. This is a PC-based progam, only.
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