Summer Field Program 2009
Ocean and Human Health
Oceans and Human Health will provide students with an overview of how the oceans affect human health in both positive and negative ways. Oceans and Human Health is an emerging “metadiscipline” that involves oceanography, waterborne and seafood borne diseases, toxicology, harmful algal blooms, epidemiology, comparative animal physiology, natural products chemistry, pharmacology, social sciences, engineering, and other related areas. Prerequisites: one semester general chemistry and one semester organic chemistry, or permission of instructor. Dr. Jay Grimes, Special Topics: Oceans and Human Health; COA 490, 590. Four semester hours credit. Course field fee is $100.00.
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Ocean and Human Health NOAA Initiative
