Schedule

ENVS 3030 | Environmental Health | Spring 2026

Introduction

Week 1

Total pages of reading: 17

Date	Topic	Readings & Assignments
Monday, January 12	Course Intro	Read: Cloud, John. 2009. “Study: Doodling Helps You Pay Attention.” https://time.com/archive/6933247/study-doodling-helps-you-pay-attention/ Read: Morris, Giles. 2009. “If you only do one thing this week, avoid multitasking.” https://www.theguardian.com/money/2009/oct/05/avoid-multitasking
Wednesday, January 14	Intro to Environmental Health	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 1+ clicker quiz Print: pp. 3-20 PDF: pp. 45-61
Recitation	Intro to Environmental Health	Choose work groups

Part 1: Environmental Exposures in Daily Life

Week 2

Monday, January 19	No class - Martin Luther King Jr. day	None
Wednesday, January 21	Exposure Science	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 8 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 181-196 PDF: pp. 207-220
Recitation	Exposure Science

Week 3

Monday, January 26	Buildings & Health	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 20 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 539-568 PDF: pp. 542-569
Wednesday, January 28	Buildings & Health
Recitation	Intro to Diary Studies	Read: Radcliffe & Spencer, Chapter 1. “An Introduction to Qualitative Diary Methods.”

Week 4

Monday, February 2	Nature Contact	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 25 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 693-712 PDF: 686-704 Begin Diary Study entries (7 days)
Wednesday, February 4	Pesticides	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 18 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 477-496 PDF: pp. 483-501
Recitation	Endocrine Disruptors	Read: Frumkin, Text Box 6.4 Print: pp. 132-133 PDF: pp. 165-166 checkED activity (in class): https://de.check-ed.eu/en/

Week 5

Monday, February 9	Environmental Justice part I	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 11 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 251-266 PDF: pp. 267-282 End Diary study entries
Wednesday, February 11	Environmental Justice part II	In-class activity: Working with EJSCREEN
Recitation	Diary Study Analysis	Read: Radcliffe & Spencer, Chapter 6. “Analyzing Data from QDMs.” Due Sunday Feb 15 @ 11:59 pm: Diary study individual reflection

Week 6

Monday, February 16	Analysis of environmental risks	EJSCREEN presentations Diary Study analysis
Wednesday, February 18	Risk Communication	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 28 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 769-786 PDF: pp. 756-770
Recitation	Diary Study Analysis	Group analysis work time

Part 2: Environmental Health Systems

Week 7

Monday, February 23	Ecology and Ecosystem Services	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 2 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 27-49 PDF: pp. 68-89
Wednesday, February 25	Systems Thinking
Recitation	Reading day	No recitations this week Due Sunday March 1 @ 11:59 pm: Diary study group synthesis

Week 8

Monday, March 2	Air Pollution	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 13 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 319-339 PDF: pp. 332-350
Wednesday, March 4	Student Presentations - Systems Analysis
Recitation	TBD

Week 9

Monday, March 9	Water and Health	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 16 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 413-422 PDF: pp. 421-449
Wednesday, March 11	Student Presentations - Systems Analysis
Recitation	TBD

Week 10

Monday, March 16	SPRING BREAK	None
Wednesday, March 18	SPRING BREAK	None
Recitation	SPRING BREAK	None

Part 3: Environmental Health Policy & Practice

Week 11

Monday, March 23	Environmental Health Policy	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 26 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 725-740 PDF: pp. 717-729
Wednesday, March 25	Student Presentations - Systems Analysis
Recitation		Due Friday March 27 @ 5:00 pm: Group policy proposal

Week 12

Monday, March 30	Climate and Health	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 12 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 275-304 PDF: pp. 290-316
Wednesday, April 1	Student Presentations - Systems Analysis
Recitation		Due Friday April 3 @ 5:00 pm: Policy analysis Intro & Methods draft

Week 13

Monday, April 6	Energy Policy	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 14 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 345-365 PDF: 355-373
Wednesday, April 8	Student Presentations - Systems Analysis
Recitation		Due Friday April 10 @ 5:00 pm: Policy analysis Results & Discussion draft

Week 14

Monday, April 13	Urban Planning	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 15 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 377-400 PDF: pp. 388-409
Wednesday, April 15	Student Presentations - Systems Analysis
Recitation

Week 15

Monday, April 20	Risk Assessment	Read: Frumkin, Chapter 27 + clicker quiz Print: pp. 747-764 PDF: pp. 736-751
Wednesday, April 22	Student Presentations - Systems Analysis
Recitation		Due Friday April 24 @ 5:00 pm: Final policy analysis

Week 16

Friday, May 1 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Final Exam Period

Due: Group policy analysis poster presentation