SIO 189Pollution, Environment and Health
4 units · SIO · UC San Diego
The goal is to understand the scope of the pollution problem facing the planet. Students will learn the properties of chemicals in the environment and survey the biological mechanisms that determine their accumulation and toxicity.
Before you enrollPrerequisites
From the catalog: “CHEM 6C and BILD 1 or 3 or consent of instructor.”
Where it fitsWhere it sits in degree plans
One of the options in (3)
- Environmental Systems—Ecology, Behavior and Evolution (B.S.)
- Marine Biology (B.S.)
- Public Health (B.S.)