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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 enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “CHEM 6C and BILD 1 or 3 or consent of instructor.”

Where it fits

Where 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.)