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Water and Global Human Health

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Explore how global human health depends on water.

Queen’s University is home to the Beaty Water Research Centre. Equipped with 58 faculty members from 11 departments, the Centre brings together world-class researchers to tackle our most important resource on this planet, water. Start today with this Micromasters program in Water and Global Human Health and unlock advanced standing to future graduate diplomas and master’s degrees at Queen’s.

What you'll learn

  • Explain the complex role of water in the environment and its impact on human health.
  • Critically evaluate water issues and identify key aspects of concern to human health.
  • Apply established and emerging knowledge to water and human health issues.

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From QueensX, Queen’s University via edX
Hours 312
Instructor Geoffrey Hall
Language English
Subjects Science Social Sciences

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Courses in this MicroMasters

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Water on Earth: An Introduction

This course covers the flow of water as it falls to the earth and travels towards rivers, lakes and oceans. This includes the basic concepts and definition of a watershed,...

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Watershed Systems and Their Influence on Water Movement and Quality

Water that falls on the earth embarks on a journey that imparts on it the qualities of the land forms with which it interacts. It is both influenced and influences the...

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Modelling Watershed Processes for Water Resource Management

Water within the environment is often modelled both to fill-in gaps in data as well as to predict future water quality and quantity. This course brings together the different...

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Water Related Health

Water plays a critical role in our daily lives. In order to understand the health implications, we must first understand the different ways to measure and describe health. This...

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Global Water Use and Climate Change

Humans are vast users of water. From large-scale agriculture to individual domestic use, water resources are being consumed at a tremendous rate. This course investigates the use...

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Opportunities in Water and Health

Our future, in a world where water resources are under stress with a changing climate, increasingly hungry use of water by humans, and a growing population, will best be served by...

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QueensX, Queen’s University

From QueensX, Queen’s University via edX
Hours 312
Instructor Geoffrey Hall
Language English
Subjects Science Social Sciences

Careers

An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).

Mental Health Coord-Comprehensive Community Service - Human Services $18k

Health and Human Services - Juvenile Court Social Worker $53k

Dean of Health and Human Services $60k

Academic Advisor, College of Public Health and Human Sciences $60k

Health and Human Services Administrator $63k

Technical Assistance-Human Health Evaluations CDC-ATSDR $63k

Assistant Human Resources Health Technician $64k

Department Chair Health, Recreation and Human Performance $65k

Associate Senior Human Resources Health Technician $69k

Professional Sales Representative, U.S. Human Health $83k

Human Resource Administrator/Health Safety and Enviromental Administrator - EFDU $90k

Assistant Adjunct Professor Department of Behavioral Health and Human Services $100k

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