Health and the Built Environment HSCI 309 (3)
Relationships between the physical environment in which people live and their health and well being. How the built environment affects physical activity, obesity, exposure to pathogens and toxins, health status, mental health, and risk of illness and injury. How urban form, physical infrastructure, and landscape and building design can promote health. Prerequisite: 60 units including one HSCI course. Students with credit for HSCI 403 may not complete this course for credit.