TOX 5970

Risk Analysis and Management

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2016-2017 Catalog.

Develops a working knowledge of risk terminology and reliability engineering, analytic tools and models used to analyze safety, environmental and technological risks, and social and psychological risk issues. Discussions address life risks in the United States historical accidents, natural hazards, threat assessment, transportation risks, industrial accidents, waste incineration, air pollution modeling, public health, regulatory policy, risk communication, and risk management.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: introduction to probability and statistics course (e.g., CEE 3040, ENGRD 2700, ILRST 2100, or AEM 2100); two semesters of calculus.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: senior or graduate students; or permission of instructor.

Outcomes

• Students' should gain an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.
• Students' should gain an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
• Students' should gain an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
• Students' should gain the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.
• Students' should gain a knowledge of contemporary issues.

When Offered Spring.

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