Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

ENS 403 — Risk Assessment and Management

ENS department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• distinguish between Risk Evaluation and Characterization
• explain the concept and steps of risk evaluation
• narrate the requirements for effective risk characterization
• discuss techniques of risk reduction and management of environmental risk; and
• perform elementary Risk Sensitivity Analysis

Course contents

Meaning and definition of Risk Evaluation. Risk Characterization: the qualitative and/or quantitative estimation, attendant uncertainties, probability of occurrence and severity of known or potential adverse health effects on a population based on hazard identification, hazard characterization and exposure assessment.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study ENS 403.

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