The objectives of the core curriculum are to provide specific education in the environmental, organismal and sub-organismal aspects of toxicology, and to develop research skills and critical faculties in the area of environmental toxicology. Case studies of fate and transport of selected toxic chemicals. Quantitative methods in measuring acute and chronic toxicity. Laboratory Rotation Introduction to research techniques in biochemicaland chemical toxicology. Students will spend time in a laboratory to familiarize themselves with research topics and techniques.
Course is repeatable.
ENTX 202 Mechanisms of Toxicity Biochemical and physiological mechanisms underlying the toxicity of environmental toxicants. The interaction of toxicants with subcellular components and macromolecules with emphasis on mechanism of action, in particular neurotoxicity of pesticides, chemical carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, and teratogenicity. ENTX 270 Seminar in Environmental Toxicology Lectures by visiting scholars and staff on current research topics in Environmental Toxicology. A number of courses specifically developed for the toxicology program will provide advanced training in selected topics in toxicology. Topics covered include dose-response relationships, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, mechanisms of toxicity, and the effects of selected environmental toxicants on various organ systems.