Subject:
Toxicology
Credit units:
3
Offered:
Term 2 only
Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
College:
Graduate and Postdoc Studies
Department: Toxicology Graduate Program
Description
This course will introduce students to the fundamental principles of toxicology and ecotoxicology, including toxicodynamics, systemic toxicology, molecular-, cellular-, organ-, individual- and population-level effects, mechanisms of toxicity, estimation of toxicity endpoints and benchmarks, direct and indirect effects, bioavailability and bioaccumulation, experimental approaches for generation of ecotoxicity data, categories of pollutants (case studies), assessment of terrestrial and aquatic systems, functional ecosystem endpoints, and energy transfer in ecosystems.
Restriction(s): Open to School of Environment and Sustainability (SENS) and Toxicology students, and other students by permission.
Prerequisite(s): TOX 870.3 and TOX 871.3
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