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Courses
Required Courses
The following courses are required for METC Masters and PhD students. Students must receive a B or better in each course.
 2007-Syllabus.xls
625 Toxicology I - 3 credits. - Fall/1st Year
Basic principles of toxicology and biochemical mechanisms of toxicity in mammalian species and man. Correlation between morphological and functional changes caused by toxicants in different organs of the body. Prerequisite: Biochem 501 & Physiol 335 or cons inst. Path 401 & Phmcol 401 or equiv recommended. Course Coordinator: Colin R. Jefcoate, PhD
626 Toxicology II - 3 credits. - Spring/1st year
A course surveying the basic methods and fundamental biochemical mechanisms of toxicity. Toxicity in mammalian organ systems, techniques for evaluating toxicity, as well as mechanisms of species specificity, and environmental interactions (with toxicant examples) are presented. Prerequisite: Env Tox 625 or cons inst. Course Coordinator: Garet P. Lahvis,
631 Toxicants in the Environment: Sources, Distribution, Fate, & Effects - 3 Credits - Spring/1st Year
Nature, sources, distribution, and fate of contaminants in air, water, soil, and food and potential for harmful exposure. Prerequisite: Chem 343 & 345 or equiv; Chem 561 or equiv; Physics 103 & 104 or equiv; Math 211; or cons inst. Course Coordinator: Joel A. Pedersen
634 Ecotoxicology: Impacts on Populations, Communities and Ecosystems - 1 Credit - Fall/Odd Yrs
Focuses on the impact of toxicants on populations, communities, ecosystems, and includes risk evaluation. Includes lectures, current research presentations, and discussions. Prerequisite: M&Envtox 633, or M&Envtox 625, 626 & 631, or cons inst.
800 Seminar - 1 Credit Each Semester - Current research in environmental toxicology and pathology and other topics of interest and importance to environmental toxicologists. Prerequisite: Grad st & cons inst.
812 Research Ethics and Career Development - (938 Surgical Sciences - School of Veterinary Medicine) - 2 Credits - Fall - The purpose of this seminar series is to provide trainees with information that will be useful in their development as scientists and will provide a frame of reference as they struggle with issues of authorship, plagiarism, scientific misconduct or fraud, mentoring, starting their career, developing a research program, and writing.
990 Independent Research - 1-9 Credits Each Semester
Prerequisite: Grad st & cons inst.
Optional METC Courses
632 Ecotoxicology: The Chemical Players. - 1 Credit. Fall/Odd Years
Introduction to natural and man-made toxins/toxicants, their distribution, transport, and fate in the environment. Includes lectures, current research presentations, and discussions. Prerequisite: 2 sem intro biol & 1 sem organic chem, or cons inst.
633 Ecotoxicology: Impacts on Individuals. - 1 Credit. Fall/Odd Years
Addresses absorption, biotransformation, elimination of toxins in a wide variety of taxa (plants, invertebrates, vertebrates), and includes lectures, current research presentations, and discussions. Prerequisite: M&Envtox 632, or 2 sem intro biol & M&Envtox 631, or cons inst.
Courses Cross-listed with METC
365 Pesticides for Crop Pest Management: Insects, Diseases and Wildlife - 1 credit -
366 Pesticides for Crop Pest Management: Weeds, PGRs Application Equip - 1 credit -
367 Pesticides for Crop Pest Management: Issues and Applicator Training - 1 credit -
Elective Courses
Please work with your advisor to select these or other courses that will benefit you in your academic credits according to your research interests.
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