NRES 632 - Advanced Environmental Toxicology

(3 units)

Chemistry and toxicology of toxicants in the environment, particularly pesticides. Other topics include metals, food additives and hazardous wastes.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. describe the exposure pathways and chemical characteristics of specific contaminants and contaminant classes that are most influential to their environmental and in vivo fate.
2. summarize the major categories of toxicity responses and the contaminant classes associated with those responses.
3. synthesize relevant concepts pertaining to the assessment of a specific ecosystem contamination problem and apply methods to quantitatively estimate toxicity and risk.
4. identify gaps in understanding about the environmental fate and exposure consequences of an emerging contaminant and propose research opportunities for addressing those gaps.
5. evaluate the bioaccumulation potential and toxicity risk to specific organisms of different contaminants using existing federal databases on physicochemical properties of contaminants.

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