Course Description
Basic toxicology principles, including dose-response relationships, principles of toxicity and safety evaluation, pharmacokinetics and metabolism of chemicals, basic mechanisms of cellular injury, factors influencing toxicity, carcinogenesis/mutagenesis, governmental regulations, and exposure and risk assessment.
Athena Title
INTRODUCTORY TOX
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To enable the student to gain an understanding of basic principles, as well as insight into contemporary areas of focus in toxicology and ecotoxicology.
Topical Outline
Expressions of toxic potency and dose-response relationships Principles of toxicology and safety evaluation Pharmacokinetics and metabolism of chemicals Factors influencing toxicity Carcinogenesis/mutagenesis Basic mechanisms of cellular injury Role of pathology in toxicology Physiological modeling and dosimetry Metabolomics and toxicogenomics Immunotoxicology Reproductive and developmental toxicology Environmental Fate and transport of toxicants Ecotoxicology