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2010-2011 Calendar | Environmental Toxicology |
Environmental Toxicology Minor Program
Department of Biological Sciences | Faculty of Science
91ÅÝܽ Calendar 2010-2011
This program provides a thorough overview of environmental toxicology. Students who complete this program will be better qualified and eligible for employment with various industrial and governmental agencies that are engaged in environmental monitoring and research.
Students interested in an environmental toxicology minor should contact the department early.
A 2.00 or higher GPA is required for the minor program's courses.
Lower Division Requirements
The following lower division courses are required. Most students who are pursuing science degree programs will already have credit for most of these courses.
Students complete all of
- BISC 101-4 Introduction to Biology
- BISC 102-4 Introduction to Biology
- CHEM 121-4 General Chemistry and Laboratory I
- CHEM 122-2 General Chemistry II
- CHEM 126-2 General Chemistry Laboratory II
- CHEM 281-4 Organic Chemistry I
- CHEM 282-2 Organic Chemistry II
- CHEM 286-2 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
- MBB 222-3 Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
- MBB 231-3 Cellular Biology and Biochemistry
- STAT 201-3 Statistics for the Life Sciences
and one of
- BISC 204-3 Introduction to Ecology
- EVSC 200-3 Introduction to Environmental Science
and one of
- MATH 151-3 Calculus I
- MATH 154-3 Calculus I for the Biological Sciences
and one of
- MATH 152-3 Calculus II
- MATH 155-3 Calculus II for the Biological Sciences
and one of
- PHYS 101-3 Physics for the Life Sciences I
- PHYS 120-3 Mechanics and Modern Physics
- PHYS 125-3 Mechanics and Special Relativity
- PHYS 140-4 Studio Physics – Mechanics and Modern Physics
and one of
- PHYS 102-3 Physics for the Life Sciences II
- PHYS 121-3 Optics, Electricity and Magnetism
- PHYS 126-3 Electricity, Magnetism and Light
- PHYS 141-4 Studio Physics – Optics, Electricity and Magnetism
Upper Division Requirements
- BISC 312-3 Environmental Toxicology I
- BISC 313-3 Environmental Toxicology II
- BISC 432-3 Chemical Pesticides and the Environment
and two of
- BISC 445-3 Environmental Physiology of Animals (prerequisite BISC 305)
- CHEM 371-3 Chemistry of the Aqueous Environment (prerequisites CHEM 281 [or 150] and 360 [or 261])
- KIN 431-3 Environmental Carcinogenesis
and their prerequisites.
Upper division credit may not fulfil units for more than one program. Some substitutions may be required. Appropriate course substitutions follow.
- BISC 366-3 Plant Physiology
- BISC 405-3 Cell Physiology
- KIN 305-3 Human Physiology I
- KIN 306-3 Human Physiology II (Principles of Physiological Regulation)
- MBB 412-4 Enzymology
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