Environmental Toxicology, Undergraduate Minor

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About the Environmental Toxicology Undergraduate Minor

The minor in Environmental Toxicology offers an undergraduate program within the College of Arts & Sciences with 18 credit hours of course work for undergraduates. The program is designed to provide undergraduate students the opportunity to learn basic sciences and be exposed to scientific research in environmental toxicology. The Department of Environmental Toxicology integrates a multidisciplinary approach with a primary focus on research in wildlife and human health in the following areas to assess the impacts of toxic chemicals and other stressors on the natural environment: Wildlife toxicology, ecotoxicology, molecular toxicology, analytical toxicology, and aquatic toxicology.

Required Courses (9 hours):

Students are required to take 9 credit hours from the following list of courses:

ENTX 3300 - Biological Effects of Chemicals in the Environment 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENTX 3301 - Introduction to Ecotoxicology 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENTX 4374 - Introduction to Ecological Risk Assessment 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENTX 4325 - Principles of Toxicology I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENTX 4326 - Principles of Toxicology II 3 Semester Credit Hours
FSCI 4355 - Forensic Trace Evidence 3 Semester Credit Hours

Elective Courses (9 Hours):

Students are required to take 9 credit hours of electives from the list in the section below:

ANSC 3301 - Principles of Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours
ANSC 3402 - Animal Breeding and Genetics 4 Semester Credit Hours
BIOL 1401 - Biology of Plants 4 Semester Credit Hours
BIOL 1402 - Biology of Animals 4 Semester Credit Hours
BIOL 1403 - Biology I 4 Semester Credit Hours
BIOL 1404 - Biology II 4 Semester Credit Hours
BIOL 3320 - Cell Biology 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1307 - Principles of Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1308 - Principles of Chemistry II 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 3305 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 3306 - Organic Chemistry II 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENTX 3300 - Biological Effects of Chemicals in the Environment 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENTX 3301 - Introduction to Ecotoxicology 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENTX 4325 - Principles of Toxicology I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENTX 4326 - Principles of Toxicology II 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENTX 4374 - Introduction to Ecological Risk Assessment 3 Semester Credit Hours
FSCI 4355 - Forensic Trace Evidence 3 Semester Credit Hours
NRM 2406 - Wildlife Anatomy and Physiology 4 Semester Credit Hours
NRM 2307 - Diversity of Life 3 Semester Credit Hours
NRM 3314 - Wildlife and Livestock Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours
NRM 4408 - Wildlife Population Dynamics and Analysis 4 Semester Credit Hours
ZOOL 2403 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 Semester Credit Hours
ZOOL 2404 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 Semester Credit Hours