Toxicology Curriculum
Freshman Year |
|
| Subject | Hours |
Core English Composition* |
6 |
Core Fine Arts* |
3 |
Core Mathematics* |
6 |
Core Social Science* |
3 |
Biology 1020, 1021 |
4 |
Chemistry 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010 |
8 |
Computer Science 1070 |
3 |
UNIV 1001 |
(1) |
Total |
33 |
 |
|
Sophomore Year |
|
Biology 2014, 2015; 3011; 3012, 3013 |
11 |
Chemistry 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033 |
8 |
Physics 2003, 2004 |
6 |
Toxicology 1001; 2001 |
6 |
Total |
31 |
|
|
Junior Year |
|
Core Humanities* |
3 |
Core Social Science* |
3 |
Chemistry 3050 |
3 |
Mathematics 1016 |
3 |
English 3020 |
3 |
Electives** |
6 |
Toxicology 4011; 4013 |
4 |
CMST 2001 |
3 |
Total |
28 |
|
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| Senior Year | |
Core Humanities Elective * |
6 |
Toxicology 3001 |
3 |
Elective** |
3 |
Toxicology 4012, 4014 |
4 |
Toxicology 4024 |
2 |
Toxicology 4041, 4042, 4043 |
7 |
Toxicology 4091 |
3 |
Total |
28 |
Total hours for degree |
120 |
* Students should see the University Core Curriculum requirements.
**Students choosing Toxicology as a major will be required to complete nine hours of electives in a defined topic area. Topic areas include General Toxicology, Environmental Toxicology, Forensic Toxicology, Analytical Toxicology or Industrial Hygiene.
| Prerequisites | |
| General Toxicology | Toxicology 4011 and 4012 or equivalent |
| Organic Chemistry | Chemistry 3003, 3005 and Chemistry 3004, 3006 or equivalents |
| Biochemistry | Pharmacy 4007 or equivalent |
| Statistics | Math 1016 or equivalent |
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| Core Courses | |
| Biochemical Toxicology | Pharmacy 5050 |
| Advanced Toxicology | Pharmacy 5081 |
| Advanced Toxicology Lab | Pharmacy 5082 |
| Seminar | Pharmacy 5052 |
| Statistics | Math 5021 |
| Methods and Principles of Toxicology | Pharmacy 5090 |
| Dissertation | Pharmacy 6099 |
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Other classes will be decided between the student, the major professor and the advisory committee. The student will select a major advisor (if not admitted specifically to a faculty member's program) and, no later than the second semester of enrollment, select an advisory committee. For the Ph.D. student, the committee will consist of a minimum of 4 members (including the major professor), at least 3 of which must be from the Department of Toxicology.
A comprehensive written examination will be administered after the student has completed approximately 80% of his/her coursework. For the majority of candidates, this turns out to be approximately two years after they have been in the toxicology graduate program. The examination is divided into two sections: Core and Advanced.
The Core examination is administered during the first day of the Comprehensive Examination to all graduate degree candidates (M.S. and Ph.D.) This is the only Comprehensive Examination required of the M.S. degree candidates. In general, the Core examination is intended to test competency in graduate educational enrichment offered through various formal courses. Factual and conceptual areas of competency are tested in this examination.
The Advanced examination is administered to the doctoral (Ph.D.) candidates during the second day of the two-day Comprehensive Examination. In this section, in addition to testing the candidate's competency in the conceptual areas of learning enrichment, the candidates are tested for their competency in synthetic, analytical, data interpretation and critical conceptualization skills as future researchers.