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department Environmental Toxicology (X) |
Lecture—3 hours. Hazardous substances, their effects on humans and their actions and movement in the environment. Emphasis on substances of current concern. GE credit: SciEng.—I. (I.) Tjeerdema
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Basic principles of forensic science and the types of information on which investigations focus, how the information is obtained and how it is used in criminal investigations, types of scientific skills that are required to practice forensic science as a profession, guidance on future training. Real cases will be discussed, and demonstrations of certain methods provided. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—III. (III.) Miller
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Lecture—3 hours. An overview of chemical use and abuse in our society. The effects of chemicals (therapeutic drugs, pesticides, food additives, herbal remedies, environmental contaminants, and recreational drugs) on humans and other living systems. GE credit: SciEng.—II. (II.) Byard
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Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: lower division standing and consent of instructor. Work experience off and on campus in all subject areas offered in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Internships supervised by a member of the faculty. (P/NP grading only.)
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Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Chemistry 8B, 118B, or 128B and Biological Sciences 1A. Principles of toxicology with a focus on environmental, industrial, and natural chemicals. Topics include fate and effects of chemicals in organisms and the environment, air pollutants, insecticides, aquatic toxicology, endocrine disruptors, biomarkers and bioassays, and risk assessment.—I. (I.) Denison
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Chemistry 8B, 118B, 128B or consent of instructor. Properties of toxic chemicals influencing their distribution and transformations; action of environmental forces affecting toxicant breakdown, movement, and accumulation; sources and occurrence of major classes of environmental toxicants. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 112A.—II. (II.) Tjeerdema
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Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 102A. Sample preparation methods for trace analysis of environmental toxicants. Concept and techniques of advanced analytical instrumentation. Interpretation and use of analytical data. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 112B.—III. (III.) Shibamoto
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Biological Sciences 102; course 101 and Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 101 recommended. Biological effects of toxic substances in living organisms. Metabolism, cellular and tissue targets, mechanisms of action, and pathological effects. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 114A.—II. (II.) Rice
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Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 103A. Experimental approaches for assessing the biological effects of toxicants. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 114B.—III. (III.) Miller
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Biological Sciences 101; Biological Sciences 103 or Animal Biology 103. Cellular regulation from nutritional/toxicological perspective. Emphasis: role of biofactors on modulation of signal transduction pathways, role of specific organelles in organization/regulation of metabolic transformations, major cofactor functions, principles of pharmacology/toxicology important to understanding nutrient/toxicant metabolism. (Same course as Nutrition 104.)—III. (III.) Oteiza, Rucker
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Lecture—2 hours. Prerequisite: Biological Sciences 10 or the equivalent or consent of instructor; Chemistry 118A recommended. Examination of toxic tragedies, their origins, consequences, and effects on toxic regulation. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: Wrt.—II. Rice
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 118C. Introduction to mass spectrometry, including ionization techniques, mass analyzers, interpretation of mass spectra, and applications of mass spectrometry. Emphasis on fundamental concepts of mass spectrometry necessary to identify and quantify organic molecules.—II. (II.)
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Chemistry 8B, 118B or 128B, Biological Sciences 1A, or consent of instructor. Toxic substances, their fate in marine and freshwater systems, and their effects on aquatic organisms, populations, and ecosystems. Emphasis on substances and issues of current concern. Offered in alternate years.—II. Cherr, Tjeerdema
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Lecture—4 hours; laboratory—12 hours; discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite: course 101 or Biological Sciences 102 or 104 or the equivalent; course 114A or Nutrition 114 recommended. Course taught at Bodega Marine Laboratory. Effects of environmental and nutritional stress, including pollutants, on development and function in embryos and larvae of marine organisms. Emphasis on advanced experimental methods. (Same course as Nutrition 127.) GE credit: SciEng.—IV. Cherr
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Biological Sciences 102 and 103. Chemistry and biochemistry of toxins occurring in foods, including plant and animal toxins, intentional and unintentional food additives. The assessment of food safety and toxic hazards. (Same course as Food Science and Technology 128.) GE credit: SciEng.—III. (III.) Shibamoto, Mitchell
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 101 required; course 103A recommended. Role of toxicology in industry research and development, human health and environmental protection, hazard and risk evaluations, risk management and communications, product stewardship, and regulatory compliance. Scientific principles and methods of toxicology in chemical, energy, pharmaceutical, pesticide, biotechnology industries.—III. (III.) Wong
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 8B (may be taken concurrently) or the equivalent; Biological Sciences 102 recommended. Field trip required. Toxicology of air pollutants in the ambient, indoor, and occupational environments. Health effects, sources, environmental fates, pulmonary responses, sampling and analyses, and air-quality criteria and standards.—I. (I.) Kado
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 101; course 114A recommended. Current practices of health risk assessment of environmental chemicals using toxicological principles and their application to regulatory control of these chemicals. GE credit: SciEng.—I. (I.) Reed
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 10 or 101 recommended. Federal and California legislation concerning air and water pollution, pesticide use, food and feed additives, consumer protection, and occupational exposure to toxic substances; roles of federal regulatory agencies; alternatives to government control.—II. (II.) Alexeeff
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Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 112A; course 135 recommended. The exposure component of risk assessment; specifically, the presence and/or formation of toxic substances in environmental media, their movement within and between contaminated media, and the contacts of human populations with those media. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SciEng.—III. (III.) Bennett
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Seminar—1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Selected topics presented by students, faculty, or outside speakers covering current research and instructional activities within environmental toxicology. Reports and discussion concerning oral and written presentations, literature sources, and career opportunities. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Weekly conference of advanced research methods and the interpretation of research results. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Seminar—1 hour. Careers in environmental toxicology; discussions with graduates from the Department of Environmental Toxicology and other experts in the field. (P/NP grading only.)—I. (I.)
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Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: completion of 84 units and consent of instructor. Work experience off and on campus in all subject areas offered in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Internships supervised by a member of the faculty. (P/NP grading only.)
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