2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

CHEM 345 Toxicology

A study of fundamental topics in toxicology including dose-response relationships, factors affecting metabolism and disposition, toxic response to foreign compounds, and biochemical mechanisms of toxicity. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CHEM 344

Offered

Spring, even years

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply fundamental principles and concepts from previous science courses to analyze relevant topics in chemical toxicology
  2. Become proficient in the basic terminology of toxicology
  3. Learn the fundamental models of toxicokinetics
  4. Learn the chemistry of metabolism in phase one and phase two reactions
  5. Review fundamental principles of organic chemistry and functional group chemistry; and apply the chemistry to different mechanisms of toxic action
  6. Concentrate efforts on enhancing reading and analysis of research journal papers