Environmental Toxicology
Admission Requirements
Before entering, students should have completed the following or equivalents. These prerequisites may be waived by the departmental graduate studies committee under special circumstances on recommendation from the program director.
BISC 312-3 Environmental Toxicology I
BISC 313-3 Environmental Toxicology II
CHEM 282-3 Organic Chemistry II
MBB 221-3 Cellular Biology and Biochemistry
Program Requirements
Each MET student must choose a senior supervisor after admission, in consultation with the program director. In accordance with university regulations, a supervisory committee is formed by the beginning of the third semester of full time equivalent enrolment. As part of the requirements, students complete a project on a specific aspect of environmental toxicology which may be based on original field, laboratory or library research. The student will be supervised on this project by the senior supervisor while enrolled in BISC 656. In addition to submission of a report at the project's completion, the student will make an oral presentation to at least the supervisory committee and at least one other faculty member.
This program may be taken on a part time basis.
Every MET program consists of a minimum of 32 graduate credit hours, including the following courses.
Core Courses
BISC 650-3 Environmental Risk Assessment: Human Health Risk Assessment and Ecological Effects-based Risk Assessment
BISC 651-3 Environmental Toxicology Tests I: Ecological Effects-based Tests
BISC 652-3 Environmental Toxicology Tests II: Mammalian Toxicity Tests
BISC 654-3 Food and Drug Toxicology
BISC 655-3 Environmental Toxicology Seminar
BISC 656-0 Master of Environmental Toxicology Project
BISC 855-3 Biochemical Toxicology
STAT 650-5 Quantitative Analysis in Resource Management and Field Biology
Elective Courses
Students must complete one of
BISC 854-3 Ecotoxicology
EASC 613-3 Groundwater Hydrology
REM 610-5 Management of Contaminants in the Environment
and six credit hours chosen from the following
BISC 846-3 Insecticide Chemistry and Toxicology
BISC 839-3 Industrial Microbiology
BISC 883-3 Special Topics in Environmental Toxicology
KIN 851-3 Recent Advances in Experimental Carcinogenesis
REM 612-5 Simulation Modelling in Natural Resource Management
Co-operative Education
This program has a co-operative education option that allows students to gain work experience outside the University. Award of the Master of Environmental Toxicology degree is not contingent upon satisfactorily completing this option.
Students registering in the co-op program must note the regulations governing minimum fee requirements. See "Graduate Fees" on page 315.
Professional Registration and Certification
Eligibility for the certification examination of the American Board of Toxicology Inc. can be met through the Master of Environmental Toxicology program and four years of work experience.
Graduate Courses
BISC 601, 602, 603, 604, and 605 are designed for students undertaking the Master of Pest Management degree. They may be taken for credit for the MSc and/or PhD degree in the Faculty of Science, subject to prior approval by the student's supervisory committee and the program director.
BISC 601-5 Urban and Industrial Pest Management
Pests of foodstuffs and stored products, structural pests, and pests found in and near buildings, ships and aircraft, and their management, with emphasis on insects and rodents.
BISC 602-5 Forest Pest Management
Management of pests and forest regeneration, growing and mature forests, and forest products, and of forest rights-of-way and recreation areas.
BISC 603-5 Farm and Specialty Crop Pest Management
Agricultural pests and their management, with emphasis on insects and crop diseases, and including garden and greenhouse pests.
BISC 604-3 Orchard Crop Pest Management
Insects, diseases, and other pests of fruit trees, including grapevines and small fruits, and their management.
BISC 605-3 Management of Animal Disease Vectors
Management of vectors, especially arthropods, of human and animal diseases, especially microbial; selected topics in epidemiology.
BISC 650-3 Environmental Risk Assessment
This course emphasizes recent development in quantitative human health risk assessment and ecological effects based risk assessment of environmental chemicals. (3-0-0) Prerequisite: BISC 313.
BISC 651-3 Toxicity Tests I: Ecological Effects Based Tests
This course provides the basic concepts and practical experience for the application of ecologically-based toxicity tests. (3-0-0) Prerequisite: BISC 313.
BISC 652-3 Environmental Toxicology Testing II: Mammalian Toxicology
The main focus of this course is on laboratory testing procedures currently employed in the toxicological evaluation of chemicals. (2-0-3) Prerequisite: BISC 313 or permission of the department.
BISC 654-3 Food and Drug Toxicology
Investigates those toxic compounds in the environment which are added to, contaminate, or supplement one's diet. (2-0-4) Prerequisite: BISC 313 or equivalent.
BISC 655-3 Environmental Toxicology Seminars
A structured series of seminars on the recent developments of environmental toxicology. (3-0-0)
BISC 656-0 Master of Environmental Toxicology Project
One semester experience in a university or commercial laboratory according to student's interests. Prerequisite: acceptance into the environmental toxicology program.
BISC 657-0 Co-op Practicum I
First work experience for MET students. Prerequisite: completion of professional paper.
BISC 658-0 Co-op Practicum II
Second work experience for MET students. Prerequisite: completion of professional paper.