Ecotoxicology

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: BIOL 2101; or permission of the Department This course examines how toxic pollutants coming from human activities affect ecosystems. Using a broad interdisciplinary approach, key topics include the environmental transport and fate of toxins, the effects of toxins on individual organisms, and the impact of toxins from the scale of biological populations and communities to a global scale. The course also covers the practical application of these topics to environmental monitoring and conservation as well as their intersection with issues of environmental justice and public policy. [Note 1: This course is cross-listed with BIOL 3041 and may therefore count as three credits in either discipline.] (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: BIOL 3991 Ecotoxicology)