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Environmental Toxicology (ETOX)

Interdisciplinary Program, Department of Environmental Biology, Ontario Agricultural College

Major (Honours Program)

Students may enter this major in Semester 1 or any semester thereafter. A student wishing to declare the major must consult the Faculty Advisor.

Semester 1
BIOL*1030 [0.50] Biology I
CHEM*1040 [0.50] General Chemistry I
MATH*1080 [0.50] Elements of Calculus I
PHYS*1070 [0.50] Introductory Physics for Life Sciences
0.50 electives*
Students who are admitted deficient in one OAC/4U course in Biology, Chemistry or Physics must take the equivalent introductory course in first semester. The first-year science core in that subject should be completed by Semester 3.
Semester 2
BIOL*1040 [0.50] Biology II
CHEM*1050 [0.50] General Chemistry II
PHYS*1080 [0.50] Physics for Life Sciences
STAT*2040 [0.50] Statistics I
0.50 electives*
Semester 3
BIOC*2580 [0.50] Introductory Biochemistry
CHEM*2480 [0.50] Analytical Chemistry I
MBG*2000 [0.50] Introductory Genetics
TOX*2000 [0.50] Principles of Toxicology
0.50 electives*
Semester 4
BIOL*2060 [0.50] Ecology
CHEM*2700 [0.50] Organic Chemistry I
MBG*2020 [0.50] Introductory Molecular Biology
STAT*2050 [0.50] Statistics II
0.50 electives*
Semester 5
BOT*2100 [0.50] Life Strategies of Plants
BIOC*3560 [0.50] Structure and Function in Biochemistry
TOX*3300 [0.50] Analytical Toxicology
ZOO*3200 [0.50] Comparative Animal Physiology I
0.50 electives*
Semester 6
ENVB*3030 [0.50] Pesticides and the Environment
SOIL*2010 [0.50] Soil Science
TOX*3360 [0.50] Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology
ZOO*4170 [0.50] Experimental Comparative Animal Physiology
0.50 electives*
Semester 7
BIOL*3450 [0.50] Introduction to Aquatic Environments
MBG*3350 [0.75] Laboratory Methods in Molecular Biology I
MICR*4180 [0.50] Microbial Processes in Environmental Management
ZOO*4350 [0.50] Biology of Polluted Waters
0.25 electives*
Semester 8
PBIO*4530 [0.50] Environmental Pollution Stresses on Plants
STAT*3510 [0.50] Environmental Risk Assessment
TOX*4200 [0.50] Topics in Toxicology
TOX*4550 [0.50] Ecotoxicological Risk Characterization
0.50 electives*
* a minimum of 1.50 credits must be from the College of Arts and/or the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences
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