Taken Summer 2009
Instructor: Coral Lamartinere
This course covers many areas of toxicology such as mechanisms of toxicity, toxic responses of the reproductive system, poison control, lab procedures and animal testing, regulatory toxicology, and medical toxicology. This class was taught by a different guest speaker each week and they each contributed questions to the exams. There were two exams that were mostly essay and short answer questions. Most of the material covered was geared toward students in the medical and toxicology field who have had lab experience and other courses so a lot of it was over my head. I had to study a lot to keep up and for tests.
The course didn't cover any forensic toxicology or organ systems which is what I was expecting. TOX 712 focuses on what toxins do once in the body. I would recommend this course if you are interested in toxicology because it does give an overview of the many areas of toxicology, but it's difficult. I
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