Environmental Toxicology Option Description

The Environmental Toxicology program represents a joint program between the Environmental Sciences and the Toxicology Graduate Programs. Environmental Toxicology requires an understanding not only of the biological principles underlying individual effects, but also of how these effects are manifest at the ecosystem level. Students must develop understanding in both basic and applied environmental science; only in this way will the students be able to handle the complex issues of Environmental Toxicology. This Option prepares individuals to play a major role in ecological risk assessment and to carry out mechanistically based research.

This program is limited to Ph.D. students. Because this is a joint program, there are required core courses from both the Environmental Sciences and Toxicology Programs.