spring 2019
MBI-3003 Toxicology - 10 ECTS

Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1st of December.

Type of course

Students following the master programme in biomedicine, or other students interested in the topic such as singular course students.

Admission requirements

A bachelor degree in biomedicine or an equivalent bachelor degree.

There is a minimum limit of 3 students for this course. Should there be fewer that 3 students, the course will not run. 

Recommended prerequisites are MBI-2001 Biochemistry, BIO-2305 General animal physiology and MBI-2005 General pharmacology and toxicology.

The minimum average grade requirement is:

  • C - for bachelor's degree or equivalent issued in Europe, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand
  • B - for bachelor's degree or equivalent issued in all other countries

Applicationcode to singular course (nordic applicants): 9371


Course overlap

If you pass the examination in this course, you will get an reduction in credits (as stated below), if you previously have passed the following courses:

BIO-262 General and human toxicology 10 stp
MBI-3002 Pharmacology 5 stp

Course content

The following topics are included:

exposure to potentially toxic substances, adverse effects, chemical interactions, epidemiology and human toxicology, toxicodynamics and toxicokinetics, risk assessment and risk management, exposure and monitoring, genetic toxicology, reproductive toxicology, imunotoxicology, skin toxicology, respiratory toxicology, hepato-, nephro- and neuro-toxicity, occupational toxicology, biocides and pesticides.


Recommended prerequisites

BIO-2305 General animal physiology, MBI-2001 Biochemistry, MBI-2005 General pharmacology and toxicology

Objectives of the course

Students should be able to

· explain how toxic substances are handled by an organism (toxicokinetics) and how they affect the organism (toxicodynamics).

· describe the nature of various toxic compounds as well as toxic effects, including their biochemical and molecular mechanisms of action

· explain the dose-response relationships and time-response relationships


Language of instruction and examination

English

Teaching methods

The course includes lectures (32 hours) and a compulsory semester project. The students must give a mandatory presentation of the semester project to his/her fellow students. The semester project must be approved before the student may attend the exam.

Assessment

Written exam (4 hours) and alphabetical grades (A-F). The semester project is not a part of the assessment for the alphabetical grade.

Course work requirements: A semester project with an oral presentation of the project must be approved in order to attend the final exam.

A re-sit exam/postponed exam will be arranged early in the following semester, for candidates who failed the exam, or who, for valid reasons, were unable to attend. Previous exams here.


Recommended reading/syllabus

Information about syllabus/reading will be given when the course starts.

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  • About the course
  • Campus: Tromsø |
  • ECTS: 10
  • Course code: MBI-3003
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