Campuses:
Duluth campus
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Duluth Campus
Toxicology MinorDuluth School of Medicine - Adm
Medical School - Duluth Campus
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Toxicology Graduate Program, Medical School Duluth, 162 SMed, 1035 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812 (218-726-6354; fax: 218-726-8014)
Email:
toxgrad@d.umn.edu
Website: http://www.ahc.umn.edu/toxicology
This University-wide program provides comprehensive training in the broad scope of toxicology. Toxicology, the science of poisons, is devoted to identifying and quantifying potential noxious agents in our environment. Although most chemical agents at sufficiently large doses may be toxic, not all present a significant risk to human health or to environmental organisms or ecosystems. Accordingly, the essence of the science of toxicology is defining the fine line that distinguishes a risk from a residue. To accomplish this requires scientific expertise in such areas as analytical and environmental chemistry, biology, and mathematics. Advanced courses and research are also available in such subdisciplines as human health risk assessment, epidemiology, environmental chemistry and engineering, ecotoxicology, food additives and nutritional toxicology, biochemical and physiological mechanisms, histopathology, diagnostic and analytical toxicology, drug metabolism, chemical carcinogenesis, behavioral toxicology, and the toxicity of noxious agents to various organ systems (e.g., nervous, heart, liver, kidneys).
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree or its foreign equivalent from a recognized college or university.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
At least a full year each of biology, organic chemistry, and physics as well as mathematics through calculus are expected.
Applicants must submit their test score(s) from the following:
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(GRE, TOEFL).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
A minor is available at the doctoral level and requires 12 credits--8 credits of core courses and 4 credits of advanced toxicology courses.
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