Masters Specialization in Environmental Toxicology

Our interdisciplinary approach prepares you for a career in toxicology.

You will be ready to:

• interact with multidisciplinary teams
• solve current environmental problems and
• prevent future environmental concerns.

Your faculty advisor will help you:

• plan a course of study tailored to
• your interests
• your background
• your professional goals
• enroll in a departmental masters program
• enroll in the EITS masters specialization courses

Add the Environmental Toxicology Masters Specialization to any of these masters programs:

• Animal Science
• Environmental Engineering
• Crop and Soil Science
• Food Sciences
• Geological Sciences
• Zoology

See the directory of departments affiliated with the EITS doctoral program for the addresses, phone numbers, and e-mails for deparmental contacts.

When you successfully complete the program will earn:

• a Masters of Science degree in the department of their choice
• with the Specialization in Environmental Toxicology noted on their transcripts.

Admission

No formal admission to the environmental toxicology specialization is needed. However, you should seek approval from your faculty advisor.

Requirements for the Degree

To earn the specialization, you must:

1. meet the requirements of his or her disciplinary department AND
2. the requirements of the Environmental Toxicology Masters Specialization.
3. Where course requirements overlap, approval of the your department and college are needed to use a given course to statisfy both the specialization and your departmental requirements.

The Environmental Toxicology Masters Specialization Program requirements include:

1. Attendance at a minimum of six environmental toxicology seminars
2. Completion of the courses used to satisfy the specialization requirements, with a grade point average of at least 3.0
3. Completion of the following four courses:
• RD 836 Law of Environmental Regulation
  (3 credits, Fall);
• CSS 865 New class Environmental Fate of Contaminants
  (3 credits, Spring, even years)
  OR ANS 827 Integrated Risk Assessment of Environmental Hazards
  (3 credits, Spring, odd years);
  
• PHM 450 Introduction to Chemical Toxicology
  (3 credits, Spring)
  OR PHM 816 Integrative Toxicology:  Mechanisms, Pathology, and Regulation (co-listed as PTH816, ANS816, BMB816)
  (3 credits, Spring, even years);
• Plus one course from the Elective Course List

Go to MSU Course Descriptions