Center for Integrative Toxicology at Michigan State University

Contact Info

Center for Integrative Toxicology
C165 Food Safety and Toxicology Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone 517/353-6469
Fax 517/355-4603
E-mail: tox@msu.edu

Elective Courses for the EITS Graduate Programs

Environmental Dynamics
CE 481	Environmental Engineering Chemistry Fall of every year Prerequisite: (CEM 151 and CEM 152) or (CEM 181H and CEM 182H) or (LBS 171 and LBS 172) and (CEM 251 or CEM 351) Description: Chemistry of environmental processes including alkalinity, precipitation-dissolution reactions, chemical complexation and redox reactions. Engineering applications to processing plants for water and wastewater.
CE 821	Groundwater Hydraulics Fall of every year Description: Physical properties of porous media. Equations of flow in saturated media. Flow nets, well flow and parameter measurement. Transport processes and the advective-dispersion equation for conservative contaminants.
CSS 455	Pollutants in the Soil Environment Fall of every year Prerequisite: (CEM 143) and completion of Tier I writing requirement. Restrictions: Open only to seniors or graduate students. Description: Chemical and biological reactions of organic and inorganic pollutants in soils.
ENE 801	Dynamics of Environmental Systems Spring of every year Description: Principles of mass balance, reaction kinetics, mass transfer, reactor theory in environmental engineering.
GLG 421	Environmental Geochemistry Spring of every year Recommended Background: GLG 201 and (CEM 141 or CEM 151 or CEM 181H or LBS 171) Description: Natural and anthropogenic processes affecting environmental chemistry with emphasis on the water cycle. Chemical equilibria, kinetics, geochemical cycling, acid rain, carbon dioxide, heavy metals, toxic organics, global change and the greenhouse effect.
GLG 821	Aqueous Geochemistry Fall of odd years Recommended Background: CE 481 or CEM 383 or CSS 455 or FW 472 or GLG 421 or GLG 422 Restrictions: Open only to graduate students. Description: Controls on the chemical and isotopic nature of water (fresh, marine, brine) and its solutes. Data acquisition and synthesis. Chemical modeling and evolution of water masses.
MMG 425	Microbial Ecology Spring of every year Recommended Background: MMG 301 Description: Microbial population and community interactions. Microbial activities in natural systems, including associations with plants or animals. Alias: MPH 425 Interdepartmental With: Crop and Soil Sciences Administered By: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
MMG 841	Soil Microbiology Spring of even years Recommended Background: MMG 425 Description: Ecology, physiology, and biochemistry of microorganisms indigenous to soil. Alias: MPH 841 Interdepartmental With: Crop and Soil Sciences Administered By: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
ZOL 897	Ecosystem Ecology Spring of every year Description: Structure and function of natural ecosystems. Succession, food web analysis, energy flow, nutrient cycling, and effects of human activities on ecosystems. Global environmental change. Ecosystem management and restoration. Interdepartmental With: Plant Biology, Fisheries and Wildlife Administered By: Zoology

Economics, Policy and Law
AEC 810	Institutional & Behavioral Economics Fall of every year Description: Relationships among institutions, individual and collective actions, and economic performance. Public choice, property rights, and behavioral theories of firms and bureaucracies. Interdepartmental With: Economics , Resource Development Administered By: Agricultural Economics
AEC 829	The Economics of Environmental Resources Spring Description: Economic principles related to environmental conflicts and public policy alternatives. Applications to water quality, land use, conservation, development, and global environmental issues.
RD 415	Environmental Impact Assessment Spring Description: Environmental impact assessment of proposed projects and plans. Regulatory frameworks and project management. Multi-disciplinary project-based laboratory including field work.
RD 831	Role of the Expert Witness Fall of odd years Description: Rules of procedure regarding pretrial discovery and the rules of evidence including depositions, use of tests and experiments, and issues involving hearsay.
RD 836	Law of Environmental Regulation Fall of every year Recommended Background: RD 415 or approval of department. Description: Administrative law. National Environmental Policy Act. Air and water pollution. Toxic substances. Case studies.

Waste Management
CE 483	Water and Wastewater Treatment Fall of every year Prerequisite: CE 280 and (CE 321 or concurrently) Restrictions: Open only to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Description: Distribution of water and collection of sewage. Theory and design of water treatment processes.
CE 485	Landfill Design Spring of every year Prerequisite: CE 280 and CE 321 Restrictions: Open only to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Description: Geotechnical and environmental design issues for solid waste landfills.
CE 487	Microbiology for Environmental Health Engineering Spring of every year Prerequisite: CHE 201 Restrictions: Open only to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering or graduate students in the College of Natural Science. Description: Use and control of microorganisms for the protection of public health and the environment. Thermodynamics of microbial populations and microbial transformations.
ENE 804	Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering Fall of every year Recommended Background: ENE 801 or concurrently Description: Engineering of microbial processes used in wastewater treatment, in-situ bioreclamation, and solid waste stabilization.

Analytical Chemistry
CEM 835	Spectrochemical Methods of Analysis Spring of even years Restrictions: Open only to graduate students in College of Natural Science or College of Engineering. Description: Principles and applications of atomic absorption, emission, fluorescence. Plasma emission spectroscopy. UV, visible, IR spectrophotometry. Reaction-rate methods. Molecular fluorescence and phosphorescence. Principles and applications of lasers.
CEM 836	Separation Science Spring of odd years Restrictions: Open only to graduate students in College of Natural Science or College of Engineering. Description: Physical and chemical principles of separations, column technology, and instrumentation for gas, liquid, and supercritical fluid chromatography.
CEM 845	Structure and Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds Fall of every year Restrictions: Open only to graduate students in College of Natural Science or College of Engineering. Description: Structural and stereochemical principles in organic chemistry. Applications of spectroscopic methods, especially nuclear magnetic resonance, static and dynamic aspects of stereochemistry. Spectroscopy in structure determination.
ENE 807	Environmental Analytical Chemistry Spring of every year starting in 2007 Restrictions: Open only to Environmental Engineering majors. Description: Techniques for measurement and analysis in environmental engineering. Sample preparation. Quality assurance.
ENE 808	Environmental Analytical Chemistry Lab Spring of every year starting in 2007 Recommended Background: ENE 807 Restrictions: Open only to Environmental Engineering majors. Description: Laboratory work in environmental analytical chemistry.

Mechanisms of Toxicity
ANS 407	Food and Animal Toxicology Fall of every year Prerequisite: (BMB 200 or BMB 401 or BMB 461) and PSL 250 Restrictions: Not open to freshmen or sophomores. Description: Fate and effects of chemicals in the food chain. Impact on animal production. Residues in food products. Food safety assessment. Control methods.
EPI 810	Introduction to Descriptive and Analytical Epidemiology Fall of every year Restrictions: Open only to master's students in the Epidemiology major or approval of department. Description: Study of disease from a population perspective as the interaction of host, agent, and environment. Fundamental concepts include case definition, measuring frequency of disease, mortality and morbidity data, and major study designs. Alias: HM 810
FSC 807	Advanced Food Toxicology Fall of even years Restrictions: Approval of department. Description: Toxicology related to food safety. Metabolism of toxicants as influenced by food constituents, mutagenesis, and chemical carcinogenesis. Risk assessment. Interdepartmental With: Animal Science , Human Nutrition and Foods Administered By: Food Science ALSO: Advanced Food Toxicology (Interim Change) Restrictions: Approval of department. Description: Toxicology related to food safety. Metabolism of toxicants as influenced by food constituents, mutagenesis, and chemical carcinogenesis. Risk assessment.
FSC 840	Advanced Food Microbiology Spring of even years Recommended Background: MMG 201 or MMG 301 Not open to student with credit in: FSC 440 Description: In-depth discussion of major groups of microorganisms relevant to the food industry. Ecological, physiological and public health aspects. Interdepartmental With: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Administered By: Food Science
PHM 815	Concepts in Tumorigenesis Spring (odd years) Recommended Background: (BMB 462 and PSL 432 and PSL 460) Restrictions: Approval of department. Description: Examination and discussion of literature in tumorigenesis.