Environmental Toxicology
| Keywords |
| Classification |
Keyword |
| OFICIAL |
Environmental Sciences and Ecology |
Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
| Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
| LCMA |
18 |
Plan 2007 to 2011 |
3 |
- |
5 |
49 |
135 |
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The primary goal of the course is to present students with the basic principles of environmental toxicology, focusing on toxicological assessments, types and mechanisms of toxicological response, and the properties and effects of specific groups of toxicants that have been released into the environment (e.g. PAH, PCB, pesticides, metals, dioxins/dibenzofurans, natural and synthetic estrogens, pharmaceutical products). It is expected that students will became able to evaluate risk situations, propose solutions for its prevention and have the ability to use analytic tools to evaluate environmental toxicity.
Mandatory literature
G.L. Wayne & Y. Ming-Ho.; Introduction to Environmental Toxicology, 3rd edition., Lewis Publishers , 2004. ISBN: 1-56670-660-2
Complementary Bibliography
E. Hodgson. ; Textbook of Modern Toxicology, 3rd edition. , John Wiley & Sons Publishers, 2004. ISBN: 0-471-26508-X
M.K. Hill ; Understanding Environmental Pollution, 2nd edition. , Cambridge University Press Publishers, New York, 2004. ISBN: 0-521-52726-0
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
| Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
| Attendance (estimated) |
Participação presencial |
50,00 |
|
|
| Preparation of Special Works |
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese |
45,00 |
|
|
|
Total: |
- |
0,00 |
|
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
| Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
End date |
| Preparing for Final Exam |
Estudo autónomo |
40 |
|
|
Total: |
40,00 |
|
Calculation formula of final grade
Evaluation will be continuous (60%) and one closed-book exam (40%). In both components the students must have 10/20 points. The continuous evaluation will be classified as follows: class works (85% - 17/20 points) and class participation, assessed based on student’s active involvement in the class (5% - 1/20 points). Students are expected to attend each class, and to have completed all readings prior to the class for which the readings have been assigned (10% - 2/20 points).