Introduction to Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment

Course Schedule

Class Day	Date	Subject - Deadlines	Reading Prior to Class
1	Tue, Jan 8	Intro of the class Intro & Framework for Environmental Toxicology
2	Thur, Jan 10	Complex systems, the problems of scale and context. The importance of deriving patterns in environmental toxicology.	Ch 1 & 2
3	Tue, Jan 15	Models as representation of reality. Scale, hiearchical dynamics, & the transmission of effects.	Ch 2
4	Thur, Jan 17	The problem of data loss, NOECs, LOECs, & hypothesis testing & the alternative of regression.	Ch 3.1, 3.3, 3.5
5	Tue, Jan 22	Patterns in Toxicology, Modes of Action & Structure Activity Relationships. Introduction to the Scenario & Student Teams	Ch 5
6	Thur, Jan 24	Biotransformation, Biodegradation, bioremediation-1 Basic rules and mechanisms	Ch 10.1 - 10.3
7	Tue, Jan 29	Biotransformation, Biodegradation, bioremediation-2 The organophosphate degradating enzymes as a case study	Ch 10.4 - 10.7
8	Thur, Jan 31	From the molecular to the eco-1	Ch 11.1 - 11.6.5
9	Tue, Feb 5	From the molecular to the eco-2	Ch 11.6.6 - 11.12.3
10	Thur, Feb 7	Landscapes and environmental toxicology Review for Mid-Term
11	Tue, Feb 12	Mid-Term exam Grad students turn in mid-term paper
12	Thur, Feb 14	Ecological risk assesment-1	Ch 12.1 - 12.6.3
13	Tue, Feb 19	Ecological risk assessment-2 Life Cycle Assessment	Ch 12.7 - 12.9
14	Thur, Feb 21	Atrazine and EDCs How to read and write a paper	Atrazine papers Watsone & Crick 1953 (on Blackboard)
15	Tue, Feb 26	Designing and analysis of field research for environmental decision making	I will post the talk on Mon
16	Thur, Feb 28	Student reviews of the literature (4)	Readings
17	Tue, Mar 4	Student reviews of the literature (4) Papers Due	Readings
18	Thur, Mar 6	Student reviews of the literature (1) Preparation for Scenarios	Readings
19	Tue, Mar 11	Presentation of scenarios
20	Thur, Mar 13	Final Exam handed out	Exam will be posted on Blackboard as a PDF file
Final	Exam	Take-home exam