| Course title | Environmental Toxicology |
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| Course code | KBB/ENVTX |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | 1 |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 2 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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Environmental toxicology is a modern multidisciplinary toxicology discipline, which deals with all aspects of the impact of environmental pollutants on organisms and ecosystems. The program of the course focuses especially on providing an overview of mechanism of action of toxic environmental pollutants on human organism and on vertebrates. At the same time it should provide an overview of basic methodologies used in environmental toxicology for toxicity testing, as well as the analysis of production, transport and accumulation of environmental pollutants. As a part of the course, description of risks associated with exposure to basic classes of environmental pollutants will be provided.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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Introduction to environmental toxicology, with a specific focus on the mechanisms of toxic action of environmental pollutants.
Following the completion of this course, the students are able to: - describe the toxicity mechanisms of major groups of environmental pollutants, including inorganic gases, heavy metals, pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and related heterocyclic compounds, plasticizers, etc., at both cellular and organismal levels; - describe and define basic tests for toxicity of environmental contaminants; - describe and define the mechanisms of production, transport and accumulation of toxic environmental pollutants; - describe and define mechanisms of exposure, toxicokinetics, bioaccumulation and biotransformation of xenobiotics, with a focus on vertebrates; - describe and explain basic principles of risk assessment related to environmental pollution. |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Didactic Test
70% test |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Molecular and Cell Biology (2021) | Category: Biology courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |