endocrine toxicology - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Texas ...

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Materials:
Exam-3: Multiple Choice type: 20%
Exam-4: Case study report *: 40%
Total: 100%
* Case Study Report: All students will be required
to prepare a case study report (maximum total of
10 pages, 2.0 line spaced; 1 inch margins; 12 pt
Arial or Times Roman font; 10 references
minimum). The case study will require examining a
chemical in a specific contaminated site (e.g.,
chromium in California and New Jersey) or a
chemical that affects a more specific target
endocrine organ (e.g., organochlorine and thyroid
gland or dioxin and endometriosis), or choose one
of the “World’s worst polluted places”, and select
one particular EDC and its clinical /endocrinological
relevance on the health of the people living in that
environment. Alternatively, choose an EDC that is
more relevant to occupational exposure etc., (the
student can obtain help from the instructor to
choose the topic). The case study will examine
sources, pathways, transport, levels of
contamination in the environment, remediation
process (if any), and receptors in the target
endocrine organ, and end-point diseases or
disorders. The paper should be submitted
according to a required format and will reference
peer‐reviewed work and reviews, website
information, reports from USEPA and/or ATSDR,
The Blacksmith Institute etc.
90-100 : A
80-89.99 : B
70-79.99 : C
60-69.99 : D
Less than 60 : F
Hand out of the lecture will be given (Most of the
objective questions will be taken from lectures).
Particular book chapters or interested journals
could be referred.
Course material will be derived from the
following books & reviews.
1. Casarett & Doull's Essentials of Toxicology, by
Curtis D. Klaassen and John B. Watkins III.
2. Endocrine Toxicology, Third Edition, by J.
Charles Eldridge and James T. Stevens.
3. Our Stolen Future by
Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson
Myers, published by Dutton.
4. Environmental Endocrine Disrupters: An
Evolutionary Perspective, by A Crain, L J Guillette
Jr., published by Taylor & Francis.
5. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: An Endocrine
Exam-3:Multiple Choice type: 20%
Exam-4:Descriptive (short essays)* 40%
Total: 100%
Students will be asked essay
questions, and should be answered in
the given page limit. Exams 1, 2 & 3
are class room exams and exam 4 is a
take home assignment.
Case study report not required.
90-100 : A
80-89.99 : B
70-79.99 : C
60-69.99 : D
Less than 60 : F
Hand out of the lecture will be given (most
of the questions will be taken from
lectures). Particular book chapters or
interested journals could be referred.
Course material will be derived from
the following books & reviews.
1. Casarett & Doull's Essentials of
Toxicology, by Curtis D. Klaassen and
John B. Watkins III.
2. Endocrine Toxicology, Third Edition, by
J. Charles Eldridge and James T.
Stevens.
3. Our Stolen Future by
Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John
Peterson Myers, published by Dutton.
4. Environmental Endocrine Disrupters: