Toxicology
Course, Bachelor's level, 1BG209
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 2 September 2024–3 November 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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60 credits in biology including Molecular Biology and Genetics (10 credits), Cell Biology (15 credits) and Physiology (15 credits). Students must also have taken the courses The Basic Principles of Chemistry (15 credits), Organic Chemistry I (10 credits) and Biochemistry I (5 credits), with 20 credits completed.
- Selection
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Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2024
- Application code
- UU-17551
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 26 July 2024–1 September 2024
- Information on registration from the department
Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 2 September 2024–3 November 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits in biology including Molecular Biology and Genetics (10 credits), Cell Biology (15 credits) and Physiology (15 credits). Students must also have taken the courses The Basic Principles of Chemistry (15 credits), Organic Chemistry I (10 credits) and Biochemistry I (5 credits), with 20 credits completed.
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 26 July 2024–1 September 2024
- Information on registration from the department
Autumn 2025 Autumn 2025, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English Only available as part of a programme
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 1 September 2025–2 November 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits in biology including Molecular Biology and Genetics (10 credits), Cell Biology (15 credits) and Physiology (15 credits). Students must also have taken the courses The Basic Principles of Chemistry (15 credits), Organic Chemistry I (10 credits) and Biochemistry I (5 credits), with 20 credits completed.
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2025
- Application code
- UU-17551
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 25 July 2025–31 August 2025
- Information on registration from the department
Autumn 2025 Autumn 2025, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 1 September 2025–2 November 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits in biology including Molecular Biology and Genetics (10 credits), Cell Biology (15 credits) and Physiology (15 credits). Students must also have taken the courses The Basic Principles of Chemistry (15 credits), Organic Chemistry I (10 credits) and Biochemistry I (5 credits), with 20 credits completed.
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 25 July 2025–31 August 2025
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
All chemicals can be dangerous in high enough doses. This course will provide you with the knowledge to understand and explain when, where and how chemicals and pharmaceuticals become toxic. The course mixes lectures with lab training and seminars to cover the following aspects:
- how chemicals are absorbed, metabolised and eliminated from the body
- the importance of different organs for the detoxification of chemicals
- neurological and endocrinological effects of chemicals
- developmental biology; effects of environmental toxins and pharmaceuticals
- general genetic test methods to detect genetically induced damages.
Reading list
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2024
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2023
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2019
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2015
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2011, version 2
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2011, version 1
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2010
- Reading list valid from Autumn 2007