Environmental Toxicology, PhD

Program Requirements

The graduate program in Environmental Toxicology is an interdisciplinary program preparing students for careers in academia, private businesses or government agencies involved in environmental issues. Candidates enrolling in the M.S. and Ph.D. programs must meet all requirements for admission to the Graduate School and have an adequate background in the natural sciences, including organic chemistry, physics, calculus, biology, ecology, biochemistry, and physiology.

Candidates for the PhD degree must complete written and oral comprehensive examinations, a minimum of 30 hours beyond the master’s degree, including 18 credits of dissertation research, an acceptable dissertation based on original research and satisfactory performance in a final oral examination. In addition, a core of required courses, consisting of EES 8430  or EES 8450 , ETOX 6300 , ETOX 6370 , ETOX 8610 , a graduate-level statistics course, and 9 credit hours of appropriate graduate-level course work are required.