BIOS5410 – Regulatory Toxicology
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course is an introduction to general principles in toxicological risk assessment, both ecotoxicology and human toxicology. The practical use of these principles for protection of the environment and humans will be in focus. The risk assessment principles are well standardized internationally, and in the course, the OECD test protocols and EU´s technical guidance system will be elucidated. In addition to lectures on the interaction between toxicology and the society, the students will do practical data exercises of risk assessment, and will present this and project to the other students.
Learning outcome
After finishing the course, you will:
- have knowledge on general principles for risk assessment in both human and ecotoxicology.
- have knowledge on national and international principles for the assessment, test protocols and legislation
- have knowledge on data bases for data used in the risk assessment and how these are used
- be able to gather information on toxicological risk assessment and communicate to fellow students
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
The course is a part of the Master Degree in toxicology. It is also relevant for those using, or planning to use, toxicological risk assessment in their work, who already have a basic level of toxicological knowledge.
The courses BIOS5410 and BIOS9410 have joint admission. Applicants are ranked by the following criteria:
- PhD candidates and master students at the MN faculty who have the course as part of the approved curriculum.
- Other PhD candidates, master students and visiting PhD candidates.
- Students with admission to single courses on master’s level and exchange students
Applicants are ranked by credits in each group; all applicants within 1st rank before applicants in 2nd etc. If admission is limited to a fixed number of participants, admission will be decided by drawing lots for students who are ranked equally
Recommended previous knowledge
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with BIOS9410 – Regulatory Toxicology.
- 5 credits overlap with BIO4530 – Regulatory Toxicology (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with BIO9530 – Regulatory Toxicology (discontinued).
Teaching
- Lectures
- Data lab with presentations of reports (Mandatory)
- Group project presentation (Mandatory)
- Discussion groups
Mandatory course work must be approved before the student can attend the exam.
Attendance at the first lecture is mandatory, also for those on the waiting list. You will lose your seat on the course if notice is not given to the student administration studieinfo@ibv.uio.no before the first lecture.
Examination
Final written exam which counts 100 % towards the final grade.
Mandatory course work must be approved before the student can attend the exam.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: BIO4530 – Regulatory Toxicology (discontinued), BIO9530 – Regulatory Toxicology (discontinued), and BIOS9410 – Regulatory Toxicology.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.