Toxicology, B.S.(261004)

Undergraduate Requirements

Students majoring in Toxicology and pursuing admission to the ULM Pharmacy School will use the electives in the Pharmacy topic area below. Doing so will allow students to complete the Pharmacy admission requirements and apply to Pharmacy School or complete the Pharmacy admission requirements and Toxicology, B.S. (261004) degree requirements simultaneously.  Students not interested in Pharmacy School can choose nine (9) hours from any of the electives listed below.

Specific Toxicology courses are required for every student majoring in Toxicology:

• TOXI 1000 - Introduction to Food Science and Human Nutrition
• TOXI 1001 - Toxicology and the Environment
• TOXI 2001 - Environmental Toxicology
• TOXI 3001 - Introduction to Forensic Toxicology
• TOXI 4011 - General Toxicology
• TOXI 4012 - General Toxicology
• TOXI 4013 - General Toxicology Laboratory
• TOXI 4014 - General Toxicology Laboratory
• TOXI 4024 - Clinical Toxicology
• TOXI 4041 - Industrial Hygiene I
• TOXI 4042 - Industrial Hygiene II
• TOXI 4043 - Industrial Hygiene Laboratory

Total Hours: 29

** Additional Requirements (9 hours) for Toxicology, B.S. Degree

All Toxicology majors must also complete:

• nine (9) hours of Directed Electives from any of the following approved topic areas:

General Toxicology:

• AHSC 2000 - Medical Terminology   
• NURS 2080 - Basic Principles of Pharmacology ​
• PHYS 2004 - General Physics II   
• PHYS 2010 - Physics Laboratory II  

Forensic Toxicology:

• Any Criminal Justice (CJUS) course

Environmental Toxicology: 

• BIOL 1022 - Principles of Biology II  
• BIOL 1023 - Principles of Biology II Laboratory  
• Any 2000 level or above BIOL course not already required

Analytical Toxicology:

• CHEM 2040 - Quantitative Analysis  
• CHEM 2041 - Quantitative Analysis Laboratory  
• Any 3000 level or above CHEM course not already required

Industrial Hygiene:

• ATMS 4050 - Atmospheric Pollution  
• BIOL 2001 - Environmental Science  
• BIOL 4064 - Water Management  

Pharmacy:

• BIOL 2041 - Human Anatomy Laboratory  
• BIOL 3005 - Genetics  
• MATH 1031 - Calculus I    
• PHYS 2009 - Physics Laboratory I  
• KINS 2001 - First Aid and CPR   

Freshman Year

• Core English Composition  6 cr. *
• Core Fine Arts  3 cr. *
• Core Mathematics  6 cr. *
• Core Social Science  3 cr. *
• BIOL 1020 - Principles of Biology I
• BIOL 1021 - Principles of Biology I Laboratory
• CHEM 1007 - General Chemistry I
• CHEM 1008 - General Chemistry II
• CHEM 1009 - General Chemistry Laboratory I
• CHEM 1010 - General Chemistry Laboratory II
• TOXI 1000 - Introduction to Food Science and Human Nutrition
• UNIV 1001 - University Seminar

Sophomore Year

• BIOL 2014 - Introductory Microbiology
• BIOL 2015 - Introductory Microbiology Laboratory
• BIOL 2020 - Cell Biology
• BIOL 2040 - Human Anatomy
• BIOL 3010 - Human Physiology

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• BIOL 3013 - Human Physiology Laboratory or
• BIOL 2041 - Human Anatomy Laboratory

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• CHEM 2030 - Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM 2031 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
• CHEM 2032 - Organic Chemistry II
• CHEM 2033 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
• PHYS 2003 - General Physics I
• TOXI 1001 - Toxicology and the Environment
• TOXI 2001 - Environmental Toxicology

Junior Year

• Core Humanities  3 cr. *
• Core Social Science  3 cr. *
• Electives  6 cr. **
• CHEM 3050 - Biochemistry I
• COMM 2001 - Public Speaking

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• ENGL 3024 - Professional Writing and Communication or
• BUSN 3005 - Business Communication

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• MATH 1016 - Elementary Statistics
• TOXI 4011 - General Toxicology
• TOXI 4013 - General Toxicology Laboratory

Senior Year

• Core Humanities Elective  6 cr. *
• Elective  3 cr. **
• CSCI 1070 - Computer Literacy
• TOXI 3001 - Introduction to Forensic Toxicology
• TOXI 4012 - General Toxicology
• TOXI 4014 - General Toxicology Laboratory
• TOXI 4024 - Clinical Toxicology
• TOXI 4041 - Industrial Hygiene I
• TOXI 4042 - Industrial Hygiene II
• TOXI 4043 - Industrial Hygiene Laboratory

Total hours for degree 120

NOTE:

* Students should see the 2024-2025 Undergraduate Core Curriculum  requirements.

** Students choosing Toxicology as a major will be required to complete nine (9) hours of electives in a defined topic area. Topic areas include General Toxicology, Forensic Toxicology, Environmental Toxicology, Analytical Toxicology, Industrial Hygiene, and Pharmacy.