Public Health 333 - Environmental Poisons
Spring
2026
01
3.00
Sasha Adkins
TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
82294
Holdsworth Hall room 308
tadkins@umass.edu
78205
This course provides an introduction to the field of toxicology, the science of poisons. Through a combination of lectures, guest speakers, discussions of case studies, and class exercises, students will learn the fundamental concepts of toxicology, the health effects of different classes of toxicants and toxins, and the application of toxicology is such as forensic toxicology and risk assessment.
Open to PUBHLTH and ENVIRSCI students. PUBHLTH 203 and BIOLOGY 151/52 Environmental Science majors should enroll under ENVIRSCI 333
This course has 25 seats for EnvirSci majors and 17 for PubHlth majors.
If the class and the Spire waitlist are full and/or you are unable to self-enroll in this course (for another reason), please complete this waitlist link: https://tinyurl.com/PHWaitlist-Electives