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| UC Davis Breadth Courses |
The goal of the Breadth Courses is to give you exposure to the different processes involved in the air quality lifecycle (e.g., emissions of pollutants) as well as the different approaches used to study these processes (e.g., field measurements). To fulfill this requirement, you need to take at least one course in each of the three processes and one course in each of the three approaches that are listed in the chart below. Since each individual course counts for one process and one approach, the Breadth Requirement can be fulfilled in as few as three courses. Note that the courses listed under the Approach of Policy, Regulation, and Society are assumed to cut across all three processes; each course here can count for any one of the three processes. Here are two examples of course combinations that fulfill the Breadth Requirement: 1. ECI 247L (Process: Emissions; Approach: Lab & Field), ATM 158 (Process: Transport, etc.; Approach: Modeling), ESP 160 (Process: Effects; Approach: Policy). 2. ATM 124 (Process: Transport, etc.; Approach: Lab & Field), ETX 131 (Process: Effects; Approach: Modeling), ESP 160 (Process: Emissions; Approach: Policy). With approval of the AAH Directors, other applicable courses can also be used to fulfill these requirements. Breadth Courses that are related to your major field of study should be taken for a grade. Courses outside of your area can be taken as pass-fail. Note that, in general, courses that are to be counted towards your degree requirements must be taken for a grade. All graded Breadth Courses need to be passed with a grade of B or better.
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Laboratory and Field Measurements |
Theory and Mathematical Modeling |
Policy, Regulation, and Society |
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| Emissions Characterization and Control | ABT180 ECI 247L, CHE 115 |
ECI 149, 150, 163, 247, 251, 269, EME 161, MAE 217 |
ARE 277 ECL 211, 212AB ESP 160, 161, 163, 166, 169, 212AB, 252, 275, 278 ETX 138 |
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| Pollutant Transport, Transformation, and Deposition |
ABT 180 ATM 124, CHE 115, ECI 247L |
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| Environmental and Health Effects |
EPI 223, ETX 228, 220L VMB 258L |
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Course Details - UC Davis |
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| Applied Biological Systems Technology (ABT) | |||||
| ABT 180 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems |
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Plant | PLS 21 or equivalent familiarity with computers, PLS 120 or the equivalent, Mathematics 16A. | Lecture--3 hours; laboratory/discussion--3 hours. Management and analysis of georeferenced data. Spatial database management and modeling. Applications to agriculture, biological resource management and social sciences. Cartographic modeling. Vector and raster-based geographic information systems. Not open for credit to students who have completed Agricultural Management and Rangeland Resources 132. (Same course as PLS 180. |
| Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE)ural and Resource Economics (ARE) | |||||
| ARE 277 Natural Resource Economics |
4 |
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ARE 254 or consent of instructor | Lecture--4 hours. Application of capital theory and dynamic methods to issues of optimal use of renewable and nonrenewable resources. Examination of policy issues associated with forests, fisheries, groundwater, energy resources, watersheds, soil, global climate, and wildlife. | |
| Atmospheric Science (ATM) | |||||
| ATM 124 Meteorological Instruments and Observations |
3
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F
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Paw U
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ATM 60; Physics 5C | Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Modern meteorological instruments and their use in meteorological observations and measurements. Both standard and micrometeorological instruments are included. |
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ATM 133
Biometeorology |
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Paw, U, Snyder | One course in a biological discipline and Mathematics 16B or consent of instructor. |
Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Atmospheric and biological interactions. Physical and biological basis for water vapor, carbon dioxide and energy exchanges with the atmosphere associated with plants and animals, including humans. Microclimate of plant canopies and microclimatic modification such as frost protection and windbreaks. |
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ATM 158
Boundary-Layer Meteorology |
4
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S
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Faloona | 121A |
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Growth, development and structure of the atmospheric layer directly influenced by the underlying surface and extending to a maximum of about two kilometers under convective conditions. Turbulent diffusion in the boundary layer. The microclimate at and near the ground surface. |
| ATM 160 Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry |
4
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Anastasio | CHE 2B | Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Quantitative examination of current local, regional and global problems in atmospheric chemistry (including photochemical smog, acid deposition, climate change, and stratospheric ozone depletion) using fundamental concepts from chemistry. Basic chemical modeling of atmospheric reaction systems. |
| ATM 223 Advanced Boundary-Layer Meteorology |
3
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S
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Wexler | ATM 230 | Lecture—3 hours. Characteristics of the atmospheric boundary layer under convective and nocturnal conditions. Heat budget at the surface and boundary layer forcing. Similarity theory and scaling of the boundary layer. Measurement and simulation techniques. |
| ATM 233 Advanced Biometeorology |
3
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Paw U | ATM 133 | Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Current topics in biometeorology. Physical and biological basis for water vapor, other gases, and energy exchange with the atmosphere. Topics include modeling and measuring turbulent transport from plant canopies, surface temperatures and energy budgets, bio-aerosol physics and aerobiology. |
| ATM 260 Atmospheric Chemistry |
3
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S
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Anastasio | ATM 160 | Lecture—3 hours. Chemistry and photochemistry in tropospheric condensed phases (fog, cloud, and rain drops and aerosol particles). Gas-drop and gas-particle partitioning of compounds and effects of reactions in condensed phases on the fates and transformations of tropospheric chemical species. |
| Chemistry (CHE) | |||||
| CHE 115 Instrumental Analysis |
4
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F, W
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CHE 105A, CHE 105B | Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—6 hours. Intermediate theory and laboratory techniques in analytical and physical chemistry. Advanced data analysis methods and goodness-of-fit criteria. Fourier-transform spectroscopic methods and instrumentation. Mass spectrometry. Electrochemistry. Liquid chromatography. GE credit: Wrt. | |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering (ECI) | |||||
| ECI 149 Air Pollution |
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Chang | MAT 21D, 22B, CHE 2B, ATM 121A or ENG 103 | Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Physical and technical aspects of air pollution. Emphasis on geophysical processes and air pollution meteorology as well as physical and chemical properties of pollutants. (Same course as Atmospheric Science 149.) |
| ECI 150 Air Pollution Control System Design |
4
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W
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Chang | ENG 103, 105, 106, ECI 149 | Design and evaluation of air pollution control devices and systems. |
| ECI 163 Energy and Environmental Aspects of Transportation |
4
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F
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Sperling | ECN 1A and ECI 162 | 3 hours; extensive writing. Engineering, economic, and systems planning concepts. Analysis and evaluation of energy, air quality and selected environmental attributes of transportation technologies. Strategies for reducing pollution and petroleum consumption in light of institutional and political constraints. Evaluation of vehicle emission models. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 163.) GE credit: Wrt |
| ECI 241 Air Quality Modeling |
4
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F
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Kleeman | ASE 115, ECI 119A, 149, 150, one from course ECI 242 or 247, or the equivalent. | Lecture—4 hours. Modeling of urban and regional air quality problems including gas-phase chemical reactions, aqueous-phase chemical reactions, phase partitioning, and numerical solution schemes. |
| ECI 242 Air Quality |
4
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S
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Kleeman | ENG 105, course 141, 149 or the equivalent. | Lecture—4 hours. Factors determining air quality. Effects of air pollutants. Physical and chemical fundamentals of atmospheric transport and reaction. Introduction to dispersion modeling. Offered in alternate years. |
| ECI 247 Aerosols |
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F
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Kleeman | ENG 103, 105, ECI 141, 149 | Lecture—4 hours. Behavior of airborne particles including particle formation, modification, and removal processes. |
| ECI 247L Aerosols Laboratory |
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S
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Kleeman | ECI 247 | Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—6 hours. Methods of generation and characterization of aerosols. Detailed topics may include flow rate measurement, aerosol generation, aerosol collection, ions measurement, metals measurement, and carbon measurement. May be repeated once for credit. |
| ECI 251 Transportation Demand Analysis |
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F
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Niemeier | ECI 114 or the equivalent. | Lecture—4 hours. Procedures used in urban travel demand forecasting. Principles and assumptions of model components (trip generation, trip distribution, model split). New methods of estimating travel demand. Computer exercises using empirical data to calibrate models and forecast travel demand. |
| ECI 269 Transportation-Air Quality: Theory and Practice |
4
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Niemeier | ECI 149 or the equivalent. | Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Health and regulatory aspects of airborne pollutants. Principles of modeling vehicle emissions. Conformity issues and the regulatory framework. Regional and micro-scale modeling. |
| Ecology (ECL) | |||||
| ECL 211 Advanced Topics in Cultural Ecology |
4
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F
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Orlove | ESP 133 | Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Topics of current analytical and methodological importance in cultural ecology. Examination of general issues in cultural ecology through study of human response to and influences on climate. (Same course as Anthropology 211.) |
| ECL 212A Environmental Policy Process |
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S
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Sabatier | Course in public policy (e.g., Environmental Studies 160) or environmental law (e.g., ENS 161); course in bureaucratic theory (e.g., POL 187 or ENS 166); course in statistics (e.g., SOC 106 or ARE 106.) |
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to selected topics in the policy process, applications to the field of environmental policy. Develops critical reading skills, understanding of frameworks of the policy process and political behavior, and an ability to apply multiple frameworks to the same phenomena. Offered in 2007-2008 Academic Year. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 212A.) |
| ECL 212B Environmental Policy Evaluation |
4 | Intermediate microeconomics (e.g., Economics 100); STA 108 or ARE 106; policy analysis (e.g., Environmental Studies 168A or the equivalent); ARE 176. | Lecture—1 hour; discussion—1 hour; seminar—2 hours. Methods and practices of policy analysis; philosophical and intellectual bases of policy analysis and the political role of policy analysis. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 212B.) | ||
| Environmental Science & Policy (ESP) | |||||
| ESP 160 Environmental Decision Making |
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Sabatier | POL 1 ECN 1A, ESP 1, ESP166 or POL 182 or permission of instructor. | Lecture--3 hours; discussion--1 hour. Alternative models of environmental policymaking, and application to case studies of decision making in the U.S. and California. |
| ESP 161 Environmental Law |
4
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S
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One course in Environmental Science. | Introduction for non-Law School students to some of the principal issues in environmental law and the judicial interpretation of some important environmental statutes, e.g., NEPA. GE credit: SocSci, Wrt. | |
| ESP 163 Energy and Environmental Aspects of Transportation |
4 | F | Sperling | ECN 1, ECC 162 | Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing. Engineering, economic, and systems planning concepts. Analysis and evaluation of energy, air quality and selected environmental attributes of transportation technologies. Strategies for reducing pollution and petroleum consumption in light of institutional and political constraints. Evaluation of vehicle emission models. (Same course as Civil and Environmental Engineering 163.) Offered in alternate years. GE credit: Wrt. |
| ESP 166 Policy Making in Natural Resource Agencies |
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POL 1 | Analysis of factors that shape the behavior and performance of public agencies responsible for natural resource management and environmental protection. Internet resources and field work used to design and execute a research and writing project on a selected agency or inter-agency program. GE Credit: Wrt. Analysis of factors that shape the behavior and performance of public agencies responsible for natural resource management and environmental protection. Internet resources and field work used to design and execute a research and writing project on a selected agency or inter-agency program. GE Credit: Wrt. | |
| ESP 169 Water Policy and Politics |
3
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Lubell | ECN 1A or POL 1 | Lecture—3 hours. The governance of water, including issues of water pollution/quality and water supply. The politics of water decision-making and effectiveness of water policy. Broad focus on federal water policy, with case examples from nationally significant U.S. watersheds. GE credit: SocSci. |
| ESP 212A Environmental Policy Process |
4
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S
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Sabatier | Course in public policy (e.g., ESP 160) or Environmental Law (e.g., ESP 161); Course in Bureaucratic Theory (e.g., POL 187 or ESP 166); Course in Statistics (e.g., SOC 106 or ARE 106) | Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to selected topics in the policy process, applications to the field of environmental policy. Develops critical reading skills, understanding of frameworks of the policy process and political behavior, and an ability to apply multiple frameworks to the same phenomena. Offered in alternate years. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 212A.) |
| ESP 212B Environmental Policy Evaluation |
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Intermediate microeconomics (e.g., ECN 100); STA108 or ARE106; policy analysis (e.g., ESP 168A or the equivalent); ARE 176. | Lecture—1 hour; discussion—1 hour; seminar—2 hours. Methods and practices of policy analysis; philosophical and intellectual bases of policy analysis and the political role of policy analysis. (Same course as Ecology 212B.) | |
| ESP 252 Sustainable Transportation Technology and Policy |
3
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S
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Sperling | ESP course 160 or the equivalent. | Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour. Role of technical fixes and demand management in creating a sustainable transportation system. Emphasis on technology options, including alternative fuels, electric propulsion, and IVHS. Analysis of market demand and travel behavior, environmental impacts, economics and politics. (Same course as Civil and Environmental Engineering 252.) |
| ESP 275 Economic Analysis of Resource and Environmental Policies |
4
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S
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ARE 204 / ECN 204 | Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Development of externality theory, market failure concepts, welfare economics, theory of renewable and non-renewable resource use, and political economic models. Applications to policy issues regarding the agricultural/environment interface and managing resources in the public domain. (Same course as Agricultural and Resource Economics 275.) | |
| ESP 278 Research Methods in Environmental Policy |
3
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W
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Sabatier | ARE 106 or the equivalent. | Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Introduction to scientific research in environmental policy. Major issues in the philosophy of the social sciences. How to design research that acknowledges theoretical assumptions and that is likely to produce evidence in an intersubjectively reliable fashion with explicit recognition of its uncertainties. Offered in alternate years. |
| Epidemiology (EPI) | |||||
| EPI 223 Spatial Epidemiology |
3
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W
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Carpenter | EPI 205A and B, or Environmental Studies 126 or VMD 409. | Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial statistics. Students are expected to complete a term project based on their graduate research. Offered in alternate years. |
| Environmental Toxicology (ETX) | |||||
| ETX 131 Environmental Toxicology of Air Pollutants |
3
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F
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Kado | CHE 8B (may be taken concurrently) or the equivalent; BIO 102 recommended. | Lecture—3 hours. Field trip required. Toxicology of air pollutants in the ambient, indoor, and occupational environments. Health effects, sources, environmental fates, pulmonary responses, sampling and analyses, and air-quality criteria and standards. |
| ETX 146 Exposure and Dose Assessment |
3
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S
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Lee | ETX 112A; ETX 135 recommended. | Lecture—3 hours. The exposure component of risk assessment; specifically, the presence and/or formation of toxic substances in environmental media, their movement within and between contaminated media, and the contacts of human populations with those media. GE credit: SciEng. |
| ETX 138 Exposure and Dose Assessment |
3
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W
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Alexeeff | ETX 10 or 101 recommended. | Lecture–3 hours. Federal and California legislation concerning air and water pollution, pesticide use, food and feed additives, consumer protection, and occupational exposure to toxic substances; roles of federal regulatory agencies; alternatives to government control. |
| ETX 220L Analysis of Toxicants Laboratory |
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F
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ETX 220 (may be taken concurrently) and consent of instructor. | Laboratory—6 hours. Laboratory techniques for microanalysis of toxicants. Separation, detection, and quantitative determination of toxicants using chemical and instrumental methods. | |
| ETX 228 Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry of Toxic Chemicals |
3
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W
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Holstege | ETX 220 and CHE 129C; or consent of instructor. | Lecture—1 hour; discussion—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Application of GC/MS techniques to investigate toxic chemicals. Mass spectral fragmentations and their application to the structural elucidation. Practical application of GC/MS in current research. Preference given to environmental toxicology graduate students. |
| Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering (EME/MAE) | |||||
| EME 161 Combustion and the Environment |
4
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S
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Kennedy, Shaw | ENG 106 | Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to combustion kinetics; the theory of premixed flames and diffusion flames; turbulent combustion; formation of air pollutants in combustion systems; examples of combustion devices which include internal combustion engines, gas turbines, furnaces and waste incinerators; alternative fuel sources. |
| MAE 210A Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer |
4
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F
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Dwyer, Kollmann, White | ENG 103, 105, EME 165 | Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Development of differential equations governing continuity, momentum and energy transfer. Solutions in laminar flow for exact cases, low and high Reynolds numbers and lubrication theory. Dynamics of inviscid flow. |
| MAE 210B Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer |
4
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W
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Kollmann | MAE 210A | Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Study of stability and transition to turbulence. Introduction to the physics of turbulence. Modeling of turbulence for numerical determination of momentum and heat transfer control. |
| MAE 217 Combustion |
4
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W
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Aldredge, Kennedy, Shaw | ENG 103,105 | Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Review of chemical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Discussions of reacting flows, their governing equations and transport phenomena; detonations; laminar flame structure and turbulent combustion. Offered in alternate years. |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology (PTX / VMB) | |||||
| VMB 254 Toxicology of the Respiratory System |
3
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W
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Buckpitt | PTX 201, 202, 203 or consent of instructor. | Lecture—27 sessions; discussion—3 sessions. Survey of structure and function of the respiratory system, the pathophysiology of major lung diseases, the interactions of toxicants with the lung and response of this organ to injury. Offered in alternate years. |
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VMB 258
Receptor-Mediated Mechanisms |
2
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S
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Pessah | PTX 201 or the equivalent. | Lecture—2 hours. Survey of modern methods for studying physiological receptors including radioligand binding analysis, ion transport/flux measurements, receptor solubilization and purification strategies, and molecular cloning. Theoretical concepts of receptor-mediated signal transduction, information processing, and mechanisms of drug/toxicant interactions. Offered in alternate years. |
| VMB 258L Laboratory in Receptor Methods |
1
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S
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Pessah | MCB 120L, VMB 258 (may be taken concurrently). | Laboratory—3 hours. Design and practical application of receptor binding techniques including subcellular fractionation, equilibrium and kinetic radioligand binding studies, receptor activation/inhibition studies, isotopic ion flux measurements, and analysis of data. Limited to 12 students. Offered in alternate years. |