0 or 3 credits
Spring 2026 Laboratory Lecture Upper Division
Insecticides, their interactions with biological organisms and the environment, regulatory policies, environmental and human health outcomes, and current controversies. A year of college biology and college chemistry or equivalent knowledge is expected.
Learning Outcomes1Communicate to the public about insecticide issues including risk, best practices for management and use.
2Apply principles of toxicology including dose response, target sites, differential toxicity, and resistance.
3Evaluate environmental hazards, their management and mitigation.
4Interpret and implement insecticide label instructions.
5Explain how Risk Assessment and Management is implemented in the U.S. to protect human health and safety balance economic and environmental risks.
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