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Licence en sciences biomédicales (toxicologie) (Diploma of the Second Cycle (Licence) in Biomedical Sciences (Toxicology)) [TOX 2]
>> Programme management
>> Specific study objectives for the programme in Biomedical Sciences, orientation : Toxicology
>> Admission conditions for the degree programmes in Biomedical Sciences
>> Admission procedure
>> General structure of the degree programmes in Biomedical Sciences
>> Programme content
>> >>> > TOX21 - First year of studies
>> >>> > TOX22 - Second year of studies
>> Positioning of the degree within the University cursus

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Programme management

CTOX Commission de toxicologie médicale

Academic Supervisors : Pierre Wallemacq et Philippe Hantson

Tel. 02 764 17 34

E-mail : wallemacq@lbcm.ucl.ac.be

Contact person : Elisabeth Coppe

Tel. 02 764 50 34

E-Mail: coppe@smd.ucl.ac.be

Specific study objectives for the programme in Biomedical Sciences, orientation : Toxicology

The studies in Toxicology develop skills fostering the comprehension and prevention of toxicity from chemical substances used by man or arising from man's activities.

For all complementary information concerning these studies, please address the president of the programme management committee or the secretary's office of the school (c.f. contact numbers below).

Admission conditions for the degree programmes in Biomedical Sciences

The degree programmes (second university study cycle or "licence") are accessible to the following students :

  • holders of the "candidat" diploma in Biomedical Sciences, Medecine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dental Sciences, Agronomic Sciences and Sciences (Biological, Chemical and Veterinary), from a Belgian or a Luxembourg university;
  • holders of a university diploma juged to be equivalent in domains other than those mentioned above subject to analysis of the application ;
  • holders of a non-university higher diploma ("gradué") in chemistry, clinical chemistry, medical biology or dietetics subject to passing an admission exam and adding a possible complement of studies for 150 hours maximum ;
  • those who have passed the first two years of the "candidature" in medecine, subject to the approval of the Committee of Biomedical Sciences and a complement of studies.

Admission procedure

The admission procedures and inscription at the University are detailed in the "General Information" pamphlet of the study Programme.

General structure of the degree programmes in Biomedical Sciences

Some general important points of note :

  • Each candidate must choose a promoter for himself with the help of the programme management Committee
  • The choice of cours es, both compulsory and optional will be established in common agreement with the promoter and submitted to the management committee for approval by 1st November, at the latest.
  • With the approval of the Committee, courses given at UCL-Bruxelles and in Louvain-la-Neuve judged as being equivalent in terms of training may replace courses of this programme.
  • With the agreement of the management committee, a student may choose one or another course during the first year and have the exam mark recognised in the form of a capitalisable unit during the course of the second year. For more information, students can contact the vice-president of the programme management committee.
  • Depending on the first cycle completed, the student may benefit from dispensations for certain courses (equivalent to 60 hours maximum) or, on the contrary, have one or another complement imposed on him by the management committee.
  • For students admitted in the 1st year on the basis of having passed the 2nd year "candidature" in Medecine, the complements of the following subjects are imposed : mathematics(SBIM1001), statistics (MED 2430 et ESP3420), biomedical instrumental analysis (SBIM 2100) and an apprenticeship in a laboratory (SBIM9212).

Programme content

TOX21 First year of studies

Molecular approach

BCHM1121

Biochimie humaine normale et pathologique[60h+16h] (8 credits) (in French)

Louis Hue, Frédéric Lemaigre

FARM2151

Medical Biochemie[30h+30h] (in French)

Teresinha Leal, Marianne Philippe, Marie-Françoise Vincent, Pierre Wallemacq (coord.)

FARM2182

Molecular genetics of the procaryotes and concepts of genetic engineering[30h+15h] (4 credits) (in French)

Etienne De Plaen, Jean-Noël Octave (coord.)

Functional approach

DENT1260

Physiologie humaine[45h+15h] (6 credits) (in French)

Sonia Brichard, Nicole Morel

FARM2290

General pathophysiology[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Olivier Feron, Michel Lambert (coord.)

INTR3620

Physiopathologie des intoxications[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Philippe Hantson

[partim 1st part :15 hours]

Morphological approach

ISTO1301

Normal histology of systems (part 2)[15h+25h] (4 credits) (in French)

Idesbald Colin (supplée Jean-François Denef), Jean-François Denef, Marie-Christine Many (coord.), Jean-Marie Scheiff

[partim]

Xenobiotic approach

FARM2144

General Pharmacology[30h+15h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Josiane Burton, Emmanuel Hermans, Roger-K. Verbeeck

[partim general part : 30h]

FARM2145

Metabolism of the xénobiotiques ones[15h+22.5h] (3 credits) (in French)

Pedro Buc Calderon (coord.), Yves Horsmans, Roger-K. Verbeeck

FARM2272

Toxicology[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Pedro Buc Calderon

PHAR2130

Medical Toxicology[22.5h] (3 credits) (in French)

Philippe Hantson

Quantitative approach

ESP3142

Epidemiology[22.5h+7.5h] (3 credits) (in French)

Fabienne Nackers, Annie Robert (coord.)

"Public Health or Human Sciences approach "

ESP3620

Santé et environnement: risques chimiques[15h+7.5h] (2 credits) (in French)

Perrine Hoet

one of the 3 following courses, subject to enrolment at the secretary's office for Biomedical Sciences

MD2201

Christian ethics[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Philippe Goffinet

MD2202

Faith and reason[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

N.

MD2203

Questions of Religious Sciences : The Bible and his Message[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Jean-Marie Van Cangh

and the following language course

ANGL2454

Interactive English[30h] (3 credits)

Marc Piwnik, Albert Verhaegen

Options

30 hours minimum for the year, to be chosen with the agreement of the promoter and the programme management committee.

The students coming from non-university higher studies ("graduat"), who have passed the entrance exam may find a supplement of 150 hours imposed on them, depending on their previous studies in the first or second study cycle, in agreement with the programme manager.

Apprenticeship

SBIM9212

Stage en laboratoire[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

N.

Information concerning this apprenticeship is available at the secretary's office.

This apprenticeship takes place during the programme of the 2nd "candidature" in Biomedical sciences, but may be validated later, at the end of the 1st year of the "licence" at the latest.

Thesis

Voir TOX 22

TOX22 Second year of studies

Compulsory courses

MDTR3211

Toxicologie industrielle[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Dominique Lison

MDTR3212

Aspects réglementaires en toxicologie[22.5h] (in French)

Dominique Lison, Harry Roels

SBIM2199

Sémiologie des intoxications[6h] (in French)

N.

Options

120 hours minimum for the year, to be chosen with the agreement of the promoter and that of the programme management committee.

Thesis

This thesis consists of a personal scientific piece of work in the domain of Toxicology, partly carried out in a laboratory of the Faculty of Medecine under the scientific responsibility of a permanent member of the academic or scientific personnel of UCL. The writing of the thesis involves at least 90 hours of seminars or work meetings and supervised practical work under the responsibility of the promoter. In the case where, further to the agreement of the management committee, the thesis were to be done in a different faculty, in a centre for non-university research or in industry, a member of the Faculty of Medecine would participate in the supervision thereof in the capacity of co-promoter.

The work for the thesis should start as from the first year of the "licence" programme (TOX21). The domain in which it is to be written will be communicated to the committee with the written agreement of the promoter, by 30 November of the first study year, at the latest.

Optional courses recommended for the TOX orientation

Molecular approach

BIOL2284

Animal molecular and cellular biology[30h+15h] (3.5 credits) (in French)

Bernard Knoops, René Rezsohazy

CHIM2223

Analytical chemistry I[22.5h] (2.5 credits) (in French)

Patrick Bertrand, Yann Garcia (coord.)

CHIM2224

Analytical chemistry II[22.5h] (2.5 credits) (in French)

Yann Garcia

FARM2143

CHEMISTRY ANAL & ANALYZES INSTRUM[60h+180h] (15 credits) (in French)

Bernard Tilquin

FARM2230

Complement of instrumental analysis[30h+15h] (in French)

Bernard Tilquin

GEMO2110

Molecular and medical genetics[30h] (2 credits) (in French)

Christine Dumoulin

SBIM2520

Workshop of molecular genetics[40h] (3 credits) (in French)

Patrick Jacquemin, Patrick Jacquemin

Functional approach

FARM3320

Principe et méthodologie des dosages radioimmunologiques et radionucléidiques[15h+40h] (in French)

Diane Maisin, Marianne Philippe (coord.)

INTR3620

Physiopathologie des intoxications[30h] (3 credits) (in French)

Philippe Hantson

[partim 2nd part : 15 hours]

MDTR3201

Pathologie et clinique des maladies professionnelles[45h] (in French)

Perrine Hoet, Dominique Lison

Morphological approach

MED2150

Elements of forensic medicine[15h] (1 credits) (in French)

Frédéric Bonbled

Xenobiotical approach

FARM2280

Organotoxicity and cander : molecular, cellular and functional apsects[30h+15h] (in French)

Pedro Buc Calderon, Olivier Feron, Philippe Hantson

BRPP2203

Phytopharmacy[22.5h] (2 credits) (in French)

Henri Maraite

INTR2450

Experimental toxicology related to food and nutrition[22.5h+15h] (3 credits) (in French)

Pedro Buc Calderon, Nathalie Delzenne

PHAR2150

Maladies pharmacothérapiques[15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Yves Horsmans

ENVI3012

Pollution de l'environnement[60h+15h] (6 credits) (in French)

Bruno Delvaux, Patrick Gerin (coord.), Nathalie Kruyts (supplée Bruno Delvaux), Claude Ronneau

BRTE2201

Human and animal toxicology[22.5h] (2 credits) (in French)

Alfred Bernard

Quantitative approach

Public Health and Human Sciences

FILO1220

Epistemology 2: Introduction to philosophy of science[45h] (5 credits) (in French)

Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Tom Dedeurwaerdere (supplée N.), Bernard Feltz

FILO2003

Ethics in the Natural Sciences[15h+15h] (2 credits) (in French)

Philippe Baret, Bernard Feltz, Thierry Hance

RPR2001

Notions de base de radioprotection[10h+5h] (in French)

Vincent Grégoire (coord.), Patrick Smeesters

RPR2002

Compléments de radioprotection[20h+10h] (in French)

Philippe Clapuyt, François Jamar, Pierre Scalliet (coord.), Patrick Smeesters

SEHY3102

Contrôle de l'ambiance chimique de travail[15h] (in French)

Vincent Haufroid, Dominique Lison (coord.), Christian Lucion

Course on methodology

SBIM3100

Elementary quantitative analysis[22.5h] (in French)

Bernard Tilquin

SBIM2111

Methodolgy of cell and molecular biology[22.5h] (3 credits) (in French)

Pierre Courtoy (coord.), Emile Van Schaftingen

BCMM3320

Pathological Histo- and Cytochemistry[30h] (in French)

Jean-François Denef, Yves Guiot (coord.), Jacques Rahier

(partim 22.5 hours)

Positioning of the degree within the University cursus

Besides the programmes of the 3rd cycle and the PhD, organised by the School of Biomedical Sciences, the graduate students in Biomedical Sciences also have access to the programmes organised in other schools or institutes, including the following :

- specialised study diploma in Sciences and Management of the Environment (ENVI3DS).



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