Entomology (ENTO)
Prerequisites: 12 hrs. of biological sciences, graduate standing and ENTO 116 or equivalent for entomology majors
Description: Classification, taxonomy, and biology of adult insects. Identification of orders and families of insects using keys. Collection required using techniques for collecting, preparing, and curating. One oral/written term paper required.
Prerequisites: CHEM 251 or CHEM 255;12 hrs entomology or biological sciences (zoology).
Description: Functions and other phenomena associated with the major organ systems of insects; the cuticle, nervous, circulatory, digestive, metabolism, nutrition, locomotion, reproduction, respiration, and growth and development.
Prerequisites: CHEM 251 or CHEM 255; 12 hrs. entomology or biological sciences (zoology)
Must also register for required lecture ENTO 801.
Description: Functions and other phenomena associated with the major organ systems of insects; the cuticle, nervous, circulatory, digestive, metabolism, nutrition, locomotion, reproduction, respiration, and growth and development.
Prerequisites: Introductory biology course.
Description: The biology, ecology and management of insect pests of horticultural crops such as vegetables, fruit trees, trees and shrubs, greenhouse crops, turf and ornamentals. Employing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies to maintain pests below damaging levels while minimizing the use of traditional insecticides.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs agricultural sciences and/or biological sciences including one course in entomology and one course in genetics.
Description: Explore resistance of crops to herbivorous arthropods. Iinvestigate how insect behavior and physiology are affected by resistance, critically review current research on plant resistance genes, and the molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects of insect/microbe interactions with host plants.
Prerequisites: Introductory entomology course
Description: Overview of insects. Insect diversity, insect structure and function, insect ecology and behavior, and the beneficial and detrimental roles insects play. Integrating the study of insects into the classroom to enhance science education.
Prerequisites: Introductory course in ENTO.
Description: Principles and practices of managing insects pests. Pest management theory, use of sampling, evaluation, tactics, types of insect pests, and current issues.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs biological sciences and/or agricultural sciences
Description: Principles and practices of using natural enemies and antagonists to manage the abundance of pests and reduce economic losses.
Prerequisites: ENTO 115 or equivalent introductory course.
Description: Application of entomology to legal issues. Criminal investigations, insects of forensic importance, insect succession on carrion, and case studies.
Prerequisites: Introductory course in ENTO.
Description: Direct and indirect importance of insects in human medicine. Principles of arthropod-borne disease, medically important arthropod groups, and arthropod-transmitted diseases.
Description: Forensic insect succession and specific forensically important insects including their life cycle, biology, and association with decomposition. Case studies about how forensic entomology has been used in solving crimes will also be covered.
Prerequisites: 10 hrs entomology and crop production courses
Description: Different philosophies and theories of insect pest management, theory vs. reality of management, interactions of public and private sectors, development and implementation of pest management programs.
Prerequisites: Introductory course in entomology
Credit toward the degree may not be earned in both ENTO 800 and ENTO *818.
Description: Biology and identification of major insect orders, families, classification, and ecology.
Prerequisites: Introductory course in entomology
Description: The process of behavioral study involves investigating the relationship between animals and their surroundings, and their response to their kin and to other organisms. Topics include characterizing how insects find and defend their resources, how they avoid predators, how they find mates, how they mate, and how some exist in highly ordered social settings.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs biological sciences; 4 hrs organic chemistry
Description: Principles of toxicology, insecticide classification, mode of action, metabolism and consequences of insecticide use.
Description: Introduction to how insects and related arthropods have influenced human culture historically and in scientific discovery. Topics include the medical impact of insects on mankind, including widespread disease transmission, use in warfare, and therapeutic medicine. Explores how insects are represented by indigenous peoples and in Western popular culture through artifacts like visual art, literature, and music. Human perception regarding insects is also examined through the many benefits that arthropods provide, including use as food and feed and consumer product goods and services.
Prerequisites: An introductory entomology course
Description: Identification, biology, ecology and management of insect pests of agronomic crops such as corn, soybeans, sorghum, wheat, and alfalfa. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies employed to maintain pests below damaging levels while minimizing the use of traditional insecticides.
Prerequisites: Introductory Genetics, Introductory Algebra
Description: Introduction to key theoretical concepts in population genetics and their application. Mutation, genetic drift, structured populations, natural selection, molecular evolution.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs agricultural and/or biological sciences.
Description: Prepare scientifically accurate, high quality illustrations and graphics for the teaching, presentation, and publication of scientific information. Drawing techniques, drafting, copyright, and publication and presentation of scientific art work.
Description: Introduction to practical aspects of developing and facilitating distance education courses. Create and facilitate interaction, assessments, course delivery, assignments, course etiquette and ADA compliance. Develop a distance course module grounded in distance education theory and instructional design principles.
Prerequisites: 15 hours of agricultural sciences and/or biological sciences including one course in entomology & one course in biochemistry.
Description: A focus on insect-plant interactions including direct and indirect plant defenses against herbivory, tritrophic interactions among plant, insect herbivores and herbivore natural enemies, biochemical mechanisms of plant defenses, insect herbivore-produced elicitors of plant defenses, semiochemicals based IPM, chemical ecology of insect vectors of plant diseases, and chemical ecology of insect pollination.
Description: Concepts of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and methods used to control insect pests in sensitive environments such as schools, day cares, hospitals, nursing homes, zoos, and prisons.
Description: Comparative study of major insect external structures, emphasizing the various modifications that are important in the success of insects. Introduces the morphological (structure and function) features of insects, both in general as well as highlighting some major orders of forensic importance and the characteristics that define and differentiate the families within these orders. Identifying families and species of insects collected at a crime scene can be essential in determining accurate post-mortem interval (PMI).
Prerequisites: Completion of 24 hrs toward the MS degree
Description: Application of graduate course work for the non-thesis MS degree program.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs biological sciences and/or agricultural sciences.
Independent study contracts must be filed with the department.
Description: Individual or group projects in research, literature review, or extension of course work.
Prerequisites: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser
Description: Presentation of topics in entomology or related subjects.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: This course prepares entomology graduate students to give scientific and public presentations. It includes instruction in preparing posters and on-screen shows, image editing, finding entomological resources in libraries and on the internet, insect photography, and public speaking. Students develop a portfolio of their work, and they make two 12- and one 30-minute presentations to their classmates.
Description: Methods and principles of systematics and nomenclature.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Advanced study of selected topics not presented in established courses.
Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair
Description: Research credits required for a doctoral dissertation for completion of degree.