Graduate Courses for Entomology (ENTM)

Schedule of Classes: Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer
(Only current and next semester available)

ENTM 609 Integrated Pest Management (1-4 credits)
Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Repeatable to 10 credits if content differs. Also offered as NRSC 609. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENTM 609 or NRSC 609.
A modular course with an interdisciplinary approach to the theory and practice of integrated pest management. Topics of modules, each 3-4 weeks long, vary each semester over a three year time frame, with the first module serving as a prerequisite for all other modules.

ENTM 612 Insect Ecology (3 credits)
Prerequisite: a course in general ecology or permission of department.
An advanced course in population and community ecology, plant-insect interactions, and insect biogeography. Emphasis on current entomological literature.

ENTM 622 Principles of Systematic Entomology (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENTM 421.
The principles of systematics including traditional classification methods, cladistics, and numerical taxonomy. Nomenclature, continental drift, and speciation theory. A laboratory problem in systematics is required.

ENTM 623 Insect Population Genetics (3 credits)
Forces that alter allele and genotype frequencies, population structure, population genetic analysis of molecular data, quantitative genetics, and the implications for biodiversity and pest management.

ENTM 633 Structure and Function of Stream Ecosystems (4 credits)
Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Also offered as MEES 633. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENTM 633 or MEES 633.
The structure and function of running waters from ecosystem, community, population, and organismal levels, including discussion of the physical and chemical processes that impact stream-inhabiting organisms with a focus on macroinvertebrates, and discussion of ecological responses of freshwater organisms in association with water quality deterioration and habitat restoration. The laboratory will focus on a semester-long project to develop a biological, hydrological and chemical description of a local stream.

ENTM 667 Aquatic Entomology (3 credits)
One hour of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week.
Biology, ecology, and taxonomy of aquatic insects in lotic and lentic habitats, their adaptation to aquatic life, their function in aquatic ecosystems, and their relationship to environmental deterioration.

ENTM 699 Advanced Entomology (1-6 credits)
Credit and prerequisites to be determined by the department. First and second semesters. Studies of minor problems in morphology, physiology, taxonomy and applied entomology, with particular reference to the preparation of the student for individual research.

ENTM 701 Effective Teaching: TA Training (1 credits)
A survey and discussion of topics pertinent to graduate students who are first-time teaching assistants, including teaching responsibilities and policies, effective techniques of lecturing and leading discussions, composing and grading quizzes and exams, cultural diversity, time management, and development of a teaching portfolio. All teaching assistants in the College of Life Sciences must take a 701 TA training course in one of the departments.

ENTM 788 Entomological Topics (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
One lecture or one two-hour laboratory period a week for each credit hour. Lectures, group discussions or laboratory sessions on selected topics such as: aquatic insects, biological control of insects, entomological literature, forest entomology, history of entomology, insect biochemistry, insect embryology, immature insects, insect behavior, insect communication, principles of entomological research.

ENTM 789 Field Experience in Pest Management (1-6 credits)
Prerequisite: ENTM 654 or permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits.
Involvement in practical problems of pest management in field situations. The student will be assigned to a problem area for intensive experience, usually during the summer. A final written report is required for each assignment.

ENTM 798 Topic Seminar (1 credits)
Discussion and presentation of current research and literature.

ENTM 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6 credits)

ENTM 898 Pre-Candidacy Research (1-8 credits)

ENTM 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8 credits)