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ENT 1005 - Insect Biology with Lab (BIOL)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Ent 1004/Ent 1005
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Insects represent one of the most abundant and diverse life forms on Earth, and their environmental importance is displayed across both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Beyond environmental importance, insects shape human society through their impact on our health, the pollination of our food crops, and damage to our commodities and homes. Insect Biology is an introductory entomology course on the biology and ecology of insects, their classification, and their interactions with the environment and human society. This course will provide background on insect diversity and physiology while providing insight into how scientists examine the roles of insects in medicine, agriculture, advances in genetics, and ecology. These topics will provide fundamental biological knowledge needed to make informed decisions about insect-related topics in a global society.

ENT 4021 - Honey Bees and Insect Societies

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Natural history, identification, and behavior of honey bees and other social insects. Evolution of social behavior, pheromones and communication, organization and division of labor, social parasitism. Lab with honey bee management and maintenance of other social bees for pollination. prereq: Biol 1009 or instr consent

ENT 4251 - Forest and Shade Tree Entomology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Biology, ecology, population management of forest/shade tree insects. Emphasizes predisposing factors/integrated management. Lecture/lab.

ENT 5011 - Insect Structure and Function

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Comparative study of insect structures/functions from evolutionary perspective. Introduction to physiology of digestion, respiration, other organ systems. prereq: 3005 or instr consent

ENT 5021 - Insect Biodiversity and Evolution

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Ent 3021/Ent 5021
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms on Earth with almost 1 million described species. Millions more remain to be described, especially in tropical regions of the world. Insects come in a remarkable array of sizes, colors, and shapes. Taxonomists use this morphological complexity as the primary means of identifying insects, but also for inferring evolutionary relationships. In this course, we will learn how to identify insects, explore methods of collection and curation of insects, discuss their evolutionary relationships, see how insects fit in the natural world, and discuss exciting new efforts to inventory, describe, and conserve the remarkable diversity of insects.

ENT 5041 - Insect Ecology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Synthetic analysis of the causes of insect diversity and of fluctuations in insect abundance. Focus on abiotic, biotic, and evolutionary mechanisms influencing insect populations and communities.

ENT 5051 - Scientific Illustration of Insects

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Techniques for preparing and observing insects for subsequent illustration. Traditional illustration techniques using the drawing tube and ocular grid on the microscope, including pencil sketching and pen and ink line drawing. Other ?traditional? rendering methods will include line and ink, stippling, cross-hatching, color illustration. Major emphasis will be in computer-assisted techniques of scientific illustration using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, including instruction on preparing full body, true-to-life, color illustrations of insects on the computer.

ENT 5121 - Applied Experimental Design

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Agro 5121/Ent 5121
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Principles of sampling methodologies, experimental design, and statistical analyses. Methods/procedures in generating scientific hypotheses. Organizing, initiating, conducting, and analyzing scientific experiments using experimental designs and statistical procedures. Offered with AGRO 5121. prereq: Stat 5021 or equiv or instr consent

ENT 5275 - Insect-transmitted diseases of humans

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Ent 3275/Ent 5275
Typically offered:	Every Spring

What?s so attractive about human blood? How have human interactions with insects evolved? Insects and ticks transmit viral, bacterial, protozoan and filarial diseases to humans, particularly in tropical countries. Zika, most recently, and also dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses pose an emerging challenge in the southern US as climate change increases the range of important vector species. Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases are increasing in the US, and pose challenges in diagnosis and treatment. This course covers contemporary topics in "Medical Entomology" that will provide an overview of arthropod-borne disease and its impacts on global health from the perspective of insect vectors and microbial pathogens. Students will explore historical, contemporary and epidemiologic stories demonstrating exposure and control strategies via lecture, student discussions, laboratory demonstrations, and critical review of current best practices in medical entomology. This course is designed for upper division undergraduate and graduate students in any major or minor.

ENT 5341 - Biological Control of Insects and Weeds

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Ent 3341/Ent 5341
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Biological control is the suppression of pests and weeds using living organisms. It involves fascinating interactions between organisms such as plants and herbivores, and insects and the predators and parasitoids that attack them. These interactions can provide spectacular protection from invasive species but risks to the environment are possible as well so biological control interventions must be undertaken with great care. We will explore these interactions and interventions in depth in this class. The class is online.

ENT 4361 - Aquatic Insects

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer

Introduction to the classification, ecology, and identification of insects that are dependent on aquatic habitats during portions of their life cycle. The goal of the course is to provide the student with essential technical skills to perform research, using field and laboratory methods, on insect communities in aquatic ecosystems. Students will develop skills to identify insects to family without reference to taxonomic keys as a way to successfully pass the Family-Level Proficiency Certification administered by the Society for Freshwater Sciences. prereq: ENT 1005 or BIOL 1009 or Instructor consent

ENT 5900 - Basic Entomology

Credits:	1.0 -6.0 [max 12.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

For graduate students who need to make up certain deficiencies in their biological science background. prereq: instr consent

ENT 5910 - Special Problems in Entomology

Credits:	1.0 -6.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Individual field, lab, or library studies in various aspects of entomology. prereq: instr consent

ENT 5920 - Special Lectures in Entomology

Credits:	1.0 -4.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Lectures or labs in special fields of entomological research. Given by visiting scholar or regular staff member.

ENT 5025 - Museum & Field Methods in Entomology

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

This course is designed to teach students museum and field methods in insect biodiversity studies and associated preservation, mounting, and curatorial techniques. Methods will include use of entomological nets and traps for terrestrial and aquatic species, dry and fluid preservation techniques, slide mounting, geo-reference and field data records, labeling, morphological preparation for identification, and curation of material for permanent preservation, including databasing and digital imaging of specimens. Museum policies, the role of the curator, acquisition of specimens, pest management, legal and ethical issues, collection and import/export permits, loan policies and shipping, and budgets and grants, among other topics will also be discussed. The course is intended for students in entomology, museum studies, or any biodiversity related discipline. A previous undergraduate course in biology or entomology would be helpful, but the background information necessary to succeed in this course will be provided throughout the semester

University Catalogs

Entomology Minor