Courses

Undergraduate Courses

ENTM 010. Natural History of Insects (4) F, W, S Lecture, 3 hours; demonstrations, 1 hour. A study of the fascinating world of insects and of their impact on man; designed for non-entomology majors. Living and preserved insects and many other visual aids are used. Trumble

Graduate Courses

ENTM 241. Insect-Plant Interactions (4) F, Odd Years Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 127/ENTM 127 or consent of instructor. Concepts of the development and maintenance of ecological associations between plants and arthropod herbivores in ecological and evolutionary time; organization of arthropod communities on plants; phytochemical basis for the mediation of plant-arthropod associations; coevolution of plants and herbivorous insects; manipulation of plant-arthropod associations in arthropod pest management programs. Trumble and Hare.

ENTM 242. Development of Hypotheses and Research Design (3) F, W, S. Lecture, 1 hour; discussion, 1 hour; written work, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Teaches fundamentals of research topic selection, development of hypotheses, and selection of experimental designs. Students prepare full-length federal grant proposals, then review and rank them in grant panel review format. Trumble and Millar.

ENTM 251. Seminar in Insect-Plant Interactions (2) W Seminar, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): ENTM 241 or consent of instructor. Rigorous examinations and interpretation of recent publications in the area of insect-plant interactions. Subject matter varies from year to year. Course may be taken more than once for credit. Trumble and Paine.

ENTM 271. Research Seminar in Management of Vegetable Crop Pests (1) W Seminar, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor. Seminar and critical discussion emphasizing current research and advances in management of vegetable crop pests. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable. Trumble