ENTO
Entomology
ENTO 510 INSECT ECOLOGY ENTO 514 BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY ENTO 516 BIOSYSTEMATICS ENTO 520 INSECT PHYSIOLOGY ENTO 525 INSECT MORPHOLOGY ENTO 590 MASTER'S THESIS ENTO 592 INDEPENDENT STUDY ENTO 594 SEMINAR
ENTO
510 INSECT ECOLOGY
S alternate years, to be offered
odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: BIOB 100 and
one of the following: STAT
410, STAT 412.
-- Physiological ecology of
insects. Influence of biotic
and abiotic factors on insect
population and community dynamics.
Emphasis on seasonal adaptations,
dispersion, life table analysis,
r and k-selection, ecological
methods, and insect-plant
interactions.
ENTO
514 BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
F alternate years, to be offered
even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: One of the following:
BIOE 370, BIOB 420, BIOE 405,
ENTO 516.
-- Functional and evolutionary
aspects of the behavior of
insects and vertebrates, concentrating
on the structure and tests
of present-day theory; optimal
foraging theory, habitat selection,
mating systems, parental investment,
game theory and social behavior.
ENTO
516 BIOSYSTEMATICS
F alternate years, to be offered
odd years 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB
1
PREREQUISITE: One of the following:
ENTO 432, BIOO 230, BIOO 415,
BIOO 475, BIOO 470, BIOL 433,
AGSC 454, BIOO 435.
-- Theory and practice of
classification. History of
taxonomy, use of International
Codes of Nomenclature and
phylogenetic reconstruction
(cladistics). Information
retrieval, character generation
and computer algorithms in
systematics.
ENTO
520 INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
F alternate years, to be offered
even years. 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: ENTO 204 and
one of the following: BIOH
340, BIOL 402, BIOO 412, BIOL
413,BIOO 433, ENTO 301, ENTO
432, ENTO 514, or ENTO 525.
-- Principles of insect physiology
and insect physiological ecology;
digestive, respiratory, and
circulatory processes, neurophysiology,
endocrinology, reproductive
systems, muscular systems
and locomotion, defensive
mechanisms, thermoregulation
and water balance.
ENTO
525 INSECT MORPHOLOGY
S alternate years, to be offered
even years 2 cr. LEC 1 LAB
1
PREREQUISITE: ENTO 204 and
one of the following: BIOO
310, BIOB 420, ENTO 401, ENTO
432, ENTO 510, ENTO 514, ENTO
516, or ENTO 520.
-- The principles of insect
morphology and the evolutionary
principles behind the diversity
of form and function of the
major insect and arthropod
groups.
ENTO
590 MASTER'S THESIS
F,S,Su 1-10 cr. IND Maximum
credits unlimited.
PREREQUISITE: Master's standing.
ENTO
592 INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum
4 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing,
consent of instructor, approval
of Department Head and Dean
of Graduate Studies.
-- Directed research and study
on an individual basis.
ENTO
594 SEMINAR
F,S 1 cr. SEM 1 Maximum 4
cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing
or seniors by petition. Course
prerequisites as determined
for each offering.
-- Topics offered at the graduate
level which are not covered
in regular courses. Students
participate in preparing and
presenting discussion material.
