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Entomology
ENTO 500 SEMINAR
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 500 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.
ENTO 510 INSECT ECOLOGY
S alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: BIOL 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: BIOL 303, BIOL 403, BIOL 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, BIOL 230, BIOL 415, BIOL 418, BIOL 419, BIOL 433, BIOL 434, BIOL 436.
-- 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: BIOL 312, BIOL 402, BIOL 411, BIOL 413,BIOL 430, 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: BIOL 310, BIOL 403, 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.
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