Graduate Courses

Entomology Graduate Courses

ENTO 401/801

Insect Physiology

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Classroom, Online Optional Lab offered in-person only

Prereqs:

CHEM 251; 12 hrs entomology or biological sciences.

Classroom offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years. Classroom students must also register for required lab - ENTO 801L.

Functions and other phenomena associated with the major organ systems of insects; the cuticle, nervous, circulatory, digestive, metabolism, nutrition, locomotion, reproduction, respiration, and growth and development.

ENTO 403/803

Management of Horticultural Crop Insects

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

Introductory biology course.

Offered spring even numbered calendar years.

The biology, ecology and management of insect pests of horticultural crops such as vegetables, fruit trees, trees and shrubs, greenhouse crops, turf and ornamentals. Employing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies to maintain pests below damaging levels while minimizing the use of traditional insecticides.

ENTO 409/809

Insect Control by Host-Plant Resistance

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Classroom, Online

Prereqs:

12 hrs agricultural sciences and/or biological sciences including one course in entomology and one course in genetics. AGRO/HORT 441/841/RNGE 441 recommended.

Classroom offered spring semester of odd-numbered calendar years. Online offered summer even-numbered calendar years.

Nature and mechanisms of plant resistance to insect attack and the utilization of resistance for insect control.

ENTO 412/812

Entomology and Pest Management

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

Introductory course in ENTO.

Offered summer semester of odd-numbered calendar years.

Principles and practices of managing insect pests. Pest management theory, use of sampling, evaluation, and tactics, types of insect pests, and current issues.

ENTO 414/814

Forensic Entomology Crosslisted as FORS 414/814

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

Introductory course in entomology.

Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years.

Application of entomology to legal issues. Criminal investigations, insects of forensic importance, insect succession on carrion, and case studies.

ENTO 415/815

Medical Entomology

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

Introductory course in ENTO.

Classroom offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years. Online offered spring semester of odd-numbered calendar years.

Direct and indirect importance of insects in human medicine. Principles of arthropod-borne disease, medically important arthropod groups, and arthropod-transmitted diseases.

ENTO 416/816

Forensic Insect Succession

Credit Hours:	1
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

Offered every spring semester.

Forensic insect succession and specifically forensically important insects including their life cycle, biology, and association with decomposition. Case studies about how forensic entomology has been used in solving crimes will also be covered.

ENTO 496/896

Independent Study in Entomology

Credit Hours:	1-6
Max credits per degree:	12
Course Delivery:	Classroom, Online

Prereqs:

12 hrs biological sciences and/or agricultural sciences.

Offered every fall, spring, and summer.

Individual or group projects in research, literature review, or extension of course work.

ENTO 800

Insect Biodiversity

Credit Hours:	4
Course Delivery:	Classroom

Prereqs:

12 hrs. of biological sciences, graduate standing and ENTO 116 or equivalent for entomology majors.

Offered fall semester of odd-numbered years.

Classification, taxonomy, and biology of adult insects. Identification of orders and families of insects using keys. Collection required using techniques for collecting, preparing, and curating. One oral/written term paper required.

ENTO 801L

Insect Physiology Lab

Credit Hours:	1
Course Delivery:	Classroom

Prereqs:

CHEM 251 or CHEM 255; 12 hrs. entomology or biological sciences (zoology).

Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years. On campus students must also register for required lecture ENTO 801.

ENTO 805

Introduction to Entomology

Credit Hours:	1
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

None

Offered fall and spring semester.

Diversity, identification, morphology and physiology, ecology and behavior, and pest management of insects. Beneficial, economic, and medical importance of insects.

ENTO 806

Insect Ecology

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Classroom

Prereqs:

BIOS/NRES 220 and 222

Offered fall semester of odd-numbered calendar years.

Biotic and abiotic factors as they influence insect development, behavior, distribution, and abundance.

ENTO 810

Insects as Educational Tools for the Classroom

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

Introductory entomology course.

Offered fall semester of even-numbered calendar years.

Overview of insects. Insect diversity, insect structure and function, insect ecology and behavior, and the beneficial and detrimental roles insects play. Integrating the study of insects into the classroom to enhance science education.

ENTO 813

Biological Control of Pests Crosslisted as PLPT 813

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Classroom, Online

Prereqs:

12 hrs biological sciences and/or agricultural sciences

Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years.

Principles and practices of using natural enemies and antagonists to manage the abundance of pests and reduce economic losses.

ENTO 817

Pest Management Systems

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Classroom

Prereqs:

10 hrs entomology and crop production courses or permission

Offered fall semester of odd-numbered calendar years.

Different philosophies and theories of insect pest management, theory vs. reality of management, interactions of public and private sectors, development and implementation of pest management programs.

ENTO 819

Insect Behavior

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

Introductory course in entomology.

Offered fall semesters of odd-numbered calendar years.

The process of behavioral study involves investigating the relationship between animals and their surroundings, and their response to their kin and to other organisms. Topics include charaterizing how insects find and defend their resources, how they avoid predators, how they find mates, how they mate, and how some exist in highly ordered social settings.

ENTO 820

Insecticide Toxicology

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Classroom, Online

Prereqs:

12 hrs biological sciences; 4 hrs organic chemistry

Offered fall semester of even-numbered calendar years.

Principles of toxicology, insecticide classification, mode of action, metabolism and consequences of insecticide use.

ENTO 822

Cultural Entomology (coming in 2023)

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs: Admission into graduate-level courses

Offered each fall semester.

Introduction to how insects and related arthropods have influenced human culture historically and in scientific discovery.

ENTO 825

Management of Agronomic Crop Insects

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

An introductory entomology course.

Offered fall semester of even-numbered calendar years.

Identification, biology, ecology and management of insect pests of agronomic crops such as corn, soybeans, sorghum, wheat, and alfalfa. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies employed to maintain pests below damaging levels while minimizing the use of traditional insecticides

ENTO 828

Scientific Illustration - Crosslisted as AGRI 828, AGRO 828, HORT 828

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

12 hrs agricultural and/or biological sciences.

Offered every spring semester.

Prepare scientifically accurate, high quality illustrations and graphics for the teaching, presentation, and publication of scientific information. Drawing techniques, drafting, copyright, and publication and presentation of scientific art work.

ENTO 835

Chemical Ecology of Insect-Plant Interactions

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Classroom

Prereqs:

15 hours of agricultural sciences and/or biological sciences including one course in entomology and one course in biochemistry

Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years.

A focus on insect-plant interactions including direct and indirect plant defenses against herbivory, tritrophic interactions among plant, insect herbivores and herbivore natural enemies, biochemical, mechanisms of plant defenses, insect herbivore-produced elicitors of plant defenses, semiochemicals based IPM, chemical ecology of insect vectors of plant diseases, and chemical ecology of insect pollination.

ENTO 837

IPM in Sensitive Environments

Credit Hours:	1
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

None

Offered online every fall semester.

Concepts of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and methods used to control insect pests in sensitive environments such as schools, day cares, hospitals, nursing homes, zoos, and prisons.

ENTO 888

MS Degree Project

Credit Hours:	4
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

Completion of 24 hrs toward the MS degree

Offered every fall, spring, and summer.

Application of graduate course work for the non-thesis MS degree program.

ENTO 899

Masters Thesis

Credit Hours:

6-10

Prereqs:

Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser

Offered every spring, fall,and summer.

ENTO 905

Seminar in Entomology

Credit Hours:	1
Max credits per degree:	8
Course Delivery:	Classroom

Offered every fall and spring.

Presentation of topics in entomology or related subjects.

ENTO 915

Presentation Methods

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

Permission

Offered online fall semester of odd-numbered calendar years.

This course prepares entomology graduate students to give scientific and public presentations. It includes instruction in preparing posters and on-screen shows, image editing, finding entomological resources in libraries and on the internet, insect photography, and public speaking. Students develop a portfolio of their work, and they make two 12- and one 30-minute presentations to their classmates.

ENTO 996

Research in Entomology

Credit Hours:	1-12
Course Delivery:	Classroom

ENTO 999

Doctoral Dissertation

Credit Hours:	1-24
Max credits per degree:	55
Course Delivery:	Classroom

Prereqs:

Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair

AGRO/ENTO 815A

Self-pollinated Crop Breeding - Crosslisted as ENTO 815A

Credit Hours:	1
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

AGRO 315

Self-pollinated plant breeding theory and methods. Pedigree, bulk, single seed descent, back-crossing methods and inbreeding theory.

AGRO/ENTO 815B

Germplasm and Genes - Crosslisted as ENTO 815B

Credit Hours:	1
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

AGRO 315

Obtaining germplasm and genes from cultivated plants, wild relatives of cultivated plants, and the biosphere. Origination of crops, mutation genetics, biotechnology as a source of genes, chromosomal engineering and plant reproduction.

AGRO/ENTO 815D

Cross-pollinated Crop Breeding - Crosslisted as ENTO 815D

Credit Hours:	1
Course Delivery:	Online

Prereqs:

AGRO 315
Cross-pollinated breeding theory and methods. Genes in populations, recurrent selection methods, creating populations, hybrid production practices, and population improvement theory.

ALEC/ENTO 830

Introduction to the Development of Distance Education Courses - Crosslisted as ENTO 830

Credit Hours:	3
Course Delivery:	Online

Introduction to practical aspects of developing and facilitating distance education courses. Create and facilitate interaction, assessments, course delivery, assignments, course etiquette and ADA compliance. Develop a distance course module grounded in distance education theory and instructional design principles.