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16:370:504 (S) Mosquito Biology (3) Lec. 2 hrs., lab. 3 hrs. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. The biology, physiology, and behavior of mosquitoes on a worldwide basis; emphasis on current techniques used in field and laboratory investigations.
16:370:506 (S) Integrated Pest Management (4) Prerequisite: A background in entomology or other pest sciences and ecology. Recommended: Statistics Students who lack background in these areas must obtain permission from the instructor. A systems approach for measuring major ecological processes, such as development, mortality, and dispersal, presented as a means for evaluating pheromones, biocontrol, and cultural and pesticidal strategies in major crops.
16:370:507 (S) Biological Control of Insect Pests (3) Prerequisite: General ecology. The concepts and methods involved in the control of harmful insects and mites through the use of parasites, predators, and pathogens.
16:370:511 (F) Principles of Systematics (3) Lec. 2 hrs., lab. 3 hrs. Taxonomy, species concepts, methods of contemporary systematic research, and zoogeographic analysis.
16:370:515 (F) Insect Structure and Function (4) Lec. 3 hrs., lab. 3 hrs. Prerequisite: 11:370:381 or equivalent. Required core course. Physiology and functional morphology, including response systems, sensory systems, energy utilization, transport and secretion, and renewal systems.
16:370:517 (S) Insect-Plant Biochemical Interactions (3) See also 16:215:595. Prerequisite: Organic chemistry, biochemistry. Biochemical aspects of interactions between herbivorous insects and their host plants, in particular those that involve adaptations to toxic plant allelochemicals. This includes metabolic and physiological defense mechanisms and mode of action and fate of phytochemicals.
16:370:519 (F) Insect Behavior (3) Prerequisite: Background in entomology and/or animal behavior. Insect behavior from a functional standpoint: stimuli and responses; adaptive significance and evolutionary context; underlying physiological mechanisms.
16:370:522 (S) Toxicology of Pesticides (3) Lec. 2 hrs. Prerequisite: 11:119:101-102, one term of organic chemistry and consent of instructor. The need for developing and using synthetic pesticides; detrimental environmental effects; health hazards; evolution of pesticide resistance; role of synthetic pesticides in IPM programs; descriptive chemistry of pesticides; metabolism of pesticides; mode of action of pesticides.
16:370:524 (S) Insect Taxonomy (4) Lec. 2 hrs., lab. 6 hrs. Required core course. Insect systematics, identification, natural history, and evolution. Emphasizes North American insects at the family level.
16:370:525 (S) Insect Ecology (3) Prerequisite: General ecology. The relationship between insect populations and elements of the physical and biotic environment. Emphasis on principles governing population size, quality, and spatial and temporal variation.
16:370:601,602 Special Topics in Entomology (BA,BA) Each term, faulty members arrange a series of topics in specialized fields of entomology.
16:370:603,604 Seminar in Entomology (3) Required core course (1,1) Discussion and critique of presentations by guest speakers.
16:370:605 Insect Collection (1) Prerequisite 16:370:524 (1) Students make a properly curated, labeled, and identified insect collection.
16:370:701,702 Research in Entomology (BA,BA)