Spring 2027

Insects and Human Culture-a Survey Course in Entomology

Survey course on insects' role in the environment, covering beneficial species, disease carriers, agricultural pests affecting food supply, and environmental issues from control agents.

offering recorded3 credits

Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Sean Schoville3.8/5 Christelle Guedot Russell Groves

Summary

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Past student reviews · Sean Schoville

Assessments included weekly writing assignments, a mini-documentary, small online quizzes, and a moth-raising project, with no midterm or final exam. Students reported needing to maintain a high percentage to achieve an A.

What you’ll be able to do

Identify and summarize biological concepts through knowledge of insects.
Integrate knowledge of human culture and international issues with entomological science.
Analyze biological/cultural concepts and compose creative, well-composed arguments.
Demonstrate critical thinking and comparative perspectives about biological science/cultural issues by reviewing and discussing evidence-based research.

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Professors

Spring 2027

Sean Schoville

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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 23 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 4.4/5 raw quality · 2.0/5 difficulty · 19 reviews

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Past student reviews · Sean Schoville

Sean Schoville's course featured weekly writing assignments, a mini-documentary, online quizzes, and a moth-raising project, with no midterm or final exam. Students found the work flexible but substantial, noting that achieving an A required maintaining a 95% score across these consistent deliverables.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.60 GPA, 88.6% A/AB (n=202 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=248 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.74 GPA, 91.5% A/AB (n=211 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Christelle Guedot

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=248 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.74 GPA, 91.5% A/AB (n=211 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Russell Groves

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Walter Goodman, David Hogg

Walter Goodman was described as a nice, funny professor who taught a class with short quizzes and no exams. David Hogg’s lectures were enthusiastic, featuring weekly attendance quizzes, essays, and raising Manduca sexta. Students reported that both instructors taught easy courses where doing the required work led to high grades.

CHRISTELLE GUEDOT is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DAVID HOGG is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RUSSELL GROVES is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SEAN SCHOVILLE is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WALTER GOODMAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity
LEC 001	Online (some classroom)	0 / 95
LEC 002	Classroom Instruction	0 / 95
LEC 003	Classroom Instruction	0 / 95
LEC 001	Online (some classroom)	0 / 95
LEC 002	Classroom Instruction	0 / 95
LEC 003	Classroom Instruction	0 / 95

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Sean Schoville

Students found the lectures entertaining and interesting, noting that the instructors are passionate and care about their students. The class atmosphere was described as laid back.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.60 GPA, 88.6% A/AB (n=202 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=248 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.74 GPA, 91.5% A/AB (n=211 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Sean Schoville

Students found the moth-raising project fun and low-stress, enjoying watching the creature grow. The course was described as kind and forgiving, allowing students to learn without worrying heavily about grades.

Topics

Beneficial insects, disease carriers, and agricultural pests interfering with food supply
Environmental problems resulting from insect control agents
Integration of human culture and international issues with entomological science

Skills

Identify and summarize biological concepts related to insects
Integrate human culture and international issues with entomological science
Compose creative, well-composed arguments analyzing biological and cultural concepts
Review and discuss evidence-based research to demonstrate critical thinking

Grades

Spring 2027 · Projected

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.14 GPA average error.

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Selected offering source records

ENTOM/ENVIRST 201 · Spring 2027

Insects and Human Culture-a Survey Course in Entomology

Recorded 2026-10-14

ENTOM/ENVIRST 201 · Spring 2027

Insects and Human Culture-a Survey Course in Entomology

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Insects and Human Culture-a Survey Course in Entomology

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

Grade history

Prerequisites

Professors

Sean Schoville

Christelle Guedot

Russell Groves

Calendar & sections

Student experience

the class

difficulty & workload

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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