Introduction to agroecology as a science, practice, and movement, analyzing agricultural and food systems through social and ecological lenses.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2027
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Explores foundational ideas in ecology, tracing the discipline's development, roots of modern ecological thought, and research approaches.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2025–Spring 2025 · limited sampleExplores molecular and ecological aspects of plant-microbe interactions, covering themes from genetic to integrative modern biology to understand fundamental plant science.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sampleExamines how arthropods exploit plants, plant defense traits, environmental mediation, population dynamics, community ecology, co-evolution, and implications for natural resource management and sustainable development.
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Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sampleENTOM 299
Independent Study
1–3 creditsIndependent Study in Entomology involves research work under direct faculty guidance. Students arrange the specific work and credits with their supervising instructor.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
ENTOM 375
Special Topics
1–4 creditsSpecial Topics covers specialized subject matter of current interest to undergraduate students.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Susan Paskewitz
The class was described as easy, with a laid-back teaching style that remained supportive of student education.
No recorded grade history
Coordination of an Entomology internship or cooperative education experience under faculty and site supervision.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Entomology course covering anatomy, morphology, taxonomy, and bionomics of immature insects at ordinal and familial levels, including identification via taxonomic keys.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sampleSystems Thinking in Global Health examines determinants of health via case studies and group projects on infectious disease, inequities, and planetary health trade-offs.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Susan Paskewitz
Attendance was required, and the capstone project served as the main engaging assessment, contrasting with the routine nature of other tasks.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026ENTOM 681
Senior Honors Thesis
2–4 creditsSenior Honors Thesis is individual study for undergraduates in an Honors program to complete an Entomology thesis arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
ENTOM 682
Senior Honors Thesis
2–4 creditsSecond semester of individual study for undergraduate Honors students completing a thesis in Entomology. Students review literature, apply research methodologies, and write a thesis based on original research.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
ENTOM 691
Senior Thesis
2 creditsSenior Thesis is an individual study for undergraduates completing an Entomology thesis with a faculty member, involving original research and writing.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
ENTOM 692
Senior Thesis
1–3 creditsIndividual study for undergraduates completing a thesis in Entomology, arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
ENTOM 699
Special Problems
1–4 creditsSpecial Problems offers individual advanced work in an area of Entomology under the direct guidance of a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
ENTOM 799
Practicum in Entomology Teaching
1–3 creditsPracticum in Entomology Teaching provides instructional orientation, supervised direct teaching, student evaluation experience, and teaching performance analysis in agricultural life sciences.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
ENTOM 801
Colloquium
1 creditsA graduate-level entomology colloquium featuring weekly speakers from diverse careers to expose students to current research and foster professional networking.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Fall 2022–Fall 2023 · limited sampleENTOM 990
Graduate Research and Thesis
1–12 creditsGraduate Research and Thesis involves independent laboratory research to prepare a graduate thesis under faculty supervision in entomology.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
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 recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Introduction to global health determinants, disease burden, and the intersection of ecosystem stability, planetary boundaries, and human health.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Jonathan Patz
The class was very easy and almost solely relied on Canvas discussions for assessment, without going super in depth about the material.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Multivariate Analysis of Ecological and Community Data examines methods for analyzing complex, multidimensional datasets from plant, invertebrate, fish, and bird communities in ecology and environmental science.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Molecular Ecology covers basic principles including population genetics, molecular phylogenetics, rates and patterns of evolution, genome evolution, and molecular ecology.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Sean Schoville
The course featured a hard exam with written answers that the student found very subjective. The reviewer noted that the exam was significantly more difficult than expected.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2025 · limited sampleIntroduction to Entomology covering principles of insect morphology and classification, with outcomes focusing on identifying anatomical structures and classifying insects.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Dan Young
The class was described as very time-consuming and required significant memorization of Latin names. While not extraordinarily hard, it demanded a lot of work, though the instructor helped students through the material.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026