Students in Natural History class looking at fall webworm From Insect Natural History to Molecular Ecology, we offer diverse and challenging courses in Entomology that serve both the general interests and the technical needs of students in our graduate research program and in related fields of study.

Course Plans By Research Concentration

Entomology graduate students should use the following suggested course plans in working with their advisory committee to choose courses that best fit their program needs within their area of research and career interests. A semester-by-semester list of seminar courses is shown at the bottom of the page.

Arthropod Management in Plant Systems
Genetics & Molecular Biology of Insects
Structural Urban, Medical & Veterinary Entomology

Behavior, Ecology, Evolution & Systematics
Insect Microbe & Pathogen Interactions

Arthropod Management in Plant Systems (AMPS)

Classification	ENT No.	Title	Relevant Non-ENT courses
Core	502	Insect Diversity	ST 511 Exp. Stats. I
Core	503	Insect Morphology & Physiology	ST 512 Exp. Stats. II
Core	762	Insect Management. Agric. Crops	ST 524 Stats. In Plant Sci.
Core	731	Insect Ecology	ST 533 App. Spat. Stats
Complement	506	Principles of Genetic Pest Management	CS 590 Reg. Science
Complement	520	Behavior	CS 716 Weed Bio.
Complement	550	Fund. Arthropod Pest Management	CS 755 App. Res. Meth.
Complement	591/791	Insect Microbe Symbiosis	PP 506 Epi. Plant Dis.
Complement	591/791	Vector-borne Plant Pathogens	PP 501 Bio. Plant Path.
Complement	727	Soil Ecology	PP 707 Plant Micro. Int.
Complement	726	Biological Control	FOR 503 Tree Physiol.
Complement	526	Organic Agriculture	GIS 512 Intro Remote Sense.
Prof. development	504	Professional Development	AEC 592 Spec Topic App. Ecol
Prof. development	510	Grant Writing
Prof. development	525	General Entomology
Prof. development	604/804	Natural History

AMPS Research Page

Behavior, Ecology, Evolution & Systematics (BEES)

Classification	ENT No.	Title	Relevant Non-ENT courses
Core	502	Insect Diversity	ST 511 Exp. Stats. I
Core	520	Insect Behavior	ST 512 Exp. Stats. II
Core	731	Insect Ecology	AEC 503 Found. Ecol.
Complement	503	Insect Morphology & Physiology	AEC 550 Cons. Gen.
Complement	506	Principles of Genetic Pest Management	AEC 718 Comm. Ecol.
Complement	582	Medical & Veterinary Entomology	AEC 761 Cons. & Climate Sci
Complement	591/791	Insect Microbe Symbiosis	GN 740 Evol. Gen.
Complement	726	Biological Control	GN 756 Comp. Mol. Evol.
Complement	727	Soil Ecology	PB 503 Syst. Botany

Prof. development	504	Professional Development	AEC 509 Ecol. Stream Invertebrates
Prof. development	510	Grant Writing	FOR 503 Tree Physiol.
Prof. development	525	General Entomology
Prof. development	604/804	Natural History

BEES Research Page

Genetics & Molecular Biology of Insects (GMBI)

Classification	Course No.	Title	Relevant Non-ENT courses
Core	ENT 503	Insect Morphology & Physiology	GN 703 Pop. & Quant. Gen.
Core	ENT 591/791	Insect Genomics	GN 740 Evol. Genetics
Core	GN 701	Molecular Genetics	GN 755 Pop. Gen.
Core	GN 735	Functional Genomics	GN 768 Nucleic Acids
Complement	502	Insect Diversity	BIT 501 Ethics in Biotech
Complement	506	Principles of Genetic Pest Management	BIT 562 Gene Expression
Complement	550	Fund. Arthropod Pest Management	BIT 568 Genome Mapping.
Complement	591/791	Insect Microbe Symbiosis	BIT 571 RNAi & Model Org.
Complement	591/791	Special Topics Gen. Eng. & Society	BIT 595 Insect Gen. Manip.
Complement	762	Insect Pest Manage. Agric. Crops
Complement	726	Biological Control
Prof. development	504	Professional Development
Prof. development	510	Grant Writing
Prof. development	525	General Entomology
Prof. development	604/804	Natural History

GMBI Research Page

Insect Microbe & Pathogen Interactions (IMPI)

Classification	Course No.	Title	Relevant Non-ENT courses
Core	503	Insect Morphology & Physiology	GN 703 Pop. & Quant. Gen.
Core	591/791	Insect Microbial Symbiosis	GN 755 Pop. Gen.
Core	731	Insect Ecology	GN 768 Nucleic Acids
Core	791	Vector Transmission of Plant Viruses	MB 555 Microb. Biotech.
Complement	502	Insect Diversity	MB 718 Immunology
Complement	506	Principles of Genetic Pest Management	BIT 562 Gene Expression
Complement	550	Fund. Arthropod Pest Management	BIT 568 Genome Mapping.
Complement	582	Medical & Veterinary Entomology	BIT 571 RNAi & Model Org.
Complement	591/791	Special Topics Gen. Eng. & Society	PP 506 Epidemiology of Plant Dis.
Complement	591/791	Insect Genomics	PP 707 Plant Microb. Interactions
Complement	762	Insect Pest Manage. Agric. Crops	PP 715 Appl. Evol. Anal. Pop. Gen
Prof. development	504	Professional Development
Prof. development	510	Grant Writing
Prof. development	525	General Entomology
Prof. development	604/804	Natural History

IMPI Research Page

Structural Urban, Medical, and Veterinary Entomology (SUMVE)

Classification	ENT No.	Title	Relevant Non-ENT courses
Core	502	Insect Diversity	ST 511 Exp. Stats. I
Core	582	Medical & Veterinary Entomology	ST 512 Exp. Stats. II
Core	731	Insect Ecology	AEC 503 Found. Ecol.
Complement	503	Insect Morphology & Physiology	AEC 550 Conserv. Gen
Complement	504	Professional Development	AEC 718 Comm. Ecol.
Complement	506	Principles of Genetic Pest Management	AEC 761 Cons. & Climate Sci
Complement	591/791	Insect Microbe Symbiosis	GN 740 Evol. Gen.
Complement	726	Biological Control	GN 756 Comp. Mol. Evol.
Prof. development	510	Grant Writing	PB 503 Syst. Botany
Prof. development	525	General Entomology	FOR 503 Tree Physiol.
Prof. development	604/804	Natural History

SUMVE Research Page

Seminar Courses Offered by Semester

Courses are listed by Year and Semester. The semesters are Fall, Spring (listed as “Spr.”) and Summer (listed as “Sum.”).

Subdisc/ Instructor	Section	2021 Spr.	2021 Fall	2022 Spr.	2022 Fall	2023 Spr.	2023 Fall	2024 Spr.	2024 Fall	2025 Spr.	2025 Fall	2026 Spr.	2026 Fall	2027 Spr.	2027 Fall	2028 Spr.
IMPI Mikaelyan	1	X
BEES Frank	2	X
SMUVE Roe	1		X
PD (Orr Teaching)	2		X
AMPS Billiesen	1			X
GMBI Scott	2			X
IMPI Whitfield	1				X
BEES Wiegmann	2				X
SMUVE Watson	1					X
PD Crawley Industry	2					X
AMPS Sorenson	1						X
GMBI Gould	2						X
IMPI Mikaelyan	1							X
BEES Schal	2							X
SMUVE Reiskind	1								X
PD Extension Huseth	2								X
AMPS Cohen	1									X
GMBI Lorenzen	2									X
IMPI Orr	1										X
BEES Bertone	2										X
SMUVE Ponnusamy	1											X
PD Reiskind Seminar	2											X
AMPS Kennedy	1												X
GMBI Scott	2												X
IMPI Rotenberg	1													X
BEES Katsumata	2													X
SMUVE Roe	1														X
PD Teaching	2														X
AMPS Frank	1															X
GMBI Lorenzen	2															X

Entomology and Plant Pathology

Entomology Graduate Courses