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ESPM
40 --Insects and Human Society-- [2
units] |
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Description: An
introduction to the diversity and natural history of insects
in natural and human environments. The course examines the
wonder of insects, their interactions with the living world,
and their contributions to and impacts on human society.
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Course
Format: Two
hours of lecture per week. |
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42 --Natural
History of Insects -- [2
units] |
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| Description:
An
outline of the main facts and principles of biology as illustrated
by insects, with special emphasis on their relations to plants
and animals, including humans. |
| Course
Format: Two
hours of lecture per week. |
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44 --Biological
Control -- [2
units] |
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Description:
Regulation of populations of organisms, especially insects,
through interactions with parasites, predators, pathogens,
competitors. Discussion of examples from agricultural, forest,
urban, and recreational environments. |
| Course
Format: Two
hours of lecture per week. |
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113 --Insect
Ecology -- [2 units] |
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| Description:
Ecology of insects: interactions with the physical environment;
structure and functioning of insect populations and communities;
behavioral ecology of predator-prey interactions; plant-insect
interactions; social insects; pollination biology; applied
insect ecology. |
| Course
Format: Two
hours of lecture per week. |
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ESPM
115B --Biology
of Aquatic Insects -- [3 units] |
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Description:
Identification and ecology of aquatic insects, including their
role as indicators of environmental quality. |
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Course
Format: Two
hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Offered
odd-numbered years. |
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ESPM
134 --Fire,
Insects, and Diseases in Forest Ecosystems --
[3 units] |
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Description: Study
of the influence of fire, insects, and diseases on species
diversity, succession, and the survival of North American
forests including the evolution of these interactions due
to modern human policies of preservation and management and
exploitation |
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Course
Format: Two
hours of lecture per week and four one- to two-day field trips. |
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ESPM
140 -- General
Entomology -- [4 units] |
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Description:
Biology of insects, including classification of orders
and common families, morphology, physiology, behavior, and
ecology. |
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Course Format:
Two hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week. |
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144 -- Insect
Physiology -- [4 units] |
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| Description:
A survey of the unique physiological mechanisms of insects,
including the analysis of physiological systems at the cellular-molecular
level. The roles of the nervous and endocrine systems in coordinating
physiological processes are emphasized. |
| Course
Format: Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion
per week. |
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ESPM
145 --Arthropod-Borne
Zoonotic Diseases: Basic Principles and Methods of Study --
[2 units] |
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Description: This
course will focus on the ecology and epidemiology of zoonotic
disease agents transmitted to humans by arthropods. Basic
principles will be discussed, and techniques for conducting
field and laboratory studies will be demonstrated. Includes
methods for collecting bloodsucking arthropods and trapping
selected vertebrates; processing of specimens for study; and
examination of arthropod and vertebrate tissues for pathogens. |
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Course
Format: Two
hours of lecture per week.
Offered even-numbered years. |
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ESPM
146 -- Medical/Veterinary Entomology -- [3 units] |
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Description:
The role of insects and other arthropods in the transmission
and causation of diseases in humans and domestic animals,
including the geographical areas and types of ecosystems inhabited
by various species and the structural/behavioral adaptations
associated with parasitism. Examples of vector-borne diseases
considered include malaria, yellow fever, plague, typhus,
filariasis, African and American trypanosomiasis, Lyme disease,
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, relapsing fevers. Offered
odd numbered years. |
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Course Format:
Two hours of lecture and one hour of demonstration/discussion
per week. Offered odd-numbered years. |
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ESPM
146 L -- Medical/Veterinary Entomology Laboratory
-- [1 unit] |
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Description:
Laboratory identification of the major arthropod vectors
of disease agents to humans and other animals, and study of
the structural adaptations associated with free-living and
parasitic stages and with blood feeding. |
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Course Format:
Three hours of laboratory per week. Offered even-numbered
years. |
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ESPM
147 -- Field Entomology-- [1 unit] |
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Description:
Field observation, recording and interpretation of insect
relationships to habitats, their behavior and plant-insect
interactions. Collection and preparation of specimens with
important biological data. |
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Course Format:
One week involving 60 hours of laboratory work and one
hour of lecture. Offered four times per year. Special sections
for "spiders", "beetles" and "ants" |
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