Entomology: Academics: Course Syllabi
ENTO(BIOL) 2010: Insects and the Environment
Instructor
Karl E. EspelieBioScience 514
Phone: 706/542-2278
Email: espelie@uga.edu
Office Hours
Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
The main goal of the course is to introduce you to the fascinating world of insects. Emphasis will be on insects that have a major effect on people & the environment.
Requirements for Entomology [Biology] 2010
Only one text is required: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Grading will be as follows:
Quizzes: 300 points
Exam 1: 200 points
Exam 2: 200 points
Final Exam: 300 points
Total: 1000 points
It is anticipated that an A will be 900 or more points, a B will be 800-899, a C will be 700-799, a D will be 600-699, and an F will be any total below 600 points.
THERE WILL BE 17 UNANNOUNCED QUIZZES. Some quizzes may be take home quizzes that will be due at the start of the next class period. There will be no makeup quizzes! Each student will be allowed to drop the two lowest quiz scores from her/his record at the end of the semester. If you miss (or expect to miss) a quiz or an exam for any valid reason, you should contact the instructor immediately for an alternative assignment. All quizzes will be OPEN BOOKS/OPEN NOTES! Exam 1, Exam 2 & the Final Exam will be CLOSED BOOKS-CLOSED NOTES TESTS. Since the material presented in the lectures will be emphasized in the quizzes & the major exams, it is strongly recommended that students be present for each class period & that they take good notes. The questions on the quizzes will be similar in format to those that will be on the major exams. Therefore, the student will have a good idea of what type of questions to expect on Exam 1, on Exam 2, and on the Final. Please save all quizzes & exams!!!
EACH STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY ON ALL QUIZZES AND EXAMS!
A class schedule is below. Students should read Silent Spring, because there will be quiz and exam questions on the contents of this classic book.
Class 1
"Who am I? Why am I here?"
Class 2
What is an Insect?
Class 3
Use and Abuse of DDT
Class 4
Silent Spring 1: Read Silent Spring
Class 5
Silent Spring 2
Class 6
Since Silent Spring
Class 7
Silent Sperm!!!!
Class 8
Biological Control 1
Class 9
Biological Control 2
Class 10
Insect Structure
Class 11
Insect Physiology
Class 12
Chemical Ecology
Class 13
Insect Ecology
Class 14
Biodiversity
Class 15
Ephemeroptera: Mayflies
Class 16
Odonata: Damselflies & Dragonflie
Class 17
Exam One, 200 points
Class 18
Isoptera: Termites
Class 19
Blattodea: Roaches!!!
Class 20
Orthoptera: Crickets & Grasshoppers
Class 21
Hemiptera: True Bugs & Aphids
Class 22
Coleoptera: Beetles 1
Class 23
Coleoptera: Beetles 2
Class 24
Lepidoptera: Moths & Butterflies
Class 25
Insect/Plant Interactions
Class 26
Insects in History
Class 27
Diptera: Flies!!!!
Class 28
Diptera: Mosquitoes; Malaria
Class 29
Siphonaptera: Fleas; Bubonic Plague
Class 30
Mimicry
Class 31
Mantodea: Mantids
Class 32
Insects in the Arts
Class 33
Ethnoentomology
Class 34
Exam Two, 200 points
Class 35
Forensic Entomology
Class 36
Ticks, Scorpions, and Mites
Class 37
Spiders!!!
Class 38
More Spiders & Silk
Class 39
Hymenoptera: Solitary Wasps
Class 40
Hymenoptera: Solitary Bees
Class 41
Hymenoptera: Honey Bees
Class 42
Pollination
Class 43
Hymenoptera: Social Wasps
Class 44
Hymenoptera: Ants 1
Class 45
Hymenoptera: Ants 2. Final Quiz!!!
Final Exam
300 points