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EISMS - Entomology & Insect Science

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Graduate Interdisciplinary PrgGraduate Degree SeekingMS - Master of Science

Overview

Program Requirements

Completion requirement

32

Completion requirement

A minimum of 30 units total must be taken.  At least 15 units must be completed toward the MS requirements in letter-graded courses (vs. research or independent study units). 

Select two of three of the following courses:

  • course: Insect Systems Biology (3)

  • course: Insect Ecology (3)

  • course: Insect Systematics (4)

These courses are all offered alternate years, so students will take them in their first or second year. 

  • course: Entomology (1 -3) - taken twice during fall and spring semester in the first year of the program.

  • course: Thesis (8).

Completion requirement

EIS courses available to MS majors:

  • course: Ecological Physiology (3)

  • course: Aquatic Entomology (4)

  • course: Applied Biostatistics (3)

  • course: Insect Biology (3)

  • course: Comparative Immunology (3)

  • course: Agro-ecology (3)

  • course: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics (4)

  • course: Medical-Veterinary Entomology (3)

  • course: Principles of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (3)

  • course: Controlled Environment Agriculture IPM (3)

  • course: Independent Study (1 – 5)

  • course: Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3)

  • course: Independent Study (1–3)

  • course: Research (1–8)


In this interdisciplinary program, we encourage students to take courses in other programs that suit their developing interests, in consultation with their graduate committees. 

Some popular courses include:

  • course: Pollination Ecology-Behavior, Cognition, & Ecology of Pollinators (3)

  • course: Biostatistics in Public Health (3)

  • course: Biostatistics for Research (3)

  • course: Conservation Biology (3)

  • course: Introduction to Modeling in Biology (3)

  • course: Population Genetics (3)

  • course: Animal Behavior (3)

  • course: Topics in Social Insect Biology (2)

  • course: Fundamentals of Evolution (3)

  • course: Fundamentals of Ecology (3)

  • course: Statistical Analysis of Ecological and Environmental Data with R (3)

  • course: Basic Principles of Epidemiology (3)

  • course: Principles of Plant Microbiology (4)

  • course: Physiology of Plant Production under Controlled Environment (3)

Completion requirement

No other requirements, although training in teaching with a teaching assistantship is encouraged. 

Completion requirement