Undergraduate Entomology Coursework

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Montana State University does not offer an undergraduate degree in Entomology. Entomology courses are offered in Animal & Range Sciences, Land Resources & Environmental Sciences, and Biology Departments. Students interested in entomology can take these courses as electives in the option in which they are enrolled.

  • ARNR 410 Veterinary Entomology
    This course will provide an overview of the importance of arthropods and their effects on human and animal health. Topics covered will include classification and identification of insects, mites, and ticks, basic biology, behavior and ecology, feeding mechanisms, pathogen transmission, vector competency, production impacts, integrated management and prevention. Prerequisite: BIOL 101, ENTO 204.
Montana State University offers an undergraduate Entomology minor (non-teaching) in addition to our graduate program. The purpose of the entomology minor is to provide students majoring in various areas of the agricultural and biological sciences with a discrete set of courses emphasizing the important discipline of entomology. The minor has been designed to serve the needs of students within both the College of Agriculture, (Animal Science, Biotechnology, Horticulture, Land Resources, Plant Science, and Range Science) and the College of Letters and Science (Biology and Microbiology). In addition to the minor, the department offers students an opportunity to undertake undergraduate research projects, internship, special topics and undergraduate creative activity projects with individual faculty.

Entomology Undergraduate Minor (non-teaching)

Required Courses Credits
ENTO 204--Insect Biology 3
ENTO 401--Integrated Pest Management 4
ENTO 432--Insect Identification 4
ENTO 490--Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity 1-3
Restricted Elective Courses (Take three of the following): Credits
ARNR 240--Principles of Natural Resource Ecology / BIOL 303--Principles of Ecology 3
BIOL 301--Prinicples of Genetics 3
BCHM 340--General Biochemistry 4
BIOL 403--Evolution 3
BIOL 411--Animal Physiology 3
BIOL 426--Neuroetholgy 3
BIOL 439--Stream Ecology 3
F&WL 301--Principles of Fish and Wildlife Management 3
MB 201--Infectious Diseases 3
PS 318--Biometry / STAT 216--Elementary Statistics 3
PS 341--Field Crop Production Resource Ecology 3
PS 421--Concepts of Plant Pathology 3

 

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