Course Descriptions ENTO 501 Natural History for Teachers 3 Background knowledge, methods and materials for teaching basic concepts of ecology, environmental problems and field natural history, particularly as applicable to Delaware. Includes outdoor studies in field, forest, stream and estuarine environments. ENTO 601 Insect Physiology 4 Physiology and biochemistry of major organs and tissues of insects.
Laboratory demonstrates basic tools of insect physiology through original and classical experiments.
Taxonomy 3 Lecture-laboratory course treating the collection, preservation and classification of the immature stages of common holometabolous insect families. ENTO 605 Insect Structure and Function 4 Comparative functional anatomy and evolution of arthropods, especially Insecta. Emphasis on structures and their functions as adaptive responses to selective pressures. Laboratory dissections emphasizing anatomical variation within external and internal systems. ENTO 606 Insect Identification - Taxonomy 3 Lecture and laboratory course in the collection, preservation and classification of common insect families.