The Program Teaching and research in the Program of Entomology reflect the program's traditions as well as the interests of its present faculty.
Emphasis is on graduate studies.
Interested undergraduates major in biology but may elect various entomology courses in order to obtain a broad biological background essential for graduate work in entomology. Interests of the faculty center on basic, non-agricultural aspects of entomology, as these relate to fundamental biological principles. It is the primary goal of the program to train entomologists who are able to view their problems in the context of broad biological principles and who are aware of the most recent developments in the general field of biological science. Accordingly, some of the course work required of students as well as much of the research in the program, transcends the confines of classical entomology. The program is unique in not being affiliated with a school of agriculture.