Course:APBI327/Schedule
Tentative Class Outline
| Lecture # (from course website) |
Reading Pages | Lecture Content |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | 1-20 | Introduction: Why study Entomology? |
| 1-3 | 32-41 | External anatomy
|
| 1-3 | 41-51 | External anatomy
|
| 4 | 122-126; 135-138; 152-156 |
Reproduction, Embryology and development |
| 5 | 24-32; 164-167 | Integument, Molting, and Endocrine control |
| 15 | 359-361 | Population Biology |
| 16 | 359-361 | Population Biology |
| 8 | Regulation of feeding | |
| 9 | 74-82 | Digestion and Quantitative Nutrition |
| 7 | 66-74 | Respiration and Circulation |
| 10 | 82-84 | Excretion and Water Balance |
| 21 | 2-4 | Benefits of Insects |
| 13 | 113-118 | Vision |
| MIDTERM | ||
| 12 | 91-103 | Morphology of Insect Sensilla |
| 17 | 307-312 | Social Insects |
| 18 | 227 | Insect-plant Interactions |
| 11 | 58-60 | Mechanics and Energetics of Flight |
| 6 | Forensic Entomology | |
| 19 | 385 | Medical Entomology |
| 22 | Handout | Insect Pathology |
| 20 | 408-413 | Insects as Pests |
| 14 | 104-113 | Communication - Pheromones |
| 23 | 4-8; 15-22 | Insect Biodiversity and Conservation |
| 17 | Review |
Tentative Laboratory Schedule
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Lab 1 | Introduction to Taxonomy; Insect Collections |
| Lab 2 | Insect Head and Mouthparts |
| Lab 3 | Thorax and Legs; Wings and Wing Venation |
| Lab 4 | Abdomen; Internal Anatomy (dissection) |
| Lab 5 | Insect Behaviour |
| Lab 6 | Apterygota and Primitive Pterygote Orders |
| Lab 7 | Orthopteroid Orders |
| Lab 8 | Hemipteroid Orders |
| Lab 9 | Panorpoid Orders; Higher Insect Orders |
| Lab 10 | Neuropteroid Orders |
| Lab 11 | Other Arthropods; Insect Evolution |
| Lab 12 | Lab Exam; Completion of Insect Collections |