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Department of Entomology

Department of Entomology
123 W. Waters Hall
1603 Old Claflin Place
Kansas State University
Manhattan KS 66506-4004

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entomology@ksu.edu

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General Requirements

At least 15 credit hours are required, as outlined below.

At least 6 credit hours are required from the following Entomology courses:

General Requirements
ENTOM 710Insect Taxonomy3
OR  
ENTOM 312 andGeneral Entomology2
ENTOM 313General Entomology Lab2
OR  
ENTOM 300Economic Entomology3
OR  
ENTOM 320Horticultural Entomology3
OR  
ENTOM 305 andLivestock Entomology2
ENTOM 306Livestock Entomology Lab1

9 Credit hours from Block A or Block B

At least 9 credit hours from Block A and/or Block B are also required. Courses offered outside the Entomology Department (Block B) can count toward the minor if they are requirements/electives of specific curricula or if prior approval is obtained from the Entomology Minor Advisor.

Block A

ENTOM 620Insecticides: Properties & Laws2
ENTOM 692Insect Ecology3
ENTOM 667Insect Pest Management3
ENTOM 706External Insect Morphology3
ENTOM 799Problems in Entomology: 
  Insect Behavior3
  Insect Ecology3
  Insect Genetics3
  Insect Physiology3
  Biological Control3
  Insect Control by Host Plant Resistance3
  Insects of Stored Products3
  Seminar: Special Topics1

The following, or other Entomology Minor Advisor-approved courses, may count towards the minor:

Block B
BIOL 455General Microbiology4
BIOL 529Fundamentals of Ecology3
BIOL 612Introductory Limnology4
BIOL 625Animal Parasitology4
BIOL 697BBehavioral Ecology3
GRSC 651Food and Feed Plant Sanitation4
HORT 582Hort. Pest Management3
PLPATH 500Principles of Plant Pathology3
PLPATH 6a07Plant Disease Diagnosis2