Online Programs and Courses in Entomology
(updated
February 23, 2010)
The following universities offer online
distance-learning courses in entomology, and some offer programs
which offer degrees. To learn more, contact the university
entomology departments.
Iowa State University
Offers
a number
of online courses, including Introduction to Insects,
Management of Insect Pests, and Insects and Society.
Michigan State
University
Offers an online course in
Forensic Entomology.
North Carolina
State University
Offers
several on-line courses in entomology, including Insects and
People; An Introduction to the Honey Bee and Beekeeping; and
General Entomology.
Oregon State
University
Plans to offer
courses in 2008. Also plans to offer a graduate certificate
in entomology / IPM in 2008 or 2009.
Purdue
University
Offers a non-credit online course on Pest Management Technology
as part of a correspondence course series on pest management
offered by the department. Other courses in the series are
offered on demand as traditional correspondence courses and
include: Food Plant Pest Management; Turfgrass Pest Management;
Intermediate and Advanced-Level Urban and Industrial Integrated
Pest Management; and Termites and Other Wood-Destroying Pests.
For more information, go to their website. Purdue is also
developing a “for-credit” online version of their
Introduction to Forensic Science course for 2008.
Texas A&M
University
Offers
undergraduate and graduate level coursework at a distance
for degree- and non-degree-seeking students interested in
careers in agriculture and related businesses involving IPM.
University of
Florida
Offers a number of
undergraduate and graduate courses, as well
as an off-campus Master of Science degree (normally non-thesis but these
programs are available by arrangement) with concentrations in
Entomology or Pest Management.
University of
Idaho
May offer
Insect Ecology online in the future.
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Offers a course on Insect Resistance Management
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Offers an
online course on Insect Biology.
University of
Nebraska – Lincoln
Offers a full-curriculum
distance M.S.
degree in entomology.
The distance option emphasizes course work in entomology and
flexibility in non-entomological training specific to individual
student needs and interests
Also see:
-
Undergraduate
Degree Programs
-
Undergraduate
Minors and Concentrations
- Colleges and
Universities
