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June 30, 2005 NDSU to Offer Distance Education Course on Economic Entomology The North Dakota State University Department of Entomology is offering Economic Entomology (ENT 360), a distance education course, this fall. Denise Olson, an assistant professor in the Entomology Department, will be the instructor. “Economic Entomology is designed for those whose primary interest is in crop consulting, chemical and seed sales, or production in the agronomic or horticulture industry,” Olson says. “This course is ideal for those who want to be more knowledgeable in agronomic or horticulture insect pest management, but due to work and family commitments cannot spend an extended period of time on the university campus.” The course consists of two tracks, Agronomic Insect Pest Management and Horticulture Insect Pest Management. Students can take either track for 2 credits or both simultaneously for 3 credits. The Agronomic Insect Pest Management track will cover insects and mites of economic importance to small grains, corn, forages, canola, field peas, field beans, soybeans, potatoes, sugar beets and stored grain. Students in the Horticultural Insect Pest Management track will study insects and mites of economic and aesthetic importance to vegetable crops, lawn and turf, shade trees and shrubs, greenhouse and interiorscape plants, and fruit trees. The students will learn about the impact of insects, including those that are beneficial, and insect and mite pests; the concepts of integrated pest management (IPM), including preventive pest management, monitoring and sampling insect and mite populations, and economic and esthetic decision levels for insect and mite pests; the methods for pest management, including chemical, cultural and biological control, and resistant crops; and insects and mites that carry diseases. Students will be tested on the material in three tests. This course will run for nine weeks from Oct. 18 to Dec. 16. The students will be required to have access to a computer with an Internet connection or a CD drive. Students will receive course material, take self-evaluation quizzes and exams, and post questions using Blackboard, NDSU’s electronic course management system. Students who do not have sufficient Internet access will be provided with a CD of the course material. For more information on the course, contact Olson at (701) 231-6292 or denise.olson@ndsu.edu. ### Source:
Denise Olson, (701) 231-6292, denise.olson@ndsu.edu
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