BIOL 477 - Sustainable Insect Husbandry

Units: 4
Three hours lecture and three hours lab per week
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 200
Introduces students to sustainable animal husbandry practices, with a focus on insects as livestock. Topics will include the nutrition, development, reproduction and diseases of focal species, including model research organisms, biological control agents, edible insect and crop pollinators. Emphasis will be placed on the practice of raising insects as agricultural products. Field trips will be taken to local insectaries. Lab activities will focus on maintaining insect colonies and modeling population growth.
Graded: Letter Grade