Topic Schedule for Summer Session 2 2009

July 6:                           Survey of Insect Orders

July 7 & 8:                   Insect Skeleton

July 9 & 10:                 Insect Nervous System

July 13:                        TEST 1

July 14:                        Insect Muscular System

July 15 & 16:               Insect Sensory Systems

July 17:                        Insect Locomotion

July 20:                        Insect Digestion

July 21:                        TEST 2

July 22:                        Insect Circulation & Immunity

July 23:                        Insect Respiration & Insect Excretion

July 24:                        Insect Reproduction & Development

July 27:                        Development; Insect Behavior Part 1

July 28:                        Insect Behavior Part 1

July 29:                        TEST 3

July 30:                        Insect Behavior Part 2

July 31:                        Insect Behavior Part 2 & Part 3

Aug. 3                          Insect Behavior Part 3

Aug. 4                          Insects of Medical Importance

Aug. 5                          Insects of Medical Importance

Aug. 6                          Insects of Medical Importance

Aug. 7                          TEST 4

Aug. 11                        Final Exam 12-3 PM

Topic Outline (Fall and Spring Semester)

I.  Introductory Material (Chap. 13)

            A.  Arthropod and Insect Characteristics
            B.  Survey of the Insect Orders

II.  Insect Systems

            A.  Integumentary and Skeletal Systems (Chap. 1, 2)

                        1.  The insect cuticle
                        2.  The insect skeleton
                              a.  the head
                              b.  the thorax
                              c.  the abdomen

            B.  Nervous System (Chap. 3)

                        1.  Central nervous system
                        2.  Visceral and peripheral nervous systems

            C.  Muscular System (Chap. 3)

                        1.  Muscle structure
                        2.  Muscle contraction
                        3.  Types of muscles

            D.  Sensory Systems (Chap. 3)

                        1.  The sensillum
                        2.  Mechanoreception
                        3.  Phonoreception
                        4.  Photoreception
                        5.  Chemoreception

            E.  Insect Locomotion (Chap. 3)

                        1.  Walking and running
                        2.  Jumping
                        3.  Aquatic locomotion
                        4.  Flight

            F.  Feeding and Digestion (Chap. 3)

                        1.  Alimentary tract
                        2.  Regulation of digestion
                        3.  Specialized feeding niches

            G.  Circulatory System (Chap. 3)

                        1.  Structures
                        2.  Hemolymph
                        3.  Hematocytes
                        4.  Immune responses

            H.  Ventilatory System (Chap. 3)

                        1.  Structures
                        2.  Ventilatory processes
                        3.  Aquatic respiration

            I.  Excretory System (Chap. 3)

                        1.  Structures
                        2.  Elimination of nitrogenous wastes and water balance

            J.  Reproduction (Chap. 3)

                        1.  Male reproductive system
                        2.  Female reproductive system
                        3.  Mating and sex determination

            K.  Development and Morphogenesis (Chap. 4)

                        1.  Embryogenesis
                        2.  Postembryonic morphogenesis
                             a.  growth
                             b.  metamorphosis
                             c.  regulation of metamorphosis
                        3.  Diapause

III.  Insect Behavior (Chap. 6)

            A.  Types of behavior
            B.  Periodicity of behavior
            C.  Control of behavior
            D.  Communication
            E.  Biological Functions of Behavior

IV.  Social Insects (Chap. 7)

            A.  Definitions
            B.  Evolutionary routes to eusociality
            C.  Castes and Division of Labor
            D.  The different social taxa

V.  Insects of Medical and Economic Importance (Chap 8, 10, 11)

            A.  Parasitic Insects and disease vectors
            B.  Agriculture