Unit ENTOMOLOGY
- Course
- Earth science and environment
- Study-unit Code
- A004642
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Manuela Rebora
- Teachers
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- Manuela Rebora
- Hours
- 42 ore - Manuela Rebora
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2026/27
- Sector
- BIO/05
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- Introduction to Insects, the great insect evolutionary success, external and internal anatomy, reproduction and development, sensory systems, insects and soil, forensic entomology, aquatic insects, insects and plants
- Reference texts
- Gullan and Cranston, An Outline of Entomology, Chapman and Hall
- Educational objectives
- Il corso si propone di fornire una panoramica sulla biodiversità degli insetti, le ragioni del loro successo evolutivo, la loro morfologia funzionale, i rapporti degli insetti con l'uomo, insect control
- Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of animal biology
- Teaching methods
- frontal lessons
- Other information
- Frequency not compulsory but strongly adviced
- Learning verification modality
- The exam is an oral test consisting of an interview lasting about 20 to 30 minutes to ascertain the student's level of knowledge and understanding capability acquired on the different contents indicated in the program. During the oral examination the student's communication skills will be also evaluated
- Extended program
- The class of Insects, the great evolutionary success of Insects, external and internal anatomy, sensory biology, reproduction, development and biological cycles, the main orders of insects, evolution, soil insects, forensic entomology, aquatic insects, insects and plants, predation and parasitism, control systems,
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- The course deals with topics that allow the student to acquire the skills necessary to pursue the objectives that are included in the 2030 Agenda