Register today for ENY 5405 Insect Vectors of Plant Pathogens! 100% online!
Improve your critical thinking and writing skills while you learn about insect, mite, and nematode vectors of plant pathogens!
The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the biology of arthropods and nematodes and the role they play in the spread of different plant pathogens. This course was designed to foster your creative and critical thinking skills by directing you through an independent exploration of weekly topics. The lectures begin by providing introductory material and readings to provide you with the background necessary to understand the topic. Questions will be posed during the lectures that will direct your exploration of the literature.
Writing assignments are designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills and provide you an outlet for demonstrating your comprehension of the topic. As the semester advances lectures will become shorter and you will be asked to pose questions and provide answers. By the end of the semester you should be more comfortable with this higher-level inquiry-based learning approach (that is expected from graduate students and research scientists) and that you have a new appreciation for insects, mites, and nematodes as vectors of plant pathogens.
Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Ph.D.
Phone: (352)273-3950
Email: gillett@ufl.edu
Twitter: @JGillettKaufman @UFEntomology and @UFNATL
http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/
