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| Old Course Code | Subject Area | Catalogue Number | Long Title | Units | Description |
| ET205 | ENTM | 2005 | Terrestrial Arthropod Biodiversity | 1 | Role of insects & arachnids as major determinants of biodiversity of terrestrial & freshwater ecosystems; their importance in bioinventories, conservation biology & global change. Includes field trip. |
| ET209 | ENTM | 2009 | Insect & Arachnid Biodiversity | 1 | Major groups of Arachnida & orders/suborders of insects. Ecological role of insects & arachnids in terrestrial systems. Importance of conservation & biodiversity. Internal & external morphology, life histories, biology & importance to humans. Weekend fiel |
| ET210 | ENTM | 2010 | Urban Entomology | 2 | Urban arthropod pests & their ecology. Detection of pests, estimates of pest damage & pest control. Pesticide regulations; application & safety. Pests of garden, garbage, restaurant & hospital. (Also offered through Open Learning Australia as BIO21). |
| ET211 | ENTM | 2011 | Insect Science & Agriculture | 2 | Students become familiar with the orders/suborders of insects, their comparative external & internal anatomy, life histories, development, ecology behaviour & importance to humans. Collection required. (Also offered through Open Learning Australia as BIO2 |
| ET344 | ENTM | 3003 | Insect Morphology | 2 | Comparative morphology of insects. Groundplan anatomy to illustrate taxonomic & phylogenetic variation. |
| ET410 (NOT Full Year) | ENTM | 6010 | Literature Review | 2 | Student selects a topic of interest, discuss topic & reading material with supervisor, then submit assignment. |
| ET411 | ENTM | 6011 | Entomology Project B | 2 | In-depth laboratory or field studies, at postgraduate level, of topic selected by student in consultation with the course coordinator. |
| ET412 | ENTM | 6012 | Insect Semiochemicals | 2 | Pheromones, kairomomes, allomones & allied chemicals in life of insects: basic biology & experimental techniques, evolution & ecological specialisations of external information chemicals, application to current & future pest control. |
| ET413 | ENTM | 6013 | Theoretical & Applied Arachnology | 1 | Mites in relation to: ecosystem function & biodiversity; parasitism of man, plants, livestock & wildlife; biological control; evolution of life history strategies, reproductive mode, mutualisms & dispersal. |
| ET490 | ENTM | 6090 | Entomology IVH | 16 | Honours Program. Students must consult Head of Department to discuss program prior to submitting enrolment. Potential candidates must obtain a GPA of 5 over all level three entomology courses taken & should normally have taken & passed all entomology cor |
| ET821 | ENTM | 7021 | Identification & Diversity of Insects | 2 | Systematics & phylogeny of orders of hexapods, myriapods, arachnids. Adaptive & evolutionary significance of organisation in these groups. Paleoentomology. Zoogeography of insects & related groups. Principles & procedures of taxonomy, phylogenetic analysis |
| ET823 | ENTM | 7023 | Tropical Pest Management | 2 | Approaches to economic control & management of insect & mite pests. Integration of approaches together with conventional, chemical control techniques into rational control systems. Emphasis on key tropical pest problems. |