Integrated Pest Management

Topics

• Students will be able to articulate the often-overlooked economic and ecological underpinnings of pest outbreaks.
• Students will be able to identify and evaluate ethical issues involved with pest management.
• Students will be able to use multiple integrated techniques to assess pest populations and determine if treatment is warranted.
• Students will be able to evaluate pest management alternatives and develop integrated pest management plans.
• Students will be able to participate actively in discussion and debate with peers about integrated pest management including contentious issues.
• Students will be able to conduct research (including literature searches, and summarization of experimental data) with team members to report on the management of a specific pest of their choice.

Official roster learning outcomes