PLSCI 5440
Integrated Pest Management
Lectures integrate the principles of pest control, ecology, and economics in the management of pests across multiple systems.
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
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
- Catalogue entry ↗
Catalogue variants
- Integrated Pest Management · 3.0 · Graduate