• The goal is to support and encourage students who are preparing for a career as a scientist in a federal, state, or industrial laboratory or in an academic institution, by providing them with as broad a background as possible in the many facets of insect biology. 
  • The Department of Entomology offers graduate work leading to the professional MPPPM (Master of Plant Protection and Pest Management) degree, and the MS and PhD degrees.
  • The program is a non-thesis degree requiring specified graduate level course work, two semesters of internship, plus selected graduate level electives. The MS and PhD are research degrees requiring course work plus original research leading to a thesis or dissertation.
  • Students holding the baccalaureate degree are normally admitted at the MS level but may petition to bypass this degree and work towards the PhD after meeting specific departmental requirements.