The program ranks as one of the top in the country, with research that spans the globe and impacts human lives on many levels, influencing a broad range of disciplines including human and veterinary medicine, farming, biodiversity, and genomics.

The Entomology major provides an education in biological and environmental sciences, with a special emphasis on insects. Students in this major are not just fascinated by the most diverse group of animals on Earth; they understand that research in entomology is critical to human lives. For example:

• Many serious diseases across the world are spread by insects; finding cures to these diseases will require a detailed understanding of insect biology.
• A number of physiological processes?such as neurobiological systems?can be studied more easily in insects than in mammals.
• Insects have evolved solutions to problems that still confound engineers. Examining the functional morphology of insects has helped inspire better designs of everything from robots to solar panels.