Ecosystem Science and Management

College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources

Entomology MS and PhD

Entomology is the study of insects as well as their relatives, the spiders, ticks and mites. The graduate program in Entomology at the University of Wyoming focuses on insect biodiversity, classification and ecology. Knowledge of these topics is critical to understanding the widespread effects insects have on crops, rangelands and wildland ecosystems.

*Application Notes:

Students may be admitted year round. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for acceptance but no GRE is needed. For your application to be considered, you must contact a potential faculty graduate advisor. The potential faculty advisor must agree to mentor you and financially support your graduate program via a grant-funded graduate assistantship or a departmental graduate teaching assistantship.

 

Degree Programs

Master's Degree

The M.S. program is geared toward teaching graduate students the tools necessary to conduct robust entomology research. The program requires a research proposal, 30 credit hours (at least 12 from Soil Science and approved by the student's graduate committee), a research-based written thesis, a final public presentation and successful oral defense of the thesis.

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Doctorate Degree

The Ph.D. program allows graduate students to conduct robust research on major questions related to Entomology. The program requires a research proposal, 72 credit hours (at least 12 from Entomology and approved by the student's graduate committee), both a written and oral examination given by the graduate committee, a research-based written dissertation, a final public presentation and successful oral defense of the dissertation. The 72 credit hours may include credits earned during a Master’s degree program that are approved by the student's graduate advisory committee.

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More about Entomology

Insects represent three-quarters of all the Earth’s species and are found in virtually all ecosystems and ecological habitats, from forests and deserts to rangelands, and from soils to streams and tree canopies. Insects provide a wide variety of ecosystem services and can have beneficial effects on humans as biological control agents of insects pests and invasive weeds.

Major research foci in the department include:

• Biodiversity and classification of insects, especially with respect to parasitoid wasps and aquatic insects (Dr. Shaw)
• The use of insect herbivores as biological control agents to manage invasive weeds (Dr. Collier).