Insect Classification - Student Profile

Please provide the following information about yourself (Section I). The information you provide will not be shared with anyone else. Answer the questions about your academics (Section II). This form uses your email to send your responses. Some email providers will not allow sending this type of information. You may want to copy the content of your answers and paste them into an email message to me in case your email provider is one of those. AOL is one provider that may block email form submissions. Bellsouth.net is another, and there are more. I will place a copy of this online form that you can fill out, the difference being that the form will access our class web site and store your responses on our server. Please use this form if you have one of the email providers that block email form submissions. Gatorlink email users should not have to do this.

Section I
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Course Section:
6166 (Graduate Credit)
4161 (Undergraduate Credit)		 Your Classification:(1AG, 2HOS, etc.)
 UND = undeclared
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Section II - Your Entomology/Zoology/Botany Background

Have you taken any other Entomology courses? Yes No
Have you ever made an insect collection for academic credit? Yes No
Have you taken a Systematics course (Zoology, Botany, other) Yes No
Have you ever studied Insect morphology? Yes No
- Insect ecology? Yes No
- Invertebrate Zoology? Yes No
- Used dichotomous keys to identify organisms? Yes No
- Written a dichotomous key? Yes No
- Researched a taxon (literature review)? Yes No
- Described a species? Yes No
Are you familiar with (can you recognize)the Insect Orders? Yes No
If you do not know the Orders on sight, can you recognize them using keys? Yes No
Do you consider yourself proficient with a computer? Yes No

About this Course - (A Few Words)

  • Graduate students participating in this course are required to collect more families and identify more species than undergraduates. Graduate students will also be required to research a family of insects from their state or region. Details will be found in course syllabi. View ENY 4161 syllabus or ENY 6166 syllabus for details.
  • Spelling always counts on all exercises, quizzes, and exams. A misspelled answer is an incorrect answer!
  • Some exercises may be supplemented in a web page. Each lesson may include a short exercise that will be completed in class (or submitted via email or slow mail for Distance Education students).
  • Each topic has one or more short exercises (see list of course exercises), which will be submitted using mail, FAX, or email.
  • ON CAMPUS STUDENTS, absenteeism will be detrimental to your grade. There will be no make-ups, and missed assignments will normally receive a grade of 0 (zero). Attendance will be apparent with your completed exercises.ONLINE students also must complete assignments, but the schedule for these is detailed on the course CD. on time.
  • On-campus class meetings include a 3 hour and 2 hour class. Please arrive on time!
  • By submitting this form you are stating that you have read and fully understand the above statements. Information included here is correct to the best of your (and my)knowledge.

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