Insect Classification - Student Profile

(For both On-campus sections and Distance Education Sections)

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 academic background. (Section II). This form uses your email to send your responses. Some email providers will not allow sending this type of information. It is also available as an online form which will automatically be submitted to our server. Before you submit this form 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 form online 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 the online 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

First Name:
Last Name:
University Email:
Course Level:
6166 (Graduate Credit)
4161 (Undergraduate Credit)		 Your Classification:(1AG, 2HOS, etc.)
 use UND for undeclared

Section II - Your Entomology/Zoology/Botany Background

Have you taken 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 studied Insect morphology? Yes No
Have you studied Insect ecology? Yes No
Have you had a course in Invertebrate Zoology? Yes No
Have you used dichotomous keys to identify organisms? Yes No
Have you written a dichotomous key? Yes No
Have you researched a taxon (literature review)? Yes No
Have you described a species, either for publication or as an exercise? Yes No
Are you familiar with (can you recognize)the major Insect Orders? Yes No
If you do not know the Orders on sight, can you identify them using keys? Yes No
Do you consider yourself proficient with a computer? Yes No
What type of operating system does your computer have? MAC IBM PC

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 will always counts on all exercises, quizzes, and exams. A misspelled answer is an incorrect answer! Grammar is also monitored, and complete sentences are expected for all questions.
  • Each topic has one or more short exercises (see list of course exercises), which may be submitted using mail, FAX, email,or online submissiion forms.
  • 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.Distance Education students must also complete assignments, but their schedule is detailed on their course CD..
  • 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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