Are
you still in need of a Natural Science and Technology gen ed?
Try
taking IB 109, Insects and People
The
course can be taken with a lab (4 h) or without a lab (3 h).
Why take it? In the class, you can learn about locust plagues, silk and silkworms, honey and wax, praying mantis style kung fu, insect aphrodisiacs, lice, plague, sacred scarabs, zombie cockroaches, killer bees, and insects in art, law, music and movies, among other topics...
Why take it? In the class, you can learn about locust plagues, silk and silkworms, honey and wax, praying mantis style kung fu, insect aphrodisiacs, lice, plague, sacred scarabs, zombie cockroaches, killer bees, and insects in art, law, music and movies, among other topics...
For an extra hour of
credit, take the lab--activities include honey-tasting, insect eating, field
trips, beeswax candle making, cochineal tie-dyeing and CSI-style maggot
hunts...
Dr. Berenbaum has won a several teaching awards and was also the nominal inspiration for "Dr. Bambi Berenbaum" of the X-Files episode "War of the Coprophages" (about alien killer cockroaches).
Dr. Berenbaum has won a several teaching awards and was also the nominal inspiration for "Dr. Bambi Berenbaum" of the X-Files episode "War of the Coprophages" (about alien killer cockroaches).
