NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 昆蟲之人工大量飼養及農產業應用(6932)
	(Eng.) Mass-rearing of Insects for Agricultural Application
Offering Dept	Master Program in Plant Health Care
Course Type	Elective			Credits	2	Teacher	TANG CHENG KANG
Department	Doctoral Program in Plant Health Care / Ph.D			Language	Chinese	英文/EMI		Semester	2025-SPRING
Course Description	The mass-rearing of insects for agricultural application is gradually crucial in recent years. Lots of beneficial insects had already been utilized in human life, and became the important application for us. The silk from Bombyx mori, honey and pollen from Apis mellifera, and resin from Kerria lacca. Those economic insects had been massively reared for decades, and let human create various agriculture products or application. While the climate change and pathogen infection had become urgent problem in this century, we need to improve our rearing skills and technics to protect beneficial insects. So develop new rearing technics and methods are important for us. In this class, we will teach students how to find the potential beneficial insects or useful insects, how to verify their application, and what are their value in our agriculture. Without the doubt, the core value of this class includes discovering advantages of mass-rearing of insects, making insects become high value agricultural products, and realizing the needs of insects in our life.
Prerequisites								self-directed learning in the course	N

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1. To understand the advantages and application of mass-rearing of insects. Learning the skills, knowledge, and practical experience 2. To explore the potential useful insects and finding the method to rearing them. 3. The requirement of animal feeding is growing in recent years. To develop the edible insects as protein for livestock is a novel solution to rescue feeding issue.			topic Discussion / Production Networking / Distance Education Visit Exercises Discussion Practicum Lecturing	Written Presentation Attendance Oral Presentation Assignment Quiz Other
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 The course introduction and viewing the syllabus Week 2 5 W and 1 H of insects (The definition Entomology) Week 3 The characteristic and morphological structure of insects Week 4 The biodiversity and taxonomy of insects Week 5 Insect transformer – Metamorphosis Week 6 Aquatic insects, social insects, agriculture pest, urban pest, and disease related to insects Week 7 Large scale insect rearing and animal welfare (which insects are worth to rear?) Week 8 Six-legged livestock: edible insect farming, collection, and marketing (8 billion by 2030) Week 9 Midterm report and Discussion Week 10 The sustainability of industrial insect mass rearing production: zero waste goals through by-product utilization Week 11 Recent advances in insect rearing methodology to promote scientific research and mass production Week 12 Insect rearing techniques for biological control programs Week 13 Mass rearing of natural enemies and beneficial insects Week 14 Mass-rearing of insects for the sterile insect technique Week 15 Problems 1. Industrial rearing of edible insects could be a major source of new biological invasions Week 16 Problems 2. Cost, waste, shelf life, environment, and stable artificial diet Week 17 Case studies and Discussion Week 18 Final exam (Design a program for massive insects rearing)
Evaluation
Attendance and performance: 20% Mid-term report: 25% Final exam: 25% Paper report: 30%
Textbook & other References
1. Encyclopedia of Entomology (4 Volume Set) 2nd Edition, By John L. Capinera, Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media (2008), ISBN: 1402062427, 9781402062421, 4346 pages 2. Advances In Insect Rearing For Research And Pest Management, By Thomas E Anderson and Norman C Leppla, Publisher: Routleged (2021), ISBN: 9780429043246, 522 pages 3. Focus on Insect Rearing Methodology to Promote Scientific Research and Mass Production, By Man P. Huynh, Kent S. Shelby, Thomas A. Coudron, Publisher: MDPI AG (2021), ISBN: 3036524924, 9783036524924, 162 pages
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
1. The handout of take home message 2. Online open journal
Office Hours
E-mail appointment (MON. to FRI. on 09:00~15:00)
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