NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 普通昆蟲學(1126)
(Eng.) General Entomology
Offering Dept Department of Entomology
Course Type Required Credits 3 Teacher CHEN, MEI-ER ect.
Department Department of Entomology/Undergraduate Language 中/英文 Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description 藉由講述及實習介紹不同棲地的昆蟲、昆蟲間交互關係、基礎生態學知識,及內部組織構造及其主要功能
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
具備昆蟲生態學基礎知識,且認識各生理系統構造及主要功能
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Lecturing
Practicum
Discussion
Internship
Quiz
Oral Presentation
Attendance
Assignment
Written Presentation
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Digestive and excretory systems
Dissection of digest canal and Malpighian tubules
Week 2 Nervous systems
繳交養蟲計畫書
Week 3 Locomotor systems
Dissection of CNS
Week 4 Circulatory systems
Dissection of muscle and CNS
Week 5 Reproductive systems
Observation of hemocytes
Week 6 Respiratory systems
Dissection of ovary and testis
Week 7 校慶及運動會補假
Week 8 Endocrine systems and molting
Week 9 期中考
Week 10 Life history
Population estimation (absolute count, weighing method, and mark, release and recapture)
Week 11 Latitudinal gradient of life history
Mark, release, and recapture (cockroach - field test)
Week 12 Prey & Predator Interaction 1
上台報告(Report on mark, release and recapture practical)(繳交實習的書面報告書)
Week 13 Prey & Predator Interaction 2
Predator-Prey Lab
Week 14 Lateral Interaction - Mutualism and Symbiosis
Interspecific competition of ants lab (繳交實習的書面報告書)
Week 15 Lateral interaction - Competition 1
Week 16 Lateral interaction - Competition 2
Interspecific competition of ants field
Week 17 期末考
上台報告 (Interspecific competition)(繳交實習的書面報告書)
Week 18 養蟲上台報告
Evaluation
依每位授課老師規範,包括:作業 出席狀況 測驗 口頭報告,實作等
Textbook & other References
Chapman, R.F. 1998. The insects: structure and function. 4th ed. Cambridge.
Klowden, M.J. 2023. Physiological systems in insects. 4th ed. Academic Press.
Nation, J.L.Sr. 2022. Insect physiology and biochemistry. 4th ed. CRC Press.
Price, P.W., R. F. Denno, M. D. Eubanks, D. L. Finke, and I. Kaplan. 2011. Insect Ecology. Cambridge.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
i-Learning 及臉書社團
Office Hours
課堂下課時間 / email 約時間 / 星期二下午 1:10-3:00
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs
include experience courses:N
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