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Entomology in the University Curriculum in Canada
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
Abstract
The number and kinds of courses in Entomology at Canadian Universities are briefly described. There is a discussion of two approaches to the undergraduate degree: one, the broad approach, where only one course in a specialty is taught but many disciplines are covered, and two, the narrower approach, where many courses in the specialty are given.
The author favours the broad approach. Biologists should be produced first and Entomologists second. There is some question as to whether, at the Universities, Entomologists, in the narrow sense, should be produced at all.
The argument for graduate training in biological disciplines instead of training in specialized groups of animals is presented. Also the question is raised of where, and how, graduate training should be done. It is concluded that graduate training is best done in the biological disciplines, that it should be directed by the Universities, not by off-campus laboratories and that it should be done in a manner decided by the Universities.
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