The Department of Entomology and Nematology maintains tripartite priorities consistent with the mandate given to full-service landgrant universities and associated experiment stations: research, extension, and instruction. The Department is one of the largest entomology programs nationwide, and one of only a few that offer comprehensive training in Nematology. Besides providing a full complement of regular and special topics courses needed for degree candidates, the Department offers, at the undergraduate level, service courses in basic entomology for a wide range of disciplines and plays a major role in the interdisciplinary plant protection specialization of the plant science major.