In a typical year, Museum faculty and staff teach over 500 students across multiple courses (see below) in the departments of Anthropology, Biology, Entomology & Nematology, Geography, Geological Sciences, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, Honors, and others. They also supervise independent studies and research projects, contributing to more than  400 credit hours, chair on the graduate committees of dozens of students, and serve on many others.

Undergraduate Courses Taught Within the Past Three Academic Years

COURSE NAMEINSTRUCTOR(S)COURSE #CREDITSAREASemester
Man and MicrobesAndrei SourakovIDH 29301Science and SocietySpring
Principles of EntomologyAndrei SourakovENY 30051EntomologyFall
Insects and PlantsAndrei Sourakov, Keith WillmottIDH 29301Natural HistoryFall
Insects and PlantsAndrei Sourakov, Keith WillmottENY 49321Natural HistoryFall
AI in BiologyArthur PortoBSC 48923Theory and MethodsSpring
Archaeology Field MethodsCharles CobbANT 4180L3ArchaeologySpring
Laboratory Training in ArchaeologyCharles CobbANT 4180L3ArchaeologySpring
(Un)common readsDave Blackburn, Mariela Pajuelo Rubina, Lucas MajureIDH 29301Natural HistoryFall/Spring
HerpetologyDavid BlackburnZOO 4462C4HerpetologySpring
Uncommon Classroom: National Treasures—Museums of the SmithsonianDavid BlackburnIDH 39311Science and SocietySummer
Special Topics: Florida Plants and Climate ChangeDouglas Soltis BSC 2930/BOT 49351BotanySpring
Practical Plant TaxonomyDouglas Soltis, Pamela Soltis, Lucas MajureBOT 27103BotanyFall
Biology of SharksGavin NaylorZOO 49764IchthyologySummer
Invertebrate Biodiversity on Coral ReefsGustav PaulayZOO 4305C4InvertebratesSpring
Tropical EntomologyJacqueline MillerENY 35633EntomologySummer
Florida Vertebrate PaleontologyJon BlochZOO 49262PaleontologySpring
Vertebrate Paleontology: Fossil Record and the Evolution of VertebratesJonathan Bloch, Bruce MacFaddenGLY 4930/ZOO 49263PaleontologySpring
Diversity of FishesLarry PageZOO 49264IchthyologySpring
Ichthyological ResearchLarry PageZOO 49114IchthyologySpring
IchthyologyLarry PagePCB 44604IchthyologySpring
Tropical BotanyLucas MajureBOT5685C5BotanySummer
Global Change Ecology and SustainabilityMariela Pajuelo RubinaBSC 28623Science and SocietySpring
Data and Analysis in Natural SciencesMichal KowalewskiGLY 4930/ZOO 4926 3Natural HistoryFall
Environmental ArchaeologyMichelle LefebvreANT 41473ArchaeologyFall
Why Does the Past Matter?Michelle Lefebvre, Neill WallisIDS 29353ArchaeologySpring
Materials AnalysisNeill WallisANG 59313ArchaeologySpring
Artificial Societies and Social SimulationNicolas GauthierGEO 4938/ANT 49303Theory and MethodsFall
Introduction to Spatial Agent-Based ModelsNicolas GauthierGEO 39303Theory and MethodsFall
Evolutionary BiogeographyNicoletta CellineseBSC 48213Theory and MethodsFall
Taxonomy of Vascular PlantsNicoletta CellineseBOT 5725C4BotanySpring
CURE: Florida Plants and Climate ChangePamela SoltisBOT49353BotanySpring
Animals and Human AffairsRobert GuralnickZOO 4926 3Science and SocietyFall
Animals and Human Affairs (online)Robert GuralnickZOO 4926 3Science and SocietyFall
Avian Biology Scott RobinsonZOO44724OrnitologySpring
Undergraduate ResearchScott RobinsonZOO 49176Natural HistorySpring
PaleobotanySteven ManchesterBOT 49353PaleobotanyFall
Systematic Leaf MorphologySteven ManchesterBOT 49352BotanySpring

 

Graduate Courses Taught Within the Past Three Academic Years

COURSE NAMEINSTRUCTOR(S)COURSE #CREDITSAREASemester
Artificial Societies and Social SimulationNicolas GauthierGEO 6938/ANG 69303Theory and MethodsFall
Broader Impacts of Science on SocietyMariela Pajuelo Rubina, Dave BlackburnBSC 6038/GLY 69322Science and SocietyFall
CT for BiologistsEdward StanleyZOO 6927 2Theory and MethodsFall
Environmental ArchaeologyMichelle LefebvreANG 6120C3Archaeology and AnthropologyFall
Herbarium MethodologyLucas MajureBOT 69052BotanyFall
Introduction to Collections and Research in Natural History MuseumsDavid Blackburn, Michelle LefebvreANG 6930/ZOO 69272Natural HistoryFall
Introduction to Spatial Agent-Based ModelsNicolas GauthierGEO 69393Theory and MethodsFall
Phylogenetic Systematics SeminarDavid Blackburn, Robert Guralnick, Lucas Majure, Douglas Soltis, Pamela Soltis, Nicoletta CellineseBOT 6935/ZOO 69271Theory and MethodsFall
Problems in EntomologyAndrei SourakovENY 69051EntomologyFall
Scientific WritingAkito KawaharaZOO 69051Scientific WritingFall
Bat-insect interactionsAkito KawaharaENY 69341Natural HistoryFall
Data and Analysis in Natural SciencesMichal KowalewskiGLY 6932/ZOO 69273Natural HistoryFall
Advanced Data Analysis in ArchaeologyNicolas GauthierANG 69303Archaeology and AnthropologySpring
Archaeological CeramicsNeill WallisANG 6122C3Archaeology and AnthropologySpring
Diversity of FishesLarry PageZOO 6456C4IchthyologySpring
Florida Vertebrate PaleontologyJon BlochZOO 69272PaleontologySpring
Global Change and Insect DeclinesAkito KawaharaENY 69342EntomologySpring
Grant Writing Jaret DanielsALS 60462Scientific WritingSpring
IchthyologyLarry PagePCB 6456C4IchthyologySpring
Laboratory Training in ArchaeologyCharles CobbANG 61833Archaeology and AnthropologySpring
Museum EducationMegan EnnesARH 67973Theory and MethodsSpring
Principles of Systematic BiologyNicoletta Cellinese, Akito Kawahara, Lucas Majure, Douglas SoltisBOT 6726C/ZOO 69274Theory and MethodsSpring
Science Communication and Public Education Megan EnnesFOR 69343Science CommunicationSpring
Vertebrate Paleontology: Fossil Record and the Evolution of VertebratesJonathan BlochGLY 6932/ZOO 69273PaleontologySpring
Advanced Invertebrate BiodiversityGustav PaulayZOO 69274InvertebratesSpring
Systematic Leaf MorphologySteven ManchesterBOT 69352PaleobotanySpring
Systematics and the Fossil RecordJonathan BlochZOO 69272PaleontologySpring
Big Data and ExperimentsRobert GuralnickWIS 69341Theory and MethodsSummer
Topics in Wildlife Ecology and ConservationRobert GuralnickWIS 69341Natural HistorySummer