External structure: cuticle structure and function, structure of head, thorax and abdomen; internal structure (anatomy): structure of the digestive, excretory, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and endocrine systems and types and functions of hormones; structure of the reproductive system; insect growth and development (metamorphosis): eggs and fertilization, types of larvae and pupae; general insect taxonomy: apterygota, pterygota (exopterygota and endopterygota).

Entomology and parasitology bibliography and reference sources, reference indexing, writing up of research proposals, writing up of research papers.

Use of scientific periodicals; search for information from various databases; designing and carrying out scientific experiments; data analysis; writing scientific reports.

Students specializing in entomology will focus on the advanced entomological techniques, according to their specialization. Likewise, students specialized in parasitology will focus on the advanced parasitological techniques especially immune-parasitology, corresponding to their specialization.

A brief of arthropods and parasites of medical, veterinary, and economic importance, host-parasite relationships, methods of infection with parasites and parasitic arthropods, diseases of man and domestic economical animals caused by the various groups of parasites (protozoa, platyhelminthes and nematode arthropods as vectors of aetiological agents of diseases of man and domestic animals- mange, myiasis, allergy-), parasitic zoonoses, immunity against arthropods and parasitic infections, economical arthropods.