Distance Education IPM Modules

The IPM³ Training Consortium (IPM³) will be offering six distance education IPM modules in Spring 2011

These include the following:  

* IPM Core Concepts Module (15 April to 27 May 2011).  This is the 6th time the course has been taught and students have been uniformly pleased with the experience.  

* Pest Biology – Plant Pathology (April 15 – 27 May 2011).  After a successful initial first offering, this will be the second time the course is taught. 

* Pest Biology – Weeds (15 April – 01 June 2011).  This module will be taught for the second time after a successful first offering. 

* Invasive Species Specialty Module (15 April – 27 May 2011).  This timely and important topic is being offered for the third time.  Registration will not open until the first week in April. 

* IPM for Managers and Supervisors (15 April – 27 June 2011).  This unique 10-week stand-alone on-line, interactive Specialty course is designed for facility managers and supervisors who are tasked with supervising the day-to day operations of a building or set of buildings. 

* Imported Fire Ant IPM (15 April – 27 June 2011).  This stand-alone course, developed by faculty in the Southern Region of the U.S., is being taught for the first time.  Registration will not open until the first week in April. 

Full course descriptions and registration information are available at www.umn.edu/ipm3.  (Registration for the Invasive Species Module and Imported Fire Ant IPM module will not be available until the first week in April