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HTY 501 - History of U.S. Foreign Relations
Examines the historical literature in the field of U.S. foreign relations. Special focus on current methodological debates over how to internationalize U.S. diplomatic history and how to incorporate themes of class, race and gender.
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate students, senior history majors and others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 502 - American Intellectual History
Advanced reading seminar. Major intellectual currents in American history, e.g. Transcendentalism, Pragmatism, progress, mission. Interrelationship between ideas and their social environment. Content varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate students, senior history majors and others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 505 - American Political History
Advanced reading seminar. Covers major political ideas, constitutional and legal development, political issues and their impact on American society, political party evolution. Content varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate students, senior history majors and others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 507 - American History to the Civil War
Exposes graduate students to the basic themes of American history and a wide range of readings. Key topics to be addressed include colonial, urban, diplomatic, labor, political, legal, business, western, New England, cultural, women’s, southern and African-American history, and the history of technology.
Credits: 3
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HTY 508 - American History from the Civil War to the Present
Exposes graduate students to the basic themes of American history and a wide range of readings. Key topics to be addressed include colonial, urban, diplomatic, labor, political, legal, business, western, New England, cultural, women’s, southern and African-American history, and the history of technology.
Credits: 3
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HTY 517 - Seminar in Premodern European History
Current research on premodern European history, especially as applied to graduate research and problems of teaching European or World Civilization at secondary school or college level.
Credits: 3
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HTY 518 - Readings Seminar in Modern European History
Reading and discussion of important recent books and articles in modern European history. Emphasis on publications and historical problems that apply to teaching European and world history on the secondary school and college levels, and on preparation for graduate study in European history.
Prerequisites & Notes
seniors and graduate students.
Credits: 3
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HTY 519 - Modern Britain and Empire
Examination of various topics in British history since 1815, including gradual democratization of British government, continuing industrial revolution, growth and decline of empire, and impact of two world wars on British social, cultural, and political life.
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate standing; senior history majors, and others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 520 - Canadian Historiography
Critical analysis of works by selected historians of Canada from F.X. Garneau to the present.
Credits: 3
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HTY 521 - Canada and the United States, 1783 to the Present
Wars, migration, boundaries, resources, and trade, emphasizing the historical background to contemporary political, strategic, economic, and cultural issues in Canadian-American relations.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 459, HTY 460, or HTY 473, HTY 474 or POS 374 or permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 550 - Readings in Bibliography and Criticism in:
1. American History
2. European History
3. British and Commonwealth History
4. Canadian History
5. African History
6. Asian History
Credits: Ar
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HTY 577 - Environmental History
Surveys major trends in environmental and conservation thought and major developments in land use and environmental change.
Credits: 3
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HTY 597 - Field Work in Historical Institutions
Field work in local museums, state agencies, and other historic laboratories. Involves preparation and repair of exhibits, research and preparation of historic preservation documents, and beginning archival and artifact handling.
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate students, senior history majors and others by permission.
Credits: 3-12
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HTY 599 - Special Topics in History
Exploration and analysis of new trends in research and interpretation in history.
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate students, senior history majors and others by permission.
Credits: 3
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HTY 601 - Seminar in American Colonial History
None.
Credits: Ar
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HTY 602 - Seminar in United States History, 1789-1850
None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 604 - Seminar in United States History 1916 to Present
None.
Credits: Ar
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HTY 607 - Seminar in American Foreign Relations
None.
Credits: Ar
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HTY 609 - Seminar in New England-Quebec Atlantic Provinces History
None.
Credits: Ar
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HTY 611 - Seminar in British and European History
None.
Credits: Ar
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HTY 620 - Seminar in American Women’s History
No description available.
Credits: 3
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HTY 630 - Seminar in Science and Technology in the United States
Research seminar on American science and technology from colonial times to the present. Focus will alternate from science to technology in different years to recognize the uniqueness of each.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in history or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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HTY 647 - Seminar in Methodology and Historiography
Introduction to historical skills and recent historical techniques: psychohistory, demography, quantitative history.
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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HTY 699 - Graduate Thesis/Research
None.
Credits: Ar
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HUD 511 - Seminar in Family Relationships
Reports and discussions of current literature in family relationships and related social sciences with special attention to critical analysis.
Credits: 3
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HUD 521 - Science as Inquiry: Teaching Young Children
Applies developmental theory to the construction of curriculum and methods in early childhood science education.
Credits: 3
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HUD 529 - Numeracy for the Young Child
Applies developmental theory to the construction of curriculum and methods in early childhood mathematics education.
Credits: 3
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HUD 535 - Recent Research in Human Development
Advanced study of topics in human development. Reports and evaluation of current research on topics across the lifespan. May be taken more than once for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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HUD 551 - Fundamentals of Human Development
This course presents the key perspectives for studying life-span development and family relationships. Emphasis is placed on the application of theory to understanding development and the design of interventions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Master of Science students in the Human Development major or permission.
Credits: 3
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HUD 552 - Professional Practices in Human Development
This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the many aspects of human services administration and leadership. This course seeks to educate and develop informed practitioners, preparing them for innovative and effective practices in diverse and complex environments.
Prerequisites & Notes
Master of Science students in the Human Development major or permission.
Credits: 3
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HUD 553 - Program Planning and Evaluation in Human Development
This course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of program development and evaluation in human service organizations.
Prerequisites & Notes
Master of Science students in the Human Development major or permission.
Credits: 3
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HUD 554 - Legislation and Policy in Human Development
A detailed analysis of child and family policies, including what is family policy, how policy is made and implemented, how values and goals affect policy and legislation and future directions for policies in America and other countries.
Prerequisites & Notes
Master of Science students in the Human Development major or permission.
Credits: 3
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HUD 555 - Grant Development in Human Development
This course provides an in-depth understanding of the grant seeking and writing process. Students will be expected to develop a fundable grant proposal.
Prerequisites & Notes
Master of Science students in the Human Development major or permission.
Credits: 3
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HUD 556 - Introduction to Research Methods in Child Development and Family Relations
An overview of research methods applicable to the study of children and families. An in-class research project is completed.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHF 200 and CHF 201, or Human Development Graduate students.
Credits: 3
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HUD 560 - Seminar in Human Development
Reports and discussion of research findings in human development. Topics may vary semester by semester. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: permission.
Credits: 3
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HUD 601 - Supervised Fieldwork in Child Development and Family Relations
Supervised work experience in an approved community agency related to the student’s vocational goals.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission. (Pass/Fail Grade Only.)
Credits: 1-6
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HUD 609 - Family Counseling
Theory and practice of therapeutic intervention in families, including the child in the family setting, the marital dyad and the family constellation.
Prerequisites & Notes
a counseling course and a family course or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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HUD 618 - Sexuality and Human Interaction
A course designed to increase awareness of the influence of sexuality on communication processes and to develop techniques for dealing with sexuality as it relates to the counseling process.
Prerequisites & Notes
a course in counseling and a course in family or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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HUD 649 - Investigation of Special Topics
Advanced independent study for qualified students who present suitable projects for intensive, independent investigation in human development.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-6
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HUD 699 - Graduate Thesis/Research
None.
Credits: Ar
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IND 698 - Independent Study
Advanced independent study for interdisciplinary Ph.D. students on an approved reading, research or experiential field project under the guidance of a graduate faculty member.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of dissertation committee chairperson.
Credits: 1-3
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IND 699 - Graduate Thesis/Research
None.
Credits: Ar
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INV 406 - Make it Real: Innovation Engineering VI
Students will have an opportunity during a full semester to take their own idea from proposal stage to prototype and beyond. Projects may be individual or team-based. (Pass/Fail Grade Only)
Prerequisites & Notes
INV 405 or permission.
Credits: 3
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INV 470 - Special Topics in Applied Innovation
Students will have an opportunity during a full semester to take a faculty-led project from proposal stage to prototype and beyond.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission
Credits: 3
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INV 471 - Special Topics in Innovation
Provides opportunities for reflective and theoretical approaches to topics in innovation. Topics might include: innovation and medicine, finding money for innovation, innovations and development in the third world, universal design and innovation, innovations in aquaculture.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 3
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INV 480 - internship in Innovation
With submission of proposal approved by the curriculum committee and director of the Innovation Engineering academic program, students working as interns with public or private sector organizations on projects aimed at innovation may register for credit hours. May be repeated for credit up to six credit hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission
Credits: 1-6
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INV 490 - Independent Study in Innovation
With approval of curriculum committee and director of academic program, students may create a plan of study for one semester with the guidance of a faculty member in Innovation.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 1-3
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INV 510 - Innovation Engineering Accelerated
Provides students tools and confidence to lead the creation, communication, and commercialization/realization of meaningfully unique ideas in any field. Students will learn a systematic approach to creativity, practices and principles of precise, persuasive concept writing, and key components of commercialization/realization. Methods include group and individual problem-solving, business simulation and case studies, and work with real-world inventors and businesses.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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INV 511 - Experience: Innovation Engineering Case Study
Through weekly case studies and in rapidly changing peer teams, students generate ideas, articulate innovations through writing, and research potential technologies and markets in the context of real-world businesses or nonprofit organizations. Through this process students will learn to identify the best opportunities and to set up systems for generating and implementing new ideas in a wide range of organizations.
Prerequisites & Notes
INV 510 or permission.
Credits: 3
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INV 590 - Using Innovation: Proposal and Project
Emphasizes the intensive application of concepts explored in earlier Innovation Engineering courses to a graduate student’s field of specialization, with the purpose of creating the student’s own proposal and project. Students will be expected to identify a problem or opportunity and to research existing solutions to the problem before developing their own ideas. BEFORE taking this course, students must consult with a committee consisting of an advisor in the Student Innovation Center, as well as an advisor in their major field of study or graduate program. Students will have the opportunity to take their own idea from proposal stage to prototype and beyond. Projects may be individual or team-based.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing and INV 510 and INV 511 or permission.
Credits: 3
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ICD 500 - Creative Concept Development
A hands-on, project-based online course that explores the nature of and practical applications for creativity. The class will go beyond standard definitions of creativity as the domain of the artist and will investigate its utilization in business and professional environments. Students will build strategies for developing, stimulating and maintaining creativity, and using it to accomplish personal and professional goals.
Credits: 3
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ICD 501 - Creative Communication
This course will investigate principles of communication practiced for effective solutions to interact with target audiences. Students will learn strategies of marketing in various formats and mediums. The course will explore a range of topics including but not limited to; strategic development of ideas; determining appropriate formats to reach specific audiences; investigating how to effectively reach as many consumers as possible; understanding how to shape the flow of information and best use specific mediums.
Credits: 3
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ICD 502 - Design Concepts
This course will provide the basic framework and principles for all design in a wide range of media. The student will learn the tools to recognize proper balance and spacing in their work. Expect to gain the basic knowledge needed to operate in today’s media-rich environment. This course teaches the fundamental elements of design, emphasizing the vocabulary of graphic design, technical skills required to work with industry specific software, and two-dimensional visual elements.
Credits: 3
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ICD 510 - Topics in Creative Production
This course will provide diverse, topical explorations on process, and/or tools for innovative development and technical means of production for creative work. Although topics will vary from semester to semester all iterations of ICD 510 will focus on giving students an exposure to creativity, innovation and related tools, approaches and explorations of creativity. Emphasis will be placed on: developing creative skills, an awareness of varied forms of innovation, and a consideration of means of implementation of creative approaches. Key to all these topic classes will be a focus on each individual student building an awareness of and useful knowledge in creative production tools, technologies and applications.
Credits: 1-3
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ICD 530 - Advertising Design I
This is a hands-on course dealing with two fundamental advertising skills: copywriting and art direction. We will establish a theoretical framework for the application of what we discuss. You will learn the basic principles and tools of advertising production.
Credits: 1
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ICD 531 - Publishing Design I
This will be a hands-on course dealing with the basics of digital publishing design. We will establish visual techniques and design principles and apply what we discuss. This course will provide a thorough overview of the interface, the tools, the features, and the production tips for page layout and design using Adobe InDesign.
Credits: 1
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ICD 541 - Pixel Graphics I
This course will introduce the basic framework and principles necessary for the production of professional images in a pixel based format. The student will learn the tools of basic image editing and creation, and use those skills in the completion of the course work. This course teaches the fundamentals of composition, emphasizing skills specific to digital photography, media manipulation, and the ability to solve problems common in image production.
Credits: 1
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ICD 542 - Pixel Graphics II
This course will deal with the application and production of professional images in a pixel based format. Student will learn the tools of image editing and creation specifically in the professional environment. This course teaches core techniques employed by industry professionals. Issues of media manipulation in a production environment, expectations of precision, accuracy and detail are addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
ICD 541 or permission.
Credits: 1
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ICD 545 - Video Production I
This course will introduce the basic framework and principles necessary for professional video production. The student will learn the tools of basic video and audio editing, and use those skills in the completion of the course work. This course teaches the fundamentals of video design, emphasizing skills specific to time based design, and the ability to solve problems common to video production.
Credits: 1
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ICD 546 - Video Production II
This course will improve upon the skills from Video Production I. The student will learn the tools of intermediate video and audio editing, and use those skills in the completion of the course work. This course emphasizes skills specific to improved video production, including color correction, communication, compositing, and the ability to identify and correct problems common to video production.
Prerequisites & Notes
ICD 545 or permisson.
Credits: 1
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ICD 560 - Social Media I
Explores aspects of social media ranging from marketing to security and privacy concerns. Students will learn how to use the underlying structures of social networks to promote themselves and/or their businesses. Current trends in innovative online and community based technology are explored.
Credits: 1
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ICD 571 - Networked Workflow
Students will learn the basic computing systems and conventions underlying networked, web, and asynchronous project production. Before digital creators make their work public or collaborate with others across a network they must first master the tools necessary to connect the servers, move files, maintain versions and otherwise operate in a digital workplace. This class will focus on standard web environments like Unix and Linux servers, but the clients used to connect to those servers will be standard Windows and OS X programs.
Credits: 1
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ICD 572 - Introduction to Web Production
This course will provide the basic framework and principles for creating an internet website. The student will learn the basics of HTML the fundamental backbone to a website. Expect to gain knowledge in basic programming of HTML & CSS and the structure of today’s websites. This is a code based course which is constructed for beginners.
Credits: 1
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ICD 575 - Relational Databases
This Course teaches the fundamentals of relational database applications with a special focus on web-based software. The principles learned will be demonstrated using the popular MySQL database engine, the data provider behind many small- and medium-scale web sites, and can be applied to everything from the construction of custom web sites to gaining a better understanding of pre-built content management systems like WordPress and Drupal. This one-credit introductory course provides a foundation for additional exploration and hands-on guidance through the initial steps of learning database technologies.
Credits: 1
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GRD 598 - Special Topics in College Teaching
Covers selected topics in college teaching for graduate students who plan careers
in higher education. May be repeated for graduate credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate standing.
Credits: 1-3
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GRN 501 - Life Transitions and Health in Aging
Interprofessional and cross-cultural overview of late life transitions, wellness, functionality, successful aging, and quality of life issues for the older adult. The health, financial effects and satisfaction of role changes in later adulthood will be explored. The physiology of aging, health promotion and evaluation, prevention and management of acute and chronic health problems, mental health illness and service needs will be examined. Controversial topics such as voting and driving regulations and qualifications for older adults will be debated and discussed. Ethical issues and challenges and end of life preparation for older adults and their families will be explored.
Prerequisites & Notes
SWK 584 or by permission of instructor. Online, asynchronous course via FC conference.
Credits: 3
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INT 410 - (ANT, ENG, MLC) Introduction to the Study of Linguistics
A survey of language structure and its socio-cultural, psychological and historical aspects. Provides conceptual and technical tools for understanding the phenomenon of language. No previous training in languages or linguistics is required.
Credits: 3
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INT 421 - (BLE, CHE) Directed Study in Biomedical Engineering
A self-directed study opportunity coordinated by the biomedical engineering minor faculty.
Prerequisites & Notes
INT 121 or permission; engineering majors only.
Credits: 1-3
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INT 441 - (ANT, HTY, SMS) Maritime History and Archaeology of New England
An overview of maritime aspects of New England history, from aboriginal uses through the current state of maritime New England. Emphasis will be given not only to history, but also pertinent archaeological research.
Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
HTY 103 or HTY 104 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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INT 475 - (BSC, FTY, SMS, WLE) Field Studies in Ecology
An intensive ecology field trip of one to several weeks to an area of ecological interest scheduled during Christmas, midyear, spring recess or summer. Field and living conditions may be rigorous and/or primitive. Other preparation and/or recommended prerequisites announced for each trip. Credit depends upon specific trip.
Prerequisites & Notes
a course in ecology.
Credits: Ar
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INT 482 - (BSC,PSE) Pesticides and the Environment
Study of the properties and mechanisms of pesticides and their fate in the environment. Includes application technology, governmental regulations, resistance, and environmental fate and transport of pesticides and pesticide alternative. Suggested for individuals who may seek pesticide applicators certification. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
One semester of biology and one semester of chemistry; junior standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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INT 489 - Advanced Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
Advanced work addressing topics with an interdisciplinary focus, bringing together 3 or more relevant disciplines.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of Instructor.
Credits: 3
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INT 490 - (University Wide) Lies, Deception and Heroification
Explores the theme of “heroification” as it is developed in the 1998-99 University of Maine Class Book, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. In this book, author James Loewen maintains that the creation of sanitized heroic figures in high school history textbooks, social archetypes rather than human beings, creates not only “culture-serving distortion” but boring and inaccurate history. Students will explore how lies in history, education, government, business and society in general create “cultural distortion.” Emphasizes history as interpretation, the elusive nature of truth in history, and the dynamic variables contributing to moral and ethical tensions swirling around identity, race, gender, freedom, privacy, censorship, governance, propaganda, sexuality and ethnicity.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Context and Institutions Requirements.
Credits: 3
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INT 491 - (University Wide) A Midwife’s Tale and the Social Web
Investigates the concept of “social web” as introduced in the 1999-2000 University of Maine Class Book, A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. The “social web” is a metaphor to describe how the late eighteenth century community of Hallowell, Maine was woven together by the intricate warp and woof of social relations documented in Ballard’s diary and contextualized and interpreted by historian Laurel Ulrich. Using primary, secondary and fictional sources, an interdisciplinary group of faculty will lead students through an investigation of the ethical, legal, social and spiritual issues attendant upon womanhood and women’s work in Martha Ballard’s time and today.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Credits: 3
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INT 492 - Maine Learning Assistant Pedagogy Course
The Maine Learning Assistant Pedagogy Course is designed for students who are facilitating small-group discussions in lecture, recitations, and/or labs. This course explores issues of teaching and learning, and helps students connect with the science education literature in order to inform instructional practice. The course also covers aspects of educational theory and practical issues associated with helping students learn Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) content.
Prerequisites & Notes
None
Credits: 1
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INT 500 - (ANT, BSC, GES, PSE, QUS) Seminar in Quaternary Studies
Selected areas of study - physical, biological and anthropological - related to the Quaternary Period. One weekend field trip may be required. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: Ar
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INT 510 - (BSC, SMS) Marine Invertebrate Zoology
Covers systematics, adaptive-functional anatomy, and life histories of free-living marine invertebrates, excluding protozoans. Laboratory emphasis on studies of living material from the local fauna. Numerous field trips required. Rec 2, Lab 6.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 353 or equivalent.
Credits: 5
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INT 525 - (BLE,BSC, FTY) Tropical Deforestation Seminar
Local, regional and global issues associated with tropical deforestation are addressed. Discussions focus on ecological, social, political, economic and cultural aspects of tropical forests and human interactions for understanding the causes and consequences of deforestation. Lec 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
Senior or graduate status or permission.
Credits: 1 or 2
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INT 527 - Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing Data Analysis in Natural Resource Applications
Analysis of satellite imagery and GIS data bases including applications of raster
and vector models, land cover analysis and forest change detection, wildlife habitat
analysis, hydrological assessment, and landscape characterization.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor; senior or graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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INT 563 - (BSC, SMS) Marine Benthic Ecology
Advanced ecological studies of benthic intertidal and subtidal marine organisms. Includes discussion of distributions, zonation, biotic interactions, food webs, succession, hypothesis testing, problems of scale, recruitment community structure and organization. Lec 2, Rec 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
a course in ecology.
Credits: 3
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INT 570 - Emerging Science and Technology: Integration Into K-12 Classrooms
A preplanned experience requiring regular school visits to selected K-12 school(s) throughout the semester, during which undergraduate and graduate science and engineering students share their knowledge of emerging science and technology with K-12 school teachers and students. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
senior or grad student standing and permission.
Credits: 1-3
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INT 579 - Methods in Epidemiology
The course introduces students to the field of epidemiology, emphasizing methods for assessing factors associated with the distribution and etiology of health and disease, with emphasis on current, real-world health issues and advancement of student skills in the critique of research studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
A student may only take either INT 479 or INT 579 for credit.
Credits: 3
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INT 586 - China Travel and Study
An intensive 10-day field trip to China. Focus on Chinese people, history, culture, and doing business in China. Students will visit economic development agencies and multinational companies, interview Chinese people, exchange ideas with Chinese university students, experience local customs and food, and tour important historical and cultural sites in Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permisson.
Credits: 3
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INT 598 - Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
Advanced study of timely or experimental topics that bridge two or more disciplines.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-6
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INT 601 - Responsible Conduct of Research
Key topics in conducting research responsibly. Guidelines, policies and codes relating to ethical research. Skills development for identifying and resolving ethical conflicts arising in research. Address case studies in the context of ethical theories and concepts.
Credits: 1
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IMD 500 - Creative Concept Development
This course is intended to provide an in depth introduction to the theory and practice of critical thinking and creative practices that facilitate innovation and model processes that are central to creative fields in general and Intermedia in specific. Emphasis will be placed on: the conceptual and interdisciplinary nature of innovative and creative practices; an awareness of perspectives drawn from traditional creative fields, such as the arts, as well as from non-traditional forms and practices of innovation; and a focus on each individual student building a creative praxis model for their own research, development and innovative production.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission in Intermedia Program or permission.
Credits: 3
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IMD 501 - Histories and Theories of Intermedia
This course will consider the varieties of historical explorations in the arts from the beginning of the twentieth century up to the present that can be seen as central in the formation of the conceptual frames and physical practice of the concept of Intermedia. The class will survey the historical, critical and theoretical writings of a range of artists, historians and critics who have addressed issues and forms related to interdisciplinary experimental creative practice in the arts.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission in Intermedia Program or permission.
Credits: 3
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IMD 520 - Topics in Media Production
This class will present topical explorations on production process, tools for innovative development, and technical means of production for creative work. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will focus on giving students an in depth exposure to a technical aspect of media, tools and production skills relevant to Intermedial forms. In addition to technical modes of production these classes will consider technological tools in relation to a variety of theoretical, practical and historical explorations of creativity that will help form the basis of a praxis model of Intermedia production.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Intermedia MFA or permission.
Credits: 1-3
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IMD 530 - Topics in Technical Development
This class will provide diverse, topical explorations on fabrication process, tools for innovative development and technical means of production for creative work. Although topics will vary from semester to semester all iterations will focus on giving students an in-depth exposure to a technical aspect of materials, tools and production skills relevant to Intermedial forms. In addition to technical modes of production these classes will consider technological tools in relation to a variety of theoretical, practical and historical explorations of creativity that will help form the basis of a praxis model of intermedia production.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Intermedia MFA or permission.
Credits: 1-3
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IMD 540 - Topics in Intermedia Theory / History
This class will cover diverse, topical considerations of historical forms of Intermedia and related directions, such as Futurism, concrete poetry, installation, artists’ books and multiples, Fluxus, sound art and environmental art. Although topics will vary from semester to semester all iterations will focus on giving students an in-depth exposure to historical periods or theoretical aspects of arts creation related to Intermedial forms. In addition to the historical subjects, these classes will consider a variety of related production, practical and process explorations that will help form the basis of a praxis model for Intermedia production.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Intermedia MFA or permission.
Credits: 1-3
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IMD 560 - Research Studio I: Critical Research Methods for Creative Production
This class will introduce the topic of research activity as a fundamental investigative process for creative development and production. The class will focus on learning a diverse number of research methodologies drawn from sciences, humanities, social sciences, and other areas in order to allow students to learn from these disciplinary approaches and subsequently develop their own hybrid research methodologies.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Intermedia MFA or permission.
Credits: 3
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IMD 561 - Research Studio II: Projects in Collaborative Production
This class will engage students in collaborative production centered on a project, presentation, exhibition or performance. This class engages in a praxis model of exploring the theory and practice of research and creative production and applying it in a real-world context of applied group-based productions. These productions will vary each semester, but could entail a large-scale performance, interactive installation, exhibition, anthologized publication, website/digital forum or similar form.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Intermedia MFA or permission.
Credits: 3
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IMD 562 - Research Studio III: Professional Development and Large-scale Practices
This class will focus on and give students skills in conceptualizing and producing a professional practice in Intermedia and for large-scale projects. In addition to introducing students to practical/professional concerns such as grant writing, funding, business models, and other support structures, this class will generally focus on creating a model for students continuing to work after graduate school as professional creators, designers, entrepreneurs and producers.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Intermedia program or permisson.
Credits: 3
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IMD 570 - Intermedia Studio Critique I
Intended to provide an environment for guided independent art/research/production in intermedia. Emphasis placed on the conceptual and interdisciplinary nature of this art form, awareness and manipulation of traditional art boundaries, and the exploration of non-traditional art media. This is an advanced graduate-level studio course emphasizing independent levels of work, theoretical engagement in the creative process and an ongoing commitment to individual studio praxis. May be repeated for credit. (This course is identical to ART 570 and NMD 570.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Intermedia MFA, graduate standing and permission.
Credits: 3
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IMD 571 - Intermedia Studio Critique II
This class will provide an environment for guided individual art|research|production in Intermedia as a continuation from IMD 570. Emphasis will be placed on the conceptual and interdisciplinary nature of this creative form in general and the individual student’s own work as an awareness and manipulation of arts boundaries, and non-traditional art media and contexts. The goal for this course is to create an interdisciplinary forum where students develop research skills, learn how to best articulate their artistic production, and critique their peers’ works.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission in Intermedia program or permission.
Credits: 3
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IMD 572 - Intermedia Studio Critique III
This class will provide an environment for guided individual art/research/production in Intermedia as a continuation from IMD 571. Emphasis will be placed on the conceptual and interdisciplinary nature of this creative form in general and the individual student’s own work as an awareness and manipulation of arts boundaries, and non-traditional art media and contexts. The goal for this course is to create an interdisciplinary forum where students develop research skills, learn how to best articulate their artistic production, and critique their peers’ works. Participants are expected to produce a completed body of work by the end of this class that will form the basis of their final portfolio presented for approval prior to the MFA exhibition.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission in intermedia program or permission.
Credits: 3
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IMD 597 - Independent Study in Intermedia
Graduate level study and research in Intermedia or related areas directed by a graduate faculty member associated with the Intermedia MFA Program. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Intermedia MFA or permission.
Credits: 1-3
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IMD 598 - Directed Study in Intermedia
A graduate-level readings course, laboratory or seminar study course arranged between instructor and individual graduate students, covering selected topics or areas within the field of Intermedia. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Intermedia MFA or permission.
Credits: 1-3
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