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ECO 449 - International Trade
An examination of the microeconomics foundations of international trade, including the historical evolution of theories that explain the international exchange of goods and services. Focus will be on the “real trade theory” and on major emerging policy issues in international trade, including growth in the volume of international trade and the benefits and costs of the removal of trade barriers through international trade agreements.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
C- or better in either ECO 350 or ECO 420.
Credits: 3
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ECO 450 - International Environmental Economics and Policy
International environmental economics and policy uses an economic framework to examine the reasons behind, and methods to solve, conflicts between economic development and growth, trade, and the environment. It then explores the processes of international policy development: identifying problems, designing and negotiating solutions, and implementing policies to change national behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 115, and C- or better in either ECO 350 or ECO 420, orequivalent with permission.
Credits: 3
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ECO 471 - Public Finance and Fiscal Policy
Covers public expenditure theory, principles of taxation, the federal budget and alternative budget policies, federal tax policy, fiscal policy for stabilization, federal debt.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 350 or ECO 420.
Credits: 3
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ECO 475 - Industrial Organization
Explores the relationship between market structure, conduct and performance. Development of a general analytical framework to assess performance in existing markets and evaluation of current public policy on this basis.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions, Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
C- or better in either ECO 350 or ECO 420.
Credits: 3
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ECO 480 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics
Mathematics used as a language in presenting concepts of economic theory.
Satisfies the General Education Mathematics Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
C- or better in ECO 321, and C- or better in either ECO 350 or ECO 420, and C- or better in MAT 126 or ECO 280.
Credits: 3
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ECO 485 - Introduction to Economic Statistics and Econometrics
Surveys the application of probability and statistics to economic problems. Emphasis on construction and testing of economic hypotheses. Practical application of regression techniques, including use of computer, occupies second half of course. Strong algebra skills required.
Satisfies the General Education Mathematics Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 215 or MAT 232, and C- or better in either ECO 350 or ECO 321 or ECO 420.
Credits: 3-4
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ECO 496 - Field Experience in Economics
Supervised employment in either the public or private sector. Requirements include initial proposal showing relevance of job and final report or paper.
Prerequisites & Notes
400-level economics course in relevant area of work.
Credits: 3
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ECO 502 - Contemporary Issues in World Economy
This course provides a higher level understanding of how the world economy actually works; its relation to economic growth, the distribution of wealth, sustainable development, culture, and political power. Because of overlap, ECO 502 and SPI 502 cannot both be taken for degree credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 350 or ECO 420 and ECO 321; MAT 215 or MAT 232; graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ECO 506 - Graduate Grant Writing
A hands-on course in grant writing. Successful grants emerge from working effectively with others to draw out ideas, capture those ideas to create a research program, show how the program is what is needed to respond to the “Request for Proposals,” and package those ideas so that they make sense to the proposal reviewers. Course uses extended examples to show the ways various disciplines can approach a similar topic with multiple fundable projects and programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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ECO 511 - Macroeconomic Theory
An examination of the development of modern economic analysis with regard to employment, income distribution, and stabilization policies.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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ECO 514 - Microeconomic Theory
Examination of modern economic analysis with applications; topics include consumer, producer and market behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 126 and a grade of B or better in ECO 420, or permission.
Credits: 3
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ECO 515 - Advanced Microeconomics
Examination of advanced topics in microeconomics, with special emphasis on game theory and applications of game theory to issues in Industrial organization, international trade, labor economics, and environmental economics. Detailed treatment of other topics including asymmetric information, market failure, signaling, principal-agent problems, and uncertainty.
Prerequisites & Notes
A “B” or better in ECO 514 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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ECO 524 - Advanced International Finance
Analysis of the fundamental characteristics of an open macro-economy including exchange rate determination, balance of payments adjustment, income determination, financial flows, effect of monetary and fiscal policies, economic integration, and global monetary issues. (May not be offered every year).
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of B or better in ECO 321 or permission.
Credits: 3
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ECO 530 - Econometrics
Quantitative analysis of structural economic models, forecasting and policy analysis:
statistical inference and data analysis, general linear statistical model specification,
estimation, and hypothesis testing, univariate time-series analysis, and estimation
and use of simultaneous equation models. Practical application of econometric
models through computer exercises.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 126 and MAT 215/MAT 232, or permission.
Credits: 3
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ECO 531 - Advanced Econometrics and Applications
Econometric models and techniques used in applied research: spatial data; panel data; nonlinear estimation; qualitative dependent variables; and limited dependent variables. Second of a two course sequence.
Prerequisites & Notes
A “B” or better in ECO 530 or permission.
Credits: 3
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ECO 565 - Graduate Economics Practicum
Presents material on conducting and presenting economic research, with an emphasis on application to economic policy. Requires completion and presentation of a substantial research project.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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ECO 581 - Agent-Based Modeling
This skills-based course in the modeling of social-ecological systems, provides students the conceptual and computational tools they need to design, modify, test and build agent-based models of socio-ecological systems. It draws inspiration and theoretical perspectives from research on common pool resource dynamics, human cooperation, evolutionary game theory, and complex adaptive systems. Students will use the free, cross-platform modeling system called NetLogo to explore the dynamics of models, critique these models, modify and extend them.
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 552 or permission.
Credits: 3
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ECO 590 - Advanced Topics in Economics
Theoretical and empirical analysis of one or more major economic policy issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 321 and a grade of B or better in ECO 420, or permission.
Credits: 3
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ECO 595 - Graduate Internship in Economics
Limited to graduate students who choose the internship option. Internships in public or private institutions in situations requiring application of economic theories and methodologies. Written reports are required.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prior approval of student’s graduate committee.
Credits: 3-6
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ECO 699 - Graduate Thesis/Research
Graduate thesis or research conducted under the supervision of student’s advisor.
Prerequisites & Notes
A “Responsible Conduct of Research” course approved by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the Graduate School (www.umaine.edu/graduate/responsible-conduct-research) is required before or concurrently with completion of 3rd XXX 699 credit. Permission
Credits: Ar
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Education-Administration |
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EAD 510 - Educational Supervision
Includes creative supervision, techniques of working with professional staff, improvement of curriculum, observational and evaluation techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
EDB 202, EDB 204 or equivalents.
Credits: 3
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EAD 531 - School Law for Administrators
The Constitutional framework, legal issues and state statutes affecting the practice of school administration. Special emphasis on the impact of recent court decisions.
Credits: 3
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EAD 532 - Staff Development for School Leaders
Provides school board members, administrators, teachers and staff the opportunity to further skills and knowledge of staff development. Participants examine the theory and practice of staff development, explore underlying beliefs and assumptions and apply evolving insights in a staff development project that is situated within their own schools and practice.
Credits: 3
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EAD 551 - Dynamic of Change in Schools
Provides students an introduction to contemporary thinking about both the theoretical and practical processes of change and school improvement efforts.
Credits: 3
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EAD 560 - Functions and Theories of Educational Leadership
The philosophical foundations for schools and leadership; organizational theories underlying school management and leadership; and the inter- and intrapersonal dimensions of leadership.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3-6
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EAD 562 - Group Leadership and Decision-Making in Schools
Introduction to and the application of group dynamics, group leadership and group decision-making in the many contexts encountered by school leaders.
Prerequisites & Notes
EAD 560 and EAD 561 or permission.
Credits: 3
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EAD 563 - Individual Leadership: Problems, Paradoxes and Possibilities
Provides students a forum to examine interpersonal aspects of school leadership. Students research and prepare strategies in response to leadership dilemmas, then carry them out in simulated situations.
Prerequisites & Notes
EAD 560, EAD 561 and EAD 562 and permission.
Credits: 3
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EAD 564 - Educational Organizations from a Personal, Social and PoliticalPerspective
Organizational analysis; investigation of the social, political, economic context of organizations; strategies surrounding strategic planning, goal setting and visioning; and change theory and its application.
Prerequisites & Notes
EAD 560, EAD 561, EAD 562 and EAD 563 or permission.
Credits: 3
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EAD 565 - Inquiry and Evaluation in Schools I
Examination and application of data based decision-making in schools to help educators find, use and develop dependable information about students, learning, teaching, and curriculum.
Prerequisites & Notes
EAD 560 or permission.
Credits: 3
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EAD 566 - Inquiry and Evaluation in Schools II
A continuation of EAD 565 focusing on the evaluation of practices and programs in the school as well as the exploration of ways to use the results of inquiry to improve practices and programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
EAD 565
Credits: 3
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EAD 615 - The Principalship
Organization, supervision, and leadership of school faculty, students, and curriculum, focusing on the role of the principal.
Prerequisites & Notes
EAD 560 (6 credits).
Credits: 3
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EAD 616 - Resource Based Decision Making for School Leaders
Provides understanding and insight into the school district budget process and the principal’s role and responsibilities in that process and in administering and accounting for various types of non-budgetary school funds.
Credits: 3
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EAD 630 - School Finance and Business Management
Topics includes: school budget proposals, purchasing, accounting, administering the budget, legal requirements of budgetary practices. Emphasis on Maine School Finance Law and its application.
Prerequisites & Notes
master’s degree with emphasis in school administration and permission.
Credits: 3
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EAD 634 - School Personnel Management
Covers recruitment, assignments, in-service training of teachers; job analysis and evaluation; leave, tenure and salary policies; staff participation in management.
Prerequisites & Notes
master’s degree with emphasis in school administration and permission.
Credits: 3
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EAD 637 - Politics, Power and Policy in Eductional Leadership
An investigation of the role of power, politics and policy-making in educational governance with public school systems and their surrounding communities. Examines decision-making and the influence of politics as a system for identifying personal and community values, allocating resources, power and authority within a social system. Considers implications for both organizational and individual leadership issues at the macro-political level.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission to EDL Program or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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EAD 640 - Contract Negotiation and Management for Educational Administration
The role of the administrator in the negotiation process and in contract management.
Credits: 3
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EAD 650 - Leadership Studies
Leadership research applied to the assessment of leadership styles, diagnosis of situational variables, and development of effective leadership styles for a variety of educational and human service settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission to EDL Program or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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EAD 651 - Organizational Behavior in Education
Sociological, social psychological, political and social constructionist models of organizational behavior in educational settings are examined in relation to decision-making, power, bureaucratic and professional authority and careers.
Prerequisites & Notes
EAD 560 (6 credits).
Credits: 3
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EAD 654 - Educational Policy Formulation and Analysis
Explores the processes of educational policy formulation at local, state and national levels and the nature and role of policy analysis in those processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
EAD 560 (6 credits).
Credits: 3
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EAD 656 - Social and Ethical Foundations of Educational Leadership
Examines the purposes of schools from a sociocultural perspective and the many choices and judgments required of educational leaders. Investigates the ethical reasoning required by these choices.
Prerequisites & Notes
Certificate of Advanced Study student.
Credits: 3
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EAD 658 - Advanced Leadership Studies in Education
Exploration of the theoretical framework for studying leadership, the traditions of empirical research on leadership, and contemporary studies of leadership in education.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to doctoral students in any field.
Credits: 3
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EAD 690 - Principal Internship
Provides students with a field-based opportunity to explore the role of the principal and assess themselves for work in such a role.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission to EDL Program and permission of advisor.
Credits: 1-4
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EAD 691 - Internship in Educational Leadership
Provides students with a field-based opportunity to explore leadership roles (e.g. curriculum coordinator, teacher leader) and assess themselves for work in such a role.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission to EDL Program and permission of advisor.
Credits: 1-4
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EAD 692 - Superintendent Internship I
First semester of an 11-month internship, usually taken to start the sequence of three two-credit courses: EAD 692, EAD 693 and EAD 696. Provides students with an opportunity to explore the role of the superintendent of schools and assess themselves for work in such a role. Jointly planned by student, advisor and internship supervisor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Masters degree with emphasis in administration and permission.
Credits: 1-3
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EAD 693 - Superintendent Internship II
Second semester of an 11-month internship, taken in a sequence of three two-credit courses: EAD 692, EAD 693 and EAD 696. Provides students an opportunity to explore the role of superintendent of schools and to assess themselves for work in such a role. Jointly planned by student, advisor, and internship supervisor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Masters degree with emphasis in administration and permission.
Credits: 1-3
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EAD 697 - Independent Study in Educational Leadership
Provides graduate students with an opportunity to increase professional competence through independent readings and research. Students plan individual projects to gain competencies in educational leadership.
Prerequisites & Notes
Masters or CAS students and permission.
Credits: 1-6
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EAD 698 - Special Topics in Educational Leadership
Concentrated study of designated topics in educational leadership. Topics may vary depending on faculty and student interest. May be repeated for credit. Some sections may have prerequisites beyond the following:
Prerequisites & Notes
CAS or doctoral level student or permission.
Credits: 1-3
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Education-Counseling |
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CEC 520 - Multicultural and Social Foundations of Counseling
Emphasizes understanding of diversity and cultural competency in counseling by examining philosophical, historical, cultural and gender foundations in multicultural and contextual theories across the life span. Field experience required.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 548/551, 553, and 556 are recommended but not required.
Credits: 3
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CEC 523 - The Use of Standardized Tests and Inventories
Considers the selection, use and interpretation of commonly-used standardized group achievement and ability tests, interest inventories and non-clinical assessment of personality and other affective attributes.
Prerequisites & Notes
Basic knowledge of measurement and statistics.
Credits: 3
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CEC 525 - DSM Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Provides knowledge of the principles of diagnosis and use of the most current DSM as a diagnostic and clinical tool as employed by counselors in understanding psychopathology, initiating intake interviews and assessments, implementing services and treatment plans, and writing reports.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 553, CEC 548, CEC 556 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CEC 548 - Introduction to Mental Health and Community Counseling
Studies the historical, societal, political and cultural dimensions of community-based counseling, related legal concerns, counselor organizational roles and responsibilities, principles of practice and intervention, community and client needs assessments, prevention, access, and policy development.
Credits: 3
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CEC 549 - Developmental Theories for Counselors
Examines the nature and needs of individuals at all developmental levels throughout the life span by exploring contemporary social issues; discusses a unique developmental counseling theory; addresses skills and knowledge of establishing a treatment plan based on a client’s developmental level.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 560
Credits: 3
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CEC 551 - Introduction to School Guidance
Surveys the philosophy, objectives, principles, and practices of K-12 comprehensive developmental school guidance programs in order to acquaint students with the nature of the roles and functions of the school counselor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Counselor Education major or permission.
Credits: 3
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CEC 552 - Effective Group Work in the Helping Professions
Theoretical and experiential study of group counseling dynamics, purposes, development, and theories in conjunction with exploration of leadership styles, skills, and methods. A mix of didactic, written, and practical activities link research, theory, and practice.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 553 and CEC 556.
Credits: 3
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CEC 553 - Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling
Reviews the current ethical standards and guidelines in the counseling fields including mental health counseling and school counseling; examines potential legal issues the mental health counselors and school counselors may encounter; discusses contemporary ethical decision making models in counseling literature.
Credits: 3
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CEC 556 - Established Theories of Counseling
Examines established counseling theories and philosophies to provide an understanding of different developmental levels of individuals across the life span. Emphasizes self-knowledge and critical reflective thinking.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 553.
Credits: 3
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CEC 557 - Introduction to Play Therapy
Establishes and enhances therapeutic relationship with children through the use of play materials and play therapy techniques to facilitate their expression of emotions and thoughts, self-understanding, decision making, and personal growth. Both theoretical concepts and practical experiences in play therapy are integrated in this course.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 553 and CEC 556; and either CEC 548 or CEC 551 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CEC 559 - Counseling for Career Development
Explores theories and decision-making models in career counseling while incorporating interrelated life factors, resources, assessment, program implementation, and counseling techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 553 or CEC 556 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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CEC 560 - Counselor Education Prepracticum
Bridges cognitive courses to the counseling practicum experience. Designed to gain competency in basic counseling skills across the life span. Emphasizes self-reflection and personal growth through video taping sessions.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 553, CEC 556, and CEC 548 or CEC 551
Credits: 3
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CEC 580 - Counselor Education Institute
Provides understanding and insight into the area of counselor education. Attention given to literature, research, practices and materials.
Credits: 1-6
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CEC 585 - Substance Abuse: Contemporary Approaches to Counseling, Treatment, and Prevention
Provides an understanding of processes, stages, and effects of physical addictions, social addictions, social and psychological dynamics of chemical dependency, and the counselor’s role in prevention, intervention, and ongoing services.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 548 and CEC 556, or permission.
Credits: 3
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CEC 655 - Individual Counseling Practicum
Integrates counseling theory and practice through intensive supervised practice in one-on-one counseling for the purpose of developing individual counseling skills.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 560 and permission. Special application required.
Credits: 3
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CEC 657 - Group Practicum
Extensive supervised experience in leading groups. Focus on leadership skills required by counselors in K-12, community and higher education settings. Special application required.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 552 or equivalent and permission.
Credits: 3
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CEC 658 - Advanced Individual Counseling Practicum
Intensive supervised practice in one-to-one counseling. For doctoral students and certificate of advanced study candidates. Special application required.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 655.
Credits: 3
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CEC 659 - Counseling Supervision
Cognitive understanding of and guided experience in supervising counselors-in-training. Includes models for supervision in training and employment settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
CEC 658.
Credits: 3
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CEC 661 - Research Seminar in Counselor Education
A study of research models and methods, basic statistical analysis, program evaluation and needs assessment, and ethical and legal considerations in research. Students develop individual research projects on current problems in counselor education. Required of non-thesis masters candidates and CAS students who have not completed a seminar.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission. Completion of 2/3 of Counselor Education program.
Credits: 3
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CEC 662 - Doctoral Seminar in Counselor Education
Intensive study of research literature. Explores and clarifies philosophy and goals within the field of counseling, guidance and student personnel administration. Open only to doctoral students.
Credits: 3
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CEC 690 - Counselor Education Internship
On site supervised experiences at school or mental health settings where students have the opportunities to perform all activities of a regularly employed school or mental health counselor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Advanced application and permission.
Credits: 1-6
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CEC 697 - Independent Study in Counselor Education
Provides graduate students with an opportunity to increase professional competence through independent readings and research. Students plan individual projects to gain competencies in counselor education.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 1-6
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CEC 698 - Special Topics in Counselor Education
Concentrated study of designated topics in counselor education. Topics may vary depending on faculty and student interest. May be repeated for credit. Some sections may have prerequisites beyond the following.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate student or permission.
Credits: 1-3
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Education-Curriculum |
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EHD 524 - Curriculum and Organization of Middle Schools and Junior High Schools
A thorough exploration of the educational program for pre and early-adolescents, including growth and development issues, curriculum planning processes, curriculum development in various subject areas and across subjects, and organizational issues.
Credits: 3
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EHD 533 - Dynamics of the Curriculum
Examines problems and issues of curriculum development common to all areas of instruction and all educational levels. Provides an opportunity to acquire concepts and skills which may be applied to the curriculum development process in local school districts.
Prerequisites & Notes
EHD 202, EHD 203, EHD 204 or equivalents.
Credits: 3
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EHD 595 - Leadership in Curriculum Design for Administrators/Supervisors
Role function and practices for the curriculum leader.
Prerequisites & Notes
EHD 533 or permission.
Credits: 3
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EEL 530 - Foundations of Literacy for Young Children: Birth to 8
This is an introductory survey course designed to introduce practicing early childhood educators to the components of early literacy development, assessment practices, pedagogy and intervention that promotes that development.
Credits: 3
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EEL 531 - Observing Young Learners to Inform Instruction
Observation of student performance, classroom management, literacy instruction, instructional materials and building a K-2 team. Emphasis is on teacher decision-making to assist literacy growth in the lowest achieving students.
Prerequisites & Notes
Must currently be teaching at the K-2 level and permission.
Credits: 3
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EEL 532 - Literacy Teaching and Learning in Primary Classrooms
Through formal course instruction and individual coaching, teachers in primary classrooms explore the theoretical framework of literacy development. Emphasis is on using the workshop model to build literate environments to enhance teacher and student learning.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 3
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EEL 534 - Language and Literacy Acquisition for Young Children: birth to 8
This is a master’s level introductory course on literacy development and language acquisition from birth to 8 with particular emphasis on child care and school settings as sites for literacy-learning.
Credits: 3
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EEL 542 - Writing and the Young Child: Birth to 8
An investigation of the foundations of young children’s acquisition of writing skills, including discussion of links to oral language development, grapho-phonemic connections, the developmental continuum of writing, and research-based pedagogy to support the development.
Credits: 3
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EEL 545 - Literacy Teaching and Learning in Intermediate Classrooms
Through formal course instruction and individual coaching, teachers in intermediate classrooms explore the theoretical framework of literacy development. Emphasis is on using the workshop model to build literate environments to enhance teacher and student learning.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 3
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EEL 547 - Literacy Intervention for Individual Learners I
This year-long course prepares educators and interventionists who work in school-based settings and teach students with literacy difficulties. The course is particularly appropriate for educators who work with diverse populations of students including special education, ELL, and classrooms implementing RTI. Throughout the course participants will explore the links between theory and practice, developing theoretical understandings of literacy processing at the acquisition stage, as well as skills in observing, recording, analyzing, and insightfully responding to students’ literacy needs to promote accelerated progress. Participants are required to tutor two students daily.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission. Working in a school district implementing Reading Recovery.
Credits: 3
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EEL 551 - Literacy Teaching and Learning in K-8 Classrooms
This yearlong course is designed to support classroom teachers who teach students in grades K-8. Examines reading and writing theory, the workshops model, a cognitive apprenticeship approach to teaching and learning, observation of student performance, assessment tools, classroom management, literacy instruction, and instructional materials.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 3
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EEL 650 - Literacy Coach Internship
Year-long training course designed to prepare K - 8 literacy coaches as in-school staff developers who support classroom teachers to improve their instructional practices. For professionals in schools implementing the Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy model.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 9
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EEL 651 - Intervention Designs for Struggling Learners
This year-long course provides K-6 educators with the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge and skill in designing and implementing small group interventions for students experiencing difficulty in literacy learning. The course will focus on differentiating reading and writing instruction within a range of settings, including classroom and supplemental contexts in accord with a Response to Intervention (RtI) framework. In order to help all educators respond to the unique needs of a diverse range of struggling learners, the course will include techniques for using intervention team meetings to select appropriate services, collaborating with teachers across intervention programs and using assessments to monitor student progress.
Prerequisites & Notes
Bachelors degree in education and working in a school setting and permission.
Credits: 6
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Education-Gender Studies |
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EHD 503 - Seminar in Gender Studies in Education
An introductory survey of educational theory and research aimed at gender-sensitive educational policies and practices.
Credits: 3
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Education-General (EDG) |
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EHD 425 - Field Experience: Urban and Rural Education
Exploration of similarities and differences of urban and rural schools, poverty, racial/ethnic diversity, English language learning, culturally responsive education, the needs of students, and the roles of teachers in these schools, through school visits and guest speakers. Encourages students to become aware of the diversity of American culture and schools, and to discover their roles as educators within that diversity. One full-day trip required. Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
EHD 202 or permission.
Credits: 3
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EHD 492 - Problems in Education
Individual work on a problem selected by the student. Primarily for Education majors.
Credits: Ar
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EHD 525 - Practicum: Urban and Rural Development
Exploration of similarities and differences in urban and rural schools, poverty, racial/ethnic diversity, English language learning, culturally responsive education, the needs of students, and the role of teachers. One full-day field trip required.
Credits: 3
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EHD 575 - Educational Research
Evaluates selected research in education in relation to the appropriateness of the design to the stated purpose of the study. Students select and present research problem with special attention to design and studies related to it.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate student or permission
Credits: 3
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EHD 657 - Educational Practicum (Activity)
Supervised practice in applying professional skills to administration, supervision, science education, social studies, special education and language instruction. Activity will be selected by the student and advisor.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission obtained well in advanced.
Credits: 1-6
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EHD 691 - Graduate Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship training in supervision, administration, social studies, special education, physical education, science education or another area of interest. Available only to full-time graduate students with permission well in advance of class meeting.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of graduate advisor.
Credits: 2-6
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EHD 693 - Educational Internship
Provides on-the-job experience through special arrangements with cooperating University departments, community agencies, or public schools.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor and advisor, obtained well in advanced.
Credits: 2-6
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Education-General (EDU) |
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EHD 557 - Educational Field Experience - Secondary
Study of middle-level and secondary education programs through visits, consultation and appraisal of practices in selected schools, instructional centers, clinics, laboratories and community agencies. Observations are considered in relation to research theory and practice.
Prerequisites & Notes
Degree student in secondary Master of Arts in Teaching program (College of Educatin and Human Development).
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EHD 580 - Educational Institute (Activity)
An activity with special interest to educators that takes place outside the time frames of a standard course and often in a shorter period of time. Institutes give students opportunities to take activity based courses that are connected to research and practices. Can be repeated.
Credits: 1-6
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EHD 586 - Seminar: Action Research in PreK-12 Schools
Introduces action research principles and methods for PreK-12 schools. Focuses on school, family, and community relations, and legal and ethical responsibilities of teachers.
Prerequisites & Notes
EHD 520, EHD 521 and EHD 533, or permission.
Credits: 3
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EHD 587 - Practicum: Action Research in PreK-12 Schools
Finish development and implement of an action research plan. Present process and results to a professional audience. Satisfies Practicum requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
EHD 586 or permission.
Credits: 3
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EHD 590 - Topics in Education
Concentrated study of designated topics in education. Topics may vary depending on faculty and student interest. May be repeated for credit. Some sections may have prerequisites beyond the following.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate student or permission.
Credits: 1-3
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