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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
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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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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INV 401 - Systems: Innovation Engineering IV
In this course, students will learn how to apply the tools and strategies learned in earlier courses into a system approach to innovation. Through this process, students will learn to lead systems for building alignment, collaborationa and capacity to generate and implement new ideas in a wide range of organizations. The course will also cover the fundamentals of systems thinking, tools for measuring the performance of a system, and practice developing innovation strategies.
Prerequisites & Notes
INV 180 and INV 282 and INV 392.
Credits: 3
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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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Innovative Communication Design (ICD) |
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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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EES 475 - (BSC, FTY, SMS, WLE) Field Studies in Ecology
An intensive ecology travel study course of one to several weeks to an area of ecological interest (e.g., the Amazon basin or Serengeti plains) scheduled during winter, spring break, May Term, or summer. Field and living conditions may be rigorous and/or primitive. The course may meet weekly prior to and following the travel component.
Prerequisites & Notes
General ecology course and instructor permission.
Credits: 1-3
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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 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 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 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 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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IMD 600 - Readings for Thesis Conceptual Development
This class will provide a context for the research/reading phase of a student’s work toward their thesis production. This class is an independent reading class that will be overseen by the student’s thesis committee. The initial reading list for the class will be developed by the student in consultation with their committee and must be submitted prior to the time of the class sign up. The result of the class will be an annotated bibliography that will form the bibliographic background of the student’s written thesis as well as help shape their ideas for their thesis research and production.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Intermedia program or permission.
Credits: 1-3
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IMD 650 - Field Study and Research
General or topical course for credit that can be used for work in another field or study abroad when no other credit options are available. This can cover work in a professional area or field, internships, study at another approved institution for which credits are not available through other means, or other such work for the Field Research requirement of the MFA degree. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Admission into Intermedia program or permission.
Credits: 1-6
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IMD 670 - Without Borders Exhibition
This class covers the final work towards the MFA thesis exhibition and all aspects of the work required for the Without Borders festival itself. This involves not only individual work in preparation for the festival, but the collective work of the exhibition and presentations, including planning and other organizational matters, fundraising, PR, curation, exhibition design, installation and documentation. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permisson.
Credits: 1-3
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IMD 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
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KPE 400 - General Medication Conditions and Disabilities in Sport
Offers an overview of general medical topics designed to meet the needs of advanced athletic training students for recognizing and managing medical conditions and disabilities of the physically active. The student will become competent in screening, treating and referring the athlete appropriately for significant medical problems. Structured by body systems combining didactic teachings with practicums.
Prerequisites & Notes
ATR or KPE major or permission of Athletic Training Education Director.
Credits: 3
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KPE 401 - Athletic Training Senior Seminar
The highest level athletic training course. Students will prepare for the National
Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification athletic training certification
exam. The student is required to complete 150 hours in a clinical setting under
the supervision of an Approved Clinical Instructor or Clinical Instructor. Will
include completion of skills proficiencies as required by the National Athletic
Trainers’ Association Education Council as well as mentoring Levels 1 and 2 Athletic
Training Students. Students will discuss recent sports medicine research.
Prerequisites & Notes
Final year in ATE or ATE Director permission.
Credits: 5
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KPE 425 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Provides specific content in health promotion and disease prevention and explores current public health issues. Program planning, needs assessment, intervention strategies and evaluation models will be presented with the constructs of epidemiological principles as they relate to increasing employee health and wellness and decreasing the incidence and prevalence of chronic disease.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
KPE Major, Junior standing or Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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KPE 426 - Exercise Prescription and Leadership
Provides specific knowledge, skills and competencies needed to appropriately develop, prescribe, instruct and manage various kinds of exercise programs for diverse populations.
Prerequisites & Notes
KPE 378.
Credits: 3
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KPE 483 - The Comprehensive School Health Program
Examines the components of a school health program. Includes policies, procedures and activities designed to promote health of students and staff. Components that will be addressed include: health instruction, curriculum development, school health services, environment and promotion. Designed for those seeking teacher certification in health.
Credits: 3
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KPE 484 - Methodology of Teaching Health Education
Focuses on the appropriate methodology necessary for teaching health education (K-12). Content, curriculum, and evaluation models will be presented within a theoretical framework that emphasizes critical inquiry and practical application. Designed for those seeking teacher certification in health.
Credits: 3
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KPE 490 - Nutrition for Sports and Exercise
In-depth study of the role nutrition plays in the training regime of athletes and those in the general population who include regular exercise in their personal lives. Topics include: digestion and absorption of food nutrients, bioenergetics, fluid balance and rehydration, ergogenic aids, proper weight loss and disordered eating.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 101 and KPE 378.
Credits: 3
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KPE 560 - Assessment and Evaluation of Human Performance
The assessment and evaluation of selected anatomical, physiological and psychological aspects of human performance for the purpose of developing prescriptive exercise programs based upon individual needs, goals and interests.
Prerequisites & Notes
KPE 378.
Credits: 3
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KPE 573 - Motor Performance and Learning
Study of motor performance to aid the instructor to provide better theoretical framework to structure learning experiences for skillful individual performance.
Credits: 3
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KPE 575 - Current Studies in Kinesiology and Physical Education
Analysis of current and emerging trends in kinesiology and physical education based on experiments, research, literature and empirical observations.
Credits: 3
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KPE 580 - Mechanical Analysis of Human Movement
Analysis of activities provide the student with scientific basis for teaching and evaluating correct form for execution of the fundamental movements.
Credits: 3
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KPE 588 - Advanced Exercise Physiology
Broadens the knowledge base of graduate students and to identify potential research areas. Involves in depth study of selected topics in exercise physiology and requires students to extensively utilize the current research literature.
Prerequisites & Notes
KPE 378.
Credits: 3
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Landscape Horticulture |
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PSE 415 - Greenhouse Management
The study of greenhouse management practices and principles. Specific areas of study will include greenhouse structure, operation, and the use of greenhouses for ornamental plant production. Extensive greenhouse work. Lec 3, Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C- or better is required in PSE 100 or BIO 200 or FES 100 and junior standing. PSE 140 is recommended.
Credits: 4
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PSE 424 - Nursery Management
Covers the basic techniques for production of woody and herbaceous plants in nursery and other outdoor settings. Specific areas of study include nursery site selection, regeneration, culture and production, personnel management, marketing, and garden center operation. Extensive field lab work at campus nursery and garden.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior standing and a grade of C- or better in PSE 100.
Credits: 3
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PSE 430 - Environmental Horticulture
Integrates previously covered topics with new information using class discussion, lectures, student papers, presentations and hands-on projects. Some of the topics covered include: soil management for sustaining organic matter and preventing erosion, reducing water use in the managed landscape, incorporating native plants into agricultural and horticultural systems, eliminating invasive plants from the home and farm landscape, and creation/protection of wildlife habitat in the managed land/farmscape. Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
Senior standing in Environmental Horticulture or Sustainable Agriculture.
Credits: 3
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PSE 503 - Post-Harvest Physiology
Biochemical and physiological processes associated with ripening and retaining quality of harvested plant products. Includes temperature, humidity, growth regulators, types of storage, handling and physiological disorders. Lec 3. (Spring - odd.)
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 452 and BIO 453 or permission.
Credits: 3
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LAT 452 - Roman Philosophical Thought
Examines the three major philosophical schools: Academic, Stoic, Epicurean, and their influence on Roman thought with selections from: Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, and Cicero’s philosophical essays. .
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 3
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LAT 453 - Poetry of the Republic and Early Empire
Considers the lyric poetry of Catullus, the Odes of Horace and the origin and development of satire, with selections from the satires of Horace and Juvenal.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 3
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LAT 454 - Prose of the Republic and of Early Empire
Includes selections from Cicero’s letters, Pliny’s letters, and Tacitus’ Annals.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 3
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LAT 497 - Projects in Latin I
Individual work on a project selected by the student. (maximum: 3 credit hours.)
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
LAT 204 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Credits: Ar
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LAT 498 - Projects in Latin II
Individual work on a project selected by the student. (maximum: 3 credit hours.)
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
LAT 204 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Credits: Ar
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Liberal Studies |
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IDS 500 - Graduate Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies
Interdisciplinary exploration of selected topics both within and across the areas of humanities, social sciences and the nature sciences. Topic varies from semester to semester. May be taken more than once.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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IDS 697 - Independent Study
Advanced independent study for students in the MA in Interdisciplinary Studies program on an approved reading, research or experiential field project under the guidance of a graduate faculty member.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of Graduate School.
Credits: 1-3
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IDS 698 - Independent Study
Advanced independent study for students in the MA in Interdisciplinary Studies program on an approved reading, research or experiential field project under the guidance of a graduate faculty member.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of Graduate School.
Credits: 1-3
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IDS 699 - Master Project in Interdisciplinary Studies
Required of candidates for the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies completing their capstone projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
INT 601, CMJ 600 or alternative “Responsible Conduct of Research” course approved by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the Graduate School is required before or concurrently with completion of 3rd IDS 699 credit.
Credits: Ar
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Maine Studies |
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MES 498 - Advanced Topics in Maine Studies
An advanced, interdisciplinary study of Maine Studies topics. May be taken more than once for degree credit if the topic differs. (This course is identical to MES 520.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior or senior standing or permisson.
Credits: 1-3
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MES 520 - Advanced Topics in Maine Studies
An advanced, interdisciplinary study of Maine Studies topics. May be taken more than once for degree credit if the topic differs.
Credits: 3
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MES 530 - Maine Politics and Public Policy
This seminar examines contemporary issues confronting the State of Maine and the politics that surround such issues. Particular attention is given to Maine’s role in national affairs, its unique environment, political parties and elections, the dynamics of the legislative, executive and judicial branches, the structure and operation of local governmental institutions, including regional governance, and the formulation and administration of state and local politics, including taxing and spending policies.
Credits: 3
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MES 540 - Maine and the Northeast Borderlands
This interdisciplinary course examines Maine, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces as borderlands regions that share both cultural and natural characteristics. Introduces students to the concept of borderlands as used in literature, history, economics, public policy, anthropology, and political science. Explores differences and commonalities, conflict and consensus among peoples living in the borderlands. Examines how the meaning of the border and its permeability have changed over time. Considers how governmental and non-governmental agencies regulate natural resources as well as the movement of people and trade in the border region.
Prerequisites & Notes
None
Credits: 3
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MES 598 - Directed Study in Maine Studies
Advanced, individual study, field experience, research, and writing projects in Maine Studies. Students will work with approved faculty on request. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1-3
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Marine Sciences |
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SMS 400 - Capstone Research Experience in Marine Science
Capstone research project or research paper for students obtaining the Bachelor of Science in Marine Science. Marine Science majors must complete at least three credits of SMS 400 and one credit of SMS 404 to satisfy the Capstone requirement for graduation. Students are advised to complete SMS 400 during the senior year.
Prerequisites & Notes
12 credit hours of SMS courses and a minimum of 60 credit hours in all university courses (junior standing).
Credits: 1-4
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SMS 401 - Critical Issues in Aquaculture
Current and historically important issues facing the development of the aquaculture industry. Issues related to aquaculture will be researched by students who will present the issues in a series of debates. This course may be repeated for up to six credits total. Lec 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 211, SMS 409 and SMS 420.
Credits: 1
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