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MBA 605 - Creating & Capturing Value in the Digital Economy
Represents an integration of concepts and principles from the Marketing and Management Information Science disciplines. The Internet is offering radical new ways of conducting business. This course presents students with concepts and information-based strategies for capturing and creating value in the new information-based economy by assimilating sound marketing strategies with information systems to create innovative processes and marketing practices.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 270 or equivalent or Business School Graduate Marketing Tutorial; MBA student or permission from Business School Office of Graduate Programs. Must be in a graduate degree or certificate program.
Credits: 3
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MBA 609 - Financial Statement Analysis
This course builds on foundational accounting coursework by focusing on the understanding and interpretation of corporate financial statements. Topics typically include analysis of the primary statements via horizontal, vertical, and ratio analysis, DuPont analysis, and financial statement forecasting.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate Standing in a Degree of Certificate Program of Permission from the Graduate Business Office
Credits: 3
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MBA 620 - Law, Business and Society
Introduces managers to current U.S. laws and regulations that impact on the operations of business. Employs an interdisciplinary approach to the study of law, utilizing elements of political economy, international business, ethics, social responsibility and management theory.
Prerequisites & Notes
MBA student or permission of the University of Maine Business School Office of Graduate Programs. Must be in a graduate degree or certificate program.
Credits: 3
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MBA 626 - Management of Contemporary Organizations
Explores analytical perspectives to understand how individuals organize themselves in accomplishing organizational goals. Topics include organizational structure, culture, teamwork and diversity, the organization and the global environment.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate Standing in a Degree or Certificate Program or Permission from the Graduate Business Office
Credits: 3
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MBA 637 - Global Supply Chain Networks
An introduction to managing the flow of material, products, services, information, and cash via the processes, technologies, and facilities that link primary suppliers through to ultimate customers. Attention is given to the functions of forecasting, production planning, supply management, production, transportation, inventory, warehousing, packaging, materials handling, and customer service.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate Standing in a Degree of Certificate Program or Permission from the Graduate Business Office
Credits: 3
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MBA 639 - Contemporary Issues in International Business
Discussion of international business policies, strategies, and operations with emphasis on the interplay between business and different cultural, economic, and political-legal environments.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 325 or equivalent or Business School Graduate Management Tutorial. Must be in a graduate degree or certificate program.
Credits: 3
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MBA 645 - Selected Advanced Topics in Business Administration
Advanced study in various aspects of functional areas of accounting, finance, management, marketing, and management information systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
MBA student or permission from Business School Office of Graduate Programs. Must be in a graduate degree or certificate program.
Credits: 1-3
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MBA 649 - Strategic Decision Making
This capstone course studies administrative practices at the strategic level of business management. Develops administrative competence in the formulation of business policy at the decision-making level though case study or practicums.
Prerequisites & Notes
MBA students only. Completion of all MBA core courses or permission.
Credits: 3
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MBA 651 - Financial Management
Provides a foundation in financial management by integrating topics such as measurement of risk, portfolio theory, interest rate determination, valuation, capital budgeting and cost of capital.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate Standing in a Degree of Certificate Program or Permission from the Graduate Business Office
Credits: 3
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MBA 652 - Management of Financial Institutions
Approaches management of financial institutions through readings, cases and guest speakers. Emphasizes recognition, analysis and management of major risks faced by financial intermediaries in a global environment.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 350 or equivalent or Business School Graduate Finance Tutorial; must be in a graduate degree or certificate program.
Credits: 3
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MBA 653 - Investment Management
Analysis and valuation procedures to determine the investment quality of specific securities. Sets criteria for formulation of a sound investment policy and selection of investment media to implement it. Develops techniques of portfolio management and periodic reappraisal.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 350 or equivalent or Business School Graduate Finance Tutorial; must be in a graduate degree or certificate program.
Credits: 3
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MBA 668 - Electronic Commerce
Prepares current and future managers to gain an understanding of how e-commerce and technologies have radically altered the business environment and how to succeed and thrive in this new economy.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 605, or BUA 235 and BUA 270 or equivalents (Business School Graduate Marketing Tutorial may substitute for BUA 270); MBA student: or permission from Business School Office of Graduate Programs. Must be in a graduate degree or certificate program.
Credits: 3
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MBA 670 - Managerial Marketing
BUA 670 Managerial Marketing is designed to explore both the theory and application of marketing concepts from a managerial perspective. The course emphasizes marketing decision making and marketing strategy development through case studies and marketing planning activities.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate Standing in a Degree or Certificate Program or Permission from the Graduate Business Office
Credits: 3
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MBA 695 - MBA Internship
Field experience in business relevant to the student’s educational development and career goals. (Neither past work experience or field experience courses taken at other campuses or universities will be permitted as substitutes.) Only open to MBA students. Course may be repeated, but student may not earn more than 3 internship credits.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of Business School Graduate Director.
Credits: 1-3
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MBA 698 - Independent Study
Provides an opportunity for well-qualified students to pursue a selected topic in great depth under the supervision of an individual faculty member. The topic is to be determined in consultation with the faculty instructor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of Business School Graduate Director. Independent study must be approved by the Business School Graduate Curriculum and Learning Committee.
Credits: 3
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CAN 501 - Understanding Canada
This course provides a multidisciplinary grounding in Canadian history to contemporary issues, using multimedia components, readings, research and writing. The course objective is to extend students’ knowledge base of Canada by highlighting the historical trajectory that resulted in the development of a unique culture, economy, and political system. By the end of the course, students shall clearly understand the key cultural, social, political, and economic characteristics that distinguish Canada within the international system
Prerequisites & Notes
None.
Credits: 3
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CAN 599 - Internship
Contract work for an external employer. Integrate academic and professional experience. Complete a daily journal and a final project. Eligibility: students from any graduate program whose studies relate to Northeastern Americas.
Prerequisites & Notes
GPA 3.0 or higher.
Credits: 1-3
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UGR 501 - Principles and Practices of Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Exploration of principles and practices of quality undergraduate research mentoring through readings, seminars and practical experiences. Limited to graduate students currently mentoring undergraduates in research.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 1
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CHE 510 - Introduction to Transport Phenomena
A study of principles of momentum, energy and mass transport including mathematical modeling of transport processes by exact and approximate techniques. (Fall.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 540 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Studies of phase and reaction equilibria in multi-component, non-ideal, and complex systems. Flow and non-flow systems. Application of general thermodynamic methods to problems in chemical engineering.Lec 3. (Fall.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 561 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Kinetics
Examines theory of homophase and heterophase catalysis and chemical transformation as a base for process design. Includes chain reactions, acid-base catalysis, enzymes, and commercial case studies such as hydrocarbon synthesis, organic oxidations, cracking, and platforming. . Lec 3. (Offered by arrangement.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 580 - Chemical Engineering Analysis
Modeling and simulation of chemical engineering processes. Emphasis on the formation of a model using ordinary and partial differential equations, and on the solution of the model using numerical methods. (Offered by arrangement.)
Credits: 3
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CHE 598 - Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
Special topics presented as need and interest require. Topics will include studies relevant to fields of application, such as pulp and paper, polymers, process control, materials conversion, and surface properties. (Offered by arrangement.)
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: Ar
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CHE 695 - Graduate Seminar I
Reports and discussion of recent developments in chemical engineering and related fields, based on the literature or current investigations. Required of all graduate students.
Credits: 1
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CHE 696 - Graduate Seminar II
Reports and discussion of recent developments in chemical engineering and related fields, based on the literature or current investigations. Required of all graduate students.
Credits: 1
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CHE 699 - Graduate Thesis/Research
Graduate thesis or research conducted under the supervision of student’s advisor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have not yet completed a “Responsible Conduct of Research” course approved by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the Graduate School (https://umaine.edu/graduate/students/rcr/) must receive permission to enroll in thesis/ research credits. Students must enroll in an RCR course before or concurrent with their third credit of thesis/research.
Credits: Ar
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CHY 502 - Chemistry Instructional Laboratory Leadership
For chemistry teaching assistants to learn how to effectively communicate, supervise laboratory work, and facilitate group interactions with students in the general laboratory.
Credits: 1
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CHY 523 - Advanced Polymer Chemistry
Polymer types, synthesis kinetics and mechanisms, characterization techniques, and molecular structure and applications in contemporary polymer science concepts and literature. Because of overlap, CHY 423 and CHY 523 cannot both be taken for degree credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C- or better in CHY 252 or equivalent: or permission
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CHY 531 - Structure and Mechanism in Biological Chemistry
Examination of biosynthetic pathways, structure and function of enzymes including metalloenzymes, methods of structure determination and synthetic pathway elucidation, mechanisms of enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C- or better in CHY 252 and CHY 254 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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CHY 541 - Topics in Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Topics may include advanced techniques in bioanalytical separation, Fourier transform, spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and other vacuum technologies. Influence of hard- and software components such as analyzers, detectors, sources and digital/electronic filters for noise removal and improved detection limits. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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CHY 551 - Topics in Advanced Organic Chemistry
Recent advances in stereo chemistry, heterocyclic compounds, natural products, and other graduate level topics.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 555.
Credits: Ar.
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CHY 553 - Organic Qualitative Analysis
The isolation and identification of organic compounds. Lab 8.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C- or better in CHY 252.
Credits: 4
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CHY 555 - Intermediate Organic Chemistry
Detailed study of preparation of complex organic compounds and newer synthetic methods.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C- or better in CHY 252.
Credits: 3
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CHY 556 - Theoretical Organic Chemistry
Includes topics in electronic theory and reaction mechanisms.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C- or better in CHY 252.
Credits: 3
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CHY 560 - Physical Methods of Inorganic Chemistry
Applications of the principles of group theory and modern spectroscopic techniques, including x-ray diffraction and photoelectron, infrared and Raman vibrational, electronic and magnetic resonance spectroscopies in inorganic chemistry.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C- or better in CHY 461 or CHY 575 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHY 562 - Advanced Organometallic Chemistry
An introductory course for graduate students covering the principles and applications of organotransition metal chemistry. Topics include coordination chemistry, group theory, organometallic reaction mechanisms, electrochemistry, photochemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis, and applications to organic synthesis. . Lec 3, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C- or better in CHY 252 and CHY 372 or equivalents.
Credits: 3-4
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CHY 563 - Inorganic Chemical Kinetics and Mechanisms
Fundamentals of inorganic chemical kinetics and reaction mechanisms. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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CHY 571 - Topics in Advanced Physical Chemistry
Advanced level subjects such as quantum chemistry, molecular spectroscopy, theory of solutions, statistical mechanics of mixtures, applied group theory, structure and bonding.
Credits: Ar
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CHY 573 - Computer Simulation Methods
Computer simulation using Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics techniques with applications in chemistry, physics, materials science and molecular biology.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C- or better in CHY 471 or PHY 236 and knowledge of FORTRAN.
Credits: 3
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CHY 575 - Principles of Quantum Chemistry
Introduction to the foundations of quantum theory and molecular quantum mechanics.
Credits: 3
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CHY 578 - Nanoscience
Fundamental concepts in nanoscience explored: Scaling principles, nanoscale materials, micro/nano fabrication techniques, atomic manipulations and nanorobotics. Because of overlap between CHY 477, ECE 457 and CHY 578 only one can be taken for degree credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 122 (or CHY 131), PHY 122, and MAT 258; CHY 471 and CHY 472 recommended, but not required; or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHY 583 - Advanced Wood Chemistry
Fundamental chemistry of carbohydrates, lignin, and extractives.
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of C- or better in CHY 252 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CHY 661 - Topics in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Topics may include advanced level subjects such as ligand field theory and other bonding theories in inorganic chemistry; molecular symmetry and group theory; electronic, infrared and NMR spectroscopic properties of transition metal compounds; nonmetallic and bioinorganic chemistry of transition metals;and structures and properties of inorganic solids.
Credits: 1-3
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CHY 673 - Statistical Thermodynamics
Introduction to methods of statistical mechanics and applications to theoretical calculations of equilibrium constants and other thermodynamic quantities. (Offered on sufficient demand.)
Credits: 3
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CHY 693 - Graduate Seminar
Reports and discussion of recent developments in chemistry and related fields based on the literature or on current laboratory investigations. Required of all graduate students every year after the first year.
Credits: 1
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CHY 698 - Graduate Research
Varies.
Credits: Ar
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CHY 699 - Graduate Thesis/Research
Graduate thesis or research conducted under the supervision of student’s advisor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have not yet completed a “Responsible Conduct of Research” course approved by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the Graduate School (https://umaine.edu/graduate/students/rcr/) must receive permission to enroll in thesis/ research credits. Students must enroll in an RCR course before or concurrent with their third credit of thesis/research.
Credits: Ar
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CIE 521 - Civil Engineering Systems and Optimization
Formulation of decision-making problems at different hierarchical levels for engineering systems. Formulation of linear, integer and non-linear models; introduction to exact and approximate solution techniques; solution interpretation and sensitivity analysis; network terminology and problems; basics of game theory; multi-objective models, Pareto front and decision analysis; performing simulation analysis; analyzing simulation outputs; queuing analysis; transportation systems. Includes applications in civil engineering, transportation engineering, structural engineering, project selection, networks, allocation, routing/scheduling, and distribution.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 126, MAT 127, instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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CIE 533 - Environmental Aquatic Chemistry
Fundamental aspects of aquatic chemistry emphasizing environmental engineering applications. (0.0 ED/3.0 ES.) Lec 2, Lab 3. (Spring.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 231.
Credits: 3
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CIE 534 - Environmental Microbiology
Fundamentals of microbiology and biochemistry as related to natural and engineered treatment processes; microbial ecology, physiology, metabolism and genetics; energetics and kinetics of microbial growth; public health microbiology; introduction to pollution microbiology. (0.0 ED/3.0 ES.) Lec 3. (Fall.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 331 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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CIE 537 - Water Pollution
An introduction to the major water pollution issues. The major nutrient cycles,
and the sources, fates and effects of organic and inorganic pollutants will be
discussed, along with technologies to control and prevent pollution. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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CIE 540 - Experimental Analysis of Structures
Stress and strain measurement techniques. Applications to small and full scale structures, dynamic measurements, modal analysis, fracture toughness, nondestructive evaluation. (0.0 ED/3.0 ES.) Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 440.
Credits: 3
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CIE 543 - Introduction to Composite Materials in Civil Engineering
An introduction to the mechanics of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials in civil engineering with a view to structural design. Understanding of material properties, fabrication processes, fundamental mechanics, experimental procedures and methods of analysis and design. Lec 2, Lab 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
Senior or graduate standing in Engineering or Wood Science and Technology; MEE 251 or equivalent and CIE 340 or equivalent. The student should have at least one course each in mechanics, calculus/linear algebra and computer programming.
Credits: 3
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CIE 544 - Design of Wood and Masonry Structures
Study of unique mechanical and design characteristics of structural wood and masonry members and design of systems containing these members. Analysis of lateral load force resisting systems that incorporate diaphragms and shear walls. (4.0 ED/0.0 ES.) Lec 3, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 443 or permission.
Credits: 4
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CIE 545 - Structural Dynamics
Examines free vibration and response to harmonic and general dynamic loading of the single degree of freedom system, Fourier analysis and response in the frequency domain, response spectra, framed structures modeled as discrete multi-degree-of-freedom systems, dynamic analysis of nonlinear systems. Response of structural systems to earthquake excitation. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 440.
Credits: 3
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CIE 547 - Prestressed Concrete Structures
Design and behavior of prestressed concrete components and structures; pretensioning and post-tensioning technology. (3.0 ED/0.0 ES.) Lec 3 (Spring.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 442.
Credits: 3
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CIE 548 - Bridge Engineering
History and aesthetics of bridges, construction materials, bridge shapes and types, bridge components, design philosophies, loads on bridges, slab-on-steel beam bridges, plate girder bridges, composite design, box girder bridges, overview of arch, truss, cable-stayes and suspension bridges, bridge evaluation and maintenance. (3.0 ED/0.0 ES) Lec 3. (Fall.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 443 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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CIE 551 - Water Wave Mechanics
mechanics of coastal and ocean waves, small-amplitude water wave boundary value problem formulation and solution, wave particle kinematics, wave superposition, geostrophic and frictional affects experiences by long waves in engineered and natural systems and wave propagation over real seabeds.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 258 or MAT 259, CIE 350, or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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CIE 552 - Physical Hydrology
Develop an understanding of hydrologic science based on an emphasis on the physical processes within the coupled ocean-atmosphere-land system. Mathematical description of the principal processes. Flux computation, feedback assessment, engineering and management, policy considerations, and global environmental change impacts.
Credits: 3
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CIE 553 - Water Resources Sustainability
Water Resources Sustainability builds on a conceptual understanding of the hydrologic cycle and basic principles of hydrologic analysis, and water resources engineering. Advanced methods for water resources systems analysis and design are presented and discussed. These include systems modeling, probabilistic methods, decision analysis, and optimization.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 350/Hydraulics or equivalent.
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CIE 554 - Natural System Hydrodynamics
This course will cover the basic hydrodynamics and physical processes governing flow patterns in lakes, rivers, estuaries, and oceans. Topics that will be discussed include typical steady dynamical balances in natural systems’ the transport and mixing of salt, heat and momentum’ and the temporal and spatial scales of variability in natural systems due to atmospheric forcing, tidal forcing, freshwater flows and morphology.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 350/351 (Hydraulics/Hydraulics Lab) or equicalent with grade fo B or above, MAT 258 or MAT 259 (Different Equations) with a grade of B or above, or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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CIE 555 - Computational Methods for Water Resources Engineering
Numerical treatment of problems in ordinary and partial differential equations with application to water resources engineering. Goal is to apply state of the art developments in computational fluid dynamics to the study of water resources engineering processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 258 or MAT 259 (Differential Equations) with a grade of B or above, CIE 350/351 (Hydraulics/Hydraulics Lab) with a grade of B or above, or permission form the instructor.
Credits: 3
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CIE 557 - Measurement Techniques in Water Resources
This course is an introduction into measuring dynamic variables in coastal, riverine and lake environments. Topics include accuracy, precision, aliasing: instrumentation set up, communication and troubleshooting; participation in a field campaign; preliminary data processing procedures, presentation, and organization.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 228 or permission of instuctor.
Credits: 3
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CIE 558 - Coastal Engineering
An introductory course on the principles of coastal engineering problems in lakes, river mouths, inlets, estuaries and other coastal area. Topics include linear water wave theory; wave generation and forecasting, wave shoaling, refraction and diffraction; wave loading on structures; design wave calculation; stability and design of coastal structure; sediment transport; coastal hazards and environments.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 350/MEE 360 and MAT 258/MAT259 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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CIE 559 - Marine Turbulence
An introductory course on turbulence and mixing in a marine environment. Topics include the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations, energy cascade, turbulence spectrum, measurements of turbulence and mixing in a coastal environment.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 350, MEE 360 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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CIE 563 - Thermal Soil Mechanics
A study of the thermal properties of soils, heat transfer, and methods for predicting soil temperature under freezing conditions. Design of pavements, foundations, and excavations to resist the effects of freezing. (1.0 ED/1.0 ES.) Lec 2. (Spring.)
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 365.
Credits: 2
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CIE 564 - Deep Foundations
The theories, design concepts, and construction of pile and caisson foundations for buildings and bridges. Economic, safety, and reliability constraints are considered in design decisions. (3.0 ED/0.0 ES.) Lec 3. (Fall.)
Prerequisites & Notes
or Corequisite: CIE 460.
Credits: 3
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CIE 598 - Selected Studies in Civil Engineering
Advanced topics in Civil Engineering not regularly covered in other courses. Content varies to suit individual needs. May be repeated for credit with permission of department. (Fall and Spring.)
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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CIE 640 - Advanced Structural Analysis
Considers the linear and nonlinear finite-element analysis of framed structures using the principles of minimum potential energy and virtual work as bases. Topics include thermal effects, shear deformations, constraints, beams on elastic foundations, buckling, geometrically nonlinear analysis, materially nonlinear analysis, and an introduction to frequency-based and time-history dynamic analysis. Significant computer programming is required. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 440 or equivalent, or permission.
Credits: 3
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CIE 644 - Advanced Composite Materials in Civil Engineering
Advanced course on engineering mechanics and structural applications of composite materials. Fiber reinforced composites in civil-infrastructure; Viscoelastic response; Fracture, fatigue and impact behavior; Durability; Characterization of structural composite materials; Strength and stiffness design criteria; Engineered Interfaces; Connections; Bridge structures; Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete; Strengthening of Wood. Out of class laboratory assignments will be required. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 543; graduate standing in Engineering or Wood Science and Technology or permission.
Credits: 3
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CIE 647 - Advanced Topics in Steel Design
Theoretical underpinnings of building code requirements will be derived for topics including: composite steel and concrete flexural and axial members, reliability index (LRFD), local and global buckling, and semi-rigid connection design. Plastic analysis and progressive collapse methodologies will be discussed in depth. Additional topics will be investigated through independent student research.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 443
Credits: 3
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CIE 648 - Fracture Mechanics
Theoretical foundations of fracture mechanics, including the role of defects in the brittle failure of materials and structures; stress concentrations and the analysis of stress fields around crack tips; fracture modes; crack growth criteria; fatigue effects; ductile failure; experimental analysis. Applications to metals, concrete and rock, wood, ceramics and composites. (0.0 ED/3.0 ES.)
Prerequisites & Notes
MEE 455 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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CIE 660 - Advanced Soil Mechanics
Advanced study of soil properties and soil mechanics principles including the formation and structure of soil, effective stress principle, compressibility and shear strength of subsurface materials. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIE 460 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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CIE 699 - Graduate Thesis/Research
Graduate thesis or research conducted under the supervision of student’s advisor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have not yet completed a “Responsible Conduct of Research” course approved by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the Graduate School (https://umaine.edu/graduate/students/rcr/) must receive permission to enroll in thesis/ research credits. Students must enroll in an RCR course before or concurrent with their third credit of thesis/research.
Credits: Ar
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CMJ 503 - Critical Historiography of Rhetoric
Introduces critical methodologies for writing histories of rhetoric and compares different contemporary approaches.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission
Credits: 3
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CMJ 506 - Rhetorical Theory: Civic Tradition
Survey of basic issues in and the contributions of major theorists in the philosophy of rhetoric from classical times to the present, emphasizing the relation of rhetoric to civil societies. This course is identical to ENG 506.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission
Credits: 3
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CMJ 510 - Critical Studies in Mass Communication
Advanced study of critical and interpretive approaches to mass communication with emphasis on the relationship of human communication and mass media in structuring behavior and experience.
Prerequisites & Notes
COM 410 or permission.
Credits: 3
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CMJ 515 - Mass Communication Theory
Familiarizes students with dominant theories, research and historical literature.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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CMJ 520 - Media History
Examines media cultures in the context of technologies, social movements and free expression from oral to digital communication eras applying contrasting approaches to historical inquiry.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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CMJ 524 - Seminar in Interpersonal Communication
An advanced consideration with emphasis on the implications of various theories and research traditions for understanding interpersonal traditions.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission
Credits: 3
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CMJ 525 - Propaganda and Political Communication
Survey of theory and practice of propaganda and political communication, with a historical focus on major figures in the field.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission
Credits: 3
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CMJ 540 - Social Media and Digital Cultures
This course explores the digital cultures created through social media, the processes that go into their creation, and the impact these cultures have on individuals, groups, society at large. We will take a close look at how participation in digital platforms and on social media contributes to these collaborative, user-driven cultures, and examine the extent to which these cultures interact, impact, and reflect mainstream cultures. The creation of digital cultures in inexorably tied to identity performance and the conceptualization of social media as a potential virtual public sphere. Social media platforms are also often seen as a space for marginalized groups to connect, be heard, and influence dominant narratives. At the same time, corporations, hackers, and trolls are active players on social media sites as well, creating a space that is characterized by a wide array of voices and goals. In this course, we will examine all of these topics and explore the role these different variables play in the creation of digital cultures thought a consideration of relevant theories, extant research, and specific case studies. Students will also become familiar with some of the methodologies associated with research into digital cultures.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing AND permission.
Credits: 3
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CMJ 545 - Media Ecology
Study of media environments and cultures, with emphasis on communication technologies’ effects on social institutions, representations of self, indificual perception and modes of consciousness. Encompasses writing systems, printing technologies and electronic media from the alphabet to the telegraph, satellites and computers, and the movement from oral to chirographic, print and electronic media cultures.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 3
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CMJ 579 - The Theory of Composition
A study in the rhetorical, stylistic and cognitive perspectives–from classical formulations to current research–on the nature of written composition and issues in composition teaching. (This course is identical to ENG 579).
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in Communication or permission.
Credits: 3
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CMJ 580 - Environmental Communication
This course provides an introduction to research and practice in the field of Environmental Communication. Through readings, discussion, and active learning approaches, this course examines how communication shapes our collective understanding and decision making about environmental change. We explore diverse environmental communication perspectives and topics, including environmental rhetoric, collaboration and public participation in natural resource issues, news media and environmental journalism, and social and environmental justice.
Prerequisites & Notes
None
Credits: 3
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CMJ 593 - Topics in Communication
Advanced study of selected topics.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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CMJ 595 - Teaching Observation and Training
Observation by graduate assistant of undergraduate or graduate CMJ course in preparation for teaching that course. May be repeated for credit up to 4 credits. Expectations vary with credit hours taken but students will be expected to do background reading in the course topic area and studying course materials as preparation to teach the course.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission by Chair in consultation with advisor; open to non-CMJ grad students recruited to teach CMJ students. Pass/Fail.
Credits: 1-2
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CMJ 600 - Introduction to Graduate Study in Communication
An overview of principal approaches to conducting research in communication with an emphasis on available resource material in various fields of inquiry within the discipline. Includes responsible conduct of research training.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 2
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CMJ 601 - Seminar in Research Methods
Advanced study of research methodologies appropriate for quantitative and qualitative studies of speech, language, and communicative behavior. Emphasis is on research questions, assumptions, designs, and procedures for experimental and descriptive studies in communication.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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CMJ 602 - Teaching Communication in College
Designed to provide teaching assistants and other graduate students with effective methods of teaching basic courses.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1
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CMJ 603 - Seminar in Rhetorical Criticism
Examination of principal methodological approaches to the criticism of public discourse with focus on contemporary public communication.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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CMJ 604 - Qualitative Communication Research Methods
Explores human science modes of inquiry that seek an interpretive understanding of phenomena. The seminar focuses on the theoretical basis for the conduct of qualitative research, the practices of participant observation and interviewing, and the practices of analysis through rigorous description, reduction, and interpretation.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission
Credits: 3
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CMJ 606 - Rhetorical Theory: Critical Tradition
Survey of basic issues in and the contributions of major theorists in the critical tradition of the philosophy of rhetoric. (This course is identical to ENG 606.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 3
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CMJ 608 - Communication Theory
Advanced study of phenomena of human communication. Examines how experience is perceived, interpreted, processed, encoded and used in intrapersonal, interpersonal and public communication.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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CMJ 610 - Seminar in Risk Communication
Examines social scientific theories and concepts relevant to risk communication, including risk perception, strategic communication, media effects, public engagement, and judgment and decision-making. Includes relating course content to case studies of recent environmental, health, and science-related risk issues.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission
Credits: 3
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CMJ 690 - Directed Research
The opportunity to study a particular problem under faculty supervision. May be repeated up to 6 credit hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of Department Chairperson.
Credits: 1-3
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CMJ 693 - Reading for Graduate Comprehensive Exams
Reading for Graduate Comprehensive Exams
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1
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