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Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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EET 560 - Renewable Energy and Electricity Production
An overview of renewable energy resources, energy conversion and storage for stationary and transportation applications. Topics include: Basics of electrical energy and power generation, load specification, history of electric utilities, distributed gereration, the economics of energy, biomass duels, wind and solar power and fossil fuel limits, and battery storage.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 108, PHY 112, PHY 122; MAT 117 or MAT 126, graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 548 - Quantitative Social Science for Natural Resource Management
Theory and application of methods for quantifying socio-economics dimensions of natural resource management. Contribution of social science, human dimensions, and resource management at multiple scales. Integration of natural and social sciences to quantify and assess trade offs for the complex dimensions of resource management.
Prerequisites & Notes
None
Credits: 3
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SPA 519 - Rebels and Realists in 19C Literature
This course analyzes a broad selection of literary text from the 19th century, a period of revolutions, rapid industrialization, and radical politics. A particular emphasis is placed on Romanticism and Realism and their legacies in contemporary culture.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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Engineering (PSM) |
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ENM 586 - Advanced Project Management
This course covers a wide range of projects management topics including project planning, controlling, scheduling, and risk analysis. Through lecture and case studies, students will be prepared to become project management professionals and will learn to bring projects to successful completion. The course also emphasizes the human relations aspects of project management such as team theory and personnel conflict.
Prerequisites & Notes
Senior standing, graduate standing, or permission of instructor
Credits: 3
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GEE 694 - Professional Science Masters in Engineering and Business Internship
Internship with a business, non-profit or federal, state or local government that integrates advanced engineering and business skills. Open only to students in Professional Science Masters in Engineering and Business program.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission
Credits: 1-6 pass/fail only
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ENG 507 - Graduate Fiction Workshop
A graduate seminar for students concentrating in creative writing, which focuses on workshopping in-progress writing by peers, analyzing published creative works, reading and discussing essays on narrative theory and writing as a craft. May be repeated once for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
English M.A. candidate, writing sample, faculty permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 508 - Writing Workshop in Poetry and Poetics
An innovative approach to the traditional workshop for poets and those who think and write about poetry form a scholarly perspective, this course facilitates creative approaches to the writing of both poetry and poetics. Due consideration will be given to historical models, as well as to critical and theoretical writings. The principle object will be the students own writing as it unfolds across the semester. Required to complete the concentration in Poetry and Poetics.
Prerequisites & Notes
English M.A. candidate, writing sample, faculty permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 515 - Approaches to Collaborative Writing
This course focuses on theoretical and practical approaches to writing collaboratively in academic, professional, and community-based settings. Students will learn how to be the lead writer/project manager on documents such as reports, proposals, and grants that are often written as part of a team. This course is appropriate for graduate students who want to improve their own written work and for students who want to learn how to manage collaborative writing projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graudate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 516 - Perspectives on Information Design
This course focuses on theoretical and practical approaches to information design through topics such as visual rhetoric, usability, technical editing, social justice, ethics, digital rhetoric, and information literacy. Projects may include working with a client to design or edit a document and building a personal portfolio of professional and technical writing. This course is appropriate for graduate students who want to expand their skills in communicating information effectively and ethically to various audiences.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 518 - Topics in Professional and Technical Writing
Topics vary according to changes in the field, expertise of the faculty, and needs of the students. Possible topics include scientific communication, rhetoric of health and medicine, organizational communication, digital rhetoric, usability , and social justice. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 529 - Studies in Language, Literature, and Writing
Intended to supplement and allow experiments within the existing curriculum at the 500 level.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 536 - Studies in Canadian Literature
In-depth study of Canadian literature, focusing on a particular period, group, movement, issue or major author: e.g. pre-Confederation literature, the TISH poets, the McGill Movement, novels by writer of color, Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje.
Prerequisites & Notes
graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 541 - Colonial and Early National American Literature
A graduate seminar in literatures from the beginnings of European exploration and colonization of North America through early attempts to define and create American literature in the early Republic
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 542 - Studies in North American Literatures
In-depth study of works by American writers focusing on a particular period, cultural group, movement, issue or individual(s); e.g. Contemporary Native American Writers, African American Literary Tradition and Theory, Literature of Mixed Blood Experience, Jewish American Literature, or Maine Literary History Franco-American and Wabanaki.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ENG 545 - American Literature at the fin-de-siecle
Readings will be drawn from the period encompassing Reconstruction and the First World War. During this period of rapid nationalist expansion, the New England dominance of American letters was challenged by writers from many other places and ethnicities. The seminar will examine tensions central to the period, such as modernism vs. anti-modernism, civilization vs. nature, and nostalgia for the rural past in the face of the new mass urban culture.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 546 - Modernisms
Seminar examining the transnational movements known as modernism from a variety of perspectives and through a range of texts-both in original English and translation-and artworks. Specific focus will vary depending on the instructor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 549 - Studies in Gender and Literature
Intensive study of the workings of gender in language and literature. Topics will vary widely, and may include studies of women writer and/or of specific literary periods or schools, as well as studies of specific theoretical questions such as the gendered nature of language, modern and contemporary feminist theory, gender theory, queer theory, and identity studies. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 551 - Medieval Literature
This class examines the literature and language of the medieval period. Readings vary but may include selections from the British, Continental, and/or Global Middle Ages.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 553 - Early Modern Drama
A seminar that considers the dynamic role of theatrical performance in the changing political, religious, and cultural landscapes of sixteenth and seventeenth-century England. Readings represent a cross-section of dramatic writers, forms, genres, and conditions. The course’s primary thematic focus will vary from year to year.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 554 - Early Modern Prose and Poetry
Explores innovations in sixteenth and seventeenth century Anglophone poetry and prose, with attention to cultural, political, and global contexts. Readings will draw from cononical and lesser-known texts, and will represent the works of female and male writers. The course may be organized around a specific theme.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 555 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature
The Restoration and Eighteenth Century is a watershed period that marks the transition from Renaissance to Modern. This seminar considers literature against the background of this historical change and focuses on gender, culture, genre, individualism, representation, and post colonialism. May include works by Pope, Behn, Cavendish, Finch, Congreve, Dryden, Swift, Defoe, Richardson, Johnson, and Radcliffe, among others.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 556 - British Romanticism
An exploaration of both poetry and prose of the Romantic period, by male and female writers, canonical and lesser known. Particular attention is paid to questions of gender and genre as an influence on canonical Romanitic poetics.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 558 - British Modernist Literature
Readings in British Modernist literature, including poetry, prose, fiction, and drama. Time frame may vary, with a focus on either early or late modernism (1890s to 1920s-1940s or 1930-1960s)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 570 - Critical Theory
Readings in the theoretical traditions that have determined the possibilities for scholarship and interpretation in literary criticism, and a consideration of significant contemporary experiments that have redefined these possibilities.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 579 - Theorizing and Researching Composing
Equips students with an overview of dominant theoretical frameworks for conceptualizing writing as both an activity and as a product of that activity. The course introduces several empirical methods for testing hypothesis about composing processes and composed artifacts. (This course is identical to COM 579)
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 580 - Topics in Poetry and Poetics
Intensive study of literary language and practice focusing primarily but not exclusively on poetry. Topics will vary widely but fit one or more of the following general areas of emphasis: theories of poetry and poetic production; surveys focusing on work from more than one historical period or national literature; studies of the critical and other prose writings of poets; courses on critical theory in which poetry plays a key role; narratology and genre theory. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 581 - Twentieth-Century Poetry
A focused study of significant figures and/or movements in twentieth-century poetry. Specific topics will vary depending on the instructor.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 596 - Graduate Internship
Supervised professional work applying skills cultivated in the MA in English program. Graduate students may work with businesses, professionals, or organizations approved by the department. Work may include editing, developing content, reporting, indexing, researching, analyzing, designing communication, and professional/technical writing, among other activities related to students’ professional goals. Students must apply for this course before the semester of enrollment. Students are expected to work approximately 12 to 15 hours per week per 3 hours credit. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credit hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission required; ENG 515 or ENG 516 or by recommendation of faculty.
Credits: 1-6
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ENG 600 - Introduction to Graduate Studies in English
This course offers an overview of graduate studies in English. It introduces students to the scholarly resources, graduate faculty, and academic writing and publishing, ethics and professional development in academia, and the responsible conduct of research.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 1
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ENG 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 CMJ 606.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 693 - Principled Practices in the Teaching of Writing
A study of empirical research, theoretical insights, and ethical issues about the teaching of language and writing to students at the University of Maine. Students will develop a theoretically-informed, empirically grounded assignment sequence for the future teaching of English 101: College Composition, as well as conduct action research, participate in department culture, and prepare a proposal for conference presentation or publication. Required of all teaching assistants in the department of English during their first teaching semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing in English or permission.
Credits: 3
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ENG 697 - Independent Reading/Writing
By arrangement.
Prerequisites & Notes
6 hours of graduate study in English and permission of the graduate coordinator.
Credits: 1-3
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ENG 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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English as a Second Language |
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ELL 570 - Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language
Basic principles underlying ESL pedagogy and current techniques for second language teaching. Students review materials, develop activities, plan lessons and compile a teaching portfolio. For content-area teachers seeking Maine’s ESL endorsement or individuals planning to teach EFL overseas.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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ELL 585 - Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition Principles for ESL/EFL
Basic linguistic concepts and principles from research into how humans learn to communicate in a second or foreign language. Application of these concepts and principles to facilitating acquisition in English language instructional contexts. For practicing teachers seeking Maine’s ESL endorsement or individuals planning to teach EFL overseas.
Prerequisites & Notes
ELL 570 or MLC 566 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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ELL 591 - Multiculturalism and Diversity for English as a Second Language (ESL) Contexts
Diversity training and personal reflection to raise awareness of and to challenge biases about difference. Focus on attitudes toward language, dialect, or accent difference. Issues related to cultural diversity in communication styles, values systems, instructional role expectations, and paths to identity formation. For practicing teachers seeking Maine’s ESL endorsement or individuals planning to teach EFL overseas. Also suitable for those preparing to teach a second language other than English.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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Food Science and Nutrition |
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FSN 501 - Advanced Human Nutrition
Basic nutrition science with an emphasis on carbohydrate, lipid, protein, vitamin, mineral functions, and metabolism. Genetic influences on nutrient needs and metabolism. Two courses in chemistry and a nutrition course are recommended. Online class with some synchronous discussions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate Standing or instructor permission
Credits: 3
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FSN 502 - Food Preservation
Chemicals and processes (freezing, dehydration, canning, irradiation, extrusion) used to extend food quality and safety.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 3
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FSN 506 - Nutritional Assessment
Covers methods of evaluating the nutritional status of individuals or groups of people by dietary assessment and nutrition-related health indicators.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate level standing in FSN or permission
Credits: 3
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FSN 508 - Nutrition and Aging
Roles of nutrients, foods and supplements in maintaining health during aging. Online class with some live discussions. FSN 501 recommended.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or instructor permission
Credits: 3
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FSN 510 - Trace Mineral Nutrition, Metabolism and Clinical Applications
Presents a global approach of the role of trace elements in the human body, food and the environment. Examines their function as nutrients (deficiency and toxicity) and how they impact human health and chronic disease and their applications in a clinical setting. Addresses their role on gene expression in relation to health and disease. The impact of environmental changes on trace elements in the food chain and ultimately human and animal health is explored.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 410 and NUR 303 or permission.
Credits: 3
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FSN 512 - Current Food Safety Systems
In-depth study of the development of Food Safety Systems such as Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), and Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA; Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule) and their application to the food processing industry. The role of these systems in ensuring a safe food supply at the local, national, and international level. Certifications for HACCP and PCQI (Preventive Controls Qualified Individual) are offered to students taking this class.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 330
Credits: 4
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FSN 517 - Food Safety and Quality Control
Concepts of food safety, practices and tools for quality assurance. General principles and methods for the detection of additives, contaminants, and hazardous residues in foods. Introduction to analyzing risk factors associated with physical, chemical and microbial changes in food during processing and preservation.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 330 or Permission.
Credits: 3
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FSN 520 - Food Product Development
An overview of the processes required to create and introduce new food products to the marketplace. Students will follow the development team approach to conceptualize, formulate and evaluate food products.
Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 330 or permission.
Credits: 3
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FSN 524 - Responsible Design, Conduct and Analysis of Research
Experimental design, ethical considerations, and statistics for responsible conduct of nutritional and medical research.
Prerequisites & Notes
Undergraduate statistics course or permission.
Credits: 3
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FSN 528 - Food Microbiology
Examines the importance of microorganisms in food processing, spoilage, and preservation; the role of microorganisms in fermentation and production of protein, enzymes, and other products; foo as a vehicle of infection and intoxication. FSN 438 and 528 cannot both be taken for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: BMB 300
Credits: 3
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FSN 530 - Integrative and Functional Nutrition
Review of alternative practices such as traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedics, homeopathy, naturopathy, herbal medicine, and dietary supplements and how these practices can be integrated with conventional dietetic practice. Special needs of different life stages and disease conditions are addressed. Online class with scheduled discussions.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 410 or 501 or instructor permission. Prior classes in medical nutrition therapy recommended.
Credits: 3
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FSN 538 - Fermented Foods and Probiotics
Deals with application of the principles of microbiology to the understanding of the fermentation of various categories of foods. Reviews current understanding of probiotic mechanisms and efficacy in humans.
Prerequisites & Notes
Must have a Graduate standing in FSN or permission.
Credits: 3
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FSN 540 - Advanced Clinical Topics
A critical evaluation of medical nutrition therapy in the inpatient clinical setting. Application of the current medical literature to practice decisions. Nutritional goals for a variety of medical conditions are discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 420 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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FSN 542 - Sustainability, Nutrition and Health
This course explores sustainable practices when growing, processing, transporting, distributing, choosing, preparing, and consuming food and how these practices affect the tripod of sustainability, i.e. environment, society (health) and economy in the context of the “Farm to Healthy Body”model. Applications for health professionals are addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 410 and NUR 303 or permission.
Credits: 3
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FSN 543 - Communication in Nutrition and Food Technology
This course is designed to provide preparation for effective delivery of oral and written presentations in the fields of Nutrition and Food Technology. The course will also explore the differences and similarities in presenting to the scientific community and lay audiences and finally, the course will study other forms of communication including blogs, podcasts, and social media.
Prerequisites & Notes
None
Credits: 3
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FSN 545 - Utilization of Aquatic Food Resources
Utilization and food quality of wild and farmed aquatic animals including production, chemical/physical properties, nutritional value, post-harvest changes, processing systems, regulatory issues, by-product utilization and food safety.
Credits: 3
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FSN 555 - Organic and Natural Foods
Introduces organic and natural foods from an industry perspective. Discussion of food production and processing, legal issues, ingredient functionality, and controversies.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN, AVS, or PSE Major or Permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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FSN 560 - Research Methods in Community Nutrition
This course provides students with the tools to develop, implement, and evaluate community nutrition interventions. Students will learn about theories for healthful behavior change and build on skill in conduction needs assessments, grant writing, and evaluating program implementation and effectiveness.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 401 or permission
Credits: 3
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FSN 571 - Technical Presentations
Introduction to technical presentations. Computer graphics, slide making and presentation skills are emphasized. Students present one 15-20 minute talk.
Credits: 1
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FSN 580 - Food Chemistry
Study of the compostition, structure, and properties of foods and chemical changes occuring during processing and utilization.
Credits: 3
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FSN 580 - Food Chemistry
Study of the composition, structure and properties of foods and chemical changes occuring during processing and utilization.
Prerequisites & Notes
BMB 322, CHY 252, or permission. FSN 482 and 580 cannot both be taken for credit.
Credits: 3
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FSN 581 - Problems in Food Science and Human Nutrition
Special topics - Opportunity is provided to pursue an individualized topic in the food science or human nutrition area.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: Ar
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FSN 584 - Lipids, Diet and Cardiovascular Disease
Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism and its relation to atherosclerosis. An in-depth study on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, etiology and mechanisms of atherosclerosis initiation and progression and genetic aspects of the disease. Clinical and basic research advances on the role of diet and dietary lipids on prevention and treatment of Cardiovascular Disease.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 410 and NUR 303
Credits: 3
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FSN 585 - Principles of Sensory Evaluation
Introduction to sensory evaluation practices including difference and affective testing. Online class with scheduled synchronous discussions. Prior classes in Food Science, Statistics, and Psychology are strongly recommended.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 330, MAT 232 and PSY 100 or permission.
Credits: 3
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FSN 586 - Sensory and Consumer Science Applications
Assessment of food behaviors and emotions, satiety, purchase intent, and other factors related to food selection. Online class with scheduled synchronous discussions. FSN 585 and FSN 524 are recommended.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate status or instructor permission
Credits: 3
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FSN 587 - Food Analysis
Nutrient composition, residues and natural toxicants, with emphasis on the use of GC and HPLC.
Prerequisites & Notes
BMB 322 or FSN 582 or permission.
Credits: 3
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FSN 603 - Nutrient Changes in the Food System
Review of the changes in food nutrient and phytochemical composition and bioavailability from the farm through the processing and distribution to consumers.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate status in ANS, BUA, FNS, FSN, ACL or PSE programs, or instructor permission
Credits: 3
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FSN 650 - Dietetic Internship Orientation and Application I
Introduction to the dietetic internship program. Application of internship competencies through development of public policy team project part I, review of medical terminology, and participation in clinical case studies and diabetes nutrition care.
Prerequisites & Notes
Dietetic Interns only.
Credits: 2
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FSN 651 - Dietetic Internship Orientation and Application II
Orientation to supervised practice rotations, curriculum and evaluation. Application of the nutrition care process in clinical and community settings. Part II of public policy team project and review of medical terminology.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 650.
Credits: 2
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FSN 652 - Dietetic Internship Evaluation
Presentation of individual and program evaluation through oral and written assessments. Presentation of individualized projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 651 and FSN 681 or concurrently.
Credits: 1
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FSN 671 - Advanced Graduate Seminar
Presentation of research results and reviews of the literature in food science and human nutrition. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 571 or permission.
Credits: 1
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FSN 681 - Dietetic Supervised Practice
Supervised practice in community and hospital sites to meet requirements of an American Dietetic Association accredited internship program.
Prerequisites & Notes
dietetic interns only by permission.
Credits: 1-10
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FSN 695 - Food Science and Human Nutrition Practicum
Supervised professional experience in an approved professional setting . May be taken once for credit. (Pass/Fail Grade Only)
Prerequisites & Notes
Permisson.
Credits: 1-3
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FSN 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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SFA 551 - Infectious Diseases and Food Safety- From Plants to Humans
Examines current concepts and trends in infectious disease biology, with a focus on enterobacterial human pathogens, plant pathogens and their impacts on one another. The nature of disease, the casual agents, mechanisms of transmission and epidemic, and strategies for management will be compared among humans and plants.
Prerequisites & Notes
One of these courses or equivalent: AVS 437, BMB 300, FSN 238, PSE 457/557, PSE 469, or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFA 672 - Dynamic Technical Presentations
Presentation of research results and literature information. May be repeated for credit up to three times.
Prerequisites & Notes
FSN 571 or permission.
Credits: 1
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SFR 502 - Timber Harvesting
Examine and analyze timber harvesting practices in the United States and Canada with special emphasis on Maine. Discussion of harvest methods and systems, production, and regulations. Because of overlap, SFR 401 and SFR 502 cannot both be taken for degree credit. Lec 2, Lab 3.
Credits: 3
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SFR 503 - Advanced Forest Measurements and Models
A continuation of the topics introduced in SFR 205 including methods used to measure log, tree, stand, and forest-level attributes. Students will also learn how to sample and analyze forest resources data including use of spreadsheets, databases, and stand projections models. Because of overlap, SFR 402 and SFR 503 cannot both be taken for degree credit. Lec 2, Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
SFR 402 or Graduate Standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 504 - Rural Communities: Theory and Practice
Analysis of rural communities and development practices using economic and sociological frameworks. Rural communities in Maine are examined. Field trips required. Lec 4.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing of instructor permission.
Credits: 4
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SFR 507 - Forest Ecology
Biological principles and environmental factors governing the natural establishment and development of forest trees and stands. Because of overlap, SFR 407 and SFR 507 cannot both be taken for degree credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SFR 509 - Silviculture
Theory and practice of controlling the composition, growth, quality and regeneration of forest stands for human benefit. Advanced study of silvicultural research, literature, and practice. Because of overlap, SFR 408 and SFR 509 cannot both be taken for degree credit. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 520 - Tree Physiology
Topics in tree physiology including carbon, nutrient, and water relations. Emphasis on plant structure-function relationships and responses to abiotic stress. Includes a mix of lecture and hands-on lab activities.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SFR 521 - Research Methods in Forest Resources
Provides graduate students with the fundamental research skills needed to successfully prepare for their thesis research, as well as professional careers in scientific research. Students learn how to plan, write, and critique scientific research proposals. Instructions focuses on direct, hands-on learning by writing a proposal that can serve as a student’s graduate thesis research proposal. Students learn to pose relevant, interesting, and researchable questions; design testable hypotheses; develop research goals and objectives; and apply critical thinking skills to design appropriate research methods. Key elements of research planning include funding, project management, responsible conduct in research, and journal publications are covered. Graduate students taking this course will meet the University of Maine’s requirement for Responsible Conduct in Research training.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 528 - Qualitative Data Analysis in Natural Resources
Principles and practices of qulaitative data analysis in natural resources. The course covers various interpretive analytical traditions in the social sciences, as well as strategies used in qualitative data analysis. Students will analyze previously collected qualtative data, and develop a written document that includes both narrative and visual displays. The course includes hands-on NVivo training on coding data.
Prerequisites & Notes
EHD 571 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 530 - Wood Physics and Applications in Building Systems
This course addresses the non-mechanical properties of wood and wood-based composite materials in response to practical considerations of wood use with a focus on timber building systems. A broad spectrum of fundamental physical principles and laws in relation to the properties are reviewed.
Prerequisites & Notes
understanding of basic physics, wood anatomy or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 531 - Mechanics of Wood and Wood Composites
Application of orthotropic and nonlinear constitutive relations, laminate theory, and failure criterion on the prediction of mechanical properties of solid wood, wood fibers, laminated, and other wood composite materials.
Prerequisites & Notes
None
Credits: 3
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SFR 539 - Biology of Woody Plants
Advanced topics in woody plant biology including growth, development, and reproduction. Emphasis on forest tree biology and tree responses to abiotic stressors.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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SFR 544 - Forest Resources Economics
Economics of domestic and international forest resources production, processing and distribution. Contributions of forest resources to local, regional, and national economies. Fundamentals of financial analysis. Evaluation of priced and unpriced forest resources for acquisition, taxation, management, and disposal. Because of overlap, SFR 444 and SFR 544 cannot both be taken for degree credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 120
Credits: 3
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SFR 545 - Adhesion and Adhesives Technology
Fundamentals of adhesion and adhesives including surface science, chemistry and properties of adhesives, adhesive bond evaluation and applications in composite materials. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
Senior standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 546 - Forest Resource Policy
Mechanisms involved in, and influences on the evolution of national, state and private forest policies in the United States and other nations. Development of professional codes of ethics in Forestry and examination of professional, private business, environmental and public sector ethical challenges, particularly in the formation of forest and land use policies. Students may not receive credit for both SFR 446 and SFR 546.
Prerequisites & Notes
None.
Credits: 3
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SFR 550 - Wood-Polymer Hybrid Composites
Fundamentals of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials, manufacturing and performance characteristics. Addresses issues of combining wood with FRP’s such as interfacial properties and durability of the resulting wood-polymer hybrid composite materials. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
SFR 454 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 555 - Advanced Remote Sensing
This course covers advanced topics in remote sensing related to applications in natural resources. The focus is on optical multi spectral and hyper spectral remote sensing for vegetation studies but other topics and platforms will also be discussed. The goal is to equip graduate students who intend to do research in the area of remote sensing with necessary tools and knowledge to perform research tasks.
Prerequisites & Notes
SFR 406, INT 527 or any intoductory remote sensing courses or instructor’s permission.
Students should also have experience working with Microsoft Windows, GIS software, be familiar with raster adn vector data structure, be able to use spreadsheets such as Excel, and have general knowledge of statistics.
Credits: 3; Lecture 2, Lab 1
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SFR 557 - Tree Pests and Disease
Advanced concepts about tree disease and its development, the role of tree disease in forest dynamics, and relevant characteristic of tree pests. Applies concepts to common disease complexes found in Maine and other regions of North America. Note: Because of overlap, SFR 557 cannot be taken if SFR 456 or SFR 457 have been taken for degree credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate Standing.
Credits: 3
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SFR 570 - Cellulose Nanomaterials and their Composites
Comprehensive coverage of the production, characteristics, processing, applications and performances of renewable nanomaterials and their composites. The graduate level course will provide fundamental information on various types of cellulose nanomaterials as well as their performance in target applications. Students may be required to conduct individual/team experiments, visit production sites and hold informal meetings as scheduled along the course of the semester outside the original time frame.
Prerequisites & Notes
Recommendation of the student’s advisory committee or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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SFR 575 - Advanced Forest Biometrics and Modeling
Advanced Forest Biometrics and Modeling explores the fields of forest growth modeling and biometrics. Growth modeling involves the projection of forest dynamics through time, while biometrics is the collection, synthesis, analysis, and management of quantitative data on biological communities such as forests.
Prerequisites & Notes
SFR 402 or SFR 503; or graduate standing.
Credits: e
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SFR 577 - Forest Landscape Management and Planning
Integration of biophysical and socioeconomic sciences for the multiple use management to achieve desired products, services and conditions of forest lands. Application of modern analytical procedures for strategic, tactical and operational forest planning up to the landscape level. Because of overlap, SFR 477 and SFR 577 cannot both be taken for degree credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
SFR 444 or SFR 544; SFR 409 or 349 or 509. All but SFR 349 can be taken as co-requisites.
Credits: 3
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SFR 593 - Sustainable Tourism Planning
Principles and practices of planning for sustainable tourism destinations. This course provides a basis for a tourism destination service learning project involving natural and cultural attractions. The project will include developing, facilitating, evaluating, and documenting the tourism destination planning process. Specific topics include tourism potential evaluation, tourism sociocultural and environmental impacts, community-based tourism planning, tourism regional and site planning, and strategic tourism planning. Because of overlap SFR 493 and SFR 593 cannot both be taken for degree credit. This course requires field trips within and outside of scheduled class periods.
Prerequisites & Notes
SFR 150 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 601 - Forest Mensuration Problems
Varies.
Credits: Ar
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