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INT 460 - (BLE,BSC,CIE,SMS) Environmental Aspects of Aquaculture
Impact of the environment, including currents, waves, tides, temperature, bottom type, nutrients, food availability, and pollution on aquaculture, using algae and shellfish as demonstration species. Projects involving site evaluation for aquacultural activities will utilize GPS, GIS and numerical flow models.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 100, MAT 126, MAT 434.
Credits: 3
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INT 475 - (BSC, FTY, SMS, WLE) Field Studies in Ecology
An intensive ecology field trip of one to several weeks to an area of ecological interest scheduled during Christmas, midyear, spring recess or summer. Field and living conditions may be rigorous and/or primitive. Other preparation and/or recommended prerequisites announced for each trip. Credit depends upon specific trip.
Prerequisites & Notes
a course in ecology.
Credits: Ar
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INT 482 - (BSC,PSE) Pesticides and the Environment
Study of the properties and mechanisms of pesticides and their fate in the environment. Includes application technology, governmental regulations, resistance, and environmental fate and transport of pesticides and pesticide alternative. Suggested for individuals who may seek pesticide applicators certification. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
One semester of biology and one semester of chemistry; junior standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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INT 484 - (BMMB/SMS) Introduction to Systems Modeling for Biological Sciences
An introduction to the use of computer modeling, simulation and analysis for understanding general physical, chemical and biological systems ranging from sub-cellular to the biosphere. Includes basic principles of simulation modeling and uses STELL software for PC or Mac to implement models of a wide range of phenomena. Relevant mathematical concepts are reviewed and provided as necessary. (Taught at the Darling Marine Center as part of the Semester-by-the-Sea program.)
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 2
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INT 489 - Advanced Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
Advanced work addressing topics with an interdisciplinary focus, bringing together 3 or more relevant disciplines.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of Instructor.
Credits: 3
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INT 490 - (University Wide) Lies, Deception and Heroification
Explores the theme of “heroification” as it is developed in the 1998-99 University of Maine Class Book, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. In this book, author James Loewen maintains that the creation of sanitized heroic figures in high school history textbooks, social archetypes rather than human beings, creates not only “culture-serving distortion” but boring and inaccurate history. Students will explore how lies in history, education, government, business and society in general create “cultural distortion.” Emphasizes history as interpretation, the elusive nature of truth in history, and the dynamic variables contributing to moral and ethical tensions swirling around identity, race, gender, freedom, privacy, censorship, governance, propaganda, sexuality and ethnicity.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Context and Institutions Requirements.
Credits: 3
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INT 491 - (University Wide) A Midwife’s Tale and the Social Web
Investigates the concept of “social web” as introduced in the 1999-2000 University of Maine Class Book, A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. The “social web” is a metaphor to describe how the late eighteenth century community of Hallowell, Maine was woven together by the intricate warp and woof of social relations documented in Ballard’s diary and contextualized and interpreted by historian Laurel Ulrich. Using primary, secondary and fictional sources, an interdisciplinary group of faculty will lead students through an investigation of the ethical, legal, social and spiritual issues attendant upon womanhood and women’s work in Martha Ballard’s time and today.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Credits: 3
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INT 500 - (ANT, BSC, GES, PSE, QUS) Seminar in Quaternary Studies
Selected areas of study - physical, biological and anthropological - related to the Quaternary Period. One weekend field trip may be required. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: Ar
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INT 510 - (BSC, SMS) Marine Invertebrate Zoology
Covers systematics, adaptive-functional anatomy, and life histories of free-living marine invertebrates, excluding protozoans. Laboratory emphasis on studies of living material from the local fauna. Numerous field trips required. Rec 2, Lab 6.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 353 or equivalent.
Credits: 5
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INT 525 - (BLE,BSC, FTY) Tropical Deforestation Seminar
Local, regional and global issues associated with tropical deforestation are addressed. Discussions focus on ecological, social, political, economic and cultural aspects of tropical forests and human interactions for understanding the causes and consequences of deforestation. Lec 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
Senior or graduate status or permission.
Credits: 1 or 2
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INT 527 - Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing Data Analysis in Natural Resource Applications
Analysis of satellite imagery and GIS data bases including applications of raster
and vector models, land cover analysis and forest change detection, wildlife habitat
analysis, hydrological assessment, and landscape characterization.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor; senior or graduate standing.
Credits: 3
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INT 563 - (BSC, SMS) Marine Benthic Ecology
Advanced ecological studies of benthic intertidal and subtidal marine organisms. Includes discussion of distributions, zonation, biotic interactions, food webs, succession, hypothesis testing, problems of scale, recruitment community structure and organization. Lec 2, Rec 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
a course in ecology.
Credits: 3
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INT 570 - Emerging Science and Technology: Integration Into K-12 Classrooms
A preplanned experience requiring regular school visits to selected K-12 school(s) throughout the semester, during which undergraduate and graduate science and engineering students share their knowledge of emerging science and technology with K-12 school teachers and students. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
senior or grad student standing and permission.
Credits: 1-3
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INT 579 - Methods in Epidemiology
The course introduces students to the field of epidemiology, emphasizing methods for assessing factors associated with the distribution and etiology of health and disease, with emphasis on current, real-world health issues and advancement of student skills in the critique of research studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
A student may only take either INT 479 or INT 579 for credit.
Credits: 3
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INT 598 - Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
Advanced study of timely or experimental topics that bridge two or more disciplines.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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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: 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: 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: 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 570 - Intermedia Studio 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 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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Kinesiology and Physical Education |
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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 424 - Adult Fitness
Adult fitness is designed as an introductory class which provides the student with a broad theoretical background in the area of adult exercise and physical training. The role chronic exercise has in the possible prevention and retardation of coronary heart disease serves as the basic premise of the course.
Prerequisites & Notes
KPE 378.
Credits: 3
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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 262 and KPE 378.
Credits: 3
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KPE 468 - Advanced Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries
Acquaints teachers and athletic coaches with modern principles and practices in prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and safety in physical education and athletics.
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 485 - Psycho-Social Aspects of Sport and Exercise
An analysis and application of psychological and sociological theories and principles
to sport, physical activity and exercise. Topics will include: performance enhancement,
use and development of psychological skills, injury and rehabilitation, exercise
behavior and adherence, group dynamics, gender and racial issues, youth sport,
and violence/aggression in sport.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior standing and PSY 100 or SOC 101.
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 572 - Planning the Physical Education Curriculum
Selection of activities, sequentially arranged and organized to produce a curriculum
for physical education for the modern school including time allotments, facilities,
individual characteristics, problems of appraisal.
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 584 - Evaluative Procedures in Kinesiology and Physical Education
Introduces the student to various evaluative techniques which are designed to improve teaching effectiveness and student learning. Emphasis will be placed on utilizing various strategies of evaluation in the instructional setting.
Prerequisites & Notes
KPE 372.
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 410 - Plant Propagation
Principles and methods involved in the propagation of herbaceous and woody plants by seeds, division, layering, cutting, budding, grafting, and tissue culture. Rec 2, Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSE 110 and PSE 140 or permission.
Credits: 3
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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
PSE 219 and PSE 140.
Credits: 4
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PSE 423 - Plant Production
Covers the basic techniques for production of woody and herbaceous ornamental plants in the greenhouse and outdoor nursery settings. Specific areas of study will include greenhouse structure design and operation, plant propagation, irrigation, fertilization, lighting, pruning, harvest, etc. Extensive greenhouse and field lab work. Lec 3, Lab 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
LHC 219, LHC 221, LHC 222, PSE 140.
Credits: 4
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PSE 430 - Environmental Horticulture
Examines best management practices for growing ornamental plants. Integrates previously covered topics with new information using class discussion, lectures, and student papers and presentations. Some of the topics covered include: biotic and abiotic stresses associated with man-made landscapes, plant selection, nutrient management, irrigation, and ethical practices. Lec 3.
Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSE 415 and PSE 424.
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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Latin |
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LAT 451 - Roman Comedy: Plautus and Terence
A study of the source of Roman comedy, its literary features, and influence upon later literature. One play by each dramatist will be read.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
LAT 204 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 481 - Virgil: The Ecologues, Georgics, Aeneid
The poet’s background achievements and influence upon later literature.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 3
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LAT 482 - Medieval Latin
Introduction to a variety of Latin prose and texts from the Middle Ages. Emphasis on stylistic and thematic continuities with an differences from classical Latin prose and poetry.
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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LIB 500 - Graduate Seminar in Liberal 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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LIB 697 - Independent Study
Advanced independent study for MLS students on an approved reading, research or experiential field project under the guidance of a graduate faculty member.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of PAC Advisement Committee.
Credits: 1-3
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LIB 698 - Independent Study
Advanced independent study for MLS students on an approved reading, research or experiential field project under the guidance of a graduate faculty member.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of PAC Advisement Committee.
Credits: 1-3
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LIB 699 - Master Project in Liberal Studies
Required of candidates for the Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
open only to MLS candidates.
Credits: Ar
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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 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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SMS 400 - Capstone Research Experience in Marine Science
Capstone research project or research paper for students obtaining the Bachelor of Science in marine science or in aquaculture. 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. Acquaculture majors opting for SMS 400 must also take SMS 401 to meet the requirements for the Capstone Experience.
SMS 400 and SMS 404 or SMS 401 together satisfy the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
12 credit hours of SMS courses and a minimum of 60 credit hours in all university courses (junior standing); students are advised to complete SMS 400 and SMS 404 during the senior year.
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. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 211, SMS 409 and SMS 420.
Credits: 1
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SMS 402 - Oceans and Climate Change
Stresses the interdisciplinary nature of marine science by focusing on comprehensive oceanographic and marine ecosystems that reinforce geological, chemical, physical and biological principles and their linkages. Roles of oceans in regulating global climate will be emphasized. Climatic forcing and its impact on ocean environments and marine ecosystems will be discussed. Variability in the oceans and processes at a range of spatial and temporal scales are considered. Topics include: global carbon cycle and climate change, thermohaline circulation, influence of oceanic and climatic processes on marine populations, world fisheries and marine ecosystems, El Nino and decadal climate variability, Gulf of Maine oceanography and living marine resources, human activities and their impact on the environment. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 302 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SMS 409 - Shellfish Aquaculture
Examination of shellfish production methods (including hatchery, nursery and growout phases) and underlying biological principles. Lec 3. (Spring -odd years.)
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 100, SMS 211.
Credits: 3
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SMS 420 - Fish Aquaculture
A survey of culture techniques used in growing common fish species, including salmon, trout, eels, catfish, bream and tilapia. Aspects of hatchery management and grow out will be discussed covering genetic selection, feeding, health management, fish farm structure, processing fish and environmental factors. Principles and examples of disease prevention and control, such as husbandry, treatment, vaccination, natural defenses and bio-security will be covered. Major diseases of farmed fish and control measures will be presented. Lec 2, Lab/Field 4. (Fall - even years.)
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 211. Corequisite: SMS 320.
Credits: 4
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SMS 421 - Fish Aquaculture II
A continuation of SMS 420. A comprehensive examination of finfish production methods. Covers aspects of fish production at all life stages, beginning with broodstock management in the first semester course (AVS/SMS 420) and ending with on-growing of fish to market. Aspects of fish production to be studied will cover genetic selection, feeding, health management, fish farm structure, processing fish and environmental factors. Principles and examples of disease prevention and control, such as husbandry, treatment, vaccination, natural defenses and bio-security. Major diseases of farmed fish and control measures will be presented. Students will participate in selected techniques in fish aquaculture I.e., anatomy of fish species, live food production for larval fish, diagnostic procedures, drug residue testing, fish handling and anesthesia, spawning techniques, egg incubation techniques and computer applications during five weekday afternoon laboratories and two all day field trips. (This course is identical to AVS 421.) Lec 2, Lab/Field 4. (Spring - odd years.)
Prerequisites & Notes
AVS 420/SMS 420.
Credits: 3
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SMS 422 - Biology of Fishes
A comprehensive course in evolution, morphology, physiology, life histories and ecology of fishes. Emphasis will be integrating knowledge of functional and physiological design to understand how fish function and how they have adapted to diverse environments.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 200 or SMS 201.
Credits: 3
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SMS 425 - Applied Population Genetics
Covers the biological, mathematical and statistical principles of population genetics. Topics include a discussion of the role of mutation, migration, selection and inbreeding in structuring the genetic variation for both Mendelian and quantitative traits in natural and artificial populations. Emphasis is placed on both the theoretical and experimental approaches to the study of population genetics and the application and importance of population genetics to disciplines such as marine science, wildlife and conservation biology, ecology and animal husbandry, including aquaculture.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 100 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 449 - Engineering in Aquaculture
Introduction to the application of engineering principles and practices to the commercial culture of marine and freshwater plants and animals. No engineering or engineering technology majors. Rec 2, Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 211 and CHY 122 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 467 - Fish Nutrition and Feeding
Principles of nutrient requirements as they apply to fish. Feeding management of several commercially important species will be discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes
BMB 208.
Credits: 3
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SMS 475 - Field Marine Biology
An overview of the major coastal habitats and communities in Maine including: sand dunes, salt marshes, mud flats, sea grass meadows, exposed rocky shores, sheltered rocky shores, tide pools and estuaries. Emphasis will focus on distributions (including disjunct species), natural history, adaptation and ecology of important organisms occupying, influencing or regulating these communities. (This course is identical to BIO 475.)
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement and may be used to satisfy the Capstone Experience Requirement in degree programs in the Department of Biological Sciences. Lec 2, Lab/field 4.
Prerequisites & Notes
one year of biology or equivalent; BIO 319, SMS 300 or equivalent; recommended: a course in statistics.
Credits: 4
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SMS 480 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Biology of Marine Invertebrates
Emphasis will be on body plan and design of marine invertebrates, including investigating how body design facilitates living in selected marine habitats. After a quick review of the marine phyla, lectures will discuss functional organization of invertebrates’ bodies, including embryology and development. Emphasis in the lab sessions is on identification of coastal Maine invertebrates. Lectures, labs and field trips are integrated into a single class experience that is taught one entire day per week at the Darling Marine Center. (Note: Because of overlap, BIO 353 and SMS 480 cannot both be taken for degree credit.)
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 100 and SMS 201 or BIO 200.
Credits: 4
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SMS 481 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Design of Marine Organisms: Momentum, Mass and Information Transfer
Students use flumes and other flow devices to gain an understanding of the principles of momentum and mass transfer and then to discover how they influence form and function in marine organisms. Lectures prepare students to conduct their own laboratory observations: abiotic flows and model living organisms interacting with flows. A final integration adds sensory ecology and unsteady flow behaviors. Applications range from bacteria to invertebrates and vertebrates. Lecture and laboratory are combined into a day-long class period. Taught at the Darling Marine Center.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 200 or SMS 201 and PHY 112 or PHY 122.
Credits: 4
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SMS 482 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Human Impacts on the Ocean
Examines the manner in which humans influence oceanic processes and the ways in which humans can assess these influences. Surveys various case examples of influences (both suspected and well-documented) such as alteration of river inputs to the oceans, contamination by toxic materials, eutrophication and habitat alteration. Focuses on how scientists determine whether or not a perturbation of normal oceanic process has occurred, what the pre-human condition might have been and how we predict future changes. Taught at the Darling Marine Center.
Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement. Lec 3, field trips.
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 302 or equivalent or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 485 - Comparative Animal Physiology
A comparative approach to the functional adaptations of animals to diverse environments, with emphasis on underlying physiological and biochemical mechanisms. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 200 or SMS 201, a year of chemistry and junior standing.
Credits: 3
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SMS 490 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Special Topics
A lecture and/or laboratory course offered with a specific marine topic as part of the Semester-by-the Sea. Topics take advantage of the proximity of the coast of Maine. May be repeated for credit. (Taught at the Darling Marine Center.)
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 270 or permission.
Credits: 1-4
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SMS 491 - Problems in Marine Science
Undergraduate studies of current problems in marine science directed by individual faculty. May be experimental or theoretical independent research or directed readings by an individual student. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor.
Credits: Ar
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SMS 501 - Biological Oceanography
Marine organisms and their interrelationships with chemical, geological and physical aspects of their environments.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 319 or equivalent or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 514 - Ecology of Marine Sediments
A multi-disciplinary examination of factors controlling ecological processes in marine sediments. Emphasis on recent research integrating biological, geological, chemical, and physical aspects of marine sedimentary environments. May be taught during May Term or Summer Session at the Darling Marine Center.
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 501 or equivalent and permission.
Credits: 2-3
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SMS 516 - Marine Phytoplankton
Biology and ecology of marine phytoplankton, (particularly of the Gulf of Maine),
with emphasis on quantitative aspects of growth, production and distribution in
space and time.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 126, SMS 501 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SMS 520 - Chemical Oceanography
Distribution and cycling of elements in the marine system with emphasis on geochemical and biochemical interactions.
Prerequisites & Notes
CHY 121, CHY 123.
Credits: 3
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SMS 525 - Marine Biogeochemistry
Biogeochemistry and benthic-pelagic coupling of nutrients, organic substances, and trace elements in the marine system. Emphasis on coastal and sedimentary regimes.
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 520.
Credits: 3
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SMS 528 - Advanced Phycology
Current and classic discoveries including classification, the theories of primary and secondary endosymbiosis, toxic algae and circadian rhythms.
Prerequisites & Notes
or Corequisite: BIO/SMS 473 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SMS 530 - Physiology of Fishes
Analysis of the functional biology of fishes with emphasis on the mechanistic bases of physiological functions and their adaptive significance in a variety of environmental situations. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 377 or equivalent or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 531 - Coral Reefs
An exploration of the combined geological, physical, chemical and biological factors that make coral reefs among the most diverse and productive systems in the world. Examines biology, taxonomy and ecological interactions of dominant reef organisms. Explores modern reef processes such as primary productivity, competition, predation and herbivory along with some geological processes such as the role of sea level in reef formation and growth.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 353 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 533 - Quantitative Genetics
Covers the biological and statistical principles underlying the experimental approaches used to distinguish genetic and environmental sources of variation in quantitative traits. Topics include an intensive coverage of quantitative genetic theory, application of statistical methodologies for estimating the genetic contribution to quantitative traits, the application of quantitative genetic methodologies to studies in applied breeding and evolution and advanced topics, such as marker-based analysis and quantitative trait loci mapping.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 462 or BIO 465 or SMS 425 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 540 - Satellite Oceanography
An overview of the use of remote sensing technologies for making measurements of the marine environment. Introduces the various sensors used by oceanographers, their background, the principles behind their operation and measurement retrieval. Emphasis will be placed on readings from the prime oceanography literature and biogeophysical applications of the data, their analysis, advantages and limitations rather than physical/optical theory.
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 501 and SMS 541 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 541 - (SMS, CIE) Physical Oceanography
Covers physical properties of sea water, waves and tides, distribution of variables, dynamics, water masses and the general circulation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PHY 121, PHY 122, MAT 126 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 550 - Fisheries Oceanography
The influences of physical and biological processes at various temporal and spatial scales on survival, growth, abundance, transport, and distribution of marine fishes and invertebrates are studied. Emphasis is on species of commercial or recreational importance. Lec 2, Rec 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 501 or SMS 541.
Credits: 3
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SMS 552 - Ecological Approaches to Fisheries Management
Addresses the theory and practical problems of managing wild renewable resources. Theory is drawn from the fields of economics, ecology, population dynamics and anthropology. Emphasizes the State’s decentralized governance approach to fisheries management.
Prerequisites & Notes
SMS 551 or REP 471 and senior or graduate level standing.
Credits: 3
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SMS 553 - Institutions and the Management of Common Pool Resources
Focuses on the various social science theories concerning the generation of institutions and rules including action theory, the IAD approach (Institutional Analysis and Development), rational choice theory and topics from political economy. Emphasis will be placed on the development of institutions governing the use of fisheries with some discussion of the management of other common pool resources such as forests, rangeland, air, and petroleum reserves. This course is identical to ANT 553.
Prerequisites & Notes
senior or graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 555 - Resource Management in Cross-cultural Perspective
Examines the institutions used to reduce risk and uncertainty in selected societies dependent on renewable resources. Emphasis on fishing societies around the world with some discussion of the utilization of forests and rangeland by different societies. Studies the governance structures used to manage common pool resources including state systems, local level management systems and co-management systems. This course is identical to ANT 555.
Prerequisites & Notes
senior or graduate standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 557 - Coastal Processes and Coastal Zone Management
Processes in specific near-shore environments like beaches, tidal flats, estuaries and shelves are discussed in terms of historic and encroaching human impacts. Case histories of successes and failures of attempts to live with coastal processes are presented.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SMS 560 - Marine Geology
Topics include current theories of the origin of the earth as a planet and the development of continents and ocean basins, morphology and structure of the sea floor, interpretation of geological and geophysical evidence relevant to the origin and evolution of major tectonic features of ocean regions.
Prerequisites & Notes
GES 101, GES 102 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 562 - Fisheries Population Dynamics
Fisheries stock assessment theory and techniques with emphasis on estimating vital fisheries population parameters and biological reference points and conducting stock assessment for commercially exploited marine fisheries populations.
Prerequisites & Notes
A course each in ecology, statistics and calculus.
Credits: 3
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