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CRJ 496 - Field Experience in Criminal Justice/Sociology 3, 6 or 12 credits
Supervised field experience in a criminal justice or social service agency. Course can be taken for variable credit (3 or 6 hours) determined by hours completed at the field site. Course can be taken for 12 credit hours when student is completing full law enforcement academy training. Courses may be repeated for up to 18 credits.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing and instructor permission
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CRJ 499 - Criminal Justice Portfolio 0 credits
This is a non capstone assessment course. Students submit a senior portfolio with evidence illustrating proficiency in 8 program learning outcomes as well as a service learning experience.
Co-requisite(s): SOC 430
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ECY 324 - Paleoecology 3 credits
A lecture course which presents an introduction to the study of how and where plants and animals lived in the past. Three lecture hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 113 or GEY 114 or GEY 115
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ECY 355 - General Ecology 4 credits
A lecture and laboratory course which presents an introduction to evolutionary ecology, physiological ecology, population ecology, community ecology, and ecosystem ecology.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 200
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Economics |
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ECO 100 - Contemporary Economics 3 credits
A one-semester introductory course in economics for non-majors. The course focuses on current controversial economic issues, teaches the basic economics required to understand each issue and debates at least two currently suggested solutions. Some of the problems the course will address are inflation, poverty and inequality, regulation or deregulation, balanced budgets and budget deficits, economics of nuclear war, wage and price controls, and supply-side economics. General Education Curriculum option.
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ECO 207 - Macro and Micro Economics 3 credits
Fundamental principles of capitalist macroeconomics including growth and recession, inflation, unemployment, the role of government regulation, economic development, and trade. Micro topics include supply and demand, market structure, and market failure.
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Education |
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EDU 152 - Introduction to Education 3 credits
A study of the psychological, sociological, and historical foundations of education and an examination of current educational trends, policies, and programs. Areas of study include teaching as a career, educational aspects of diversity, multiple intelligences and teaching strategies, forms of assessment, proficiency-based education, and an introduction to state and national standards.
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Prerequisite(s): none
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EDU 153 - Foundations of Education 3 credits
A study of the social, political, philosophical, economic, and legal foundations of contemporary education and an examination of current educational trends, policies, and programs. Areas of study include teaching as a career, school laws, governance of schools, school problems, educational ideologies, and development of an educational philosophy. This course requires the completion of a semester-long clinical field experience.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 152 or instructor permission
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EDU 210 - Introduction to Pedagogy 3 credits
This course builds foundational knowledge of learning, human development and motivation through exploration of theories and principles. Students will gain knowledge of multiple learning strategies, instructional models, classroom management techniques, and apply theoretical knowledge and skill in the planning of lessons in the context of a larger unit of instruction.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 152 and EDU 153
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EDU 250 - Child Welfare - Applications for Education & Social Work 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as SWK 250
This course is designed as an introduction to human services with children, youth, and families with emphasis on the education and social work settings. The concepts of child abuse and neglect are introduced. Service learning and child observation techniques will be used to review child welfare services and methods.
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EDU 261 - Educational Technology in the Classroom 3 credits
Practical experience incorporating technology into the instructional process and an examination of issues relevant to the role of technology in public schools. Educational software is used to develop, implement, and assess classroom lessons. Assignments include a broad range of creative technology use in educational settings.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210
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EDU 287 - Teaching Students with Special Needs in Inclusive Classrooms 3 credits
This course focuses on teaching students with special needs in general education classrooms. Understanding the nature and characteristics of learning and behavior problems, instructional strategies, differentiated learning, education regulations, and modifications for specific categories of disability are covered.
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EDU 302 - Teaching & Learning in a Proficiency-Based System 3 credits
This course strengthens knowledge and application of instructional design in a proficiency-based system. We explore foundational methods for effective assessment design and grading, the complementary relationship of assessment and instruction, and creation of learning environments that foster self- reflection and growth. We cultivate the skills and dispositions of collaboration among colleagues.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 152 and EDU 153
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EDU 305 - Designing and Maintaining Effective Learning Environments 3 credits
While grounded in current research and learning theory, this course is about methods and strategies for effective and efficient classroom management from three perspectives: behavioral, social responsibility, and instructional strategies.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210
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EDU 311 - Assessments of the Young Child 3 credits
Explores developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive assessment strategies for physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development birth through eight years. Students will learn to utilize formal/informal instruments for formative/summative evaluations of children. Students will develop skills in using assessments to develop appropriate programs, environments, and activities in early childhood settings.
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EDU 340 - Collaboration & Consultation in General and Special Education 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as SED 340
This course explores strategies, techniques and skills for effective communication, consultation, and collaboration with families, colleagues, and other professionals. Emphasis will be on developing an understanding of collaborative consultation, especially the Response to Intervention model, and cooperative teaching in educating students who may be at risk or with a disability.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 287
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EDU 341 - Infant Toddler Development 3 credits
Examines the needs of infants/ toddlers regarding the development of cognition, language, motor skills, social abilities, and family-child relations. Students will explore various theoretical perspectives on infant/toddler development and discuss current issues and challenges associated with the overall well-being of infants/toddlers. This course introduces developmentally appropriate practices for infant/toddler programs.
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EDU 345 - Special Education in Early Childhood 3 credits
Explores historical factors and major legislation that impact early intervention and service delivery; categories and descriptions of special needs; learning expectations; modifications and accommodations, playground, classrooms. Reviews human development, normal and exceptional. Includes etiology and characteristics of major conditions and discusses importance of developing supportive relationships with parents and professionals.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 341
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EDU 348 - Secondary Methods of Instruction in Science 3 credits
Prepares students to teach science in middle and high school. Explores instruction and assessment in science content areas in middle level and high school settings. Explores current instructional theory, national standards, and national trends. Develops skills in selecting and adapting instruction for diverse student populations and leveraging technology for instruction.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210
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EDU 349 - Secondary Methods of Instruction in English 3 credits
Focuses on strategies and approaches central to teaching secondary English content to 21st century learners. The goal will be to develop educators capable of meeting the diverse demands of teaching English effectively in grades 6-12. Challenges related to teaching and learning will be emphasized to facilitate improved instructional design, implementation and assessment.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210
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EDU 350 - Children and Grief and its Impact on Learning 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as SWK 350
The purpose of this class is to enrich students’ exploration of their understanding of death and loss, as it relates to children, especially in the context of social work teaching and other human service professions.
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EDU 351 - Teaching Elementary Reading 3 credits
Designed to develop an in-depth knowledge of the current theory and practices involved in teaching reading in the elementary school. This class identifies instructional strategies for reading and the language arts, and examines classroom organizational and management techniques.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210
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EDU 354 - Early Childhood Literacy and Language Development 3 credits
Early Childhood Literacy introduces research-based perspectives on early literacy acquisition during Birth-Grade 3. This course emphasizes the integration of oral language, vocabulary, alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, word and print awareness, and writing for teaching young children’s early language and literacy skills, considering both cognitive and sociocultural perspectives.
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EDU 357 - Children’s Literature 3 credits
The study of all phases of children’s literature for the elementary grades including the history, criteria for judging children’s books, and knowledge of leading authors and illustrators. Participation in a practicum to develop theoretical applications.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 200
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EDU 360 - Science for the Young Child 3 credits
This course examines the development of scientific concepts and scientific thinking processes in children from birth to eight years. Focusing on the constructivist theory, this course emphasizes the types of learning experiences which encourage the young child’s exploration and development of the fundamental concepts, attitudes, and skills in science. Students will learn to facilitate young children’s engagement in developmentally appropriate science activities.
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EDU 361 - Teaching Science in the Elementary School 3 credits
Emphasis placed upon examination of curriculum projects and trends in elementary science, selection and construction of teaching materials, study of selected topics in various science areas, research and use of science teaching strategies, and care and use of living and non-living science materials.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210
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EDU 362 - Language Development in Exceptional Learners 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as SED 362
This course will provide students with an understanding of the acquisition of language from birth to adulthood (both typical and atypical), the effects of language delays and disorders on cognitive and affective performance, with emphasis on biological, psychological, and sociological foundations. This course is a combination of theory and practical hands-on activities you can use with your students.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 287
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EDU 364 - Content-Area Literacy 3 credits
Designed to develop knowledge of current theory and methods in teaching literacy across the curriculum, with emphasis on strategy instruction in order to integrate the teaching of content-focused reading, writing, speaking and thinking skills with a focus on proficiency-based instruction. Required of all Secondary Education majors.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 302
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EDU 365 - Instructional Strategies in Special Education 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as SED 365
Explores methods of teaching students with special needs, highlighting effective strategies such as direct/indirect instruction, interactive instruction, experiential learning, independent study and customized learning. Response to Intervention, Positive Behavioral Interventions, Assistive Technology, Differentiated Instruction, Proficiency Based Instruction and Universal Design will also be covered.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 287
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EDU 366 - Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School 3 credits
Designed to acquaint students with the foundations of teaching mathematics and to explore content, strategies, materials, organizational structure, and assessment procedures.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210 and MAT 166
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EDU 367 - Numeracy for the Young Child 3 credits
This course introduces research- based perspectives of early numeracy acquisition during early childhood from birth to eight years. Students will explore theories of emergent numeracy and recommendations by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the Maine Early Learning Guideline Standards, and the Common Core State Standards regarding numeracy learning. Students will learn developmentally appropriate numeracy instruction integrating mathematics content and method- ology in the area of emergent numeracy.
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EDU 371 - Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School 3 credits
This course examines objectives, methods, materials, and assessment techniques in social studies programs. Concepts, skills and values are emphasized through the construction of a teaching unit.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210
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EDU 372 - Social Studies for the Young Child 3 credits
Provides students with theoretical perspectives about developmentally appropriate experiences that help young children inquire about communities of the world, their history, and their backgrounds. This course emphasizes young children’s social studies as a process that prepares individuals to live in groups and to develop systems that support democratic living.
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EDU 373 - Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School 3 credits
The student will create instructional plans in history, the social sciences, and interdisciplinary topics such as multicultural and controversial issues, with an emphasis on concepts, skills, and values. Clear goals, selected materials, and a variety of methods and assessments will be used in the development of a unit.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210
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EDU 376 - Integrating Health and Physical Education into the Elementary Classroom 3 credits
This course is cross-listed as PHE 376
This course deals with the methods and techniques of teaching health and physical education to elementary school aged children in a self-contained classroom; it will assist the elementary classroom teacher in providing quality health and movement experiences that enhance learning by using the Integrated Teaching Approach.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 or instructor permission
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EDU 378 - Creativity in the Classroom: Arts-integrated 3 credits
Examines theories on creativity, creative arts, and creative people. Students will learn how to utilize materials and media used in creative arts to facilitate creative, artistic, and playful learning which can be applied to different subjects including but not limited to literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies in educational settings. This course meets the Creative Arts requirement of Endorsement 081.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210
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EDU 379 - Secondary Methods of Instruction in Mathematics 3 credits
This course focuses on research-based, best practices in teaching mathematics in grades 7-12. Provides experiences to develop and apply mathematical content and pedagogical knowledge and skills. Focuses on how to create inclusive learning communities that support all students in developing a deep understanding of mathematical concepts and processes.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210
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EDU 382 - STEM 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as SCI 382
Students will deliver science, technology, or engineering activities with youth in local out of school/after school or in-school learning environments. Students will receive specialized training in experiential learning, youth development and risk management, and will also be trained to use prepackaged curricula and materials (provided). Evaluation of the experience for both students and the youth they serve will be expected.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 310 or permission of instructor
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EDU 389 - Special Topics in Education 1-6 credits
An elective course covering an Education topic or allowing extended study such as curriculum design in a content area under the guidance of an appropriate faculty member.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 310 or permission of instructor
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EDU 393 - Writing Theory and Practice 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as ENG 393
Introduction to Composition Theory and Practice with an emphasis on middle, secondary, and college pedagogy, and one-on-one writing center consultations. Study of scholarship on writing, rhetoric, the teaching of writing, and writing center theory and practice with a focus on informed teaching and tutoring practice.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 121
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EDU 395 - Practicum in Education 3 credits
Observation and participation including sequential teaching in a K-12 setting in preparation for student teaching.
Prerequisite(s): Semester prior to EDU 495 ; permission of instructor
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EDU 396 - Fieldwork in Teaching Physical Education 3 credits
Twenty (20) hours of actual teaching and supervision of youngsters in a physical education setting at the elementary and/or secondary level.
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EDU 401 - Approaches to French Grammar and Composition 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as FRE 401
This course can be taken either as an advanced French course or an education course. It meets the performance standards developed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (actfl) approved by ncate, and the goals of the Canadian Maritimes document, Foundation of the Atlantic Canada French Immersion Curriculum. It focuses on the acquisition and/or review of French grammar and its application in writing while at the same time teaches students the best practices for teaching French grammar and composition.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor
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EDU 420 - Special Education Law 3 credits
This course is cross-listed as SED 420
Addresses federal and state laws and trends in special education as well as the history of special education law. Explores principles of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; free and appropriate education; least restrictive environment; discipline issues; Maine law, and court decisions impacting the rights of children with disabilities.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 287
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EDU 435 - Program Planning and Curricular Adaptation for Exceptional Learners 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as SED 435
This course covers the organization and planning process for students with disabilities, including the IEP process, IEP development, and writing goals and objectives. Topics include writing behavioral objectives, instructional management, and specialized practices for accommodating and modifying the curricular needs of students with disabilities.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 287
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EDU 445 - Guiding Positive Behavior 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as SED 445
This course focuses on models and methods for supporting students whose behavior interferes with their learning or the learning of others. Emphasis will be placed on contemporary preventative classroom management systems especially Response to Intervention and Positive Behavioral Supports. The influence of teacher behaviors and individual student diversity characteristics will also be explored as well as the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Prerequisite(s): EDU 210 and EDU 287
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EDU 495 - Student Teaching 12 credits
Fifteen weeks of observation and teaching under supervision of cooperating teacher and university supervisor. Special workshops, conferences, and group discussions are held to provide assistance to student teachers.
Prerequisite(s): please see Eligibility for Student Teaching
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ENG 100 - Introduction to College Reading & Writing 4 credits
Prepares students for reading and writing in subsequent college-level courses, with emphasis on reading a variety of texts and writing brief essays. Students strengthen essentials of their writing process; collaborative learning is encouraged. Upon receipt of a C- or higher grade, students receive General Education credit; however, a passing grade lower than a C- requires enrollment in ENG 101 .
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ENG 101 - College Composition 3 credits
The first part of a two-semester sequence in writing, reading, and critical thinking. Emphasis on expository prose, including rhetorical strategies such as observation, explanation, and persuasion. Development of awareness and refinement of the student’s own writing process. Some attention to grammar and syntax, as warranted by student writing.
Prerequisite(s): Appropriate placement score or successful completion of ENG 100
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ENG 116 - Introduction to Film 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as ART 116
An examination of motion pictures as a fine art medium. Students will write about, read about and discuss film as an art form, a business, and a mode of expression. Students will learn how to critique film and understand the general makeup of a film production: cinematography, screenplay, acting, directing, etc.
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ENG 121 - College Composition II 3 credits
Further study of exposition and argument, as employed in various academic disciplines. Systematic instruction in academic writing and thinking beyond the level expected in College Composition, including summary and response to texts, generation and evaluation of arguments, synthesis of different sources, and research methods.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 with a grade of C- or higher OR ENG 101
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ENG 151 - Introduction to Literature 3 credits
An introduction to understanding and interpretation of diverse literary texts in context. Some attention to literary techniques, critical perspective, and genre conventions. The course will include introduction in writing critical essays.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 with a grade of C- or higher OR ENG 101
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ENG 211 - Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credits
An introduction to the basic principles and practices of writing stories, poems, essays, and plays. Emphasis on selecting strong subjects, developing materials from life and from the imagination, and using fresh, exact details. A student may submit a portfolio of writing to the English faculty and request a waiver of Eng 211.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 with a grade of C- or higher OR ENG 101
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ENG 240 - Medieval and Early Modern Literatures and Cultures 3 credits
Survey of literature in English from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 17th century in both England and the Americas. Emphasizes the formation of major genres in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as well as indigenous literatures prior to colonization and settlement.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 241 - Enlightenment and the Rise of Anglo-American Literatures and Cultures 3 credits
Survey of Anglo-American literature emphasizing generic, cultural, and political developments in a trans-Atlantic context. Readings in autobiography, travel and slave narratives, lyric, narrative and mock-epic poetry, the essay and the novel.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 242 - Modern and Contemporary Anglo-American Literatures and Cultures 3 credits
Survey of realist, naturalist, modernist, and postmodernist literary movements in the context of industrial revolutions, imperialism, migration, and urbanization. Attention to the manner in which literature engages questions of national and individual identity, as well as racial, sexual, and ethnic difference.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 259 - Contemporary World Literature 3 credits
An introduction to and survey of contemporary world literature. Particular attention given to postcolonial authors of the Caribbean, Africa, and the Indian sub-continent. Topics may include magical realism, the relationship of indigenous authors to metropolitan culture centers, postmodern and postcolonial identity, nationalism, and contemporary critical approaches to non-Western literature.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 300 - Major Authors 3 credits
Advanced study of major and influential authors from various cultures and backgrounds. Specific course contents will vary by semester and instructor and may emphasize literary figures and movements, historical and cultural contexts, or different genres and forms. Course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151 or equivalent
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ENG 308 - Studies in Shorter Fiction 3 credits
Consideration of theory and practice in shorter fiction. Reading and analysis of short stories and novellas. Focus varies, and may include development of the short story, experimental short stories, or specific authors.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151 , ENG 211 , or equivalent
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ENG 309 - Studies in the Novel 3 credits
Consideration of the theory and practice of novels, through reading and analysis. Focus varies and may include origins of the novel, sentimentality and the novel, or the historical novel. Course may be repeated for total of 6 credits provided the topics are different
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 310 - Studies in Poetry 3 credits
Consideration of the theory and practice of poetry, through reading and analysis. Focus varies and may include poetry of a particular genre (sonnet, lyric), subject matter (war, political, pastoral), or a time and place (metaphysical poetry). Course may be repeated for total of 6 credits provided the topics are different
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 311 - Poetry Workshop 3 credits
A workshop in which students write, read, and discuss poetry. Course may be repeated for a total of 6 credits provided the topics are different.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 211
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ENG 312 - Fiction Writing Workshop 3 credits
A workshop in which students write, read, and discuss fiction. Course may be repeated for a total of 6 credits provided the topics are different.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 211
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ENG 313 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop 3 credits
Extensive writing and reading of literary nonfiction such as memoir, personal essay, narrative essay, literary journalism, travel writing, science writing, and nature/environmental writing. Course may be repeated for a total of 6 credits provided the topics are different.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 211
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ENG 314 - Screenwriting Workshop 3 credits
Students will study the basic fundamentals of screenwriting: character and plot development, dialogue, and conflict. Emphasis upon learning the 3-art structure of screenplays, the Set-up, the Main Conflict and Resolution. Course will include conversations with various actors, directors, and producers. Final project will entail the production of a short film under the guidance of a noted director of photography.
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ENG 316 - Contemporary Film 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as ART 316
Advanced study in contemporary film. Films screened will range from 1970 to present day. This course is a topics course and may be repeated for a total of six credits provided the topics are different.
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ENG 355 - Studies in Earlier English Literature 3 credits
Advanced studies in the literature of England prior to 1789. Individual semester offerings may focus on literature of Medieval England, the Renaissance, or the Enlightenment, when recognizably modern cultural arrangements developed in England and its colonies. Attention to the intersection of politics, aesthetics, and social traditions, as well as generic forms such as the epic, Renaissance and 18th century drama, lyric poetry, the pastoral, and satire.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 356 - Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature 3 credits
Advanced studies in the literature of Britain prior to the Romantic Revolution (c.1789) through the reign of Queen Victoria. Individual semester offerings may focus on Romantic or Victorian poetry, the Gothic or Victorian novel, changing concepts of the self and nature, and the growth of industrialization and imperialism. Major writers may include Blake, Wordsworth, and Keats; Tennyson and Browning; Austen, the Brontes, Dickens and Hardy.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 358 - Studies in American Literature before 1900 3 credits
Advanced studies in American literature prior to the First World War. Topics may include the evolution of a distinctive American literature, slave narratives, poetry, and topics such as the emergence of Transcendentalism, westward expansion, and industrialization and increased economic and class tension. Authors may include Bradstreet, Crane, Dickinson, Dreiser, Emerson, Hawthorne, Jacobs, Melville, Poe, Stoddard, Stowe, Twain, and Whitman, depending upon the focus in any given semester.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 359 - Studies in Twentieth-Century American Literature 3 credits
Advanced studies in American literature following the First World War, the time of the nation’s rise to status as a world power and the parallel ascendance of its literature. Topics may include realism and naturalism, modernist poetry, industrialization and increased economic class tensions, the emergence of regional and popular literatures, the modern novel, and postmodern literary and cultural developments. Authors may include Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Frost, Hemingway, Morrison, Olds, Plath, Pynchon, Rich, Steinbeck, and Walker.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 360 - Literature of the Sea 3 credits
The sea has long been viewed by Western civilization with a mixture of mysticism, fascination, and dread. Writers (and cultures) have viewed it as a source of terror and a threat to the known; we impress our greatest, most primal fears upon the ocean (Jaws), as well as our curiosity (Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle) and our hopes for salvation (Moby Dick). Study of a wide range of genres and authors, including Homer, Poe, Thoreau, Melville, Walcott, and Linda Greenlaw.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 361 - Crime and Punishment 3 credits
This course examines the development of crime, criminality, and punishment in Anglo-American culture during three distinct periods: seventeenth century England, Victorian England, and Depression-era America, with a brief (but vital) detour into Dostoevsky’s nineteenth-century Russia. We shall interrogate how crime and criminality came to be defined over time, along with how notions of justice and punishment (or the lack thereof ) found representation in literature. We will examine plays, novels, coney-catching pamphlets, and penny-dreadfuls, as well as some literary theory concerning the development of the criminal within the modern capitalist system. Texts to include: Richard Wright’s Native Son, John Marston’s The Dutch Courtesan, Dickens’ Oliver Twist, and, of course, Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. Students are required to participate in Blackboard online discussion forums.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151 or its equivalent
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ENG 367 - Studies in Shakespeare 3 credits
Study of selected plays of Shakespeare, approached from various critical and cultural perspectives. Topics may include Shakespeare and the formation of the individual, cross-dressing and disguise, kingship and revenge, Elizabethan theatrical conventions, and recent film productions. Works by other Renaissance playwrights may be addressed.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 368 - Studies in Renaissance Drama 3 credits
A survey of English drama (1590-1630) and its cultural contexts, with emphasis on playwrights other than Shakespeare. Topics may include dramatic genres and their social/political implications; constructions of gender and sexuality in dramatic contexts; imperialism and the state; city comedy and the rise of capitalism.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 370 - Maine Writers 3 credits
Reading and discussion of the works of Sarah Orne Jewett, E.A. Robinson, E.B. White, May Sarton, Cathie Pelletier, Richard Russo, Monica Wood, Elizabeth Strout, and others.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 372 - Literature and Film 3 credits
The course will examine the relationship between the word and image as it has evolved throughout the 20th and 21st centuries in various filmic and literary genres. Topics may include film noir and pulp fiction, women and film, adaptations, and detective film and fiction.
Prerequisite(s): ART 116 /ENG 116 or ENG 151
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ENG 374 - Topics in Philosophy and Literature 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as PHI 374
Comparative studies of philosophical and literary texts. Topics may include Literature and Environmental Ethics, studies in nature writing; Literature of Peace and Justice, studies of Thoreau, Gandhi, King and others; The Sixties, poetry and arts of the Beat Generation, and their descendants, influence of Eastern religions; Ethics, Literature and Society.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151 or PHI 151
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ENG 376 - Native American Narratives 3 credits
Study of Native American literatures. Students will investigate oral (storytelling performances), ethnographic, and “literary” texts (poetry, novels), as well as how one can read, write about, and teach indigenous literatures in a non-colonizing way. Special attention to works by indigenous peoples of the Northeast.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 378 - African-American Literature from the Harlem Renaissance to the Present 3 credits
A study of representative works of African-American poets, novelists, essayists from 1920 to the present, including such writers as W.E.B. Dubois, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, James Weldon Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Claude McKay, Paule Marshall, Alice Walker, and Ernest Gaines.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 388 - Literary Theory and Critical Practice 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as PHI 388
An introduction to literary theory with emphasis on its application to critical practice. Study of particular approaches may include structuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, deconstruction and post-modern theory, and feminism(s). Attention to the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary theory and its critique of the assumptions governing our interpretation of texts.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 391 - Studies in the English Language 3 credits
A study of the development of the English language from its earliest known stage to present-day British and American English. Consideration of aspects of sound, word formation, syntax, and vocabulary; and of cultural influences on linguistic change and social attitudes affecting usage. The course will acquaint the student with some of the concerns of linguistics, etymology, and philology.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151
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ENG 393 - Writing Theory and Practice 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as EDU 393
Introduction to Composition Theory and Practice with an emphasis on middle, secondary, and college pedagogy, and one-on-one writing center consultations. Study of scholarship on writing, rhetoric, the teaching of writing, and writing center theory and practice with a focus on informed teaching and tutoring practice.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 121
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ENG 403 - Film Seminar 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as ART 403
Advanced study in specific film genres, technologies, aesthetics, theory and criticism, or directors. Course may be repeated for a total of 6 credits provided the topics are different.
Prerequisite(s): ART 116 /ENG 116
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ENG 416 - Great Film Directors Series 3 credits
This course is crosslisted as ART 416
Examining the filmographies of one Master Film Maker: Fritz Lang, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, Martin Scorcese, and others. Emphasizing an in-depth analysis of the director as auteur and theorist, and their understanding of the aesthetics of film language. Screening representative films, lectures, written assignments. May be repeated in differing topics.
Studio fee
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ENV 110 - Introduction to Environmental Science 3 credits
A lecture course which presents an introduction to the scientific study of our environment. Topics include basic ecological principles, human population dynamics, environmental health, biological resources, physical resources and pollution, resource economics, and waste. Three lecture hours per week.
When Offered: Offered spring semester
Prerequisite(s): College-level science placement or science practicum as a co-requisite or a non-degree seeking student
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ENV 120 - Meteorology 3 credits
Students will learn about basic weather systems (highs, lows, fronts, etc.). Students will also learn how to identify cloud formations and interpret what they mean in terms of upcoming weather. Emphasis will be placed on the weather of northern Maine.
Prerequisite(s): College-level science placement or science practicum as a co-requisite or a non-degree seeking student
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ENV 125 - Energy 3 credits
This course provides a general understanding of energy resources and use. Topics include energy transformations, measurement and electricity. A wide range of energy sources including fossil fuels, nuclear and alternatives will be presented. The goal of the course is to obtain a broad understanding of these and related issues. A previous science course is recommended.
Prerequisite(s): College-level science placement or science practicum as a co-requisite or a non-degree seeking student
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ENV 130 - Renewable Energy Resources 3 credits
This course provides a comprehensive overview of major renewable energy resources, including solar, wind power, hydropower, geothermal, hydrogen fuel cells, and biomass fuels. This course aims to help students understand basic concepts and principles on energy conservation and to evaluate environmental impacts of different forms of renewable energy resources.
Prerequisite(s): College-level science placement or science practicum as a co-requisite or a non-degree seeking student
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ENV 200 - Principles of Sustainable Agriculture 3 credits
This course will cover ecological, economic, and political factors that impact sustainable agriculture. Case studies will be investigated in order to illustrate the challenges, obstacles, and successes of transitioning to sustainable agriculture practices. An emphasis will be placed on fundamental sustainability components that support local farmers, economies, communities, and ecosystems.
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ENV 201 - Fossil Fuels 3 credits
This course provides the general understanding of geology-based energy sources (oil, coal, natural gas), which have been the dominant sources of energy during the last century and into the present.
Prerequisite(s): completion of science General Education requirements, including either ENV 110 , ENV 125 or ENV 130
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ENV 210 - Soil Science 4 credits
Considers the physical and chemical properties of soil, as well as their development, classification, and management for environmental quality. Practical laboratory exercises provide hands-on experience quantifying physical properties and soil chemistry.
Prerequisite(s): CHY 111 , any college level chemistry, or instructor permission
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ENV 220 - Integrated Pest Management 3 credits
Students will develop abilities to apply a variety of information to pest management that optimizes effectiveness while minimizing negative impacts to humans, ecosystems or pest resistance. Economic thresholds, pest sampling and measurement, natural predators, biological control, conventional pesticides and case studies of local agriculture practices will be emphasized.
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ENV 301 - Climate Change 3 credits
This course provides the background to better understand global climate change and its implications for the environment and human societies. Scientific evidence of past climate conditions, with emphasis on the geological record of the Quaternary period. Basic oceanic, atmospheric, and glacial systems and feedbacks controlling global temperatures will be examined.
Prerequisite(s): A passing score on the science placement test or successful completion of Sci 100 or a non-degree seeking student
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ENV 302 - Biodiversity and Climate Change 3 credits
This lecture and discussion-oriented course presents information on current and future impact of climate change on biodiversity. Topics include range shifts, phenological changes, climate change modeling, impacts on Northern Maine ecosystems, impacts on economically important species, expansion of disease vectors, and conservation strategies.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 112 or ENV 110 or permission of the instructor
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ENV 305 - Environmental Chemistry 4 credits
A lecture and laboratory course which presents an introduction to selected instruments and instrumentation applicable to the measurement of physical and chemical properties of water germane to environmental issues. Required field trip(s). Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours per week.
Lab fee
Prerequisite(s): CHY 122 , ECY 355 , and GEY 112
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ENV 308 - GIS I Fundamentals of GIS 4 credits
This course introduces students to basic concepts and techniques of digital mapping. Topics include location referencing methods, data collection techniques, spatial data models and structure, geodatabase creation and manipulation, basic spatial queries and problem solving with GIS.
Prerequisite(s): A passing score on the science placement test or successful completion of Sci 100 or a non-degree seeking student
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ENV 408 - GIS II Applications and Advanced Spatial Analysis 4 credits
GIS II focuses on GIS applications such as geocoding, georeferencing, and CAD data conversion, and on advanced raster- and TIN-based spatial and 3D analyses such as digital terrain modeling, and surface analysis. GIS II also requires each student to work on a GIS project.
Prerequisite(s): ENV 308
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ENV 495 - Internship 4 credits
Work experience off and on campus in all subject areas offered in the Environmental Studies and Sustainability program. Internship supervised by a member of the faculty.
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
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EXS 101 - Introduction to Exercise Science 3 credits
This course will cover the historical perspective of exercise science, allied health care professions, and the fitness industry. Course focuses on the disciplines of sport science, sports medicine, and rehabilitative therapy including alternative therapy methods. Other topics include professional organizations, position statements, various employment settings, and national and state certification and licensure.
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EXS 210 - Group Exercise Instruction 3 credits
Students will be provided the opportunity for acquisition of practical skill and instruction methods in various group exercise activities. Emphasis is placed on physiological principles related to group exercise as well as choreography, safety and modification for diverse populations. Current group exercise trends and research are explored.
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