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SFR 541 - Disturbance Ecology of Forest Ecosystems
Effects of fire, wind, land-use history and other disturbances on the composition, structure and function of forest ecosystems.
Prerequisites: FES 407 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 545 - Adhesion and Adhesives Technology
Fundamentals of adhesion and adhesives including surface science, chemistry and properties of adhesives, adhesive bond evaluation and applications in composite materials. (SFR 440 and SFR 545 are identical courses. Because of course overlap, students cannot earn credit for both SFR 440 and SFR 545.)Lec 3, Lab 3.
Prerequisites: Senior standing or permission.
Credits: 4
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SFR 550 - Wood-Polymer Hybrid Composites
Fundamentals of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials, manufacturing and performance characteristics. Addresses issues of combining wood with FRP’s such as interfacial properties and durability of the resulting wood-polymer hybrid composite materials. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: WSC 430 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 557 - Tree Pests and Disease
Advanced concepts about tree disease and its development, the role of tree disease in forest dynamics, and relevant characteristic of tree pests. Applies concepts to common disease complexes found in Maine and other regions of North America. Note: Beacause of overlap, FES 557 cannot be taken if FES 456 or FES 457 have been taken for degree credit.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing.
Credits: 3
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SFR 571 - Pattern Recognition and Robotics
Pattern recognition algorithms classify input data based on statistical information. A mobile robot needs pattern recognition algorithms to make sense of its spatial environment based on sensor input. The course will introduce the mathematical framework of pattern recognition and present practical applications in robotics. The course will also cover supervised neural network learning algorithms.
Credits: 3
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SFR 582 - Industrial Ecology and Life Cycle Assessment
Introduction to the theory and practice of environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) and industrial ecology. Students will review cases, do problem sets, learn how to use LCA software, and conduct a project.
FTY 482 and FTY 582 are identical courses.
Prerequisites: CHY 121 or BMB 207, and either FTY 104 or MAT 215 or MAT 232, and either ECO 100 or ECO 120, or permission.
Credits: 3
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SFR 601 - Forest Mensuration Problems
Forest Mensuration Problems
Credits: Ar
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SFR 603 - Forest Management Problems
Forest Management Problems
Credits: Ar
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SFR 605 - Forest Biology Problems
Can be repeated for graduate credit.
Prerequisites: permission.
Credits: Ar
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SFR 607 - Silviculture Problems
Silviculture Problems
Credits: Ar
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SFR 609 - Remote Sensing Problems
Remote Sensing Problems
Credits: Ar
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SFR 611 - Research Problems in Forest Economics
Research Problems
Credits: Ar
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SFR 613 - Forest Recreation Problems
Forest Recreation Problems
Credits: Ar
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SFR 615 - Problems in Wood Technology
No description available.
Credits: Ar
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SFR 617 - Forest Policy Problems
Forest Policy Problems
Credits: Ar
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SFR 690 - Master of Forestry Project
Independent study on a topic approved by the student’s Advisory Committee.
Credits: 3
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SFR 695 - Graduate Seminar in Wood Science
Reports and discussion of recent developments in wood science and related fields based on the literature or on current laboratory studies. Required in the program of study for wood science graduate students. Course must be taken once by M.S. students and twice by doctoral students.
Credits: 1
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SFR 699 - Graduate Thesis / Research
Graduate Thesis
Credits: Ar
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SIE 501 - Introduction to Graduate Research
Covers process of successful graduate research from identification of a researchable question, preparation of a thesis proposal, to completion or the research and its publication. Focus on engineering research methods for spatial information.
Credits: 1
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SIE 502 - Research Methods
Covers process of successful graduate research, including the written and verbal presentation of plans and results. Students formulate hypotheses, perform a literature search, write abstracts and introductions of research papers, learn about presentation styles and techniques, make two presentations (3-minutes and 10-minutes) about research proposals. Lec 1.
Prerequisites: SIE 501 and students must have selected a thesis topic.
Credits: 1
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SIE 503 - Principles of Experimental Design
This is an interdisciplinary course designed primarily for first year graduate students and advanced undergraduates who plan to engage in scientific research. The course covers topics in: (1) design of experiments, (2) modern experimental techniques and instrumentation, and (3) data collection, organization, and statistical analysis techniques.
Prerequisites: SIE 501
Credits: 1
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SIE 505 - Formal Foundations for Information Science
Increases student’s understanding of the approach to information systems and science by formalisms. Draws on mathematics to increase familiarity with formal syntax and language, develops understanding and technical ability in handling structures relevant to information systems and science. Includes a review of fundamental material on set theory, functions and relations, graph theory, and logic; examines a variety of algebraic structures; discusses formal languages and the bases of computation.
Prerequisites: Spatial Information Science & Engineering or Information Systems graduate student, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 507 - Information Systems Programming
Programming for those envisioning careers focused on developing and managing information systems and databases as opposed to software design. Data structures, algorithms, and their analysis.
Prerequisites: Enrolled in either Spatial Information Science & Engineering or Information Sciences Graduate programs.
Credits: 3
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SIE 509 - Principles of Geographic Information Systems
Covers foundation principles of geographic information systems, including traditional representations of spatial data and techniques for analyzing spatial data in digital form. Combines an overview of general principles associated with implementation of geographic information systems and practical experience in the analysis of geographic information. NOTE: Not open to those who have taken ISE 201.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 510 - Geographic Information Systems Applications
Introduces both the conceptual and practical aspects of developing GIS applications.
Covers application areas from natural resource planning through transportation,
cadastral and land information systems and their spatial modeling requirements,
and application development from requirement analysis to database design and implementation.
Prerequisites: ISE 201 or SIE 509 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SIE 512 - Spatial Analysis
Introduces students to techniques for spatial analysis. Covers methods and problems in spatial data sampling, issues in preliminary or exploratory analysis, problems in providing numerical summaries and characterizing spatial properties of map data and analysis techniques for univariate and multivariate data. Students will be responsible for completing several hands-on exercises.
Prerequisites: An introductory statistics course. Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 515 - Human Computer Interaction
Students are introduced to the fundamental theories and concepts of human-computer interaction (HCI). Topics covered include: interface design and evaluation, usability and universal design, multimodal interfaces (touch, gesture, natural language), virtual reality, and spatial displays.
Credits: 3
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SIE 516 - Virtual Reality: Research and Applications
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the basic principles of virtual reality (VR) and virtual environment technology (VET). The goal is to learn enough about the strengths and limitations of VR technology in order to be able to construct simple immersive environments as well as to understand the human factors and cognitive issues that should be considered when using this medium.
Credits: 3
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SIE 525 - Information Systems Law
Current and emerging status of computer law in electronic environments: rights of privacy, freedom of information, confidentiality, work product protection, copyright, security, legal liability; impact of law on use of databases and spatial datasets; legal options for dealing with conflicts and adaptations of law over time.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 550 - Design of Information Systems
Cognitive and theoretical foundation for representation of knowledge in information systems and fundamental concepts necessary to design and implement information systems. Logic programming as a tool for fast design and prototyping of data models. Formal languages and formal models, conceptual modeling techniques, methods for data abstraction, object-oriented modeling and database schema design. Relational data model and database query languages, including SQL.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 554 - Spatial Reasoning
Qualitative representations of geographic space. Formalisms for topological, directional and metric relations; inference mechanisms to derive composition tables; geometric representations of natural language-like spatial predicates; formalizations of advanced cognitively motivated spatial concepts, such as image schemata; construction of relation algebras.
Prerequisites: SIE 550.
Credits: 1 or 3
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SIE 555 - Spatial Database Systems
Covers internal system aspects of spatial database systems. Layered database architecture. Physical data independence. Spatial data models. Storage hierarchy. File organization. Spatial index structures. Spatial query processing and optimization. Transaction management and crash recovery. Commercial spatial database systems.
Prerequisites: SIE 550 and programming experience in Java, C++ or C.
Credits: 3
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SIE 556 - Information System Architecture
Covers aspects of data sharing and computation in centralized and distributed information system environments. Communication network protocols; layered architecture of distributed information systems; types of distributed system architectures; name spaces, data replication, and caching; inter-process communication, scalability and performance of distributed information systems; middleware; open distributed information systems; interoperability aspects. Data dissemination, and emerging distributed information systems.
Prerequisites: programming experience in Java or C++; permission of instructor.
Credits: 1 or 3
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SIE 557 - Database System Applications
Study, design and implementation of object-relational database system applications. Introduction to database systems. Integrating database systems with programs. Web applications using datebase systems. Final database project.
Prerequisites: SIE 507
Credits: 3
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SIE 565 - Reasoning With Uncertainty in Spatial Information Systems
Information systems and artificial intelligence approaches to uncertainty handling
in spatial information systems. Typology of uncertainty: imprecision, inaccuracy
and inconsistency. Representing and reasoning with spatial uncertainty in information
systems. Logics of uncertainty, probabilistic and Bayesian approaches, Dempster-Shafer
theory of evidence. Spatial vagueness. Handling conflicting information.
Prerequisites: SIE 550. Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 570 - Spatial Cognition and Computing
Study of cognitive aspects for understanding spatial representations and reasoning processes. Cognitive models are studies and related to Artificial Intelligence Systems.
Credits: 3
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SIE 571 - Pattern Recognition and Robotics
Pattern recognition algorithms classify input data based on statistical information. A mobile robot needs pattern recognition algorithms to make sense of its spatial environment based on sensor input. The course will introduce the mathematical framework of pattern recognition and present practical applications in robotics. The course will also cover supervised neural network learning algorithms.
Credits: 3
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SIE 589 - Graduate Project
Directed study on a particular spatial information science topic and implementation of a related project.
Prerequisites: Spatial Information Engineering master’s project student.
Credits: 3
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SIE 590 - Information Systems Internship
Utilization of knowledge gained from the information systems graduate program within a business, non-profit or government organization and acquisition of practical training.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Credits: 3-6
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SIE 598 - Selected Studies in Spatial Information Engineering
Topics in surveying, photogrammetry, remote sensing, land information systems and geodesy. Content varies to suit current needs. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1-3
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SIE 693 - Graduate Seminar
Presentations and discussions on term projects, literature reviews, current events, or thesis topics. Lec 1.
Credits: 1
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SIE 699 - Graduate Thesis / Research
Graduate Thesis
Credits: Ar
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SMS 100 - Introduction to Ocean Science
A non-laboratory survey of the broad field of marine science, stresses the interconnections among aspects of oceanography, marine biology and ecology, living marine resources and human interactions with the marine environment. Practical applications of basic scientific principles are stressed.
Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Credits: 3
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SMS 108 - Beaches and Coasts
An introduction to coastal landforms, including beaches, salt marshes, tidal flats and sea cliffs, their origins, global distribution, and associated nearshore processes. Human impacts to the coastal zone, including coastal erosion, land loss and management, and human responses to sea-level change are considered. One day field trip. Lec 3. (This course is identical to ERS 108.)
Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Credits: 3
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SMS 110 - Concepts in Oceanography
Basic concepts in physical, geological, chemical and biological oceanography will be discussed. Also includes an introduction to the relationship between the ocean and the atmosphere. Ends with a discussion of global change issues. Practical applications of basic scientific principles will be emphasized. May not be used for credit in the Marine Science major. (Offered at the Frederick Hutchinson Center, Belfast through the Continuing Education Division.)
Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge requirement when taken without SMS 111. Together with SMS 111, this course satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences requirement.
Credits: 3
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SMS 120 - Introduction to Forensics
An overview of current concepts and techniques associated with the investigation of crime. Emphasis is placed on scientific methodologies and on issues associated with criminal justice. Focused examples highlight the limitations of investigative practices.
Satisfies the General Education Application of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.
Credits: 3
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SMS 201 - Biology of Marine Organisms
An introduction to the diversity, form, and function of marine organisms, and to marine environments and ecological processes. After a synopsis of the major groups of marine microorganisms, algae, plants, and animals, the course emphasizes the relationship between their structure (anatomy and morphology) and function (physiology), as well as their development and larval biology. The course considers diverse marine habitats and ecosystems (rocky intertidal, estuaries and salt marshes, mudflats, coral reefs, open ocean, continental shelf and slope, deep sea), accentuating their physical factors (temperature, salinity and desiccation, solar radiation, oxygen, pressure) that affect their inhabitants. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BIO 100 and SMS 100, both with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 204 - Integrative Marine Science II: Physics and Chemistry of Marine Systems
Integrates basic principles of physics and chemistry with an understanding of the marine environment and how marine organisms function in their environment. The lectures, with integrated laboratory exercises and computer simulations in physics and chemistry, are designed to stimulate critical thinking and provide students with specific skills relevant to studying marine habitats. The first half of the semester will focus on physics; topics include swimming strategies and physics of fluids; waves, and propagation of sound and light in the ocean. The second half of the semester will focus on water quality in coastal marine ecosystems; topics include the role of water quality in marine ecosystems and measurement of marine water quality. Data collection, analysis, and presentation skills are emphasized. Lec 2.
Prerequisites: MAT 122 and SMS 203 and PHY 111 (or PHY 121) and CHY 121/123, all with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Credits: 2
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SMS 211 - Introduction to Aquaculture
Principles and practices of aquaculture from international, national and local perspectives. Includes field trip.
Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement. Lec 3.
Credits: 3
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SMS 220 - Introduction to Marine Resources
An overview of current issues and knowledge relating to marine resources including socio-legal concerns, resource utilization, environmental quality, and the impact of marine trades. Limited to first and second year students. Lec 2.
Credits: 2
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SMS 300 - Marine Ecology
An introduction to fundamental ecological principles in the context of marine communities. Uses examples from marine ecosystems to illustrate general principles of general ecology such as predation, competition, and nutrient cycling. Focuses on the ecology of major marine ecosystems such as estuaries, sea shores and benthic communities and on aspects of applied ecology such as fisheries management. Includes two days of field work at the Darling Marine Center. Not open to students who have taken BIO 319 or WLE 200.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201.
Credits: 3
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SMS 302 - Oceanography
An overview of geological, chemical, physical and biological oceanography and the way they interact. Topics include plate tectonics and evolution of ocean basins, physical and chemical characteristics of sea water, atmosphere-ocean coupling, two- and three-dimensional ocean circulation, waves and tides, sedimentation, planktonic organisms, productivity, pelagic ecosystems, biological-physical coupling, and biogeochemical cycles. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: CHY 122 and MAT 126 and PHY 112 or PHY 122 and SMS 100 all with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 303 - Integrative Marine Science III: Oceanography
Integrates the principles and methodologies behind planning and executing field and laboratory procedures to collect scientific measurements with approaches to data analysis, interpretation and scientific presentation. It does this specifically within the context of oceanography. A mixture of integrated laboratory exercises, field trips and computer simulations designed to illustrate the end-to-end process of proposing, planning, carrying out, analyzing, interpreting and reporting on (written and oral) scientific measurements. Meets for 4 hours per week and includes one weekend field trip.
Prerequisites: CHY 122 and MAT 126 and PHY 112 or PHY 122 and SMS 203 and SMS 204, all with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Credits: 2
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SMS 304 - Integrative Marine Science IV: Comparative Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Integrates the principles and methodologies of physiology, cell and molecular biology and population genetics using marine models. Includes lectures, integrated laboratory exercises and gene analysis. Designed to illustrate the application of physiology, cellular and molecular biological techniques to the study of marine systems. Students will participate in hands-on laboratory exercises and data analysis, interpretation and reporting (written and oral).
Prerequisites: BMB 280 and SMS 303 or permission.
Credits: 2
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SMS 309 - Techniques in Shellfish Aquaculture
Residential course taught at the University’s Darling Marine Center. Explores the theory and practice of marine bivalve culture as conducted in the Northeastern U.S. Includes lectures, considerable “hands-on” experience, and field trips to commercial hatcheries and farms.
Prerequisites: General knowledge in biology or relevant work experience.
Credits: 2
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SMS 321 - Introduction to Fisheries Science
Introduction to the assessment, management, conservation and exploitation of fisheries resources of commercial and recreational importance. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BIO 100 or SMS 100 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 322 - Biology of Marine Vertebrates
This course covers the taxonomy, phylogeny and diversity of marine fishes, reptiles, birds and mammals. The course will discuss comparative functional morphology, physiology, sensory systems, ecology, behavior and life history strategies in relation to characteristics of the diverse marine habitats occupied by vertebrate animals. Students will also learn about distributions, population trends and impacts of human exploitation.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201, with a grad of C- or better, or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 330 - Descriptive Physical Oceanography
A comprehensive introduction to descriptive physical oceanography. Topics considered will range in scale from global to estuarine, and from decades to seconds. The course emphasis is the characterization of physical oceanic features and phenomena, how and why they arise and their practical importance.
Prerequisites: PHY 121, PHY 122.
Credits: 3
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SMS 350 - Undergraduate Seminar
Literature review of topics selected from the current marine literature leading to the preparation and presentation of written and oral papers. Emphasis on synthesizing information from other courses offered as part of the marine science degree to provide an overall appreciation of the field of marine sciences.
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.
Credits: 1-3
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SMS 352 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Marine Ecology
Marine communities and ecological interactions are studied through lectures, field trips along the rocky shore of Maine and laboratories. Concepts of bio-diversity, the food web and the role of physical and biological limiting factors are developed. Critical and creative thinking and problem solving are enhanced by designing and conducting experiments to test hypotheses. Data analysis and report writing are emphasized. (Taught at the Darling Marine Center.) Lec 2, Lab 4.
Credits: 4
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SMS 354 - Thinking About the Ocean: A Question-based Approach to Learning Marine Sciences
The purpose of the course is to challenge students to apply their knowledge of the marine science to answer questions about the ocean. The course is organized around a broad theme such as whales. Students then select a few broad questions such as “why do whales migrate” and “how will bowhead whales respond to climate change?” Students will work together to answer the questions, and will be encouraged to apply information from their introductory coursework and readings from the primary literature. These questions are designed to connect the theme to basic concepts from oceanography and biology, and topics will include: ocean biology and productivity, climate change, and evolution.
Prerequisites: BIO 100, SMS 100 and SMS 201.
Credits: 3
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SMS 373 - Marine and Freshwater Algae
A comprehensive introduction to the algae (freshwater and marine), including their evolution, physiology, life histories, and ecology. All aspects of the course emphasize the fundamental roles of the algae in shaping the evolution of other life on Earth and determining characteristics of different ecosystems and foodwebs. Laboratory work will emphasize the study of living material and include special projects and field trips. Students will become competent microscopists.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201 or permission.
Credits: 4
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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. Aquaculture 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: 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. This course may be repeated for up to six credits total. Lec 1.
Prerequisites: 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: SMS 302 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SMS 404 - Capstone Seminar in Marine Science
Seminar required of all SMS students, preferably in the semester when SMS 400 is first elected. Students will discuss selected special topics in marine sciences with emphasis on principles of scientific communication (e.g., process, traditional and electronic styles of publication, ethics). Students will develop and present synopses of their SMS 400 projects in the seminar using IT tools (e.g. PowerPoint for oral presentations and preparation of poster displays.
Together with SMS 400, this course Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements. Neither course alone fulfills the requirement.
Prerequisites: 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 their senior year.
Credits: 1
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SMS 420 - Fish Aquaculture I
Part I of a two semester sequence. A comprehensive examination of finfish production methods. Covers aspects of fish anatomy and physiological responses to intensive culture methods. Water sources and water quality parameters and their effects on fish health will be examined. Fish culture systems from extensive pond culture to intensive land based recirculation systems and their effects on the environment will be described. Aspects of fish production at all life stages, beginning with broodstock management in this course and ending with on-growing fish to market the following semester, will be studied. 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 laboratoreis and two all day field trips. (This course is identical to AVS 420.) (Offered Fall-even years.) Lec 2, Lab/Field 4.
Prerequisites: SMS 211.
Credits: 3
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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. Lec 2, Lab/Field 4. (Offered Spring-odd years.)
Prerequisites: AVS 420 or 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: 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: 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: CHY 122 and SMS 211 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: BMB 208 or CHY 122.
Credits: 3
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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: 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: 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: 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: BIO 200 or SMS 201, a year of chemistry and junior standing.
Credits: 3
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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: permission of instructor.
Credits: Ar
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SMS 497 - Independent Study in Marine Science
A readings, lecture, laboratory or seminar study course arranged between instructor and individual students, covering selected topics or areas within the field of Marine Science. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-4
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SMS 500 - Marine Biology
Examines the biology of marine organisms including their diversity, distribution, form and function within a broader context of evolutionary adaptation to the marine environment. Emphasizes scaling of physiological and ecological processes and the biology of acclimation and adaptation in representative marine taxa including microbes, primary producers, invertebrates, fishes, and marine mammals. Includes one weekend field trip to Darling Marine Center. Required for Marine Biology graduate students.
Prerequisites: Marine Biology graduate students. Open to other graduate students in related disciplines and exceptionally will-prepared undergraduates with permission from instructor.
Credits: 4
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SMS 501 - Biological Oceanography
Marine organisms and their interrelationships with chemical, geological and physical aspects of their environments.
Prerequisites: BIO 319 or equivalent or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 514 - Ecology of Marine Sediments
A multidisciplinary 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: 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: 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: 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: SMS 520.
Credits: 3
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SMS 528 - Advanced Phycology
Algal ecology, classification, and metabolism, emphasizing discussion of key discoveries (early 20th Century to present) related to topics such as marine and freshwater ecosystems, evolution, theories of primary and secondary endosymbiosis, toxic algae, circadian rhythms, algal genomics, culture technology, and algal biofuels. Lecture and seminar format with laboratory.
Prerequisites: SMS 373 or concurrently, or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
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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: 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: BIO 353 or SMS 480 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: 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: SMS 501 and SMS 541 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SMS 541 - Physical Oceanography
Covers physical properties of sea water, waves and tides, distribution of variables, dynamics, water masses and the general circulation.
Prerequisites: MAT 126, PHY 121, PHY 122 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 studies. Emphasis is on species of commercial or recreational importance. Lec 2, Rec 1.
Prerequisites: SMS 501 or SMS 541.
Credits: 3
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SMS 552 - Coupled Natural & Human Systems
This is a strongly interdisciplinary course concerned with the intersection between natural and social systems and is a basic introduction to complex adaptive systems. It addresses the question of how we can use our new understanding of complex systems to better adapt human behavior to the natural environment.
Prerequisites: Permission
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. (SMS 553 and ANT 553 are identical.)
Prerequisites: 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. (SMS 555 and ANT 555 are identical.)
Prerequisites: 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: 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. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: ERS 101, ERS 102 or permission.
Credits: 3
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