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ERS 330 - Earth Materials
Examination of fundamental aspects of the materials that record Earth history and the processes that shape the planet. Through a combination of lectures, laboratory sessions, and other active-learning exercises, we explore how minerals form, their structure and composition, and their physical and chemical properties. Through discussions and presentations, we explore minerals in the context of the rocks in which they are found, with the aim of gaining a greater understanding of physical and chemical makeup of the Earth. Throughout the course, we relate mineralogy to geologic processes and other fields of Earth Science. Course may include weekend field trips.
Prerequisites: ERS 200 or ERS 201; CHY 121 and MAT 126 recommended.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 4
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ERS 340 - Economic Geology
This course examines the geological characteristics of metallic and industrial mineral deposits, the geological environments and processes responsible for their genesis, the methods used in their discovery and extraction, and the challenges of environmentally responsible reclamation of extraction sites.
Prerequisites: ERS 330 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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ERS 350 - Fresh-Water Flow
Focuses on characterizing fresh-water hydrologic systems (Lakes, Rivers, ground water, etc.) and the fluxes of water between these reservoirs. Rates of precipitation, evaporation, channelized flow, overland flow, and infiltration are calculated and used to assess watershed hydrology. Course may include weekend field trips.
Prerequisites: MAT 122.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ERS 361 - The Principles of Geomorphology
Focuses on the shapes, dimensions, and dynamics of landforms on Earth. The material covered will provide an introductory understanding of process mechanics and their relation to the genesis and alteration of landforms in varied settings and over a range of scales. Topics covered will include general background on the discipline of geomorphology, internal and climate forces associated with earth surface systems, chemical and physical weathering, drainage basins, fluvial systems, wind generated landforms, glacial processes, karst landscapes, and coastal environments. The course approach will provide attention to landform ontologies, measurement techniques, and analytical frameworks necessary to quantify earth surface measurement and observations. Two one-day weekend field trips may be scheduled during the semester.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: ERS 200 and ERS 201
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ERS 369 - Energy Resources and Climate Change
Explores the energy resources used by humans and their climate and environmental implications. Reviews sustainable versus unsustainable energy technologies, predicted trends in local and global climate and environmental conditions, and policies arising from increasing energy demands in a world with limited resources and rapid population growth. Course may include weekend field trips.
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ERS course.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 3
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ERS 408 - Coastal Processes and Coastal Zone Management
Processes in specific near-shore environments like beaches, tidal flatsestuaries 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. The classes are a mix of lectures, student presentations and discussions. Student may not receive credit for both ERS 408 and ERS 508. Course may include weekend field trips.
Prerequisites: ERS 108 or SMS 108 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Not regularly offered
Credits: 3
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ERS 420 - Computer Scripting for Data Analysis
This course focuses on the application of a computer scripting language (Python or similar language) to interpret and analyze earth and environmental science data and processes. Students will learn to use an interpreted computer language to perform calculations, evaluate data sets, create complex graphs and simulate simple systems.
Prerequisites: MAT 127.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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ERS 433 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Using field relationships, rock textures, and chemical systems, we take a qualitative and quantitative system-based approach to exploring rock-forming processes within Earth’s crust and mantle. In keeping with the fact that modern understanding of igneous and metamorphic processes requires use of microscopes and microanalysis, students will use petrographic and electron microscopes to make observation and gather data related to mineral chemistry and textures in preparation for later analysis. This course also develops aspects of scientific methodology, including classification schemes and data collection, management, and analysis. Several weekend field trips are required.
Prerequisites: ERS 330.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 4
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ERS 441 - Glaciers and Our Landscape
Explores the nature of the ice ages, including the work of glaciers and how they shape the earth’s surface. Emphasis is on understanding the processes that resulted in the landscape and sediments we see today. Course may have field trips during class times. (ERS 441 and 541 are identical courses and cannot both be taken for degree credit.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: Any 100 level ERS course or Graduate Standing
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ERS 451 - Tectonics
Exploration of the plate tectonic mechanisms that control and modify the first-order features of Earth’s surface. We consider how the movements of the uppermost 100-200 km of our planet creates the topographic features and patterns in the continents and oceans. One weekend field trip.
Prerequisites: Any 200-level ERS course or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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ERS 460 - Marine Geology
Topics include 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 oceans. Students may not receive credit for both ERS 460 and ERS 560.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: ERS 100, 101, 102, 103, or 108
Credits: 3.0
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ERS 461 - Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology
This course will focus on the forms, dimensions and dynamics of streams and rivers. The material covered will provide an overview of the physical characteristics of stream and river channels in varied settings, approaches used for physical assessments of channel conditions, and quantitative methods to evaluate hydraulic conditions that influence stream and river channel appearance and dynamics. The course will include applications of concepts in fluvial geomorphology in the planning, design and monitoring of stream corridor restoration and management projects. Two one-day weekend field trips may be scheduled during the semester.
Prerequisites: ERS 350 or ERS 588 or instructor permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ERS 491 - Introduction to Meteorology and Climatology
The climatic system, survey of atmospheric behavior and climatic change; meteorological measurements and analysis; formulation of physical principles governing weather and climate with selected applications to small and large scale phenomena. (ERS 491 and ERS 591 are identical courses.)
Prerequisites: MAT 126 and PHY 112 or PHY 122 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 3
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ERS 498 - Undergraduate Thesis
Original research in geological sciences. The research problem must be identified prior to the start of the senior year and may be of an experimental, empirical or theoretical approach. A committee of three or more faculty will supervise the thesis and its defense.
Prerequisites: Senior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ERS 499 - Field Experience in Earth and Climate Sciences
Students will attend a four- to six-week earth or climate science field camp or engage in equivalent field-based research activities. The experience (a) draws together the various threads of the School’s undergraduate program, (b) typifies the work of professionals within Earth and Climate Sciences, (c) develops problem-solving skills while working within a natural system, and (d) develops spatial cognition and reasoning.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring and Summer
Credits: 4-6
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ESC 316 - Teaching Science in the Elementary School (K-8)
Presents information and activities designed to encourage students to learn and develop goals and objectives, instructional strategies, selection of curriculum materials K-8, effective management and evaluation techniques.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites: Elementary Education majors; EHD 203 and EHD 204.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ESC 452 - Teaching Science in the Secondary School
Instructional strategies and general approaches to teaching science in grades 7-12. Emphasis on professional literature, curriculum development, teaching and learning styles and reflective teaching.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites: EHD 204 and EHD 221.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ESS 315 - Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School
Examines methods and materials for social studies in the elementary school and ways of relating the work of the social studies class to an understanding of practical problems of the community.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites: Elementary Education majors.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ESS 441 - Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School
Covers current practices in teaching social studies, selection and use of instructional materials, modern trends in curriculum construction for social studies in the secondary school.
Prerequisites: Secondary Education majors.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FAS 101 - Introduction to Franco American Studies
Introduces students to the French cultures of the United States, emphasizing the peoples of Maine and the Northeast region. Examines European origins and later migrations, the impact of gender and class, the social significance of language, individual and collective expression, the effects of assimilation and the challenges faced today. Taught in English; no knowledge of the French language is presumed.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Context and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FAS 120 - People, Places and Pasts
Introduces the cultural geography of Franco America. Investigates how heritage links to place with particular emphasis on gender, class, and ethnicity. Includes a field trip to a Franco American community. Run as a seminar, with no prerequisites or knowledge of French or the Franco American community required.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FAS 200 - Primary Sources in Franco American Studies
This service-learning course prepares students to build print or digital information resources using primary source materials in Franco American Studies. Course readings introduce students to theories and methods of archival practice, and to ethical issues surrounding the creation and use of human records. Students engage these issues in the context of Franco American writing and scholarship, and consider the ways archives and archival materials impact an exploration of Franco American cultural identity. FAS 101 is recommended but not required.
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Summer
Credits: 3
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FAS 230 - Franco American Women’s Experience
Examines the immigration experience and subsequent lifestyles of the present-day Franco American woman and her cultural ancestors. Studying the immigration of these women from France to New France, Canada and across the border into the U.S., class participants will learn about the historical and cultural implications of immigration for these women and the definition they imparted to the culture. (This course is identical to WGS 235.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FAS 101, WGS 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FAS 240 - French Exploration and Settlement of Maine, 1604-1760
The names and traces of the early French explorers and settlers remain on in many place names along the Maine Coast, including the names of mountains and hiking trails in Acadia National Park, such as Champlain, St. Sauveur, Sieur de Mons, etc. This course examines the history of the French exploration and settlement of Maine and places the French settlement of Maine in the broader geopolitical context of the settlement of North America.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FAS 250 - Exile, Migrations and Communities
This course explores the impact and implications of exile and migration with a focus on Acadian peoples. It begins with a study of the tragic Deportation of the Acadians from their homelands beginning in 1755 and their patterns of exile and migrations. We look at the strategies Acadians have used to maintain cultural survival first as exiles and then as minorities in Louisiana, in the Maritimes, and in Northern Maine. Our themes include but are not limited to: the Catholic Church, education in French, the role of literature and the arts, political awakenings, women in Acadian society, the sense of place and connection to historical homeland, and the various elements of Acadian identity that transcend current geopolitical borders.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FAS 270 - Immigration, Yesterday and Today
This course will use French Canadian immigration to the United States to explore key issues in today’s debates about immigration. We will look at the similarities and differences between the two great waves of immigration, focusing on three key areas at the core of migration debates: rights, citizenship, and migration policy; the second generation; diasporas and transnationalism.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FAS 329 - Topics in Franco American Studies
Focuses on themes and issues drawn from, or related to, the history, traditions, and contemporary experience of the Franco American community of Maine and the northeast region.
Prerequisites: FAS 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FAS 442 - French Language of North America
A historical, linguistic and socio-linguistic approach to the study of the Franco-Quebec and the Franco American languages. Emphasis on the morphology, syntax, vocabulary and phonetic system in order to understand the present status of the languages. Research in the areas of the spoken and written language. Taught in French. (This course is identical to FRE 442.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Credits: 3
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FAS 459 - Colonial Canada
Studies Canada’s history from New France to 1850, emphasizing political, social and economic developments and relations with the American people. (This course is identical to HTY 459.)
Prerequisites: HTY 103 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FND 101 - Foundations First Year Seminar
Foundations First Year Seminar is a two credit, graded seminar for students in Foundations Program only. It is designed to introduce students to the University of Maine’s resources, strategies for achieving academic success, and career exploration. Activities designed to foster exploration and evaluation of interests, goals and abilities and their relationship to potential majors and careers are a major component of the course.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 2
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FRE 101 - Elementary French I
A systematic study of the basics of the French language. Equal emphasis is placed on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of French or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Summer
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 102 - Elementary French II
Continued study of the basics of the French language with equal emphasis on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of French or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 101 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 117 - Accelerated French I
An intensive, systematic study of the French language at the beginning level that provides the equivalent of two semesters of beginning French (FRE 101 and 102). For students with no previous study of French or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 6
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FRE 201 - Intermediate French I
An integrated approach. Reading texts of a literary and/or cultural nature, and audio-visual materials will be employed to strengthen reading, writing and especially speaking and comprehension skills. Includes a systematic but gradual review of the essentials of French grammar.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 102 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 202 - Intermediate French II
A continuation of FRE 201. Designed to strengthen reading, writing, speaking and comprehension skills.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 201 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 218 - Accelerated French II
A continuation of FRE 117 - Accelerated French I. A multi-media, intensive study of French language and culture that develops speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. Equivalent to two semesters of intermediate French (FRE 201 and 202).
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 117.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 6
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FRE 305 - French Conversation and Composition I
Systematic training in the correct usage of spoken and written French through a broad range of conversational situations and writing topics.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FRE 306 - French Conversation and Composition II
Continued training in the correct usage of spoken and written French.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 305 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FRE 307 - French for Business
For students of business, international affairs or related careers. Focuses on the development of vocabulary and the improvement of oral proficiency in business and social settings applied to various francophone settings. Applies technology to education by basing itself on a video textbook and requiring regular use of the Internet as a source of reading and information.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 202or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 309 - Readings in French Literature
Practice in reading French. Also prepares students for literature and civilization courses at the 400 level. Discussion in French.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 310 - Readings in Francophone Literature
Practice in reading and discussion in French with an emphasis on the French-speaking world beyond France.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 305 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 315 - Advanced French Conversation
Oral practice for the advanced language student. Course work revolves around the discussion of cultural and intellectual issues, as well as current political and social events, with a view toward increasing idiomatic and abstract vocabulary.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 305 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 320 - French Pronunciation
A formal study of the French sound system with considerable practice in phonetic transcription. Practical and remedial work in pronunciation.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 350 - Multidisciplinary Readings in French
Intended to be taken in conjunction with a course from another department, this course supplements the content areas of the course to which it is attached and promotes increased proficiency in French through reading and discussion in French. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1
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FRE 390 - Topics in French
May include the study of literature, culture, cinema, the arts and media as expressed in Francophone countries. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1-3
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FRE 397 - French (May Term)
Total immersion program.May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or permission of instructor
Course Typically Offered: Summer, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 398 - French Immersion: Western France
A two-week total immersion program offered in Western France. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 205 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Summer, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 400 - Advanced French Grammar
An exposition of grammatical and syntactical principles through conceptual presentations along with demonstrations and practice through exercises. Designed to enhance French language competency. This course may be offered online.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 305 or FRE 306 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FRE 401 - Translation and Comparative Stylistics
An exposition of the principles of translation and comparative stylistics with practice via exercises and the translation of texts in both English and French.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 400 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 406 - Eighteenth Century French Literature
Readings from the works of Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rouseau, Diderot, etc., with
special attention to Enlightenment thought and to the novel genre.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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FRE 407 - 19th Century French Literature
Readings of major 19th century figures, including Chateaubriand, Hugo, Flaubert, Zola, Balzac, Stendhal, Sand, and Baudelaire, with particular attention to social and philosophical themes as well as concepts of language.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 408 - Twentieth Century French Literature
Readings in the novel, poetry or drama (content varies.) May be repeated for
credit, with permission of instructor.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 413 - Advanced Composition and Stylistics
An exposition of the fundamentals of French stylistics with practice of these principles via compositions and exercises. Designed to enhance competence in written idiomatic French.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 400 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 430 - French Film Survey
A survey of French cinema from its origins to the present, with an emphasis on understanding film as a narrative form.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 442 - French Language of North America
A historical, linguistic and socio-linguistic approach to the study of the Franco-Quebec and the Franco-American languages. Emphasis on the morphology, syntax, vocabulary and phonetic system in order to understand the present status of the languages. Research in the areas of the spoken and written language. (This course is identical to FAS 442.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Credits: 3
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FRE 463 - Quebec Poetry
A survey of Quebec poetry from the 19th century to the present, focusing on language, theme, socio-historical and political context, ideology and Quebec identity.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 464 - Quebec Theatre
A survey of Quebec from the 1940’s to the present, focusing on language, theme, character, theatricality, socio-historical and political context, ideology and Quebec identity.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 465 - North American French Novel
A survey of francophone novels written in North America in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on the history and cultural identity of Acadia, Quebec, and New England’s Franco Americans.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 490 - Advanced Topics in French
Advanced Topics in French and French-Canadian literature or linguistics may include: contemporary cinema, surrealism, contemporary French thought, modern French critical theory, linguistics, sociolinguistics, semiotics, symbolism, literature of commitment, images of women, women writers. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1-3
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FRE 495 - Senior Project in French
Capstone Experience in which majors in French and in International Affairs with a concentration in French, or in Cultures, Languages and the Humanities, apply language skills and knowledge gained from all prior language study. Students work closely with a faculty advisor on an approved project and give a public presentation of the project in French. When taken as a stand-alone course, the coursework will reflect the work of three credit hours, regardless of number of credits taken. When taken in conjunction with another French course at the 400 level, the course will carry no credit and will be graded Pass/Fail only.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Western Cultural Tradition and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 0-3
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FRE 498 - Independent Projects II
No description available.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1-3
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FSN 101 - Introduction to Food and Nutrition
A survey of food and nutrition principles, including the influence of food patterns on health and physical performance; description of a balanced diet; study of the nutrients, interrelationships, sources, effects of processing and storage, food safety, fads, controversies.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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FSN 103 - Science of Food Preparation
Basic food preparation skills. The relationship between structure, composition and nutritive value of foods. Lec 2, Lab 2.
Prerequisites: FSN 101, Food Science and Human Nutrition major or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
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FSN 121 - Brewing with Food Science
This course is designed to utilize the process of making beer as a model to engage students in thinking about the biology, chemistry and processing aspects of the foods they consume. The course will focus on the process of beer making as well as the ingredients that go into beer and their functions. Other topics will include the history of beer (from world and U.S. perspectives), styles of beer and a beer judge’s perspective of beer.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Application of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FSN 202 - Foodservice Management
An overview of the foodservice industry including quantity food production and service, designing physical facilities and administration of foodservice facilities. Topics covered include food and worker safety, menu planning, purchasing, receiving, storage, production, assembly, distribution, service, facility design and equipment, management functions and financial principles. Lec 3
Prerequisites: FSN 103 and MAT 115 or MAT 122
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FSN 230 - Nutritional and Medical Terminology
Fundamentals of vocabulary for nutritionists and other health professionals. Web-based.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1
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FSN 238 - Applied Food Microbiology and Sanitation
Microbiology as it applies to the causes and control of food spoilage; issues of food safety and sanitation in food systems. Upon completion of the course, students will be eligible for a Training Achievement Program (TAP) Food Safety certification. The official Certification Examination will be given on campus (Orono) during the week of final exams as scheduled.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FSN 265 - Functional Concepts in Nutrition
A functional approach to food and nutrition principles, including detailed review of digestion and absorption; the influence of food patterns on health and physical performance; description of a balanced diet; study of the nutrients, interrelationships, sources and health benefits.
Prerequisites: FSN 101, BIO 100, BIO 208 and CHY 121 or BMB 207
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FSN 270 - World Food and Nutrition
Investigation of the adequacy of world food supplies, and of the contributions to malnutrition made by poverty, government policies, and population growth.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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FSN 301 - Life Cycle Nutrition
Principles of nutrition applied to needs of individuals throughout life. Study of relationship among nutrition, growth, development, and aging with emphasis on physical and psychosocial influences on nutritional status. Lec 3.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing and a grade of C- or better in BMB207 or CHY 121; BIO 208 or BIO 200; BMB 208 or CHY 122; and FSN 101.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FSN 305 - Foods Laboratory
The Foods Laboratory will focus on principles of quantity cooking, recipe modification and standardization, food preservation, and food processing. Course will include field trips during class hours.
Prerequisites: FSN 202
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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FSN 330 - Introduction to Food Science
Covers general characteristics of raw food materials, principles of food preservation, processing factors which influence quality, packaging, water and waste management and sanitation. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BMB 207 or CHY 121, and BIO 100 (prerequisite or corequisite)
Corequisites: Bio 100 (prerequisite or corequisite)
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FSN 340 - Food Processing Laboratory
An introduction to thermal processing, freezing, dehydration, extrusion and curing as applied to food products in the laboratory. Lab 3
Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: FSN 330.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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FSN 397 - Independent Studies
Independent studies in specific areas of food management, food science and human nutrition.
Prerequisites: permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1-6
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FSN 401 - Community Nutrition
Examines human needs and delivery systems within community setting. Focus on designing, implementing, and evaluating nutrition education programs or intervention projects. Field experience. Lec 2, Lab 4. Course will include field trips during class hours.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Prerequisites: FSN 410 and a grade of C or better in FSN 301
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
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FSN 410 - Human Nutrition and Metabolism
Science of human nutrition is studied, stressing body metabolism as integrated with organ function for normal individuals, and requirements for energy and nutrients.
Prerequisites: BIO 208 or BIO 200, and a C- or better in BMB 322.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FSN 412 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I
Develops skills in clinical nutrition assessment, therapeutic diet calculations, and nutrition support. Emerging areas of nutrition in relation to disease prevention and treatment will be discussed.
Corequisites: FSN 410
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FSN 420 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II
Metabolic and physiological alterations of disease processes. Modification of normal diets to treat specific diseases. Development of nutrition care plans. Lec 4.
Prerequisites: FSN 412 and NUR 303.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
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FSN 425 - Contemporary Issues in the Food Industry
A writing intensive and discussion based course on current topics and recent developments affecting the food industry. Includes readings, research, and discussion. Students prepare position papers, a non-technical paper for a lay audience, and a major research paper over the course of the semester.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites: FSN 330.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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FSN 430 - Counseling and Diet Therapy
Nutrition counseling theory and techniques including patient interviews and diet education sessions. Calculate diet modifications for different disease states. Develop patient education materials.
Prerequisites: FSN 301
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FSN 436 - Food Law
Examination and discussion of federal and state laws and regulations applying to the processing, handling, distribution and serving of food products.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FSN 438 - Food Microbiology
Examines the importance of microorganisms in food processing, spoilage, and preservation; the role of microorganisms in fermentation and production of protein, enzymes, and other products; food as vehicle of infection and intoxication. Lec 3
Prerequisites: BMB 300.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FSN 439 - Food Microbiology Laboratory
This course contains a series of experiments to allow students to perform and observe fundamental principles and practices of food microbiology. Students will work in the lab to execute the exact procedure utilized by the USDA/FDA for the detection and enumeration of microorganisms in food.
Prerequisites: BMB 305 and Food Science Concentration
Corequisites: FSN 438
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even years
Credits: 2
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FSN 440 - Utilization of Aquatic Food Resources
Utilization and food quality of wild and farmed aquatic animals including production, chemical/physical properties, nutritional value, post-harvest changes, processing systems, regulatory issues, by-product utilization and food safety. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BIO 100 and CHY 121 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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FSN 450 - Food Biotechnology
Introduction to methods and tools applied to the production of biotechnology-derived foods and food ingredients. Discussion of food safety, product quality, consumer acceptance, regulatory oversight and ethical issues regarding the use of biotechnology to enhance the food supply. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BIO 100 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FSN 482 - Food Chemistry
Study of the composition, structure, and properties of foods and chemical changes occurring during processing and utilization. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BMB 322 or CHY 252.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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FSN 483 - Food Chemistry Laboratory
Laboratory exercises covering the principles presented in FSN 482. Lab 3.
Corequisites: FSN 482
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 1
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FSN 485 - Introduction to Food Engineering Principles
Principles of biological and physical sciences related to food processing systems. General concepts of fluid flow, mass and energy balances, heat transfer, refrigeration, freezing, and psychrometrics. Overview of current practices in food engineering, with specific food industry examples. Course will include field trips during class hours. Course will include field trip during class hours.
Prerequisites: FSN 330 and junior standing within the FSN major, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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FSN 486 - Food Engineering Laboratory
Principles of biological and physical sciences related to food processing systems, concepts of materials and energy balances, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer, use of engineering principles in design of the processes and equipment for processing and preservation of food products.
Corequisites: FSN 485.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, odd years
Credits: 1
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FSN 489 - Senior Project in Food Science and Human Nutrition
A research project will be conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Written reports and an oral presentation of results are required.
Prerequisites: senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: Ar
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GEE 103 - Introduction to Pre-Engineering
This course is intended for students entering the Explorations Pre-Engineering Program. The course provides an introduction to different engineering programs including Chemical and Bioengineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Technology. The course also familiarizes students with building skills in the use of information and University resources.
Prerequisites: Must be an Explorations Pre-Engineering student.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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GEE 230 - Introduction to Engineering Leadership and Management
Introduction to principles of leadership and management with applications to the engineering work environment. Topics include: definition of leadership and management, motivation, importance of communication, decision making, team building, self-assessment, professional responsibility and ethics. Guest speakers will emphasize the importance of leadership and management skills to career advancement and the competitiveness of the U.S. economy.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1
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GEE 250 - Sustainable Solutions in the Developing World
An exploration of the fundamental principles and strategies necessary to implement sustainable service projects in the developing world. Examines the social, cultural and ecological impacts of past humanitarian projects and develops an understanding of their influence on the human population and the environment. Course content will be covered through lecture, discussions, case-studies and peer presentations. Students will apply their skills to develop real-world solutions for the current UMaine Engineers Without Borders (UM-EWB) project.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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GEE 298 - Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Aims to educate first-year engineering students about nanoscience and nanotechnology and to introduce them to nanoscale research at UMaine, conducted by scientists and engineers, many of whom are affiliated with LASST, the IMB, and other interdisciplinary groups on campus. The course will consist of two hours of guided tutorial and two hours of (companion ) laboratory experiences per week.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Ethics Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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GEE 398 - Special Topics in Engineering
Topics will vary from semester to semester.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: Ar
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GEE 430 - Engineering Leadership and Management Internship
Interns are placed in an engineering mill/plant, consulting services agency, or supplier business, on a full-time basis for one semester, and develop new skills and a greater understanding of the nature of leadership through their experience.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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