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UMM 2018-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Physical Education |
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PHE 101 - Physical Education Activity
A choice of activities is available each semester, depending on the season and scheduling requirements. The selection may include aerobic dance, aquasize, archery, badminton, basketball, bowling, fitness, folk dance, golf, karate, kickboxing, racquetball, snowshoeing, soccer, softball, swimming, team handball, tennis, volleyball, wallyball, weight training, or cross-country skiing. Students may elect a maximum of 3 activities in any one semester. Intercollegiate athletic participation is also available for credit as a physical education activity. Offered pass/fail.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall & Spring
Credits: 1
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PHE 103 - Open Water I SCUBA
This Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) course is a performance-based education course which leads to certification upon completion of all requirements. This course teaches the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to dive with a buddy, independent of supervision. The course involves classroom activities, pool exercises and/or supervised open water dives.
Prerequisites: Medical clearance.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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PHE 201 - Physical Education Activity
A choice of activities is available each semester, depending on the season and scheduling requirements. The selection may include aerobic dance, aquasize, archery, badminton, basketball, bowling, fitness, folk dance, golf, karate, kickboxing, racquetball, snowshoeing, soccer, softball, swimming, team handball, tennis, volleyball, wallyball, weight training, or cross-country skiing. Students may elect a maximum of 3 activities in any one semester. Intercollegiate athletic participation is also available for credit as a physical education activity. Offered pass/fail.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 1
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PHE 210 - Advanced Open Water SCUBA
This course expands the knowledge and experience of students beyond the Basic Open Water SCUBA course and prepares students for advance SCUBA certifications in Rescue Diver and others. Students will participate in classroom instruction, pool instruction and open water dives. The course covers concepts, practical applications, problem solving, safety, and hands-on experiences. Students will study, understand and be able to demonstrate the skills associated with the following topical areas: naturalist, deep water dives, navigation, search and recovery, night diving, shipwreck concepts and practices, and recreational dive planner. Every student will demonstrate knowledge and practical skills in all areas to complete the course and to obtain PADI certification. Quizzes and tests are part of the evaluation process. Grades are determined based on all parts of assessment.
Prerequisites: PHE 103 or equivalent certification.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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Philosophy |
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PHI 201 - Ethics
An examination of the task of ethics to elucidate the concept of the good life; to investigate ideas of obligation, duty, and responsibility; and to decide what ought to be done. The student explores traditional themes of right conduct. Through readings and discussions, these themes are applied to relevant contemporary issues such as war and terrorism, the connections between business and environmental ethics, sexuality, suicide and euthanasia and drug use.
Prerequisites: ENG 101.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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PHI 212 - Topics in Philosophy
Topics focusing on a different aspect of study, i.e., science and religion, perception of reality, Existentialism, eastern philosophy, and world religions. The course also may be geared to particular students such as an aesthetics course for art, music and literature students, or a philosophy of education course.
Prerequisites: ENG 101.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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PHI 213 - Environmental Ethics
A multidisciplinary look at philosophical, psychological, economic, scientific, spiritual and cultural world views and theories about the environment. Diverse topics include animal rights, global warming, pollution, population, war, oil, ecocentric vs anthropocentric, Gaia Theory and more. The course covers a rich spectrum of topics that connect human behavior and attitudes to the Earth across many dimensions and seeks to help students use ethical analysis to work through the complexity in search of solutions.
Credits: 3
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Physics |
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PHY 111 - Physics I
An introduction to the nature of energy and mechanics. Emphasis is placed on the study of vectors, velocity, acceleration, and force. Laboratory work includes computer simulation as well as traditional physics activities. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours.
Prerequisites: MAT 122 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered Fall - Alternate Years
Credits: 4
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PHY 112 - Physics II
A continuation of PHY 111 introducing the concepts of sound, electricity, optics, and modern physics. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours.
Prerequisites: PHY 111 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered Spring - Alternate Years
Credits: 4
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Political Science |
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POS 212 - Topics in Political Science
Courses designed to allow students to pursue study in specific area of Political Science. Courses vary in content in response to student interest and demand.
Prerequisites: Dependent upon the course offered, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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POS 215 - American National Government
An introductory study of the major principles, structures and practices of the United States government. The course emphasizes such topics as the Constitution and its development; the federal system; civil liberties and civil rights; public opinion, interest groups, political parties and elections; the Congress; the Supreme Court; the Presidency and the presidential establishment; domestic and foreign policy formation; government services and regulation; and the federal budget and federal taxation.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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POS 305 - Environmental Policy
A systematic analysis of U.S. environmental policy focusing on air and water quality, land use, hazardous wastes and energy. Policy is analyzed as the resultant of political structure and process, societal values and perceived benefits and costs. Specific disciplinary perspectives and value conflicts are emphasized.
Prerequisites: Junior standing or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Fall - Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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POS 311 - Political Correctness in American Society
This course defines, examines, and analyzes political correctness as a long-standing feature of American society, dating back to the Salem witch trials and including the Alien and Sedition Acts, Prohibition, McCarthyism, and more. The roots and consequences of conflicts between liberty and community are carefully considered. The effects on different sectors of American society and on public policy are identified and analyzed. The course is taught on the Web, and ideological diversity is encouraged and valued.
Prerequisites: POS 215 or instructor’s permission.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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Psychology |
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PSY 100 - Animal Behavior and Selection of Service Dogs
This is an introduction to techniques for animal training with a focus on owner-trained service dogs. A service dog is one specially trained to perform a task or work that aids a person with a physical or emotional disability, thus allowing them more freedom to live more independently. The course will cover basic psychological principles of operant conditioning used with animal training. There will also be hands-on opportunities for basic dog training that require the application of operant learning techniques. The optional lab will have two main components. The first component will be training qualified dogs to prepare them to be certified as therapy dogs. The second component will be helping train a service dog for a specific task to assist its disabled owner.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 2
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PSY 101 - Animal Behavior & Selection of Service Dogs Lab
This is an introduction to techniques for animal training with a focus on owner-trained service dogs. A service dog is one specially trained to perform a task or work that aids a person with a physical or emotional disability, thus allowing them more freedom to live more independently. The course will cover basic psychological principles of operant conditioning used with animal training. There will also be hands-on opportunities for basic dog training that require the application of operant learning techniques. The optional lab will have two main components. The first component will be training qualified dogs to prepare them to be certified as therapy dogs. The second component will be helping train a service dog for a specific task to assist its disabled owner.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 1
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PSY 102 - Personal Growth
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to examine their life-space; to envision alternative possibilities in their personal and professional growth; and to foster the development of creative changes toward their future life-career. This course has two essential aspects. First, the theoretical and academic aspect in which the focus of the class and text is on major psychological theories and their applications for everyday life. Second, the experiential aspect in which the students are encouraged to participate in growthful exercises individually and in group situations. The course involves the various areas of life including relationships to family members, to friends and associates, and to professional colleagues. This course includes a Service-Learning and Community Engaged (SL/CE) component.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall & Summer
Credits: 3
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PSY 104 - Fundamentals of Animal-Assisted Therapy
Introduction to animal-assisted therapy, including history and evidence-based research. The course will cover physical (i.e. fine and gross motor skills, balance and other mobility issues) and psychological benefits from animal-assisted activities, education (i.e. Reading with Rover) and intervention. Guidance on using animal-assisted therapy with children, families and the elderly, in counseling and psychotherapy settings and for treating a variety of specific disorders will be provided. Students will learn how to design and implement animal-assisted interventions and about the efficacy of animal-assisted therapy with different disorders and patient populations. The importance of species selection for therapeutic modalities, animal care and zoonotic concerns are addressed.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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PSY 110 - Intro to Psychology
An introduction to the scientific study of behavior including a survey of all the major areas of inquiry pursued by psychologists-history, methods, physiological aspects, perception, learning, memory, cognition, emotion, motivation, consciousness, personality, abnormal behavior and therapies, and social processes. Unless otherwise noted, this course is a prerequisite to all other psychology courses.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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PSY 200 - Behavioral Health Professional
This course introduces skills and knowledge needed for working in the role of Behavioral Health Professional with children and their families. Content covered includes working in clients’ homes, basics of child development and family functioning, impacts of trauma, creating individual treatment plans, community resources, observing behavior and foundations of instruction. This course is part of the requirements for becoming a certified Behavioral Health Professional.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 or ENG 101, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring; Alternate Summers
Credits: 4
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PSY 201 - Developmental Psychology
A course concerned with the description and psychological explanation of changes in an individual’s behavior and mental processes as a result of biological and experiential factors. Overviews of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development are provided.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring; Alternate Summers
Credits: 3
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PSY 203 - Educational Psychology
A course designed to help prospective teachers reflect upon the dynamics of learning and instruction. Theories of cognitive, affective and behavioral domains are related to classroom experience. Other topics include educational research, assessment and evaluation, individual and group differences, motivation, classroom management and effective teaching. A field experience over an extended period of time is also a component of the course.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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PSY 211 - Introduction to Behavioral & Community Health Systems
This course will review systems of care provided by the state, as well as those provided by for-profit and not-for-profit entities, to serve the needs of behavioral health consumers. Essential components of this course include addressing contemporary public and social policy – and social services provision within those policies – including fundamentals of behavioral health care, child protection, and welfare systems. In addition, the course examines the history and impact of laws and regulatory standards that dictate these policies – and ultimately service provision in behavioral care for children, adults and the elderly. Both current practices and historical precedent are woven into a model represented in both its completeness and contradictions. Required for Provisional & Full MHRT Certification. This course includes a Service-Learning and Community Engaged (SL/CE) component.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Fall - Onsite; Spring - Online
Credits: 3
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PSY 212 - Lifespan I
This course covers the context and process of human development from prenatal stages through adolescence. Developmental psychology focuses on how learning and maturation within social, cultural and physical environments shape normal human development. Development is a holistic process, yet can be broken down into physical, cognitive, social and emotional aspects, as well as development of communication and language, self, gender and prosocial behavior. Developmental research methods will be covered, as well as important areas of application for developmental psychology of childhood and adolescence, including policy and programs directed at families, healthcare and prevention, education, childcare, etc.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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PSY 213 - Psychosocial Rehabilitation Practices
This course will review the services that help support people with psychiatric disabilities, improve their quality of life and fully integrate into the community in a holistic fashion, noting the conceptual practice of psychosocial rehabilitation as a core organizing attitude underlying all behavioral health care. Core philosophies are examined, including historical and current theories and practices, noting the use of contemporary effective practices which are key to current psychosocial rehabilitation. Required for Provisional & Full MHRT Certification.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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PSY 214 - Psychology of Prejudice
The psychology of stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination and stigma, and methods to undermine these concepts, will be presented so that understanding and applications can be extended to various minority populations. Minority populations, which may be related more to influence than to size, may include African Americans, Native Americans, Roma, Middle Eastern Americans, Asian Americans, those individuals that may identify as LGBT, the impoverished, the elderly, the obese, those with physical or mental disabilities, and women. Ways to work to ameliorate prejudice will be explored.
Prerequisites: ANT 101, PSY 110 or SOC 114, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Fall - Online; Alternate Spring - Onsite
Credits: 3
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PSY 215 - Psychology of Gender
This course surveys psychological theory and research on gender while emphasizing cross-cultural and multicultural issues to demonstrate what is truly universal about gender. Major areas covered include: sex roles, theories and methods of studying gender, physiological systems and development, relationships, sexuality, social performance, education and work, physical and mental health and mass media and society.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall - in Winter Session
Credits: 3
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PSY 219 - Special Topics in Applied Psychology
Courses designed to allow students to pursue study in an area within Psychology. Courses vary in content in response to student interest and demand. Some possible courses could include Conflict Analysis & Resolution, Ecological Psychology, Readings in Applied Psychology, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Multicultural Psychology, Community Psychology, Stress Management, Human Factors Psychology, History of Psychology, Perception & Cognition, Psychology of Motivation or Psychology of the Family. Under this topics heading, other Mental Health & Rehabilitation Technician Certification courses could be offered, including Sexual Abuse, Trauma & Recovery; Case Management, Mental Health & Aging, Substance Abuse with a Dual Diagnosis Component; Group Process; or Vocational Aspects of Disability.
Prerequisites: Dependent upon the course offered, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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PSY 221 - Health Psychology
This course surveys theory and research on the interrelationships of mental processes and behavior with physical health and well-being. Major areas covered include the interface between mind and body; the role of belief systems in engaging in health protective behavior; the influence of stress on the immune system; and the biological, psychological, social and behavioral factors that moderate maintaining health or developing illness, such as individual differences in personality, life-style choice, coping styles, and the availability of social support. Methodological issues in health psychological research are also explored.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and PSY 110, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Fall - Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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PSY 222 - Psychology Professions & Ethics
This course provides an overview of the professions and ethics associated with psychology. Students will be introduced to psychology professions in healthcare, public policy, the legal system, education, research and industry. The American Psychological Association’s Ethics code will be introduced, critically examined and used to discuss ethical tensions that arise in various psychology professions. The role of informed consent and internal review boards will be addressed.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Fall - Onsite; Spring - Online
Credits: 3
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PSY 223 - Sport Psychology
Sport Psychology is the study of the mental and behavioral factors that influence or are influenced by participation in sport, exercise, and physical activity. Sport psychologists are interested in how athletics enhance and support the personal growth and well-being of individuals. This course outlines the research and training methods of sport psychologists and surveys theory and research on sport psychology, including such major areas as the history of sport psychology, the application of principles of learning and behavior, motivation and social psychology, the assessment of individual differences in personality of athletes, and principles of coaching and the psychology of exercise and fitness.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and PSY 110, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Fall - Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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PSY 226 - Human Sexuality
An interdisciplinary inquiry into the historical, cultural and developmental issues in human sexuality. Current literature and research are reviewed. As this course includes an examination of sexuality, it includes materials that may be deemed explicit or provocative for many. Individual discretion is advised.
Prerequisites: ENG 101, sophomore standing or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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PSY 230 - Abnormal Psychology
A course designed to provide an overview of the area of abnormal psychology and to introduce the student to different theoretical models, classifications, origins, and treatments of abnormal behavior.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 and sophomore standing, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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PSY 302 - Intro to Counseling Techniques
This course introduces students to the basic skills required for counseling. Students will practice implementing these skills during counseling role plays in class, as well as providing their peers with positive and constructive feedback at the conclusion of the role plays. The ability to utilize feedback and be reflective will be emphasized. This course will also review ethical issues associated with counseling and the role of supervision. Psychodynamic, Behaviorist, Person-Centered, Cognitive and Family Systems Theories, as well as Motivational Interviewing will be briefly introduced. Required for Provisional & Full MHRT Certification.
Prerequisites: PSY 211 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring; Alternate Summers
Credits: 3
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PSY 310 - Families: Challenges & Resilience
This class will explore the complexity of families and how to conceptualize their functioning, including recognizing strengths, current challenges, family rules and behavior patterns. Assessment and basic models of intervention to address challenges will be included. Cultural differences that impact notions of family and family functioning will also be discussed. This course will use the impact of substance abuse within families for case studies. This course is required for the Substance Abuse Services minor and covers a competency area for the test required to become a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC).
Prerequisites: PSY 110 or ANT 101, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Spring - Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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PSY 311 - Social Psychology
A study of the social and cultural factors affecting human behavior, including effects on observable behavior, emotions, attitudes and other cognitions. Topics of conformity, persuasion, aggression, prejudice, prosocial behavior, relationships, and group influence are considered. This course includes a Service-Learning and Community Engaged (SL/CE) component.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 or SOC 114, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Fall: Even-Online; Odd-Onsite
Credits: 3
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PSY 312 - Theories of Personality
A study of the concepts included in psychology’s most widely accepted theories of personality such as those proposed by Freud, Horney, Allport, Rogers, and Skinner. Attention is given to related research, personality assessment, and therapies.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 plus 3 additional cr of psychology or sociology; third-year status recommended.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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PSY 313 - Counseling Diverse Populations
This counseling course is designed to help the student acquire the skills necessary to become a culturally competent mental health or social service practitioner, that is, someone who is sensitive to cultural differences and to their impact on human interactions. The course is based on the fundamental premise that cultural competence is an ongoing and multi-layered process working at personal, interpersonal, and organization-wide levels. Topics to be addressed include skills to increase cultural awareness and understanding, skills to foster effective interpersonal communication and organizational change strategies. Studies will learn to identify and understand culture as it operates on different social levels (class, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation). Students will also learn to identify the barriers to effective communication and positive relationships including how culture may be a barrier. Required for Provisional & Full MHRT Certification.
Prerequisites: PSY 211 and PSY 302, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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PSY 317 - Environmental Psychology
This course will acquaint the student with the reciprocal nature of the interplay between people and built and natural environments. Students will develop an appreciation for how physical environments influence human behavior. Additionally, students will use psychological principles to better understand environmental problems (i.e. climate change, pollution and energy efficiency) and to promote pro-environmental behaviors.
Prerequisites: PSY 110, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Fall - Online; Spring - Onsite
Credits: 3
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PSY 318 - Psychology of Curiosity
This course is designed to survey theory and empirical research on curiosity – the innate motive to seek out and acquire new information to stimulate interest or reduce uncertainty. The study of curiosity requires consideration of a number of major areas of psychology, including emotion and motivation, learning and memory, neuroscience, individual differences in personality and development. These topics will all be touched upon in regard to curiosity. Related topics such as novelty seeking, gossip and sensation seeking will also be addressed.
Prerequisites: PSY 110, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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PSY 319 - Special Topics in Applied Psychology
Courses designed to allow students to pursue study in an area within Psychology. Courses vary in content in response to student interest and demand. Some possible courses could include Conflict Analysis & Resolution, Ecological Psychology, Readings in Applied Psychology, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Multicultural Psychology, Community Psychology, Stress Management, Human Factors Psychology, History of Psychology, Perception & Cognition, Psychology of Motivation or Psychology of the Family. Under this topics heading, other Mental Health & Rehabilitation Technician Certification courses could be offered, including Sexual Abuse, Trauma & Recovery; Case Management, Mental Health & Aging, Substance Abuse with a Dual Diagnosis Component; Group Process; or Vocational Aspects of Disability.
Prerequisites: Dependent upon the course offered, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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PSY 324 - Lifespan II
This course covers the context and process of human development transitioning out of adolescence and into adulthood and on through older adulthood and death. Developmental psychology focuses on how learning and maturation within social, cultural and physical environments shape normal human development. Development is a holistic process, yet can be broken down into physical, cognitive, social and emotional aspects, as well as development of communication and language, self, gender and prosocial behavior. Developmental research methods will be covered, as well as important areas of application for developmental psychology of adulthood and older adulthood, including policy and programs for healthcare and prevention, education, employment and community supports, etc. Meets the requirement for Mental Health & Aging for full Maine State Mental Health & Rehabilitation Technician Certification. This course includes a Service-Learning and Community Engaged (SL/CE) component.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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PSY 326 - Vocatnl Implications of Disability
This course will address the vocational implications of the most frequently encountered physical and psychiatric disabilities. Emphasis will be placed on understanding limitations in function and how those limitations affect work as conceptualized within existing models of disability. The notion of vocational rehabilitation and the range of employment service programs will be addressed in a holistic fashion, noting their relationship to the conceptual practice of psychosocial rehabilitation and human services. Current theories and practices of employment services will be examined. Skills for evaluating and assessing the vocational impact of a disability and effective strategies for promoting client understanding and access to community resources will be addressed. This course is required for full MHRT certification.
Prerequisites: PSY 211 and PSY 213, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Spring - Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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PSY 327 - Chemical Dependency
This course introduces the student to basic information concerning chemical dependency. A survey of historical and present-day perspectives on alcohol and drug abuse and addiction in society and the workplace will be covered. The mechanism of drug action and the nature of addiction including the psychological, physiological, behavioral and social effects of alcohol and other drugs will be covered in depth. The role of the counselor in substance abuse prevention, substance abuse addiction identification and treatment will be addressed. Alcoholics Anonymous and other self-help groups, programs and treatment modalities are addressed. While the major focus of the course is on alcohol and drug abuse, substance abuse in special populations is addressed.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 and PSY 211, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Spring - Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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PSY 328 - Case Management
This course introduces students to case management as it is utilized in the health and human services fields. Case management is a process of assessing a client’s needs, and planning and facilitating their connections with health and human services and other resources. Case management includes education, advocacy and networking with providers and services across many disciplines. This course will introduce students to the skills and responsibilities central to case management, as well as professional, legal, and ethical issues that impact this service. This course is required for full MHRT certification.
Prerequisites: PSY 211 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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PSY 329 - Trauma & Recovery
This course will introduce students to concepts of trauma, as well as resiliency and recovery. The psychological term trauma describes significant events that are usually devastating, life-threatening and shocking. Traumatic events can have on-going impacts on people’s thinking, feeling and behavior. This course will include information of types of traumatic experience (i.e. assault, sexual abuse, motor vehicle accidents, combat experience or natural disaster), basic knowledge and skills used in assessment and screening of trauma, and an overview of services and supports for people who have experienced trauma. Historical, social and cultural factors which impact our understanding of trauma will also be addressed, as well as trauma’s social and physiological impact. This course is required for full MHRT certification.
Prerequisites: PSY 211, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Spring - Odd Years
Credits: 3
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PSY 332 - Crisis Identification & Resolution
This course is a study of behaviors that typically bring prompt intervention and the interventions appropriate at such times. Students will learn to identify behaviors that indicate psychological crises. The course will cover events such as being a danger to self or other; being so mentally ill that the person is not able to function; substance abuse related problems; trauma-related problems and behavior associated with the abuse of children, spouses and the elderly. Areas to be covered include personal skills, modes of intervention, appropriate referral tactics, and issues of social and legal relevance. Required for Provisional & Full MHRT Certification.
Prerequisites: PSY 211 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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PSY 335 - Forensic Psychology
Forensic psychology is the application of psychological principles and techniques within a legal setting. This course will focus on ways in which psychologists work within legal contexts and how psychological techniques inform civil and criminal legal proceedings. Topics include the role of expert witnesses, determination of competency to stand trial, issues informing legal decisions on child custody, assessment of malingering, determination of civil competencies, assessing offenders, use of interrogation techniques and ethical issues that arise in this field. This course is appropriate for students interested in careers in criminal justice, as well as students who plan to work in health and human services with clients who are court-involved or adjudicated.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 and sophomore standing, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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PSY 351 - Chemical Dependency & Dual Diagnosis Counseling
This course is an overview of different treatment models for chemical dependency and dual diagnosis treatment. Chemical dependency for the purposes of this course will include diagnoses of substance abuse and dependence for alcohol, street drugs and abused prescription medication. Dual diagnosis in this context refers to having both a mental health diagnosis (i.e. depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder) and a substance abuse or dependence disorder. Students will be reviewing the history and development of dual diagnosis treatment and learning about screening, assessment and basic treatment models, as well as understanding the current array of services for chemical dependency. Students will also learn how to identify state board requirements for becoming a Certified Drug & Alcohol Counselor (CADC) and Licensed Drug & Alcohol Counselor (LADC), as well as the requirements to qualify and register for the professional exams. This course is required for full MHRT certification.
Prerequisites: PSY 211 and PSY 302, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Spring - Even Years
Credits: 3
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PSY 419 - Special Topics in Applied Psychology
Courses designed to allow students to pursue study in an area within Psychology. Courses vary in content in response to student interest and demand. Some possible courses could include Conflict Analysis & Resolution, Ecological Psychology, Readings in Applied Psychology, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Multicultural Psychology, Community Psychology, Stress Management, Human Factors Psychology, History of Psychology, Perception & Cognition, Psychology of Motivation or Psychology of the Family. Under this topics heading, other Mental Health & Rehabilitation Technician Certification courses could be offered, including Sexual Abuse, Trauma & Recovery; Case Management, Mental Health & Aging, Substance Abuse with a Dual Diagnosis Component; Group Process; or Vocational Aspects of Disability.
Prerequisites: Dependent upon the course offered, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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PSY 420 - Learning and Memory
A study of experimental analyses of animal and human learning from various perspectives within psychology. Topics include conditioning; different types of learning; encoding, storage, and retrieval of memory; and neural mechanisms of learning and memory.
Prerequisites: PSY 110, MAT 113, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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PSY 425 - Motivation
This course is designed to survey theory and empirical research on motivation, defined as the factors that initiate, energize, direct and sustain behavior. This course covers the history and systems in the study of motivation, physiological and psychological needs, cognition, individual differences in personality and motivation, and emotion.
Prerequisites: PSY 110 and ENG 101.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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PSY 430 - Perception and Cognition
A human information processing approach to human perception and cognition. Relationships between psychological and physical realities are formalized as students consider the physiological and psychological processes in the behaviors discussed. Topics include attention, vision, audition, knowledge representation, memory, language, problem solving, and decision making.
Prerequisites: MAT 113, PSY 110, PSY 420, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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PSY 442 - Physiological Psychology
Introduction to the anatomical and physiological bases of behavior. Topics include learning, sensation, motivation, emotion, and psychopathology as revealed by a physiological perspective.
Prerequisites: BIO 110 or BIO 111 or BIO 117, and MAT 113, PSY 110, and junior standing; or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Spring - Onsite; Variable - Online
Credits: 3
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REM 110 - Intro to Recreation & Tourism Management
This course will philosophically examine the historical events that created the recreational institutions of today, as well as contemporary thinking in the field. The course aims to assist students in developing their own philosophy that will guide them through their professional careers. Institutions studied will include community recreation and the playground movement, state and municipal parks, federal lands and the conservation movement, organized camping, youth organizations, outdoor education and selected sports. The course will also provide students with an overview of career opportunities in the leisure service industry, and include discussions of professionalism, exploration of career objectives, and personal interaction with working professionals from several different segments of the leisure services industry. Speakers and the Career Development Office will help students explore individual interests, values and job characteristics so they can more readily choose an appropriate career direction.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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REM 121 - Outdoor Recreation I
A survey of outdoor recreation activities that addresses personal motivation for participation as well as direct and indirect psychological, social and physical benefits derived from participation. Economic, technological, political and environmental impacts of outdoor recreation are examined. Historical perspectives, professional responsibilities, human and natural resource elements, and future trends are explored. The course includes active participation in outdoor activities such as lake canoeing, ocean kayaking, backpacking, camping, and map and compass skills. Emphasis is placed on outdoor leadership philosophies and techniques. Offered fall semester only.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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REM 125 - Sailing and Basic Seamanship
Designed to introduce students to sailing and basic boating safety. The course covers basic seamanship, sailing theory and techniques, boat handling, navigation, marine safety, and proper procedures for administering sailing programs. Students also have an opportunity to develop an awareness and appreciation of the Maine waterways.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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REM 201 - Leisure Activities
Explores leisure theory, concepts of play and impacts of organizational structure on the outcome of any activity. Using a variety of non-sport activities such as games, crafts, music and drama, relationships between resources and experiences are explored and appropriate facilitation techniques for all individuals and groups within society are analyzed. Developing an understanding of the nature and diversity of leisure activities is the goal of this course.
Prerequisites: REM 110, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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REM 202 - Approaches to Sports & Camps
Intended to give the student a general understanding of sports and camps in a recreational setting. Involves the practical application of sport and camp leadership and professional programming. Topics include management foundations, values and benefits, program design and delivery, labor, funding, facilities and administrative involvement. Students develop abilities to initiate, maintain and enhance recreational experiences for all participants. The impacts of and relationships between participant behavior, character development and participant diversity are explored.
Prerequisites: REM 201 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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REM 205 - Recreation Safety and First Aid
Develops an awareness of safety in a variety of recreational settings. The course includes theoretical understandings and practical experiences directed toward prevention of hazardous conditions and emergency situations. The student may obtain Red Cross Emergency Response Certification.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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REM 207 - Lifeguard Training and Aquatics Management
Students will acquire general information concerning pool sanitation and aquatics management, and will complete the course with American Red Cross lifeguard certification.
Prerequisites: Swim 500 yds. including 200-yd. front crawl, 100-yd. breast stroke, 200-yd. front crawl or breast stroke. Swim 20 yd., surface dive to 9 feet, retrieve a 10-lb. brick and swim back holding onto brick with both hands.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 210 - Nature-Based Tourism & Sustainable Development
This course will explore environmental, economic and social-cultural implications and challenges associated with the creation and management of nature-based tourism products and services. Students will meet with local stakeholders to develop an in-depth understanding of the complexities involved in nature-based and sustainable tourism development, including the challenges of managing an area for both conservation and sustainable development; issues pertaining to equitable distribution of economic benefits and social and cultural implications for indigenous cultures and local communities involved in or living near areas being developed for tourism.
Prerequisites: REM 121, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 211 - Wildlife Law
This course focus on fish and wildlife policy, law and law enforcement topics. It also familiarizes students with all the various forms of recreational hunting and fishing and the types of wildlife encountered in Maine. This course also focuses on the role that hunting and fishing play in conservation and wildlife management programs. Proper selection and use of equipment and current safety programs are addressed.
Course Typically Offered Fall - Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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REM 212 - Wilderness First Responder
This course will provide outdoor leaders and enthusiasts with the knowledge and skills necessary to deal with medical and traumatic emergencies in remote settings. Applicable to expedition work, camping, backpacking, guiding, rangers and recreational travelers. Successful completion of this 72-hour course carries a three-year certification through the Wilderness Medical Associates and exceeds the Maine Guide¿s requirements for medical training.
Prerequisites: Students must have CPR certification or be concurrently enrolled in a course that will be completed by the time the WFR course is finished.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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REM 213 - Principles of Coaching
A course to provide students with the basic competencies to teach and coach sports (usually soccer and basketball) in recreational as well as school situations. Activities include development of a philosophy, certification of coaches, and a study of the athletic educator. An in-depth look at the game including fitness, techniques, tactics and systems is taken. Each sport is approached from building the complete program.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 219 - Introduction to Tourism
This course provides an introduction and overview of the tourism industry. Beginning with a broad perspective of the tourism industry, tourism organizations, tourism history, tourism sociology and tourism economics are explored. Narrowing in focus, students then learn about the impact of tourism on communities and strategies for sustainability. Students examine various sectors of the tourism industry and have the opportunity to explore their own special areas of interest.
Prerequisites: ENG 101, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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REM 221 - Fundamentals of Search and Rescue
Designed to prepare people to participate effectively in official search and/or rescue activities administered by local, state, or federal agencies either as a volunteer working on a search and rescue team or as an employee of a governmental agency with search and rescue responsibilities. A student who successfully completes this course may receive national certification.
Prerequisites: REM 121, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 222 - Rescue Diver
This PADI Rescue Diver course is designed to develop the necessary knowledge and skills for individuals to effectively perform diver rescues and assists, manage diving accident situations, render proper first aid, and qualify for the PADI Divemaster training. The course involves classroom activities, pool simulations, and open water dives. Before enrolling in this course students must have PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification or equivalent rating.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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REM 224 - Athletic & Recreational Injury Management
The acquisition of basic skills and knowledge of the prevention, recognition and care of injuries normally occurrirng in athletic and recreational sports. The competencies acquired provide students with a sound foundation for the primary care of athletes and recreational participants.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 226 - Recreation Program Planning
This course will provide students with the basic knowledge or programming principles and theories, assessing participant needs, the planning process, developing goals and objectives, program implementation and evaluation strategies. Students will concentrate on the role that programming plays in enabling leisure and in facilitating the recreational experience. This course emphasizes the practical application of the knowledge and skills gained through the course.
Prerequisites: REM 201, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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REM 227 - Backcountry Expedition Skills
This course involves a multi-day expedition. Prior to the expedition, the course will focus on the planning and preparation process, minimal impact travel methods, physical training and the development of a solid risk management plan. During the expedition, students will keep a detailed journal including their challenges and peak experiences, their progress and the terrain, environmental stewardship and leadership considerations for backcountry expeditions. Following the expedition, students will complete a self-assessment of their performance and a portfolio designed to be useful for future expeditions.
Prerequisites: REM 121, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 230 - Outdoor Leadership
This course combines the practice of outdoor leadership with the study of leadership theory and group management. Students will improve their own outdoor leadership capacities through practice, feedback and reflection. Professional practice, theories of leadership and judgment and decision making will be explored through readings, discussions and self-reflective projects. The class will work together at developing their own skills, helping others understand their strengths and characteristics and gaining experience in working with groups. Students will participate in an extended field experience where they will gain practice in leadership positions in various situations.
Prerequisites: REM 121, as prerequisite or co-requisite, and sophomore standing, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 245 - Personal Fitness Training
A study of the scientific foundations of exercise, techniques of exercise, client consultation and assessment, program planning, and safety/emergency procedures. Course prepares students to take a certification exam for personal trainers.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 311 - Inclusive Recreation
Course provides students with an understanding of how to plan and implement recreation activities so they can be inclusive of all members of society. Topics include legislation, concepts and attitudes, categories of needs, adapting for inclusive participation, barriers and trends.
Prerequisites: REM 226 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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REM 314 - Facility Operations & Design
This course deals with the operation, maintenance and design of park and recreational facliities. Both indoor and outdoor, man-made and natural, users and facilities themselves will be discussed. This course will familiarize students with the planning, design and construction of natural and man-made recreational resources. Topics will include planning theory and practice, design theory and special orientation, design techniques and construction plans.
Prerequisites: Junior standing, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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REM 317 - Principles of Experiential Education
This course will provide the student with an understanding of the foundations, theories and principles of experiential education, as well as the techniques utilized in experiential learning programs.
Prerequisites: REM 201, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Fall - Alternate Years
Credits: 3
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REM 319 - Topics in Tourism & Hospitality Management
This course will provide an in-depth exploration of a variety of topics (one for each offering) within the management of the tourism and hospitality industry. Various approaches to the course will include interviewing successful entrepreneurs, examining internet promotions, site visits, developing plans of operation and others. Examples of topics include travel motivation, hotel management, restaurant operations, partnering and product development and others. The course is likely to include attendance at the Maine Governor¿s Conference on Tourism. This course may be repeated as topics vary.
Prerequisites: REM 219 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 321 - Recreation Administration and Supervision
An overview of administration including all functions of management. Classroom exercises and field work contacts concentrate on the administrative processes of policy development, decision making, personnel management, budgeting and financing, programming, public relations and office management. Included are evaluation procedures and research related to administration.
Prerequisites: REM 226, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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REM 323 - Principles of Strength and Conditioning
An advanced course designed to explore principles and techniques of conditioning and strength training. Testing and evaluation, exercise techniques, and program design are covered. Prepares students to be eligible for the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist exam.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 327 - Recreation Behavior & the Environment
This course is about recreational landscapes and how they are used by people. From wilderness areas to tourism developments, the course will look at the settings where people recreate, the psychological and social experiences they seek related to the environment, and their social and ecological impact on the landscape. This course explores characteristics of a landscape that are important in motivating recreation participation, and the experiences sought by outdoor recreationists. Visitor expectations and satisfaction related to the environment will be covered. Students will gain familiarity and experience with a range of methods of analyzing and measuring the physical and social impact of recreation in a variety of settings, including survey research, interviews, remote sensing and on-the-ground documentation.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and junior standing or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 411 - Recreation and Wilderness Resources
A study of managing natural resources for the purpose of outdoor recreation. Natural areas that range from manicured parks to pristine wilderness areas are examined in light of the different management philosophies, policies, and techniques needed to maintain them.
Prerequisites: Junior standing or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 412 - Interpretation of Natural & Cultural Resources
A specialized course in preparing interpretive programs for recreational/park facilities and historic places. Selective media are discussed and used in the development of interpretive services. Examples of existing efforts in interpretation are explored.
Prerequisites: Junior standing or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 414 - Grant and Proposal Writing
An introduction to the art and science of preparing grant proposals for nonprofit organizations. Emphasis is placed on writing and research skills. By examining the nature and interests of granting agencies and applicant organizations, students learn the importance of relationship-building and how to match funding needs with appropriate grant opportunities. The preparation of mock grant proposals takes students through the entire grant application cycle of need definition, grant research, program and budget planning, proposal writing, submission/review/funding, and post-award administration.
Prerequisites: Junior standing or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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REM 431 - Visitor Management in Conservation Areas
This course is for students studying Recreation & Tourism Management or Environmental Studies, and for any student who is interested in working for federal, state or non-profit agencies where managing recreational visitors is part of their work. Students will examine various avenues for managing recreational use in conservation areas. Visitor education, recommendations for types of use and regulation will be examined as options for managing recreational use. Strategies for modifying visitor behavior, based on social psychological models, will be studied to help students understand the diversity of approaches they may take in designing signage, in locating rangers and in working with volunteers. The course will include fieldwork which allows students to explore ways to control use with physical structures, trail design for screening and the use of physical barriers for visitor redircection.
Prerequisites: REM 121, and junior standing, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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REM 442 - Recreation Seminar
A seminar to integrate previous course and field experiences. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving procedures using case studies. Studies of current issues, status, trends, and future directions in leisure and recreation are included.
Prerequisites: REM 321 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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REM 443 - Recreation Leadrship Practicum
Allows qualified students to gain personal experience teaching and leading recreation/fitness activities at the college level under supervised conditions. Students enrolled in this course will actually teach a .5-1.0 college credit course under the direct supervision of a UMM faculty member. Students must have current certifications and/or licenses to teach/lead the activity and must be approved by a supervising UMM faculty member before registering for the course.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 1 - 3
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SED 100 - Animal Behavior & Selection of Service Dogs
This is an introduction to techniques for animal training with a focus on owner-trained service dogs. A service dog is one specially trained to perform a task or work that aids a person with a physical or emotional disability, thus allowing them more freedom to live more independently. The course will cover basic psychological principles of operant conditioning used with animal training. There will also be hands-on opportunities for basic dog training that require the application of operant learning techniques. The optional lab will have two main components. The first component will be training qualified dogs to prepare them to be certified as therapy dogs. The second component will be helping train a service dog for a specific task to assist its disabled owner.
Credits: 2
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SED 101 - Animal Behavior & Selection of Service Dogs Lab
This is an introduction to techniques for animal training with a focus on owner-trained service dogs. A service dog is one specially trained to perform a task or work that aids a person with a physical or emotional disability, thus allowing them more freedom to live more independently. The course will cover basic psychological principles of operant conditioning used with animal training. There will also be hands-on opportunities for basic dog training that require the application of operant learning techniques. The optional lab will have two main components. The first component will be training qualified dogs to prepare them to be certified as therapy dogs. The second component will be helping train a service dog for a specific task to assist its disabled owner.
Credits: 1
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SED 201 - Dimensions of Exceptionality in the Classroom
The purpose of this course is to provide an understanding of the characteristics and needs of K-12 students with exceptionalities. Students in this survey course will learn about a range of topics including the history of special education; the provisions of IDEA; relevant legal issues in special education; program planning and placement with an emphasis on inclusive practices; transitioning students to adulthood; classroom accommodations and modifications; and instruction of students with exceptionalities. Students will learn the characteristics of various disabilities, and how they affect individuals and their families. Factors that put students at risk, cultural and linguistic diversity, and giftedness are also explored.
Prerequisites: EDU 112 or PSY 110, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall & Summer
Credits: 3
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SED 311 - Working with Families of Children with Disabilities
This is an in-depth analysis of families with children who have disabilities. Using a lifespan approach, the class will explore the experiences of families and their journeys through the special education and adult service/support system. The class will also examine literature related to family systems and family functions, discuss and practice effective communication skills to use when interacting with family members, and examine some of the primary concerns expressed by family members. Woven throughout the course will be ongoing discussions about the ethical and moral decisions that face professional educators as they attempt to support and provide services to families and students with disabilities.
Prerequisites: SED 201, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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SED 316 - Working with Students with Emotional Disabilities
The purpose of this course is to facilitate student understanding of theory, issues and practices applicable to the education of K-12 students with emotional disabilities. Students will be introduced to DSM disorders that are relevant to school-age students. These disorders will be explored at length and students will be expected to demonstrate an ability to synthesize their knowledge of such disorders with sociocultural factors related to students in order to develop appropriate educational programming. Additional course emphases include: respectful communication and collaboration as a member of a wrap-around team designed to support a student with an emotional disability; identification of appropriate community and diagnostic resources and personal reflection.
Prerequisites: SED 345 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SED 321 - Data & Standards-Based IEP Development
A course designed to provide teacher training in the writing of standards-based individualized education program (IEP) goals and objectives. This course will assist in identifying the useful data necessary to make appropriate decisions based on present levels of academic achievement and functional performance. Identified data will assist in writing goals, objectives and benchmarks that are measurable and can be implemented in the classroom. Major emphasis will be placed on aligning the IEP’s goals and objectives with those of the general education curriculum and state standards. Attention will also be given to information used in making numerous other decisions that are based on the standards, goals and objectives for students with significant disabilities.
Prerequisites: SED 201 and SED 335, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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SED 329 - Internship in Special Education
Students enrolled in this course will attend and engage at a field placement setting. The number of hours required in the field will be determined by the number of credits for which the student enrolls. During the field placement, the student will engage in classroom instruction and management. Students will develop a unit plan, teach lessons and engage in formative and summative assessment. Students will explore evidence-based practices in order to develop lesson plans that are directly aligned with IEP goals and district/state curriculum/standards, and to identify/design individualized accommodations, modifications or strategies that are essential for the student with special needs to benefit from their educational program. The student will develop mock written communications with professionals and parents/caregivers.
Prerequisites: SED 330 and SED 370, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall & Spring
Credits: 1 - 9
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SED 330 - Math in Special Education
This course is designed to help prospective special education teachers understand the Maine Learning Results, national mathematics standards, instructional strategies and assessment techniques, and to develop organizational structures related to teaching mathematics to diverse learners in elementary schools. Topics include problem solving, finding numerical patterns, fractions and percents, measurement, characteristics of geometric shapes, developing positive attitudes towards mathematics, and the use of manipulative and computer software. Methods of adapting lessons for diverse learning needs and increasing the mathematics skills of children with special needs in inclusive classrooms are the central issues to be addressed.
Prerequisites: SED 201, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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SED 340 - Communication & Collaboration in Special Education
This course provides the special educator with techniques and skills for effective communication, consultation and collaboration with families, general educators, and other professionals. The main emphasis of the course is on understanding collaborative consultation as a process that enables people with diverse expertise to work together to generate solutions for educating students with special needs. The course will increase awareness of the framework and rationale for collaboration, the facilitating factors involved, and strategies for implementation.
Prerequisites: SED 201 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Summer only
Credits: 3
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SED 355 - Transitional Issues for Students with Disabilities
This course provides instruction in techniques and resources used to assist individuals with special needs experience success in school settings and transition into a wide range of environments. Emphasis is placed on transition into academic, independent living and vocational settings through the design of instructional programs that address individual needs and maximize quality of life. Accessibility, life skills, community-based instruction, and assistive technology are explored at length.
Prerequisites: SED 201 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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SED 362 - Typical & Atypical Expressive & Receptive Language
The purpose of this course is to inform students about the stages of expressive and receptive language. It will explore syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics, as well as atypical development, individual differences, and how and why they occur. Studies will apply theories of child development, speech and hearing science and language development and disorders in order to devise language interventions for students with communication disorders.
Prerequisites: SED 201 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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SED 365 - Differentiated Instructional Strategies
A course designed to provide K-12 pre-service teachers with the knowledge and skills to create and teach lessons that are varied to meet the individual learning needs of all students. Students will engage in various activities through which they will learn to implement teaching strategies designed to create multiple paths so that students with varying abilities, interests or learning needs experience appropriate ways to use, develop and apply concepts as part of the learning process. Students will learn how to differentiate instruction by varying the content, process and/or product in their units and lessons to meet the needs of all learners. A field experience is required.
Prerequisites: SED 201, or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Variable
Credits: 3
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SED 370 - Teaching Reading/Writing to Children with Special Needs
This course will facilitate the development of competencies related to the identification of diverse reading and writing skills and the development of appropriate individualized instructional goals and methods for individuals with exceptionalities in reading and writing.
Prerequisites: SED 201 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Spring
Credits: 3
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SED 380 - Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Students in this course will gain knowledge of the IDEA and DSM-IV definitions of Autism Spectrum Disorders, prevalence and possible causes. Characteristics, teaching strategies, adaptations, and related disorders secondary to Autism Spectrum Disorders will be explored.
Course Typically Offered Summer only
Credits: 3
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SED 420 - Special Education Law
Students will study the American legal system and procedural due process in order to develop a framework for addressing legal issues relating to students with disabilities. The six principles of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act will be covered, as well as providing for a free appropriate public education; identifying and assessing students; educating in the least restrictive environment; providing related services; addressing discipline issues; and finding solutions to challenging situations facing students with disabilities. The role of the federal, state and local government in special education issues will also be covered, with special emphasis on case and regulatory law, including Maine regulations.
Prerequisites: SED 201 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered Every Fall
Credits: 3
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