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INT 494 - Field Experience
Students participate in a political or governmental organization. Readings and reports required in addition to meetings with faculty sponsor and/or other field experience participants. Six credit hours maximum for any single field experience registration. Majors within the department may not receive more than a total of 12 credit hours toward graduation for any combination of internships and field experience, and not more than 6 credit hours may be used toward the department major.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: Ar
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INT 495 - Experiencing History, Culture, and Societal Differences Through Travel Study
This course is designed to give students the opportunity to directly experience history, culture, and societal differences through travel study. Previous sections have included the study of Incan History & Architecture in Peru or Germany’s culture and healthcare system. A more detailed course description can be found on the course syllabus.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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LBR 101 - Introduction to Information Literacy for STEM Fields
This course provides students a foundation in navigating information resources used in an academic environment. Emphasis on developing research and critical thinking skills in STEM fields. Students enrolled in LBR 101 cannot receive credit for LBR 102.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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LBR 102 - Introduction to Information Literacy
This course provides students a foundation in navigating information resources used in an academic environment. Emphasis on developing research and critical thinking skills. Students enrolled in LBR 102 cannot receive credit for LBR 101.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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Intermedia |
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IMD 330 - Intermedia Topics in Technical Development
This class will provide diverse, topical explorations on fabrication process, tools for innovative development and technical means of production for creative work. Although topics will vary from semester to semester, all iterations will focus on giving students an in-depth exposure to a technical aspect of materials, tools and production skills relevant to Intermedial forms. In addition to technical modes of production, these classes will consider technological tools in relation to a variety of theoretical, practical and historical explorations of creativity that will help form the basis of a praxis model for Intermedia production. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Sophomore Standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
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International Affairs |
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INA 101 - Introduction to International Affairs
Provides a common introduction to the interdisciplinary study of the field. Examines the core principles and concepts of the study of international affairs, the historical emergence and development of the contemporary global system, and the interaction between political actors and economic forces (especially between states and markets).
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions
Course Typically Offered: Every years
Credits: 3
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INA 201 - Topics in International Affairs
Offers a detailed examination of selected topics in international affairs, providing an opportunity for students to integrate what they have learned about international affairs by focusing in depth on a specific topic. Topics may include globalization and its impact, democratization, role of ethics in international affairs, global stability and peace and ecological environmental issues. (May be repeated if topics vary.)
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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INA 310 - Camden Conference Course
This course accompanies the Camden Conference held each spring. The topic changes yearly. The course prepares for the year’s topic with background readings and discussions. Students attend the conference and normally meet with conference participants. Subsequent meetings analyze the ideas presented during the conference.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity or International Perspectives
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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INA 401 - Advanced Topics in International Affairs
Offers an advanced examination of a selected topic in international affairs. Specific topics will normally change, depending on visiting faculty, faculty research, and student interests. (May be repeated if topics vary).
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Standing or permission
Course Typically Offered: Not regularly offered
Credits: 3
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JST 200 - Introduction to Judaism
This course presents students with a survey of the developments in Jewish belief, practice, institutions and self-understanding from the Biblical period through the present day. Through the study of both primary and secondary sources, students will become familiar with the major canonical texts of Judaism, religious law, liturgy, rites of passage, the Sabbath and festivals. Students will learn how Jewish values, beliefs, philosophies, rituals and institutions developed within a variety of historical and cultural settings. Students will learn of the unique way in which Jews and Judaism engage with themselves, with G-d, and with humanity.
General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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JST 205 - Jewish History and Antisemitism from Antiquity to the Founding of the State of Israel
This course is a history of antisemitism, describing its manifestations from pre-Christian Alexandria to the founding of the State of Israel. Students will be exposed to several academic and popular theories of antisemitism, exploring debates about its proper scope and development, and integrate these ideas with a study of the arc of Jewish history, read closely together in primary sources.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Ethics
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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JST 383 - Topics in Judaic Studies
Topics in Judaic Studies
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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Kinesiology and Physical Education |
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KPE 100 - Introduction to Athletic Training
Designed to encourage students to observe certified athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals relative to athletic training. Areas of study include bloodborne pathogen training, rules of patient confidentiality, information about the National Athletic Trainer’s Association and other governing bodies for certified athletic trainers and other material as it relates to working in an athletic training setting.
Prerequisites: ATR major or permission of Athletic Training Education Director.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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KPE 201 - Athletic Training-Clinical Skills I
Lab based class with first clinical experience. Focuses on the critical thinking and application of injury prevention and immediate care of injuries and illnesses. Direct supervision by trained personnel during clinical experience.
Prerequisites: KPE 250 and KPE 100.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 202 - Athletic Training-Clinical Skills II
Introduction to assessing muscle strength, range of motion, and girth measurements. Students build on assessing a patient’s level of fitness learned in KPE 253. Clinical experience continues focus on immediate patient care and incorporates course content to patient care. Direct supervision of trained personnel during clinical experience.
Prerequisites: KPE 100 and KPE 253.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 209 - Wilderness First Responder
The curriculum uses the principles of long-term care, improvised resources, and varying environmental conditions as the framework for learning. Now the most widely recognized and most often required outdoor leader certification, the Wilderness First Responder course was first developed and taught by SOLO in the mid-1980’s. Created to provide outdoor leaders, guides, and rangers with the knowledge needed to deal with crises in remote settings, this 80-hour certification course meets DOT National Standards for First Responder with additional protocols for extended-care situations. The practical simulations and labs provide practice in backcountry leadership and rescue skills. Like all SOLO programs, the emphasis of the WFR is on prevention and decision-making.
Course Typically Offered: Spring Even Years
Credits: 3
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KPE 237 - Swimming Skills
Teaching and improving the skills in swimming, springboard diving, water polo, and related aquatic skills. Each phase developed carefully and fully, enabling the more capable to learn how to teach these basic skills at each level, including the beginning level.
Prerequisites: KPE major or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1
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KPE 250 - Prevention and Care for Sports Injuries
Involves instruction in and practice of first aid and emergency medical care procedures specific to an active population. Students will practice life saving techniques such as respiratory and cardiac care. They will learn and practice injury prevention using taping and bracing techniques. Students will learn and practice how to assess and manage acute injury care for active individuals.
Prerequisites: ATR or KPE major or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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KPE 253 - Lifetime Fitness for Health
The course is designed to encourage personal awareness and responsibility for the maintenance of health and physical well-being through the seven dimensions of wellness; physical, intellectual, social, environmental, occupational, spiritual, and emotional. Instruction on the role of physical activity and other health behaviors on the well-being of the human body will be emphasized. Special emphasis will be directed towards developing a healthy balance between demands of school, work and social lives and their impacts on short and long-term health and fitness goals. Specific topics of instruction over the semester will include an introduction to wellness and fitness, aerobic and muscular fitness, flexibility and back health, body composition and weight management, nutrition, stress, and other relevant topics pertaining to health.
General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 262 - Methods of Teaching Physical Activity
Methods of teaching physical activity to all age groups and ability levels. Teaching models and practical application of models will be stressed. Teaching effectiveness techniques, theories, principles, instructional design and methods of evaluation will be examined.
Prerequisites: ATR or KPE major or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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KPE 263 - Individual and Net Games
This is a required skills class for KPE teaching majors. Students will learn specific skills and teaching activities in golf, tennis, badminton, volleyball and other individual sport skills.
Prerequisites: KPE Majors only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 264 - Team Sports and Invasion Games
This is a required skills class for KPE teacher candidacy majors. Students will learn specific skills and sequential teaching activities for selected team sports including basketball, lacrosse, team handball, and soccer. Emphasis will be placed on teaching content specific pedagogy while using a sport education / invasion game instructional model.
Prerequisites: KPE Majors only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 265 - Outdoor and Adventure Activities
This is an introductory course in outdoor and adventure activities, forming the foundation of an outdoor leadership education. The course focuses primarily on participation in four different activity categories: cross-country skiing and snowshoeing; bouldering and climbing; hiking and orienteering; and challenge course. The winter sports portion of the course will include instruction in snowshoeing and classic cross-country skiing, as well as the environmental and equipment considerations for safe outdoor activity participation in winter. The climbing portion of the course emphasizes the fundamental skills and safety knowledge needed for indoor bouldering and top-rope climbing, including risk management and belay certification. During orienteering students will learn and practice essential map and compass skills, and in the challenge course portion of the course students will learn about and practice the educational concepts behind facilitating and processing adventure-based activities.
Prerequisites: KPE Major or Minor or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 266 - Dance Activities
This is a required skills class for KPE majors in the teaching tract. Students will learn specific skills and teaching methods in dance activities.
Prerequisites: KPE Major or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 270 - Motor Development and Learning
The understanding and application of major principles in the development and learning of motor behavior from conception through adolescence. The effects of development in the cognitive and affective domains upon the motor domain.
Prerequisites: ATR or KPE major or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 271 - History and Philosophy of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Provides historical and philosophical knowledge in relation to physical education and sport. Current sociological issues will be discussed. Oral and written presentations will be required covering historical, philosophical and social issues relating to sport and physical education.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: ENG 101.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 280 - Introduction to Paddling Instruction and Safety
This course covers the fundamentals of paddling skills, paddling instruction, and safety in fresh water. Students will learn a variety of paddling strokes and boat maneuvering skills in a number of paddling disciplines including canoeing, stand up paddleboarding, and kayaking. In addition, students will learn about and practice swift water rescue, trip planning, on-water group management, equipment management, and safety procedures. Instructing paddling skills is the focus for the second half of the course, and students will spend considerable time practicing and reflecting on their instruction and leadership skills.
Prerequisites: KPE Major or Minor or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 286 - Introduction to Outdoor Leadership and Facilitation
This course focuses on the study and practice of outdoor leadership theory, styles, and techniques applied to education and recreation settings. It is designed to be an introduction to outdoor leadership and facilitation skills, and to create a foundation of knowledge to be built upon in future coursework. Course content will include outdoor leadership theories and applications; individual leadership abilities and assessment; and group development, communication, and decision making.
Prerequisites: Outdoor Leadership minor or concentration or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 1
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KPE 300 - Professionalism in Athletic Training
Designed to familiarize students of the relationships between athletic trainers and other health care professionals. Students will study the professional aspects of being an athletic trainer and observe health care providers such as nurse practitioners, orthopedic surgeons, and emergency medical technicians.
Prerequisites: ATR major or permission of Athletic Training Education Director.
Course Typically Offered: Spring Even Years
Credits: 1
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KPE 301 - Athletic Training-Clinical Skills III
Through hands-on experience under the direct supervision of a certified athletic trainer, the student will focus on evaluating and treating athletic injuries using assessment skills, therapeutic modalities skills necessary for the profession. Focuses on lower extremity evaluations using theories and problem solving skills while in an athletic training setting.
Prerequisites: KPE 202, KPE 386 and KPE 388.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 302 - Athletic Training-Clinical Skills IV
Focus in on evaluation and treatment using assessment skills, therapeutic modalities and rehabilitation exercises for head, cervical/thoracic spine and upper extremity injuries. The student will develop competency and proficiency in these skills while working in an athletic training setting and will be under the direct supervision of a certified athletic trainer.
Prerequisites: KPE 301, KPE 385, and KPE 387
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 303 - Pharmacology in Athletic Training
Provides information in pharmacology applications including indications, contraindications, precautions and interactions of medications commonly used for injuries, illness or conditions of the physically active. Regulations of various local and national governing bodies will be discussed.
Prerequisites: ATR major or permission of Athletic Training Education Director.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 1
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KPE 304 - Instruction and Assessment with Technology in Physical Education and Exercise Prescription
This course introduces physical education teacher candidates and exercise science majors to technology literacy with a focus on the effective use of technology as instructional and assessment tools in physical education and exercise prescription settings. Students will become familiar with current and emerging educational technologies including computer software, apps, and multiple specific devices. Using a project-based approach, students will learn to apply various technologies as related to professional development, advocacy, planning and instruction, and the assessment of student learning.
Class experiences will involve hands-on learning, problem solving exercises, and critical analyses of technology integration. The use of technology for the sake of using technology will be avoided. Students will be challenged to identify, justify, and apply technology in meaningful and innovative ways with aim of enhancing teaching and learning in physical education and exercise prescription.
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 307 - Anatomy and Injuries of the Trunk and Lower Extremity
Familiarize students with human musculoskeletal anatomy and common injuries to the lower extremity. They will also learn basic strength and range of motion skills used to assess the lower extremity.
Prerequisites: KPE 250
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 308 - Anatomy and Injuries of the Upper Extremity
Familiarize students with human musculoskeletal anatomy and common injuries to the upper extremity. They will also learn basic strength and range of motion skills for assessing the upper extremity.
Prerequisites: KPE 250
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 311 - Advanced Methods of Instructing Outdoor Activities
This course establishes a strong foundation in outdoor instruction skills for students wishing to pursue careers in outdoor leadership. Students will learn about and practice specific instructional skills for a variety of outdoor activities. In this context of instructional planning and execution, students will explore overarching topics including equipment selection and maintenance, weather and environment, safety and risk management, and lesson planning and management.
Prerequisites: KPE 265 and KPE 286 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 344 - Principles of Coaching
Supplies an appreciation and background in the art of coaching. Deals with the complex problems facing those that accept the challenge of handling our youth of today in a sport setting. The complete role of the effectiveness of the coach will be surveyed. Field trips to study experienced coaches will be required.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 364 - Elementary School Physical Education
Specifically designed for the elementary physical educator for the purpose of studying the movement education curriculum used in elementary schools. Emphasis will focus on effective teaching techniques, instructional planning and on the progression of skills used in games, dance and gymnastics. A laboratory teaching experience will be implemented at a local elementary school.
Prerequisites: KPE 262 and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 365 - Curriculum and Instruction in Secondary Physical Education
Provides the preservice teacher with an opportunity to practice learned effective teaching behavior in various teaching settings. Also provides the preservice teacher with an overview of secondary schools.
Prerequisites: KPE 262 and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 367 - Adapted Physical Education
Helps teachers, coaches, and recreation personnel meet state and federal requirements for equal opportunities for handicapped persons. Content includes etiology and characteristics for handicapping conditions; implications for teaching; direct experience with handicapped persons.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 372 - Statistical Methods and Assessments in Physical Education
Trains students to conduct tests and measurements leading to evaluation in physical education, health/fitness, and athletic training. Considerable attention is given to methods of analysis including descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, t-test, and ANOVA.
General Education Requirements: Quantitative Literacy
Prerequisites: JR standing in ATR or KPE majors or instructor permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 376 - Kinesiology
An introduction to the analysis of human motion based on anatomic knowledge, basic biomechanics and kinesiological principles as they apply to teaching and coaching sport skills.
Prerequisites: Athletic Training or Kinesiology and Physical Education major, or by permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 378 - Physiology of Exercise
Develops an understanding of the integration and regulation of physiological functions during physical activity. Through investigation of factors affecting human performance, and the coordinated adjustment of body functions to the stress of exercise, students will become more aware of the theoretical and practical applications of exercise science.
Prerequisites: BIO 208
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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KPE 383 - Organization and Administration in Athletic Training
Designed to prepare the student with knowledge, skills and values necessary for the entry-level certified athletic trainer who is interested in developing and/or administering an athletic training room or other health care facility. Topics such as budgeting, leadership, planning a facility and professional development will be covered.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: KPE 201.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 384 - Practicum in Kinesiology and Physical Education
Leadership experiences under staff supervision in the service program. Limited opportunities also exist in local public schools.
Prerequisites: Instructor Permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1-3
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KPE 385 - Evaluation of Upper Extremity Injuries and Conditions
Provides theories and techniques for the assessment and evaluation of athletic related injuries specific to the upper extremity. Students are expected to have an understanding of musculoskeletal, neurological and vascular anatomy as well as the biomechanics and injuries specific to the upper extremity. Determination of severity and referral protocols will be presented in reference to management and treatment. The class will consist of lectures and practical lab applications.
Prerequisites: KPE 308 or Permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 386 - Evaluation of Lower Extremity Injuries and Conditions
Provides theories and techniques for the assessment and evaluation of athletic related injuries specific to the lower extremity. Students are expected to have an understanding of musculoskeletal, neurological and vascular anatomy as well as the biomechanics and injuries specific to the lower extremity. Determination of severity and referral protocols will be presented in reference to management and treatment. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: KPE 307 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 387 - Therapeutic Exercise for Musculoskeletal Injuries
Addresses flexibility, strength, proprioception, coordination, cardiovascular, and ergonomic needs as they relate to a patient with musculoskeletal problems. Patient assessment and the use of exercise equipment, program development, and progressions will be discussed. The student will practice these skills in a lab setting.
Prerequisites: KPE 307 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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KPE 388 - Therapeutic Modalities
Provides specific content in the application and analysis of physical agents utilized in the treatment of athletes, including heat, cold, electricity, light, sound, water, traction and massage. Course format includes lab time to allow the student to become proficient with such modalities. Lec 3, Lab 2.
Prerequisites: KPE 307
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
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KPE 396 - Outdoor Leadership Field Experience
Students in this course will experience first-hand outdoor leadership opportunities in immersive, field-based settings led by expert faculty. Course content will focus on practical outdoor leadership skills in diverse environments and settings, including the back-country. Working with community partners, students will have the opportunity to practice their outdoor leadership skills in the field in authentic programmatic settings. Overnight travel and outdoor activity participation is required. The exact activities covered will depend on the season the course is offered. This course is typically offered as a two-week intensive and there is a course fee. This course is for students in the Outdoor Leadership Minor or concentration.
Prerequisites: Permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 398 - Problems in Kinesiology and Physical Education
Individual work on a problem in the area of health, physical education or recreation.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1-3
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KPE 400 - General Medical Conditions and Disabilities in Sport
Offers an overview of general medical topics designed to meet the needs of advanced athletic training students for recognizing and managing medical conditions and disabilities of the physically active. The student will become competent in screening, treating and referring the athlete appropriately for significant medical problems. Structured by body systems combining didactic teachings with practicums.
Prerequisites: ATR or KPE major or permission of Athletic Training Education Director.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 401 - Athletic Training Seminar
The highest level athletic training course. Students will prepare for the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification athletic training certification exam. The student is required to complete 150 hours in a clinical setting under the supervision of an Approved Clinical Instructor or Clinical Instructor. Will include completion of skills proficiencies as required by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Education Council as well as mentoring Levels 1 and 2 Athletic Training Students. Students will discuss recent sports medicine research.
Prerequisites: Senior standing; ATR or KPE major or permission of Athletic Training Education Director.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 411 - Ethics and Social Justice in Outdoor Leadership
In this course students will explore and critically discuss ethical and social justice issues related to outdoor activities, programming, and leadership. Topics will include wilderness travel ethics, diversity and gender issues in outdoor programming and leadership, and the creation of inclusive and equitable opportunities for all. Students will be asked to examine their own beliefs and experiences, and to consider their importance in shaping outdoor leadership identities.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Ethics
Prerequisites: KPE 265
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 425 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Provides specific content in health promotion and disease prevention and explores current public health issues. Program planning, needs assessment, intervention strategies and evaluation models will be presented with the constructs of epidemiological principles as they relate to increasing employee health and wellness and decreasing the incidence and prevalence of chronic disease.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: KPE Major, Junior standing or Instructor permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 426 - Exercise Prescription and Leadership
Provides specific knowledge, skills and competencies needed to appropriately develop, prescribe, instruct and manage various kinds of exercise programs for diverse populations.
Prerequisites: KPE 378.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 427 - Health Fitness Internship
Supervised experience in fitness, health promotion and in conducting recreation programs in camp, community, social agency or institution situations.
General Education Requirements: Capstone Experience
Prerequisites: KPE 426 and a 2.75 Cumulative GPA
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3-6
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KPE 483 - The Comprehensive School Health Program
Examines the components of a school health program. Includes policies, procedures and activities designed to promote health of students and staff. Components that will be addressed include: health instruction, curriculum development, school health services, environment and promotion. Designed for those seeking teacher certification in health.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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KPE 484 - Methodology of Teaching Health Education
Focuses on the appropriate methodology necessary for teaching health education (K-12). Content, curriculum, and evaluation models will be presented within a theoretical framework that emphasizes critical inquiry and practical application. Designed for those seeking teacher certification in health.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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KPE 490 - Nutrition for Sports and Exercise
In-depth study of the role nutrition plays in the training regime of athletes and those in the general population who include regular exercise in their personal lives. Topics include: digestion and absorption of food nutrients, bioenergetics, fluid balance and rehydration, ergogenic aids, proper weight loss and disordered eating.
Prerequisites: FSN 101 and KPE 378.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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LST 101 - Introduction to Labor Studies
Introduction to the field of Labor Studies, an interdisciplinary area of study encompassing the labor movement and labor organizations, work and the labor market, social class, employment law and relations, labor economics, diversity in work and the labor movement, and the sociology of work.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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LST 201 - Work and Labor in a Global Economy
Provides a critical analysis of U.S. labor and the workplace from a labor studies perspective, which comprises an academic area of study encompassing: work, employees, the labor movement and organizations, employment law and relations, labor economics, and the sociology of work. Topics include: a historical overview of labor, social class and work, the role of conflict, power, and inequality, including gender, race, and class, the evolution of employment law and labor relations, organization and role of unions, workforce diversity and demographics, labor and contemporary issues involving technology, corporations, politics, and the global economy.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions
Prerequisites: ECO 120 or HTY 104 or POS 100 or SOC 101 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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LAT 101 - Elementary Latin I
Fundamentals of the Latin language.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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LAT 102 - Elementary Latin II
Fundamentals of the Latin language.
Prerequisites: LAT 101 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
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LDR 100 - Foundations of Leadership
Introduction to the study of leadership as a personal and social phenomenon from a multidisciplinary perspective, with a focus on the development of practical leadership skills and behaviors. Emphasis on exploring the nature of leadership in diverse human contexts through civic and community engagement.
General Education Requirements: Social Context and Institutions
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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LDR 200 - Leadership Ethics
An interdisciplinary examination of moral and ethical theory as applied to leadership in a wide variety of contexts. Extensive consideration given to ethical challenges faced by past, present, and future leaders in applied settings. Topics may include: self-interest; ambition; duties of leaders and followers; virtue; relativism; utilitarianism; consequentialism; “dirty-hands” problems; partiality; cross-cultural differences.
General Education Requirements: Ethics and the Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: LDR 100 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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LDR 300 - Advanced Leadership Theory and Practice
An advanced interdisciplinary examination of the study of leadership from theoretical, empirical, and applied perspectives, with special emphasis on case studies from Maine’s unique legacy of exemplary public leaders. Significant attention to the practical development of applied leadership skills through group exercises, case studies, self-reflection assignments, and problem-based learning.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the Social Contexts and Institutions General Education Requirement
Prerequisites: LDR 100 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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LDR 350 - Topics in Leadership Studies
Offers an in-depth examination of a selected topic in leadership studies.
Prerequisites: LDR 100 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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LDR 380 - SL: Leadership and Service
Interdisciplinary analysis of servant leadership, public service, and engaged citizenship. Exploration of the ethics and practice of service-oriented leadership through the implementation of a sustained service-learning project. Critical reflection of students’ roles as leaders, followers, and engaged citizens.
General Education Requirements: Ethics
Prerequisites: Permission of the Instructor
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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LDR 390 - Contemporary Leadership and the Art of Political Strategy
Detailed case studies of contemporary and historical leaders through their involvement in major events. Special focus is given to the ways in which diverse leaders confront risk, as well as determinants of leadership success and failure. Application of leadership lessons to contemporary situations. f this course was taken under as a topics course in LDR 350, it cannot be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Social Context and Institutions
Prerequisites: LDR 100 or POS 100 or permission of the instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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LDR 395 - Bipartisan Leadership: Lessons for William S. Cohen’s Career in Public Service
Examination of the rise of political polarization and gridlock in contemporary American politics. Analyzes prospects for bipartisan coalition building by investigating original archival documents related to William S. Cohen’s career in the House, Senate, and as Secretary of Defense. Special attention is paid to Cohen’s efforts to cross party lines in pursuit of common interests. If this course was taken under as a topics course in LDR 350, it cannot be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: LDR 100 or POS 100 or permission of the instructor
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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LDR 495 - Washington D.C. Leadership Institute
An immersive travel course to Washington D.C. that examines hands-on, advanced leadership perspectives in times of unpredictable change. Offers intensive leadership seminars on location in the nation’s capital with notable leaders in fields such as government, foreign affairs, the military, business, non-profit organizations, athletics, education, and the arts. Includes numerous site visits to compelling destinations. If this course was taken under as a topics course in LDR 350, it cannot be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Social Context and Institutions
Prerequisites: Permission of the Instructor
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 3
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LDR 499 - Leadership Engagement Practicum
Students participate in a fieldwork practicum or internship with a substantial leadership component, while examining and reflecting upon their leadership skills and knowledge in an applied setting. Includes project assignments that synthesize academic and applied experiences.
Prerequisites: LDR 300 or Permission of the instructor
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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LAS 104 - Career, Character, and Happiness
This course is designed to give you the tools to make informed decisions about your educational and career goals. In part one, philosophical and psychological perspectives on happiness are explored. Students are encouraged to develop a reflective sense of what a good life means for them as individuals. They will also gain an understanding of how career satisfaction and happiness are related. In part two, using tools designed for self-assessment, reflective writing, and discussion, students will identify their strengths, values, interests, and skills. They will also consider how social-environmental factors influence their choices and opportunities. In part three, students will make informed decisions about their educational and career goals. They will locate and evaluate material and relevant information about the careers that interest them.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or higher
Credits: 1
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LAS 150 - Success in College
In this course, you will work closely with a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty or staff member. You and your classmates will learn how to join an intellectual conversation at a significantly higher level than you have been accustomed to in high school. As a first-year student, you will join an academic community of thinkers, learners and researchers who are committed to achieving and maintaining the rigors and rewards of a liberal arts education. Through active participation in this course, you will acquire the skills necessary for success in college and, therefore, life. The goals of the course are the following:
- Discuss and practice basic college study skills.
- Provide an introduction to responsible conduct at the University of Maine, including how to communicate appropriately with faculty and professional staff.
- Discuss the importance of attendance, accountability, perseverance and practice engagement in academic planning/management for success.
- Overview of the many campus academic and social resources.
- Introduce students to the necessity of studying and interpreting primary sources.
- Instill, through practice, the ability to express themselves cogently.
- Enhance students’ ability to communicate their ideas in a professional manner.
Prerequisites: 1st year College of Liberal Arts students
Course Typically Offered: Every year
Credits: 1
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LAS 195 - LAS Internship
Supervised internship experience for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) majors. Prior approval of the internship is required and will be based on a detailed written plan and documentation approved by the student’s Faculty Advisor. Open to students in all CLAS majors. Work must be related to the student’s educational and career goals. Credit will not be awarded for work completed prior to registration for this course. Applications can be obtained in the CLAS Dean’s office (Pass/Fail Grade Only).
Prerequisites: Approval by CLAS Faculty Advisor.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1-3
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LAS 395 - SL: 4-H STEM Ambassador Experience
Students will deliver science, technology, mathematics or engineering activities with youth in local out of school/after school or in-school learning environments. Students will receive specialized training in experiential learning, youth development, risk management and best practices for teaching science, and will also be trained to use provided curricula and materials. Evaluation of the experience for both students and the youth they serve will be expected. Course will meet four times over the semester, with significant time spent in direct service with youth. This course has been designated as a UMaine service-learning course. Upon successful completion of the course, a digital badge will be issued (level 1-3).
NOTE: Permission of department, background and reference checks required.
Prerequisites: Permission, Background Check and Reference Checks.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Credits: 1-3
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LAS 497 - Independent Study: Capstone for Bachelor of University Studies
Independent study: Capstone for Bachelor of University Studies
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive and Capstone
Prerequisites: This course is open only to students who have been formally accepted into the BUS-CLAS pathway program and are in their last semester before graduating.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
Credits: 3
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LAS 499 - Senior Capstone in Interdisciplinary Studies
Students develop extended research projects or engage in significant internship experiences related to their individualized programs of study in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. Projects are supervised by the student’s advisory committee and must be approved by the college’s Interdisciplinary Studies Committee.
General Education Requirements: Capstone
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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LBR 200 - Information Literacy
Introduces students to the production, transmission, organization, use and control of information. Provides the skills necessary to navigate the many kinds of information resources available today, including the Internet, other electronic formats and print materials. Emphasis on developing critical thinking skills.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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MES 101 - Introduction to Maine Studies
An interdisciplinary approach to the study of Maine through sources in history, literature, political science, Native American studies, Franco American studies, and other fields. The unifying theme is the significance of locality in understanding the interaction between the landscape and the people. How does the Maine landscape shape people’s choices? How do the people use the state’s landscape and resources? How do social, demographic, cultural, and environmental factors shape this relationship throughout history? The activities examined include farming, fishing, lobstering, and lumbering. How have commercial interests intersected with environmental concerns? The cultures considered include Native American, early Anglo settlers, later Irish and Franco immigrants, and more recent immigration and refugee communities.
General Education Requirements: Population and the Environment and Writing Intensive
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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MES 102 - My Maine Experience
An interdisciplinary approach to the study of Maine which combines lecture and experiential learning to allow students to explore the variegated landscapes and cultures of Maine and to better understand the interactions between the people of Maine and the environment of Maine.
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 1
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MES 201 - The Maine Coast
Provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the culture and environment of the Maine coast. Uses sources in art, history, literature, economics, Native American studies, African American studies, and other fields. The unifying theme is the significance of locality in understanding the interaction between the Maine coast and the people. How has the coastal topography shaped human activity there? How have artists and writers helped construct the Maine coast in the popular imagination? How do the people - both currently and in the past - use the state’s coastal landscape and resources? How do social, demographic, cultural, and environmental factors shape this relationship throughout history? Examines industries such as granite, lime, fishing, shipping, ship building, and tourism, to explore how these commercial interests intersect with environmental concerns and link Maine to the global markets. Asks how further coastal development can be reconciled with the threat to the coast’s fragile environment.
General Education Requirements: Population and the Environment, Social Contexts and Institutions, and Writing Intensive
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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MES 298 - Topics in Maine Studies
This introductory level course looks at special topics related to the study of Maine from one or more disciplinary perspectives. Specific topics vary by summer, and courses are often combined with other departments. Class topics, descriptions, and other specific information can be found on the course search page. Students may repeat this course twice if the specific topic is different each time.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
Credits: 3
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MES 301 - Rachel Carson, Maine, and the Environment
In this course, students will take a chronological approach to the study of Rachel Carson’s life and work, reading her books in the order in which they were written, with attention to the role of “place,” specifically the Maine coast, in fostering her achievement as a nature writer and in shaping her vision as an environmentalist. Some of the questions the course will pose and attempt to answer are: what role did the Maine coast play in enabling Carson to understand the importance of the conservation of “wild” spaces? In what ways did Carson’s experience of the Maine coast contribute to her knowledge and understanding of the sea - a central theme in her work - in all its physical and metaphorical dimensions? And how did Carson’s establishment of a permanent home on the coast of Maine facilitate her development as a science and nature writer?
General Education Requirements: Population and the Environment and Writing Intensive
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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MES 350 - Maine Women
This interdisciplinary course examines women’s experiences in Maine, both historical and current. Through readings, writing assignments, and discussions, this course considers Maine women individually and collectively in such roles as industrial workers, reformers, performers, writers, politicians, and mothers. This course asks several major questions: How have Maine’s particular environment, culture, economy, and history shaped women’s experiences in the state? How have national movements (for example suffrage, ERA, welfare reform) shaped women’s lives in Maine? How have issues of class, race, and ethnicity intersected with gender in Maine?
General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and the Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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MES 398 - Intermediate Topics in Maine Studies
This mid-level course looks at special topics related to the study of Maine from one or more disciplinary perspectives. Specific topics vary by semester, and courses are often combined with other departments. Class topics, descriptions, and other specific information can be found on the course search page. Students may repeat this course twice if the specific topic is different each time.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring and Summer
Credits: 3
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MES 498 - Advanced Topics in Maine Studies
An advanced, interdisciplinary study of Maine Studies topics. May be taken more than once for degree credit if the topic differs. (This course is identical to MES 520.)
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1-3
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MGT 101 - Introduction to Business
Covers the basic functional areas of business, including finance, management, marketing, management information systems, and accounting.
Prerequisites: 1st year or Sophomores or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 3
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MGT 220 - The Legal Environment of Business
An examination of fundamental legal concepts and their application to the business community. Considers the evolution of law and its underlying conceptual framework from which legal rules and principles of business develop. Selected legal cases will be critically analyzed and discussed.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions and Ethics Requirements. Must be taken in series with MGT 449 to meet Ethics requirement. Neither course alone fulfills the requirement.
Prerequisites: Sophomore Standing
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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MGT 290 - Introduction to Topics in Business
Introduces students to areas in management, marketing, accounting, finance, entrepreneurship, international business and management of information systems. Special topics may include areas such as business leadership, digital security, financial management, business accounting, teamwork, cloud computing, new global markets, and social media marketing. This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: First-year or Second-year Standing and Business Major or Minor
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 1-3
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MGT 325 - Principles of Management and Organization
Analysis of the internal organizational structure and the process of management in business enterprises both domestic and international. Focus on concepts, methods, and techniques of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the functions of the modern manager, and the impact of these processes upon effective interpersonal relations.
Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in ECO 120 and in PSY 100 and Sophomore Standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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MGT 326 - Organizational Behavior
Examines the behavior of individuals, groups and organizations. Applies a managerial perspective that considers organizational effectiveness, careers and job satisfaction. Topics include diversity, motivation, organizational communication, team processes and structure, leadership, organizational design, culture and change.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing, a grade of C- or better in MGT 325 and in PSY 100.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MGT 327 - Business and Society
Role of business in our society and the interactions it has with various segments of the society. Specific areas examined include the legal environment; social responsibility of business, political, and social forces; and ethical dilemmas that can occur.
Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in MGT 325.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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MGT 328 - Canadian/U.S. Business: A Comparison
A comparative review of the recent history of Canadian-U.S. business relations with primary emphasis on cross-border trade issues and the impact of that bilateral trade on Maine’s business environment. Focus on energy, lumber, paper, agricultural products, industrial production, freight/transportation, and foreign investments.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MGT 330 - Human Resource Management
The course examines the role of human resource management (HRM) in the context of the overall business strategy. Specifically, the course covers HRM activities including planning, recruitment, selection, training, performance management, compensation, benefits and their alignment with a business strategy. It also considers internal and external factors that impact management of talent in a context of ongoing globalization, workplace diversity and legal compliance.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in ECO 120, in ECO 121, and in PSY 100, or equivalent or permission; junior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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MGT 331 - Labor-Management Relations
An interdisciplinary survey of the labor-management systems of the private and public sectors. Considers the nature and characteristics of labor-management relations from structural, historical, international, legal, psychological, and economic perspectives.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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MGT 337 - Production and Operations Management
This course addresses the organizational role of Operations Management as a primary business function. Students are challenged to apply critical thinking skills as well as apply quantitative modes such as: forecasting, scheduling, capacity planning, location analysis, project management, inventory control and statistical process control to generate plausible solutions to operations management problems.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing and a grade of C- or better in STS 215 or STS 232 and ACC 202 and MGT 325
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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MGT 342 - Small Business Management
Study of how to manage growth oriented small businesses. Drawing on best practices from the literature and case studies, all aspects of running a small business will be considered. These include, but not limited to, marketing, financing, operations, human resources, and managing cash-flows.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Standing
Credits: 3
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MGT 343 - Introduction to International Business
Examines international business in the current era of globalization. The course emphasizes the role of cultural differences, government, laws, regulations, ethics and corporate social responsibility for the decision-making process of international business. It introduces students to the international political economy, entry into foreign markets, international business strategy, and the connections that exist between local and global issues.
Prerequisites: Business, Economics or Financial Economics Major or Business Administration or Management Minor and Junior Standing and a grade of C- or better in ECO 120 and in ECO 121
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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