Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 
  
  • ACC 201 - Principles of Financial Accounting


    This is an introduction to the organization, presentation and use of financial accounting information.  Students will understand the elements of the accounting system - assets, liabilities, equity, revenues, expenses and dividends.  Emphasis is on acquiring familiarity with the double-entry system and gaining an understanding of the purposes and uses of the information found within the income statement, balance sheet, statement of stockholder’s equity and the statement of cash flows.

    Prerequisites: Sophomore Standing or Accounting Majors

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ACC 202 - Principles of Managerial Accounting


    This course is an introduction to the use and preparation of accounting information for management decision-making and analysis.  It includes techniques that can be used by all businesses in evaluating, planning and controlling operations.  The course focuses on how manufacturing costs are accounted for and used to make business decisions, the nature of cost-volume-profit relationships and the contribution margin approach to decision making, preparation and use of budgets and financial statements for a manufacturing company.  It includes an introduction to job order and standard costing systems.

    Prerequisites: ACC 201 with a C- or higher.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ACC 301 - Intermediate Accounting I


    An examination of the conceptual framework underlying financial accounting, as well as an in-depth look at accounting for assets and the statement of cash flows.  While heavily mechanical, attention will be devoted to the economic environment in which financial accountants work, as well as the incentives and consequences associated with specific accounting choices.

    Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in ACC 202, sophomore standing.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • ACC 302 - Intermediate Accounting II


    A continuation of ACC 301, this course focuses on the recognition, measurement, and presentation of accounting information related to (among others) investment, general liabilities and contingencies, income taxes, lease obligations, pension liabilities, and equity.  It further focuses on the preparation, calculation and interpretation of financial measures including earnings per share.

    General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in ACC 301; sophomore standing.

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ACC 305 - Cost Accounting


    The course includes concepts of cost and overhead allocation, cost systems (activity-based, job order, process, and standard), budgeting, cost behavior and CVP analysis including an introduction to regression using Excel.

    Prerequisites: Junior Standing and a grade of C- or better in ACC 202.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • ACC 310 - Auditing


    This course focuses on understanding auditing and assurance services.  It examines the public accounting profession, auditing standards, and professional ethics.  It introduces the student to a variety of auditing procedures and to the steps taken by public accounting firms in conducting audits, including audit data analytics (ADA).  It discusses different potential problems that auditors face in completing audit assignments using illustrative cases.  It provides an opportunity for students to study auditing concepts and theory at an intermediate level by examining a number of risk assessment issues.  Finally, it covers material pertinent to the audit section of the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination.

    Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in both ACC 301.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • ACC 312 - Federal Income Taxation


    A study of federal income tax laws as they affect individuals and businesses. The course takes a conceptual approach to understanding income tax principles such as gross income, exclusions, deductions, credits, capital gains and losses, property transactions, and other investment and business issues.  The course provides a detailed coverage of individual income tax, along with an introductory coverage of other entities including corporations, partnerships and S corporations.

    Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in ACC 202, junior standing.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • ACC 396 - Field Experience/Internship in Accounting


    Students may earn from one to six credit hours for a pre-planned, supervised field experience in business relevant to the student’s educational development and career goals.  Credit will not be awarded for work experience acquired prior to registration for this course. (Pass/Fail Grade Only.)

    Prerequisites: Business Majors with 2.50 GPA or better; Junior Standing

    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Credits: 1-6
  
  • ACC 400 - Introduction to Accounting


    An accelerated course, students will understand the elements of the accounting system - assets, liabilities, equity, revenues, expenses and dividends.  Emphasis is on acquiring familiarity with the double-entry system and gaining an understanding of the purposes and uses of the information found within the income statement, balance sheet, statement of stockholder’s equity and the statement of cash flows.  It includes concepts of cost, cost systems and budgeting.

    Prerequisites: Pre-MBA students only, permission of the Director of the MBA Program.

    Course Typically Offered: Summer

    Credits: 3
  
  • ACC 406 - Advanced Managerial Accounting


    This course is a continuation of ACC 305, focusing on contemporary management accounting tools such as Strategic and Activity Based Management, Lean Accounting, the Balanced Scorecard, Productivity Measurement and Control, Quality and Environmental Costing, JIT Inventory Management and the Theory of Constraints.

    Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in ACC 305; junior standing.  Graduate business students can take the course with permission of the instructor.

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ACC 409 - Accounting for Governmental and Not-For-Profit Entities


    Financial accounting for not-for-profit and governmental entities and hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations. Includes fund accounting. GASB statements.

    Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in ACC 201; junior standing.

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ACC 490 - Special Topics in Accounting


    Study of various aspects of functional areas of accounting. Topics vary depending on faculty and student interests.  May be repeated for credit if the topics differ.

    Prerequisites: ACC 202 and Junior Standing

    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Credits: 1-3
  
  • AED 270 - Introduction to Visual Culture and Learning


    An introduction to visual culture and its relationship to the development and maintenance of human knowledge and experience. Students will explore and gain insight into diverse forms of visual culture, including those different from and similar to their own cultural experiences; and will become aware of the relationship between visual culture and the theory and practice of contemporary education as it takes place within the contexts of schools, museums and other community-based settings. Developed primarily for Art Education, Museum Education and Community Practice students.

    Prerequisites: Art Education Majors with a minimum of sophomore standing and ART 100, ART 110, ART 120, ART 200, ARH 155, and ARH 156 - or permission of the instructor.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 371 - Methods and Materials in Art Education


    Introduction to instructional methods and strategies in art education. Exploration, development and evaluation of approaches to teaching, teaching and learning styles, educational materials, media and technologies. Art education majors or art certification students only. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: EHD 201 & EHD 203; 21 credits in Studio Art; 12 credits in Art History; 15 credits of General Education requirements.

    Corequisites: AED 373.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 372 - Foundations of Art Education


    Includes historical, philosophical, political, psychological and sociological foundations of art education; theories of child art; and critical examination of current research, trends and issues in art education. Art education majors or art certification students only. Lec 3.

    General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or higher; AED Major; ART 100, ART 110, ART 120, ART 200, ARH 155 and ARH 156

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 373 - Introduction to Curriculum


    Introduction to art curricula strategies and development. Includes instructional planning, lesson writing and organization, and practicum experience. Lec 2, Lab 1.

    Prerequisites: AED Majors or Certification Students

    Corequisites: AED 371

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 473 - Advanced Curriculum in Art Education


    An examination of current theory, research and practice pertaining to curriculum development in art education. Including an exploration of traditional and innovative approaches to curriculum development in art education, problems and issues relevant to art curricula design and implementation, critical examination of existing curricula, and practice in developing and evaluating art curricula. Art education majors, art certification students or by instructor’s permission only. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372 and AED 373 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 474 - SL: Topics in Art Education


    Seminar in advanced research and practice in art education and related areas. Specific topic to be announced. This course has been designated as a UMaine Service-Learning course.

    Prerequisites: Permission

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • AED 496 - Field Experience in Art Education


    Students involved in pre-professional activities with art education in schools or community agencies may apply for supervision and credit for the project.

    Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372, AED 373 and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: 1
  
  • AED 497 - Independent Study in Art Education


    Advanced projects, readings, or seminars in art education. Topic and form of study to be determined by student in consultation with faculty member.

    Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372, AED 373 or equivalents and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: 1
  
  • AED 498 - Directed Study in Art Education


    Advanced projects, readings, or seminars in art education. Topic and form of study to be determined by student in consultation with faculty member.

    Prerequisites: AED 371, AED 372, AED 373 or equivalents and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: Ar
  
  • ANT 101 - Introduction to Anthropology: Human Origins and Prehistory


    A survey course focusing on the evolution of humankind, the development of culture, and the beginnings of civilization. Required for Anthropology majors.

    General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 102 - Introduction to Anthropology: Diversity of Cultures


    A survey course focusing on the nature of culture, similarities and differences among the world’s cultures, relationships among cultures, and culture change. Required for Anthropology majors.

    General Education Requirements: Ethics and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 120 - Religions of the World


    A survey of the distinctive features of the major world religions and the most studied Native American, African and aboriginal Australian religions. Focuses on the fit between myth and ritual, the problems involved in trying to understand both “from the believer’s point of view,” and what generalizations can be made about religion in general.

    General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 210 - Biological Anthropology


    Introduces current topics in human biology and evolution including human origins and the fossil record, human genetics and population variability, and human and non-human primate behavior.

    General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 212 - The Anthropology of Food


    Food is the most direct and meaningful connection people have with the environment, a connection that addresses both biological and cultural needs.  This course aims at exposing students to the different ways in which anthropologists think about food across its sub-disciplines as a way to understand human origins, behavior, and cultural diversity.  Themes include food procurement strategies, influence on human evolution, religious traditions and food, food as pertains to power dynamics, warfare, gender relations and identity, and the role of food in environmental and sustainable development policy-making.

    General Education Requirements: Population and the Environment and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Alternate years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 221 - Introduction to Folklore


    A survey of the different genres of folklore, its forms, uses, functions and modes of transmission. Emphasis on belief, custom and legend.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and the Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 225 - Climate Change, Societies and Cultures


    Surveys the human dimensions of climate change from a cultural perspective: The interactions among societies, cultures, and climate change. Reviews climate-change futures and their human implications around the world; drivers of climate change; and technological, social, and cultural mitigation and adaptations strategies. Perspective throughout is universalistic (all human societies, past and present) and holistic (all realms of thought and behavior, though with particular emphasis on social, political, and cultural dimensions).

    General Education Requirements: Population and Environment

    Prerequisites: Sophomore standing

    Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 235 - Cultural Perceptions of Nature


    Examines the concept of nature in a variety of cultural contexts.  Emphasis is on the development of contemporary views and their impacts on environmental management.

    General Education Requirements: Population and the Environment

    Course Typically Offered: Alternate years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 240 - Hollywood Archaeology


    Archaeology is the systematic study of the past, particularly (but not exclusively) for times and places when and where writing did not exist. Many people find the ancient past romantic and exciting. Consequently, many movies purport to be about, or to involve, archaeology and archaeologists and/or the prehistoric past. Very often, movies propagate perspectives on the past and on the practice of archaeology that diverge widely from what archaeologists do and have learned. Often, movies portray archaeologists acting unethically. In this class, we will discuss the use and abuse of archaeology in Hollywood movies, how to recognize inappropriate and unethical archaeological behavior, what sort of stereotypes about archaeology and archaeologists these movies transmit, and how film might be a medium for a better presentation of archaeology and prehistory.  If this course was taken as a topics course in ANT 290, it cannot be repeated for credit.

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 245 - Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective


    An exploration into the commonality and diversity of sex and gender roles in cross-cultural perspective and an examination of cultural and bio-social explanations for why such diversity exists.  Foci include contemporary approaches to sex and gender, changing views about men’s and women’s roles in human evolution, the conditions under which gender roles vary in contemporary societies and the issues surrounding gender equality, power and politics.

    General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Ethics

    Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 249 - Religion and Violence


    Explores the anthropology of contemporary political violence. The ethnographic study of terrorism, guerilla warfare, state terror and human rights will be complemented by examination of the ethical and methodological concerns that arise in this special area of investigation.

    General Education Requirements: Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 250 - Conservation Anthropology: The Socio-Cultural Dimension of Environmental Issues


    Conservation is fundamentally a socio-cultural problem.  Examines the different types of human/nature relationships that emerge across various cultural, environmental, socio-economic, and political contexts.  Through a comparative approach this course is designed to illustrate how culture is an important variable when creating viable conservation strategies.  Themes covered in class include protected areas, indigenous and traditional knowledge, resource management, market-based conservation, environmental economics, and political ecology.  Case studies: United States, Africa, Australia, Latin America, and Papua New Guinea.

    General Education Requirements: Population and the Environment and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 252 - Civilization in South Asia


    An exploration into the nature of civilization in South Asia, focusing on India. The central religious tradition of Hinduism and the caste order are investigated, with complementary perspectives provided by non-Hindu traditions. The impact of colonialism and development of national identities are also considered. Anthropological views are distinguished from and supplemented by other disciplinary perspectives.

    General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Contexts and Institutions

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 256 - Ethnic Conflict


    An exploration of ethnic conflict and revival today including a survey of anthropological theories of ethnicity, focusing on ethnic revival in the modern world. European and other ethnic groups of the industrialized West provide the major cases to be considered.

    General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 260 - Forensic Anthropology


    Provides an introduction to the application of the theory and methods of physical anthropology to medicolegal investigations and problems.  The field consists of four basic topics: 1) human skeletal anatomy, 2) developing a biological profile, 3) the science of decomposition, and 4) forensic anthropology in the court system.

    General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge

    Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 261 - Islamic Fundamentalism


    A survey of the distinctive ideological and social features of Islamic fundamentalist movements.

    General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Spring, Summer

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 270 - Environmental Justice Movements in the United States


    Examines how poor and racialized communities have responded to the incidence, causes, and effects of environmental racism and injustice.  Special attention will be given to how critiques offered by these communities challenge the knowledge and procedural forms of justice embedded in environmental policy and democracy in the United States.  Case studies will be drawn from readings on African-American, European-Americans, Chicano and Latino Americans, and Native Americans.

    General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 285 - Introduction to Historic Preservation


    This course introduces students to the theory, history, legal framework, and cultural contexts of historic preservation.  It focuses primarily on historic preservation in the United States with reference to historic preservation topics worldwide.  From UMaine’s Lord Hall to Stonehenge, students will explore historic places through an anthropological lens in order to understand why and how humans preserve heritage-based places.  The course is designed to give students a basic knowledge of U.S. historic preservation laws, policies, and practices.  It also encourages students to think critically about social behavior surrounding place-based heritage.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 290 - Special Topics in Anthropology


    Intermediate treatment of specialized problems in anthropology with emphasis on analysis in frontier areas of anthropological research.  Topics vary.  May be repeated for credit.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 1-3
  
  • ANT 295 - American Indians and Climate Change


    Introduces students to the Indian cultures of the United States and U.S. territories in the South Pacific, paying particular attention to the issue of climate change and how it is impacting indigenous peoples in these regions; also examines climate effects on natural resource conditions as it relates to Indian cultures and the roles indigenous groups play in policy responses to climate change.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 311 - Geography of Climate Change


    Introduces students to theories of environmental sustainability transitions and resource use in the context of climate change.

    Prerequisites: Any ANT or GEO course or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 317 - Fundamentals of Archaeology


    Techniques of excavation and analysis; theoretical basis of methods and fundamental principles; application to specific case studies; the use of geological, biological, chemical and other tools in archaeological research. A one-day compulsory weekend field trip to local archaeological sites.

    General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: ANT 101 or ANT 170  or ANT 207 or permission. Required for Anthropology majors.

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 330 - The U.S. Folk Experience


    Examines how disenfranchised groups respond through their traditional expressive folklore to the incidences, causes and effect of racism and injustice found in the United States, as well as maintaining and conveying their values, and sense of identity at simultaneous levels (individual, communal, regional) to each other and the larger society.  Groups read and examined are Afro-American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, and Euro-American.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 350 - Mediterranean Ancient Landscapes Modern World


    Humans are active agents in the physical world and play a pivotal role in its transformation.  Consequently, contemporary societies inherit landscapes that are the product of an integrated, long-term relationship between humans and their environment through time.  This is of particular interest in the Mediterranean world not only because cultural complexity, urbanization, and the origins of nation-states and empires unfolded over the course of millennia, but also because of the rich historical, archaeological, and paleoenvironmental records that help to characterize this process.  This course introduces the ways in which archaeology and other historical sciences can inform on contemporary issues of resource management, conservation and cultural heritage in the Mediterranean in the context of the global change.

    Prerequisites: One ANT course  or one  GEO course or Permission

    Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 372 - North American Prehistory


    The history of North American native peoples from the first evidence to the arrival of the Europeans. Emphasis on major culture areas and issues such as glacial and postglacial adaptation, development of agriculture, and the emergence of sedentism.

    Prerequisites:  ANT 101 or  ANT 207 or  ANT 317 or Permission

    Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 400 - Basic Theory in Cultural Anthropology


    A seminar in which the most important theories shaping modern cultural and social anthropology will be presented through the analysis of key monographs. Emphasis placed on developing critical thinking and library research skills. Required of all Anthropology majors.

    General Education Requirements: Social Context and Institutions, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: Permission, and ANT 102 and ANT major standing.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 410 - Human Dimensions of Climate Change


    Surveys advanced topics on the human dimensions of climate change, including anthropogenic drivers and consequences of climate change, mitigation, and adaptation strategies.

    General Education Requirements: Population and Environment and Capstone

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 and ANT 225 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 426 - Native American Folklore


    An overview of folklore and folklife covering various genres of traditional expressive culture.

    General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 430 - Who Owns Native Cultures?


    The answer to the simple question of who owns Native American / American Indian / indigenous cultures and cultural productions is surprisingly complex and engages the history of anthropology and the nature of anthropological knowledge itself.  Course examines the evolving relationships between anthropologists, historians, and other researchers with indigenous peoples (in particular American Indians) and what kinds of ethical and legal relationships have evolved over time to address this question.  Also looks at the ways in which contemporary cultural resource management by indigenous peoples serves as a key articulation of indigenous nationhood and sovereignty.  Special attention is given to recent scholarship by indigenous researchers that decolonizes standard academic practices and roots the ownership of Native cultures and research in Native communities.

    General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or NAS 101 or permission

    Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 431 - Folklore, the Environment and Public Policy


    Examines the interaction of humans with the environment from the perspective of folklore, and reviews its impact on public policy at the local, state, federal and international level.

    General Education Requirements: Population and the Environment

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 448 - Ethnography Through Film


    A critical analysis of film from an anthropological perspective. Students will be introduced to the history of the use of ethnographic film in anthropology, and they will consider how professional anthropologists living at different times have used motion pictures to capture aspects of human cultural behavior. Students will also examine how ethnographic films, documentaries, and popular motion pictures (past and present) have been used to represent people in a variety of cultures. We will ask how professional anthropologists may differ from other types of filmmakers in their treatment of the same cultural groups and/or subjects.

    General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 451 - Native American Cultures and Identities


    In this seminar, we will examine Native American cultures and identities (past and present), with special attention to reading works by Native authors and examining topics such as the effects of colonialism on Native Americans, representations of Native Americans in popular culture, new biological technologies like DNA testing that shape understandings of Native identities, the role of traditional cultures in Native communities, tribal sovereignty and economic development in the twenty-first century, and indigenous environmental perspectives.

    General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or NAS 101 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 459 - Peoples and Cultures of South America


    Social, political, economic and religious institutions of native and mestizo peoples in South America, using examples from selected areas (Amazonian lowlands, Andean highlands, southern cone.) Traditional culture patterns and modern developments and problems, including syncretism of European and native systems and role of modern beliefs about pre-European lifeways.

    General Education Requirements:  Social Context and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Prerequisites: ANT 102

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 460 - Research Design & Methods


    This seminar course for upper level undergraduate students emphasizes the integration of social science theories and methods for the development of research proposals. In this course, students define a research problem, identify a set of research questions or hypotheses, and design a plan of action to carry out their own research. In the process, students become familiar with research ethics, IRB protocols, and a suite of methodological tools used by anthropologists and others to produce social science research. In-class discussions allow students to critically assess benefits and limitations of various field methods, qualitative vs. quantitative approaches, and analytical techniques. In-class workshops allow students to discuss their own research ideas on a regular basis with classmates and instructor. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of the research process while gaining hands-on experience designing, researching, writing, and presenting their work while building relationships with faculty and peers. The course will allow students to engage in anthropological inquiries and debates while honing skills in communication, argumentation, and problem solving that will be useful beyond the classroom.

    General Education Requirements: Capstone and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: Permission is required.  Junior or Senior standing in the Anthropology or International Affairs (CCG concentration) or Human Dimensions of Climate Change majors.

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 464 - Ecological Anthropology


    Comparative study of human populations in ecosystems. Topics include the adaptive nature of culture, implications of the ecological approach for anthropological theory, sociocultural evolution and change, and contemporary problems. Case studies from simple and complex societies. ANT 464 and 564 cannot both be taken for degree credit.

    General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions, Population and the Environment, and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 250 or Permission

     

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 3

  
  • ANT 466 - Economic Anthropology


    Comparative study of production, consumption and exchange in selected Western and non-Western societies.  Emphasis on factors influencing economic decisions in a variety of social and cultural settings. ANT 466 and ANT 566 cannot both be taken for degree credit.

    General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: ANT 102 or ANT 300 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 476 - The Ancient Maya


    Examines the origins and development of ancient Maya civilization beginning with precursors to Maya culture in the first two millennia BC and ending with the final conquest of the last independent Maya kingdom in 1697.  Among the topics covered will be the rise of complex society in the Maya region, the history of individual Maya city-states and rulers, social and political organization, art and religion, craft production and economy, commoner life, hieroglyphic writing, human-environment dynamics, and the Classic Maya collapse.

    General Education Requirements:  Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: ANT 101 or ANT 170 or ANT 207 or Permission

    Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 477 - Field Research in Archaeology


    Introduction to archaeological field techniques through excavation of an archaeological site. Intensive training in site survey, excavations techniques, recording, analysis and preliminary interpretation of archaeological materials. Generally conducted on prehistoric and historic sites in Maine. Admission by application only.

    General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Prerequisites: Permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Summer

    Credits: 2-6
  
  • ANT 478 - Zooarchaeology


    A laboratory course covering techniques for analysis and interpretation of osteological remains from archaeological sites. Rec 2, Lab 2.

    General Education Requirements: Basic or Applied Sciences

    Prerequisites: ANT 317 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered

    Credits: 4
  
  • ANT 479 - Laboratory Techniques in Prehistoric Archaeology


    Hands-on experience in lab techniques using real archaeological materials. Includes analysis, classification and synthesis of the data. Lec 1, Lab 2.

    General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge

    Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 490 - Topics in Anthropology


    Advanced treatment of specialized problems in anthropology with emphasis on analysis in frontier areas of anthropological research. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 493 - Anthropology Senior Seminar & Capstone Research Project


    This senior research seminar is designed to give students an opportunity to draw on their academic experience and explore a particular anthropological topic or debate of their choice.  Throughout the course of the semester, students will conduct research and work toward the completion of a research project.  This project will allow students to gain valuable hands-on experience designing, researching, writing, and presenting your work while building relationships with faculty and peers.  The course will allow students to engage in anthropological inquires and debates while honing skills in communication, argumentation, and problem solving that will be useful beyond the classroom.  Weekly discussions, journal entries, a final project (submitted in stages), and a presentation will be used to assess student progress.

    General Education Requirements: Capstone and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing in the Anthropology or International Affairs (CCG concentration) or Human Dimensions of Climate Change majors.

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
     

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 494 - Method and Theory in Archaeology


    The history of, and current debates in, archaeological methods and theory, with a focus on Americanist archaeology.

    Prerequisites: ANT 300 or  ANT 317 or permission

    Course Typically Offered: Alternate Years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ANT 497 - Department Projects


    A special project course. Specific content, scheduling and credit hours proposed by student in consultation with instructor. Maximum of 3 credit hours.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Credits: Ar
  
  • ARA 101 - Elementary Arabic I


    A systematic study of the basics of the Arabic language. Equal emphasis is placed on developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Culture is also an integral component of this course. Intended for students with no prior study of Arabic or fewer than two years in high school. This course is the first of 2-semester sequence.

    General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 5
  
  • ARH 100 - Art and Human Experience


    An exploration of the relationships between art and human experience as they exist within historical, cross-cultural and contemporary contexts. Focus is on specific areas of human experience as they intersect with the creation, understanding and use of visual artifacts.

    General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression

    Prerequisites: Non-art majors only.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 155 - Art and Visual Culture in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds


    Introductory survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and forms of visual and material culture in their various contexts from the Paleolithic and Ancient Worlds to the end of the Middle Ages.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 156 - Art and Visual Culture in the Modern Era


    Introductory survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms of visual and material culture in their various contexts from the Renaissance to the present.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and Artistic and Creative Expression

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 252 - Mediterranean Medieval Art and Architecture


    An in-depth survey of the art and architecture of the Mediterranean world, including Southern Europe, the Mid-East and northern Africa, from the first decades through the fourteenth century, examines how diverse Christian and Islamic cultures built upon the strong legacy of the Classical world. The unique artistic visions of each region spawned cross-cultural developments, facilitated by the relative ease of movement that the Mediterranean permitted.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition, Artistic and Creative Expression and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Prerequisites: ARH 155 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 253 - Northern European Medieval Art and Architecture


    Surveys the art and architecture of the major civilizations of Northern Europe that developed there from the fourth century through the fifteenth, including the Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque and Gothic eras, focusing upon the diversity of particular cultural identities and their interrelationships among one another and the Mediterranean cultures with which they interacted. Offered in 3-year rotation.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives

    Prerequisites: ARH 155 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 255 - Italian Renaissance Art


    Survey of the major works of painting, sculpture and architecture of the Italian Renaissance in their historical context from the 13th century to the early 16th century.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression

    Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 257 - Northern Renaissance Art


    Survey of the art of the Netherlands, France, Spain, and Germany in its historical context from Late Gothic of the 14th century to Mannerism of the 16th century.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression

    Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 258 - Baroque Art and Architecture


    Surveys the art and architecture of the Baroque era in Southern and Northern Europe, along with their settlements in the Americas, focus on the major shifts in the European world outlook. The course investigates how the art of the period reflects the rise of strong national identities, radically shifting political powers, growing colonialism around the globe, religious reformation and increased interests in empirical knowledge and scientific inquiry.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression

    Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 261 - Nineteenth-Century European Art


    This topical survey of European visual arts from 1700 to 1900 looks to the broader political, social and cultural contexts of the era.  This class considers movements in art from Romanticism to Symbolism and Post-Impressionism.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and the Artistic and Creative Expression

    Prerequisites: ARH 156.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 262 - Early Modern Art: From Fauvism to Surrealism


    In a thematic consideration of art and its related concepts from 1900 to 1945, this course places particular emphasis on the notions of modernity and the diversity of artistic forms that the period spawned. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 263 - Late Modern Art: From Abstract Expressionism Through New Forms


    This thematic course considers art forms and conceptual developments from the mid-Twentieth century through the middle of the 1970’s. It places particular emphasis on the expanding nature of the work of art and the changing role, place and function of the artist during the period. Lec 3.

    Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 264 - Themes and Issues in Contemporary Art


    Surveys the major topical themes in Western and non-western art from ca. 1980 to the present (including identity and body politics, globalization, the environment, millennialism, and violence and terror).  The course also examines the theoretical discourses and “issues” - raised by artists, art historians, critics, philosophers, and politicians - that attend visual representation during this period.  Among those “issues” are postmodern discourse, the politics of display, the art market, and notions of originality and ownership.  Various media are examined, including painting, printmaking, photography, video, film, and digital forms.

    General Education Requirements: Artistic and Creative Expression and Western Cultural Tradition

    Prerequisites: ARH 156 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 265 - American Art


    Survey of painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms of visual and material culture in the United States from 1776-1945.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and Artistic and Creative Expression

    Prerequisites: ARH 156

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 270 - Topical Survey in History of Art


     

    Surveys the historical artifacts and monuments of culture not covered by the regular rotation of Department offerings, such as those by African, Asian or Pre-Columbian peoples. Students may repeat this course for credit to study different cultures.

    General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3

  
  • ARH 360 - Topics in Art History


    Identifies and develops a particular topic within the field of History of Art not covered by traditional notions of period, geographic identity, or style. Specific topics will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit.  

    General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive Requirement.

    Prerequisites: Any 200 level ARH course or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 369 - Film and Video Theory Seminar


    Topics in film and video theory, with attention to their critical language, philosophical underpinnings, and social contexts, worked through in terms of select examples. Students define their own research projects, work with them over the course of the semester, present them within the forum of the seminar, and develop them as major papers. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated for credit.

    General Education Requirements: Artistic and Creative Expression, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 397 - Independent Study in Art History


    Advanced independent study or research and writing projects in the history of art and related areas.

    Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: Ar
  
  • ARH 398 - Directed Study in Art History


    Advanced independent study or research and writing projects in the history of art and related areas.

    Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: Ar
  
  • ARH 451 - Art Theory and Criticism


    Examination and discussion of aesthetic theory and its relationship to the visual arts; study of a wide range of ideas in the development of aesthetic thought with primary emphasis on contemporary theory; application of theoretical systems in the critical analysis of a work of art.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: Any 200 level ARH course or permission

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 452 - Critical Methods in History of Art


    This seminar immerses students within the historiography of History of Art, making them familiar with the philosophical underpinnings, historical context, rhetorical tones, critical vocabularies and intended goals of each investigative strategy. The exploration of the various methodological approaches that the field has supported includes: Connoisseurship, Iconography, Reception Theory, Marxism, Feminism, Deconstruction, Visual Linguistics and perhaps other emerging schemes.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: Any 200 level ARH course or permission

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 461 - Nineteenth-Century Art Research Seminar


    Focus on topics selected by instructor in the area of nineteenth-century art and visual culture.  Sample topics include the Enlightenment and Neoclassicism; Manent, Modernity, and Modern Art; and impressionism and Postimpressionism. Students develop projects related to the topic and workshop their research and writing with peers in the seminar.  May be repeated for credit.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: ARH 261 or ARH 262 or ARH 263 or ARH 264 or ARH 265 or permission

    Course Typically Offered: Alternating years

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 466 - Twentieth Century Art and Architecture Seminar


    In an in-depth consideration, this seminar focuses upon the culture, period, artists or artist, or of a particular issue in the history of art and/or architecture of the twentieth century. Specific topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: ARH 261 or ARH 262 or ARH 263 or ARH 264 or ARH 265

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 492 - Baroque Research Seminar


    Addresses focused topics within the field of Baroque History of Art such as the development of genre painting, the rise of viewer engagement, visions of the New World, etc. Students define their own research projects, work with them over the course of the semester, present them within the forum of the seminar and develop them as major papers. May be repeated for credit. 

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition, Artistic and Creative Expression and the Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: ARH 251, or ARH 252, or ARH 253, or ARH 255, or ARH 256, or ARH 258, or Permission

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 493 - Medieval Research Seminar


    Focus on special topics selected by the instructor in the field of Medieval History of Art. Students will define and research their own individual projects, present them within the forum of the seminar, with the aim of delivering them at a professional conference and bring them to fruition as publishable papers. May be repeated for credit.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Artistic and Creative Expression and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: ARH 251, or ARH 252, or ARH 253, or ARH 255, or ARH 256, or ARH 258, or Permission

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 494 - Renaissance Research Seminar


    Focus on special topics selected by the instructor in the field of Renaissance History of Art. Students will define and research their own individual projects, present them within the forum of the seminar, with the aim of delivering them at a professional conference and bring them to fruition as publishable papers. May be repeated for credit.

    General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Artistic and Creative Expression and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: ARH 251, or ARH 252, or ARH 253, or ARH 255, or ARH 256, or ARH 258, or Permission

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 495 - Modern/Post-Modern Seminar


    An advanced examination of major theoretical tendencies in modern and contemporary visual art, this seminar stresses connections with the other arts and various conceptual frames, such as Marxism, existentialism, structuralism and post-structuralism. Entails intensive reading, research and writing on selected topics that vary semester to semester. May be repeated for credit.

    General Education Requirements:  Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive

    Prerequisites: ARH 261 or ARH 262 or ARH 263 or ARH 264 or ARH 265

    Course Typically Offered: Variable

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARH 496 - Field Experience in Art History


    Students engaged in professional activities related to their area of study may apply for supervision and credit for the project.

    Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission. 

    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Credits: Ar
  
  • ARH 497 - Independent Study in Art History


    Advanced independent study or research and writing projects in the history of art and related areas.

    Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Credits: Ar
  
  • ARH 498 - Directed Study in Art History


    Advanced directed study or research and writing projects in the history of art and related areas.

    Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: Ar
  
  • ARH 499 - Capstone Experience in History of Art


    As a guided practicum, this course will have senior majors draw from the full breadth of their undergraduate experiences in the History of Art. Requires students to research a focused project developed from primary source materials, in an investigation that will result in a professional presentation, namely a publishable paper, a public lecture, a museum show or an equivalent.

    General Education Requirements:  Capstone

    Prerequisites: Permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ARP 100 - Academic Recovery Seminar


    This pass/fail course for first-year students on academic probation during the spring semester will enhance their ability to successfully develop critical academic skills, utilize available supportive resources, and balance academic and social demands.  Students will identify and understand the tools that will facilitate a successful college experience, and in so doing, share the traditions, mission, and academic expectations of The University of Maine.  (Pass/Fail)

    Prerequisites: Permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Spring

    Credits: 1
  
  • ART 100 - Drawing I


    The fundamentals of drawing through creative exercises exploring the principles of line, value, texture, space, and form. Examines various media and their relationship to expression and composition. Lab 6.

    General Education Requirements: Artistic and Creative Expression

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: 3
  
  • ART 104 - Successful Strategies for Visual Arts Majors


    A course for First Year and Transfer Students majoring in Studio Art, Art Education, or History of Art, ART 104 will introduce students to effective strategies for success is the Visual Arts. Students will learn how to develop proficiencies in creativity, strong work practices, essential artistic and writing skills, and effective critical thinking.

    Course Typically Offered: Fall

    Credits: 1
  
  • ART 110 - 2-D Design


    Fundamentals of basic design through studio experience. Covers analysis of design, composition and basic perceptual and aesthetic aspects of color. Uses a series of problems that explore the areas listed above. Lab 6.

    General Education Requirements: Artistic and Creative Expression

    Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

    Credits: 3
 

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