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SFR 490 - Small Woodlot Management
The course provides students with the experience of creating a small woodlot management plan for a forested property. The plan will incorporate state and federal guidelines. This capstone course will integrate and apply topics from across the undergraduate program.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive and Capstone
Prerequisites: SFR 489 and permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3-4
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SFR 491 - Senior Capstone in Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Selected issues and trends facing the recreation and parks profession today. Serves as the capstone experience, integrating all of the course work for Parks, Recreation and Tourism students.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive and Capstone
Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SFR 492 - Capstone Directed Study
One student or a group of students select a problem in natural resource utilization, management, or policy, and prepare a prospectus and ultimately a detailed technical report on the topic. Each student or group will work closely with one or more faculty who agree to serve as mentors. Capstone projects are highly integrative of topics covered in the undergraduate program and involve applying knowledge to field- or lab-based activities. Study results are presented in an oral presentation and a final technical report. (May be repeated for credit until a total of 3-4 credits have been earned.)
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive and Capstone
Prerequisites: Senior Standing in FBB, FTY, or PRT
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1-4
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SFR 493 - Sustainable Tourism Planning
The course provides a basis for a tourism destination service learning project involving natural and cultural attractions. The project will involve developing, facilitating, evaluating and documenting the tourism destination planning process. Specific topics include tourism potential evaluation, tourism sociocultural and environmental impacts, community-based tourism planning, tourism regional and site planning, and strategic tourism planning. The course requires field trips within and outside of scheduled class periods. (Because of overlap SFR 493 and SFR 593 cannot both be taken for degree credit).
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive and Capstone
Prerequisites: Senior Standing in PRT or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SFR 498 - Senior Research I
An original investigation of a problem in Forest Ecosystem Science, under the guidance of a faculty member. Students will select an area of study, perform a literature search and prepare a written study plan for their research.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive and Capstone
Prerequisites: Permission and junior standing in Forest Ecosystem Science and Conservation.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 2
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SFR 499 - Senior Research II
Students will complete the research initiated in SFR 498 and prepare a written final report. The completed project should demonstrate the student’s ability to understand and apply scientific principles in research.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive and Capstone
Prerequisites: SFR 498 and senior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 2
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SMS 100 - Introduction to Ocean Science
A non-laboratory survey of the broad field of marine science, stresses the interconnections among aspects of oceanography, marine biology and ecology, living marine resources and human interactions with the marine environment. Practical applications of basic scientific principles are stressed.
General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Population and the Environment
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 108 - Beaches and Coasts
An introduction to coastal landforms, including beaches, salt marshes, tidal flats and sea cliffs, their origins, global distribution, and associated nearshore processes. Human impacts to the coastal zone, including coastal erosion, land loss and management, and human responses to sea-level change are considered. Course may have field trips during class times. Lec 3. (This course is identical to ERS 108.)
General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Population and the Environment
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 110 - Concepts in Oceanography
Basic concepts in physical, geological, chemical and biological oceanography will be discussed. Also includes an introduction to the relationship between the ocean and the atmosphere. Ends with a discussion of global change issues. Practical applications of basic scientific principles will be emphasized. May not be used for credit in the Marine Science major. (Offered at the Frederick Hutchinson Center, Belfast through the Continuing Education Division.) Course may have field trips during class times.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge requirement when taken without SMS 111. Together with SMS 111, this course satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 3
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SMS 111 - Concepts in Oceanography Laboratory
This course will support SMS 110: Concepts in Oceanography through laboratories on physical, chemical, and biological oceanography topics. Labs will include studies of marine organism from the Gulf of Maine, computer-based labs using online data, and use of laboratory equipment to measure various parameters. May not be used for credit in the Marine Science major. (Offered at the Fredrick Hutchinson Center, Belfast through the Continuing Education Division.) Course will include field trips during class hours and on weekends.
General Education Requirements: Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences requirement when taken with SMS 110.
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 1
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SMS 201 - Biology of Marine Organisms
An introduction to the diversity, form, and function of marine organisms, and to marine environments and ecological processes. After a synopsis of the major groups of marine microorganisms, algae, plants, and animals, the course emphasizes the relationship between their structure (anatomy and morphology) and function (physiology), as well as their development and larval biology. The course considers diverse marine habitats and ecosystems (rocky intertidal, estuaries and salt marshes, mudflats, coral reefs, open ocean, continental shelf and slope, deep sea), accentuating their physical factors (temperature, salinity and desiccation, solar radiation, oxygen, pressure) that affect their inhabitants. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BIO 100 and SMS 100, both with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 203 - Introduction to Integrative Marine Science
Focusing on key topics in Marine Science research, students explore the nature of inquiry, elements of experimental design, data presentation, elementary statistics, and interpretation of scientific papers. Hands on activities introduce basic concepts in the biology of marine organisms, observational skills, data literacy and experimentation.
Prerequisites: Marine Science Majors only; Grade of C- or higher in SMS 100 and BIO 100 or permission.
Corequisites: SMS 201, may be waived with permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1
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SMS 204 - Integrative Marine Science II: Physics and Chemistry of Marine Systems
Integrates basic principles of physics and chemistry with an understanding of the marine environment and how marine organisms function in their environment. The lectures, with integrated laboratory exercises and computer simulations in physics and chemistry, are designed to stimulate critical thinking and provide students with specific skills relevant to studying marine habitats. The first half of the semester will focus on physics; topics include swimming strategies and physics of fluids; waves, and propagation of sound and light in the ocean. The second half of the semester will focus on water quality in coastal marine ecosystems; topics include the role of water quality in marine ecosystems and measurement of marine water quality. Data collection, analysis, and presentation skills are emphasized. Lec 2.
Prerequisites: MAT 122 and SMS 203 and PHY 111 (or PHY 121) and CHY 121/123, all with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 2
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SMS 211 - Introduction to Aquaculture
Principles and practices of aquaculture from international, national and local perspectives. Includes field trip. (Students may not take both SMS 211 and AVS 211 for credit).
General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge
Prerequisites: BIO 100
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 230 - Introduction to Marine Policy and Fisheries Management
This course focuses on the human dimensions of ocean conservation and management, with emphasis on marine fisheries management in the United States. Students will be introduced to a variety of tools and policy approaches for managing complex marine ecosystems. Discussion and readings will highlight current and historical challenges facing oceans management, as well as the role of scientists and other stakeholders in marine conservation. Potential issues addressed include ecosystem-based management, fishing communities, collective action dilemmas, bycatch and gear technology, marine protected areas and habitat, marine mammal and protected species conservation, aquaculture policy, and global climate change.
General Education Requirements: Population and Environment
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 300 - Marine Ecology
An introduction to fundamental ecological principles in the context of marine communities. Uses examples from marine ecosystems to illustrate general principles of general ecology such as predation, competition, and nutrient cycling. Focuses on the ecology of major marine ecosystems such as estuaries, sea shores and benthic communities and on aspects of applied ecology such as fisheries management. Includes two days of field work at the Darling Marine Center. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 302 - Oceanography
An overview of geological, chemical, physical and biological oceanography and the way they interact. Topics include plate tectonics and evolution of ocean basins, physical and chemical characteristics of sea water, atmosphere-ocean coupling, two- and three-dimensional ocean circulation, waves and tides, sedimentation, planktonic organisms, productivity, pelagic ecosystems, biological-physical coupling, and biogeochemical cycles. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: CHY 122 and MAT 126 and PHY 112 or PHY 122 and SMS 100 all with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 303 - Integrative Marine Science III: Oceanography
Integrates the principles and methodologies behind planning and executing field and laboratory procedures to collect scientific measurements with approaches to data analysis, interpretation and scientific presentation. It does this specifically within the context of oceanography. A mixture of integrated laboratory exercises, field trips and computer simulations designed to illustrate the end-to-end process of proposing, planning, carrying out, analyzing, interpreting and reporting on (written and oral) scientific measurements. Meets for 4 hours per week and may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: CHY 122 and MAT 126 and PHY 112 or PHY 122 and SMS 203 and SMS 204, all with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 2
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SMS 304 - Integrative Marine Science IV: Comparative Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Integrates the principles and methodologies of physiology, cell and molecular biology and population genetics using marine models. Includes lectures, integrated laboratory exercises and gene analysis. Designed to illustrate the application of physiology, cellular and molecular biological techniques to the study of marine systems. Students will participate in hands-on laboratory exercises and data analysis, interpretation and reporting (written and oral).
Prerequisites: BMB 280 and SMS 303 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 2
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SMS 308 - Conservation and Ecology of Marine Mammals
Examination of variations in ecological strategies in marine mammals and investigation of marine mammal conservation and health issues. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 309 - Techniques in Shellfish Aquaculture
Residential course taught at the University’s Darling Marine Center. Explores the theory and practice of marine bivalve culture as conducted in the Northeastern U.S. Includes lectures, considerable “hands-on” experience, and field trips to commercial hatcheries and farms.
Prerequisites: General knowledge in biology or relevant work experience.
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 2
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SMS 321 - Introduction to Fisheries Science
Introduction to the assessment, management, conservation and exploitation of fisheries resources of commercial and recreational importance. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BIO 100 or SMS 100 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 322 - Biology of Marine Vertebrates
This course covers the taxonomy, phylogeny and diversity of marine fishes, reptiles, birds and mammals. The course will discuss comparative functional morphology, physiology, sensory systems, ecology, behavior and life history strategies in relation to characteristics of the diverse marine habitats occupied by vertebrate animals. Students will also learn about distributions, population trends and impacts of human exploitation. Course will include field trips during class hours and on weekends.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201, with a grad of C- or better, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SMS 324 - Introduction to Research Diving
This course provides an introduction to research diving and satisfies the 100 hours of required training for scientific divers as prescribed by the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS). This training is required to participate in scientific diving activities at many universities, including UMaine, and at all AAUS member organizations throughout the United States. Students will be instructed in advanced diving skills, dive rescue, oxygen administration, and research diving techniques. Practical field diving activities will be a large focus of the course. Following successful completion of course objectives, students will be eligible to participate in diving research projects as a scientific diver-in-training or scientific diver. Students may also be eligible to apply for applicable recreational diving certifications. Participation is not a guarantee for certification. The course is taught by the UMaine Diving Safety Officer (DSO), selected UMaine faculty, and guest lecturers experienced in using scuba diving as a research tool. Field trips during class time are required. Transportation to Orono to pool sessions will be provided.
Prerequisites: Permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Summer
Credits: 3
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SMS 327 - Marine Pollution Policy
This course covers current legislative, regulatory, market and community-based approaches to addressing problems of coastal and marine pollution, engaging with both discussions of strategies for pollution prevention and pollution cleanup. The course will also include what roles scientific data play in defining and solving marine pollution problems and what strategies can be successful to motivate behavior changes to help solve such problems. The course will work through a series of case studies focused on different pollution problems, comparing the policy-design and overall effectiveness of each and focusing on reasons why policies fail to achieve their desired outcomes. The course concludes with a broader discussion of what approaches to governance promote social and ecological resilience in the face of global change. Over the course of the semester, we will discuss: runoff nutrient pollution, plastics and ocean trash, toxic contaminants; harmful algal blooms, ocean acidification and hypoxia, dumping of waste at sea, fishing industry pollution, marine debris, climate change as a pollution problem. This course has two optional, weekend field trips.
Prerequisites: SMS 230
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 350 - Undergraduate Seminar
Literature review of topics selected from the current marine literature leading to the preparation and presentation of written and oral papers. Emphasis on synthesizing information from other courses offered as part of the marine science degree to provide an overall appreciation of the field of marine sciences. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1-3
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SMS 352 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Marine Ecology
Marine communities and ecological interactions are studied through lectures, field trips along the rocky shore of Maine and laboratories. Concepts of biodiversity, the food web and the role of physical and biological limiting factors are developed. Critical and creative thinking and problem solving are enhanced by designing and conducting experiments to test hypotheses. Data analysis and scientific report writing are emphasized. Students revise subsequent reports based on extensive critiques from the instructor(s). Instructor critique each week covers elements of composition style and conventions used in scientific writing. (Taught at the Darling Marine Center.) Course may have field trips during class times.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SMS 354 - The Arctic Ocean: A Question-based Approach to Learning Marine Sciences
The purpose of the course is to challenge students to apply their knowledge of the marine science to answer questions about the ocean. The course is organized around the Arctic Ocean (AO). Students will work together to examine diverse issues concerning the rapid changes that occur in this environment at multiple spatial, temporal and organizational scales, and the global implications of these changes. Students will be encouraged to apply information from their introductory coursework and readings from the primary literature. These questions are designed to connect the theme to basic concepts from oceanography, marine biology, the Earth climate system and human-ocean interactions.
Prerequisites: SMS 100, CHY 121 and CHY 123 and Junior Standing
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 373 - Marine and Freshwater Algae
A comprehensive introduction to the algae (freshwater and marine), including their evolution, physiology, life histories, and ecology. All aspects of the course emphasize the fundamental roles of the algae in shaping the evolution of other life on Earth and determining characteristics of different ecosystems and food webs. Laboratory work will emphasize the study of living material and include special projects and field trips. Students will become competent microscopists. Course may have field trips during class times.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive and the General Education Laboratory Science
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
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SMS 374 - Deep Sea Biology
70% of this planet is ocean, and 90% of that ocean lies at depths beyond human reach without significant technological help. The Deep-sea is arguably the largest ecosystem on the planet. This course will provide an introduction to scientific exploration and study of deep ecosystems and organisms around the world. Topics considered will be broad, covering historical aspects of deep-sea discovery, the physical environment, how organisms function at depth, specific environments and ecosystems (e.g. hydrothermal vents, seamounts, cold-water coral ecosystems) and human uses of the deep-sea.
General Education Requirements: Population and Environment and Applied Science
Prerequisites: BIO 100 or BIO 122 or SMS 100
Course Typically Offered: Spring and Summer
Credits: 3
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SMS 375 - Introduction to Marine Science Data Analysis and Computer Programming
An introduction to the exploration, management, analysis, and graphical visualization of large data sets used in marine sciences and the computer programming tools that make this possible. Focuses on the widely used programming language and data analysis package MATLAB. A hands-on skills-oriented course with no exams: uses explanatory lectures, on-line and in-class tutorials/exercises and a student-driven term project.
Prerequisites: STS 232 and SMS 204 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 400 - Capstone Research Experience in Marine Science
Capstone research project or research paper for students obtaining the Bachelor of Science in Marine Science. Marine Science majors must complete at least three credits of SMS 400 and one credit of SMS 404 to satisfy the Capstone requirement for graduation. Students are advised to complete SMS 400 during the senior year.
General Education Requirements: Together with SMS 404, this course satisfies both the General Education Writing Intensive requirement and the General Education Capstone Experience requirement. A minimum of 3 credits of SMS 400 & 1 credit of SMS 404 are needed to fulfill either requirement.
Prerequisites: Senior Standing and Department consent required.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring and Summer
Credits: 1-4
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SMS 401 - Critical Issues in Aquaculture
Current and historically important issues facing the development of the aquaculture industry. Issues related to aquaculture will be researched by students who will present the issues in a series of debates. Course may have field trips during class times. This course may be repeated for up to six credits total. Lec 1.
Prerequisites: SMS 211, SMS 409 and SMS 420.
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 1
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SMS 402 - Oceans and Climate Change
Stresses the interdisciplinary nature of marine science by focusing on comprehensive oceanographic and marine ecosystems that reinforce geological, chemical, physical and biological principles and their linkages. Roles of oceans in regulating global climate will be emphasized. Climatic forcing and its impact on ocean environments and marine ecosystems will be discussed. Variability in the oceans and processes at a range of spatial and temporal scales are considered. Topics include: global carbon cycle and climate change, thermohaline circulation, influence of oceanic and climatic processes on marine populations, world fisheries and marine ecosystems, El Nino and decadal climate variability, Gulf of Maine oceanography and living marine resources, human activities and their impact on the environment. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: SMS 100 and Junior or Senior Standing
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 404 - Capstone Seminar in Marine Science
Seminar required of all SMS students, preferably in the semester when SMS 400 is first elected. Students will discuss selected special topics in marine sciences with emphasis on principles of scientific communication (e.g., process, traditional and electronic styles of publication, ethics). Students will develop and present synopses of their SMS 400 projects in the seminar using IT tools (e.g. PowerPoint for oral presentations and preparation of poster displays.
General Education Requirements: Together with SMS 400, this course satisfies both the Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience. A minimum of 3 credits of SMS 400 & 1 credit of SMS 404 are needed to fulfill either requirement.
Prerequisites: 12 credit hours of SMS courses and a minimum of 60 credit hours in all university courses (junior standing); students are advised to complete SMS 400 and SMS 404 during their senior year.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1
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SMS 416 - Marine Engineering Literacy
A hands-on project-based class. Major focus areas include: Programming, Sensors, and Robotics. By the end of the class, students should have a basic understanding of what programming is, and they will be able to build a simple electronic sensor, calibrate it and program its output to a computer, and build/program a Lego robot to do specific missions (for example, an underwater ROV or AUV taking data while diving in water).
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in both SMS 204 and PHY 112 or PHY 122
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 422 - Biology of Fishes
A comprehensive course in evolution, morphology, physiology, life histories and ecology of fishes. Emphasis will be integrating knowledge of functional and physiological design to understand how fish function and how they have adapted to diverse environments. Course will include field trips during class hours and on weekends.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 423 - The Biology of Sharks
In this course students will develop a sound understanding of shark and elasmobranch biology. The course will take an evolutionary and comparative physiological approach to the many orders of elasmobranchs. The course will explore five major areas of shark biology and the current challenges to sharks in the modern world; shark evolution, shark ecology, shark physiology, shark behavior and shark fisheries. We will also look at the current pressures humans exert on sharks, particularly those caused by overfishing, and the issues surrounding captive sharks in public aquaria. By the end of the course, the students should have a sound understanding of how sharks are adapted to their environments and why they have remained one of the most successful groups of vertebrates over the last 420 million years. If this course was taken as a topics course in SMS 491, it cannot be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: SMS 322 or SMS 422
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 425 - Applied Population Genetics
Covers the biological, mathematical and statistical principles of population genetics. Topics include a discussion of the role of mutation, migration, selection and inbreeding in structuring the genetic variation for both Mendelian and quantitative traits in natural and artificial populations. Emphasis is placed on both the theoretical and experimental approaches to the study of population genetics and the application and importance of population genetics to disciplines such as marine science, wildlife and conservation biology, ecology and animal husbandry, including aquaculture.
Prerequisites: BIO 100 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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SMS 430 - Microbes in the Marine Environment
This course examines the molecular building blocks of cells, structure and function of cells (Bacteria, Archaea, and eukaryotes) and cellular metabolism in the context of the marine environment, with a primary focus on microbes. Viruses and their role in evolution of microbes and nutrient cycling in the ocean are discussed. Basic molecular information is integrated into understanding evolutionary processes and mechanism of microbial interaction with higher organisms, symbiotic and pathogenic in the marine environment. Microbes in extreme environments are explored to demonstrate how molecular and cellular adaptations play out in different marine environments. Biochemical and microbial processes that are critical to the maintenance and function of the biosphere are examined, with examples from marine environments. Overall, students in this course will learn how to ingrate across different spatial scales, from molecules to ecosystems, and approaches, from cellular biology to evolution. If this course was taken as a topics course in SMS 491, it cannot be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing and BIO 100 and CHY 121
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 449 - Aquaculture Systems
Introduction to the application of engineering principles and practices to the commercial culture of marine and freshwater plants and animals. No engineering or engineering technology majors.
Prerequisites: SMS 211
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 479 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Microbial Ecology
Microbes-Bacteria, Archaea, and single celled eukaryotes - are the most diverse group of organisms on Earth. Microbes underlie the ecological function of every ecosystem, and are wonderfully mysterious and exciting to study. This field and lab based course will introduce students to methods used to investigate microbial diversity and habitats in the marine environment. This course emphasizes learning the scientific process first hand through the lens of microbial ecology. Students will become familiar with molecular techniques and sequence data and how they are analyzed to understand microbial diversity. Students will quantify chemical gradients and reaction rates that influence microbial activities and distribution in the marine environment. They will learn about metabolic diversity of microbes and how this diversity plays out on broader ecological scales. Students will conduct experiments and analyze and interpret results, with an overall emphasis on investigative learning and integration with prior knowledge through writing and presentations. If this course was taken as a topics course in SMS 491, it cannot be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Jr. Standing and BIO 100 and CHY 121
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SMS 480 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Biology of Marine Invertebrates
Emphasis will be on body plan and design of marine invertebrates, including investigating how body design facilitates living in selected marine habitats. After a quick review of the marine phyla, lectures will discuss functional organization of invertebrates’ bodies, including embryology and development. Emphasis in the lab sessions is on identification of coastal Maine invertebrates. Lectures, labs and field trips are integrated into a single class experience that is taught one entire day per week at the Darling Marine Center. NOTE: Because of overlap, BIO 353 and SMS 480 cannot both be taken for degree credit. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: SMS 100 and SMS 201 or BIO 200.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SMS 483 - Ecology of Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton
This course presents the world of zooplankton (including larval fish), how we study it, and our current understanding of zooplankton’s role in marine ecosystems. Students receive training in taxonomy and identification, sampling techniques and measurement of rate processes used in determining zooplankton fluxes and population dynamics. Fundamental concepts about biodiversity, trophic ecology, population dynamics, recruitment, and the influence of climate change on pelagic ecosystems are examined. Students participate in plankton monitoring at coastal stations and learn to sample and identify local zooplankton and planktonic stages of fish. Readings include research in the primary literature. The goal is to provide students with an experience of the richness and complexity of zooplankton in their natural environment while learning ecological concepts, methodology, and critical analysis of data.
This course fulfills 20 hours of the SMS field requirement.
SMS 483 was offered previously as SMS 491 (Special Topics). Students may not take this course for credit if they already took the Special Topics version with the same title.
Prerequisites: SMS 100, MAT 126, and STS 232
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SMS 484 - SBS: Estuarine Oceanography
The course examines estuaries from an environmental perspective - how geomorphology, rivers, tides, and human alterations control the physical and biological properties of estuarine habitats. Fieldwork in mid-coast Maine estuaries includes visits to various habitats with human impacts, and hydrographic surveys that use various water, sediment and biota samplers, field sensors, laboratory and modeling approaches. Students will learn how planktonic and sessile organisms respond to forcings from land and the ocean. This course is part of Semester by the Sea at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Maine. Because it is a field-intensive course, it can be used towards the marine science field experience requirement.
Prerequisites: SMS 100
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SMS 491 - Problems in Marine Science
Undergraduate studies of current problems in marine science directed by individual faculty. May be experimental or theoretical independent research or directed readings by an individual student. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: Ar
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SMS 497 - Independent Study in Marine Science
A readings, lecture, laboratory or seminar study course arranged between instructor and individual students, covering selected topics or areas within the field of Marine Science. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1-4
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SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology
Introduces the fundamental concepts, principles, and methods of sociology, analyzes the influence of social and cultural factors upon human behavior and evaluates effect of group processes, social classes, stratification, and basic institutions on contemporary society.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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SOC 201 - Social Inequality
Structural analysis of social inequality within American society and the global community. Emphasis on the causes, extent and social consequences of inequality, especially those based on race, gender, social class and the level of economic development.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SOC 214 - Crime and Criminal Justice
The causes, extent and nature of crime in American society and the operation of the criminal justice system. Emphasis given to theories and dynamics of criminal behavior and to the efforts of police, courts and prisons to prevent and to control criminality.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SOC 219 - Statistical Reasoning in Sociology
The use of statistical methods in sociological research. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics and hypothesis testing. Special emphasis place on sociological applications of statistical techniques, an understanding of when they are appropriate to use, and the information they yield.
General Education Requirements: Quantitative Literacy
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SOC 220 - Sociology of Deviance
The study of deviant behaviors, individuals and groups, with emphasis on social order, power and identity. Use of the sociological perspective to explore definitions of deviance, theories of deviance, processes by which individuals become labeled as deviant, the nature of deviant identities and societal consequences of constructions of deviance.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SOC 240 - Topics in Sociology
A second-level study of topics such as “Sociology of Youth.” “Sociology of Countercultures,” “Sociology of Sport,” and “Urban Sociology.” May be repeated for credit if the topics differ.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Every Year
Credits: 1-3
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SOC 290 - Research Methods in Sociology
Explores the relationship between theory and research. Specific topics include the nature of scientific proof in the social sciences, measurements of variables, hypothesis and theory testing, sampling, research design, ethical issues in research, and the relationship between research and policy-making.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: Junior standing and 6 hours of sociology courses or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SOC 291 - Qualitative Reasoning in Sociology
Exploration of the use of qualitative methods of data collection and analysis in sociological research. Topics include field research, interviewing, and qualitative research design. Special emphasis on hands-on exercises.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 and SOC 290 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Alternating years
Credits: 3
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SOC 325 - Sociology of Religion
Topics include: comparative religious cultures and beliefs; the social construction of religious beliefs; institutionalized religions and the resurgence of new sects and cults; major world religions and the way religion preserves and changes the social order; the encounter between religion and contemporary developments in science. Secularization and the future of religion.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions
Prerequisites: SOC 101 and junior or senior standing or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SOC 329 - Sociology of Gender
Analysis of contemporary constructions of gender. Emphasis on the interpersonal and institutional dimensions of sexism and the prospects of social change.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: 6 hours of sociology or WGS 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SOC 337 - Sociology of Mental Illness
Examination of the sociological concepts of mental illness. Analysis of the relationship between mental illness and the sociological factors responsible for these disorders. Cross-cultural examination of mental illness. The nature and structure of mental care institutions.
General Education Requirements: Ethics and Social Contexts and Institutions
Prerequisites: PSY 100 or SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SOC 338 - Race and Ethnicity
Explores dominant/subordinate relations nationally and internationally with emphasis on socially defined racial and ethnic groups. Origins, nature, and consequences of racial/ethnic oppression and inequality; historical and social contexts of intergroup relations and conflicts; implications of changing racial/ethnic diversity.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity & International Perspective and Social Contexts & Institutions
Prerequisites: SOC 101 and SOC 201 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SOC 340 - Intermediate Topics in Sociology
An intermediate-level study of topics such as “Sociology of Emotions,” “Sociology of Science and Technology,” and “Modern Sociological Theory.” May be repeated for credit if the topics differ.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of sociology or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SOC 360 - Major Ideas in Sociology
The sociological theories of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Mead and others. Developments in sociological theory as related to methodology, social issues, and current trends in contemporary sociology.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 and SOC 290 or permisson
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SOC 493 - Senior Thesis
The completion of a senior thesis on a topic of the student’s choice under the supervision of a sociology faculty member. While senior students will typically complete SOC 499 as their capstone experience, in rare circumstances students may conduct a significant piece of sociological research with a faculty mentor.. Students who take this course may choose to substitute it for SOC 499-Senior Capstone to satisfy both the Sociology and General Education capstone requirements.
Prerequisites: Permission; Sociology major with senior standing and a minimum GPA in sociology courses of 3.5; SOC 290, SOC 460 and statistics.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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SOC 495 - Internship in Sociology
A supervised internship providing practical experience in a field placement and requiring parallel readings and study. Emphasis on the guided application of concepts and principles from related courses and structured readings to applied situations in the field. Students may take 3-9 credits. Not more than 6 credit hours may be used toward the departmental major.
Prerequisites: Sociology major with senior standing; GPA of at least 3.0 and permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3 - 9
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SOC 497 - Departmental Projects I
No description available.
Prerequisites: permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1-3
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SOC 498 - Departmental Projects II
No description available.
Prerequisites: permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1-3
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SOC 499 - Senior Capstone
Selected theoretical and empirical topics in Sociology. Serves as the capstone course for Sociology majors and will assume a knowledge of and will build upon, the material presented in the other required courses in the major. The intent of the course is to help students integrate their Sociology knowledge and to apply it in dealing with fundamental questions of social life and social theory.
General Education Requirements: Capstone
Prerequisites: Sociology major with senior standing; SOC 290 and SOC 460 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish I
A systematic study of the basics of the Spanish language. Equal emphasis on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of Spanish or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Summer
Credits: 3 - 4
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SPA 102 - Elementary Spanish II
A continued study of the basics of the Spanish language. Equal emphasis is placed on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of Spanish or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: SPA 101 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Summer
Credits: 3 - 4
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SPA 109 - Spanish for the Medical Professions
In response to the ever-growing Spanish-speaking population in the United States, this course will address the specific Spanish communications skills required by those students who intend to pursue careers in medical or health-care fields. This course will focus on medical situations with Spanish-speaking patients and/or family members with limited English. It will emphasize technical vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and grammar, as well as cultural awareness. Entering students will need to have an elementary notion of Spanish to be able to benefit fully from this course.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: SPA 101 or 2 years of high school Spanish
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SPA 117 - Accelerated Spanish I
An intensive, systematic study of the Spanish language at the beginning level that provides the equivalent of two semesters of beginning Spanish (SPA 101 and SPA 102) in one semester. For students with no previous study of Spanish or fewer than two years of high school Spanish.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 6
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SPA 203 - Intermediate Spanish I
An integrated approach using audio-visual materials and reading texts of a literary and/or cultural nature to strengthen comprehension, reading, writing, and speaking. Includes a systematic but gradual review of the essentials of Spanish grammar.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: SPA 102 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SPA 204 - Intermediate Spanish II
An integrated approach using audio-visual materials and reading texts of a literary and/or cultural nature to strengthen comprehension, reading, writing, and speaking. Includes a systematic but gradual review of the essentials of Spanish grammar.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: SPA 203 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SPA 217 - Accelerated Spanish II
This course is a continuation of SPA 117 Accelerated Spanish I. A multi-media intensive study of Spanish language and culture that develops speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. Equivalent to two semester of intermediate Spanish (SPA 203 and SPA 204).
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: SPA 102 or SPA 117 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 6
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SPA 305 - Applied Spanish
Intensive oral and written practice in real-life situations. Development of confidence, accuracy, fluency and communicative strategies in formal and informal modes of expression. Guided development of idiomatic expression and structures; development of self-correct in speech and writing. Reinforcement through interactive situations.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: SPA 204 or SPA 217 or SPA 300 level or higher course
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SPA 306 - Workshop in Speaking and Writing Spanish
Develops fluency and accuracy in written and oral Spanish. Students help design course content through projects, performances, and problem-solving.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspective and Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: SPA 204 or SPA 217 or SPA 300 level or higher course
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SPA 307 - Readings in Peninsular Literature
An overview of Peninsular Spanish literature. Provides practice in reading and analyzing culturally important texts. Includes a selection of genres and periods will be included. May be taken either before or after SPA 308.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: Any SPA 300 level or higher course
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SPA 308 - Readings in Spanish American Literature
Emphasis on changes in the cultural phenomena, styles, themes and ideological position of texts from the beginnings of Hispanic American literature through romanticism, naturalism, the novel of the land, the “Boom” and avant-garde movements. May be taken before or after SPA 307.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: Any SPA 300 level or higher course
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SPA 309 - Spanish for the Professions
Designed to provide students who have an intermediate-level knowledge of Spanish familiarity with specialized language and conventions in professional situations. Emphasis will be given to vocabulary and writing skills for professional use as well as awareness of Hispanic culture, cross-cultural communications and applications in Spanish speaking countries. Authentic up-to-date information will require regular use of the Internet as a source of reading. All classes are conducted in Spanish.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: SPA 204 or SPA 217 or SPA 300 level or higher course
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SPA 310 - Contemporary Latin American Cultures
This course will show students the contrasting and diverse cultures of Latin America. Students will learn about Latin American peoples’ knowledge, technological development, modern life, and traditional cultures. The themes for reading and discussion will be about patrimony (what a people has from their past), art, enterprises, products, market, personalities, syncretism (mixing of cultures), migrations, history, science and society. Students will improve listening, speaking, reading and writing in Spanish.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: SPA 204 or SPA 217 or SPA 300 level or higher course
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SPA 350 - Multi-disciplinary Readings in Spanish
This course is intended to be taken in conjunction with an approved co-requisite course in another discipline, where key texts are originally written in Spanish. SPA 350 supplements the content of the course with appropriate readings in Spanish and promotes increased proficiency in Spanish through reading and discussion in Spanish of texts important to other disciplines. May be repeated for credit for a total of three credit hours.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: Permission
Credits: 1
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SPA 390 - Topics in Spanish
May include the study of literature, culture, cinema, the arts and media as expressed in Spanish-speaking countries. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Any SPA 300 Level course
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1-3
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SPA 401 - Golden Age
A survey of the rich cultural output of one of the most powerful and complicated empires in human history. Through critical readings in the lyric poetry, drama, and prose fiction of the 16th and 17th centuries, this course seeks to investigate the lasting cultural legacies of the Spanish empire’s projects of colonial exploration and expansion.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Western Cultural Tradition
Prerequisites: SPA 307 or SPA 308 or permission of the instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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SPA 409 - Contemporary Latin-American Short Story
A study of Latin-American short story writers including discussion of such significant contemporary concerns as poverty, politics and religion, and such themes as the interplay of fantasy and reality and the relativity of madness.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: SPA 307 or SPA 308 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SPA 410 - Latin American Novel
The contemporary novel in Spanish America, with special attention on some of the novelists of the “Boom.”
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: SPA 307 or SPA 308 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SPA 414 - History of the Spanish Language
An historical panorama of the development of Spanish from late Latin on the Iberian Peninsula to the globally dynamic language of our present. Students will study the modern Spanish language in Europe, Africa, the Americas, and around the world, how this language came to be, and how it continues to change. Linguistic notions gleaned in this course have relevance to other modern languages, including English, as well as to the idiosyncrasies and common points of confusion in Spanish.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity or International Perspectives and Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: SPA 307 or SPA 308 or permission; INT 410 suggested
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SPA 415 - Feminism and Literature
Feminism is one of the most consequential intellectual traditions of the West. This course will examine this far-reaching current of thought in the global literature of the Spanish language, from medieval precursors to twenty-first-century texts.
General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions
Prerequisites: SPA 307 or SPA 308 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SPA 416 - Modernism(o) and Avant-Garde
Across the Hispanic world, writers like Cesar Vallejo, Federico Garcia Lorca, Ruben Dario, Roas Chacel, and Jorge Luis Borges, along with visual artists like Salvador Dali, Maruja Mallo, and Pablo Picasso define what it means to be modern at the beginning of the twentieth century. This course examines and explores the complicated topic of modernity by surveying Hispanic art and literature from about 1898 to 1945.
General Education Requirements: Artistic and Creativity Expression and Western Cultural Tradition
Prerequisites: SPA 307 or SPA 308 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring, alternating years
Credits: 3
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SPA 419 - Rebels & Realists in 19th-Century Literature
This course analyzes a broad selection of literary texts from the 19th century, a period of revolutions, rapid industrialization, and radical politics. A particular emphasis is placed on Romanticism and Realism and their legacies in contemporary culture.
General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Traditions
Prerequisites: SPA 307 or 308
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Alternating
Credits: 3
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SPA 420 - Spanish Film
Areas covered may vary and could include the following topics: national cinemas; director of note; the social, political, historic and economic factors that influence both the creation and content of films; and an analysis of the components of cinematography. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Social Contexts and Institutions and Artistic and Creative Expression
Prerequisites: SPA 307 or SPA 308 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SPA 444 - Theory and Techniques of Translation
Designed to develop awareness of linguistic styles and structures and emphasize the complex relationship between a language and its context. Taught as workshop, with regular assignments of texts for translation, comparison and evaluation. Selections from literature and general topics, although this is not a literature course. Attention given to theories of translation both past and present and how these theories respond to cultural and ideological perspectives; and relate to Spanish translation.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspective and Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: SPA 307 or SPA 308 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 3
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SPA 490 - Topics and Individual Authors in Spanish
Specific topic varies semester to semester. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: SPA 307 or SPA 308 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1-3
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SPA 495 - Senior Project in Spanish
Capstone Experience in which majors in Spanish and in International Affairs with a concentration in Spanish, or in Cultures, Languages and the Humanities, apply language skills and knowledge gained from all prior language study. Students work closely with a faculty advisor on an approved project and give a public presentation of the project in Spanish. When taken as a stand-alone course, the coursework will reflect the work of three credit hours, regardless of number of credits taken. When taken in conjunction with another Spanish course at the 400 level, the course will carry no credit and will be graded Pass/Fail only.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Western Cultural Tradition and Capstone Experience
Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
Credits: 0-3
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SPA 498 - Projects in Spanish II
Independent study on topics selected by student and instructor.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1-3
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STS 232 - Principles of Statistical Inference
Intended for students who will use statistics as an aid to the comprehension of quantitative work done by others and for students who will follow this course by an intermediate level applied statistics course. An introduction to the language and methods of statistical analysis, probability, graphic and numeric descriptive methods and inference from sample data.
Due to overlapping content, course repeat rules are applicable for STS 215 and STS 232.
General Education Requirements: Quantitative Literacy
Prerequisites: Two years of high school math required.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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STS 332 - Statistics for Engineers
Statistical methods applicable to engineering including theory and application of classical and nonparametric methods.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MAT 228.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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