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2021-2022 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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ENG 470 - Topics in Literary Theory and Criticism
Studies in the history of literary criticism, in selected theoretic perspectives, or in the application of specific critical approaches. Specific topic varies from year to year.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: ENG 271 plus 6 hours of 300-level literature courses or instructor permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall Even Years
Credits: 3
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ENG 471 - Literature, Gender, and Gender Theory
Introduction to gender theory and issues of gender as reflected in the reception, interpretations, and transmission of literary texts. Emphasis on cultural assumptions surrounding gender, which involve both women and men.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: ENG 271 plus 6 hours of 300-level literature courses or instructor permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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ENG 490 - Research Seminar in Literature
A seminar course on a small body of primary literary texts and the critical communities concerned with them. Students propose and write original researched papers that demonstrate knowledge of current research in the field, using appropriate research methods and conventions of scholarly bibliography.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive and Capstone
Prerequisites: ENG 271 and 6 hours of 300 or 400 level literature courses or instructor permission
Course Typically Offered: Every Year
Credits: 3
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ENG 496 - Field Experience in Professional Writing
Students work with businesses, professions, and other organizations approved by the department. The work in the course varies with each student enrolled and with the needs of the cooperating employer but normally involves either research, public relations, reporting, editing, interviewing, indexing, or other allied activity requiring skill in reading and writing. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credit hours.
General Education Requirements: Capstone
Prerequisites: 9 hours of writing including ENG 317 and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1-6
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ENG 497 - Independent Study in English
Advanced study and research in literature and/or theory not covered by other courses.
Prerequisites: Senior Standing and permission of the instructor. May not be repeated.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1-3
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ENG 499 - Capstone Experience in English
Pre-professional experience supervised by an English faculty member, attached to an appropriate 3 credit English course (i.e. completion of a substantial critical paper based upon content of a 400-level literature course; a semester tutoring in the Writing Center after ENG 395: English Internship; ENG 496: Field Experience; or completion of a finished manuscript after an appropriate 400-level creative writing course. (Pass/Fail Grade Only.)
General Education Requirements: Capstone
Prerequisites: Senior English major and permission of department
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 0
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ERL 317 - Children’s Literature
An overview of literature written for children between the ages of four and twelve. Emphasis on developing criteria for evaluating various types of books and selecting for individual children.
Prerequisites: Teacher candidacy required and English Literature Course or by permission.
Corequisites: ERL 319
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ERL 319 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Preschool to Grade 3
Current methods, materials, and assessment tools in teaching reading and writing to children preschool to grade three, including early literacy development, guided reading/shared reading, spelling and oral language development, handwriting instruction, the writing processes of young children, and reading and writing reciprocity in literacy development. Field experience required as part of the course.
Prerequisites: Teacher candidacy required or by permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ERL 320 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Grades 4-8
Current methods, materials, strategies, and assessment tools to teach and assess reading and writing in grades 4-8, including the foundation for teaching using vocabulary, content area reading, the reading/writing connection, narrative and informational text, and print skills with intermediate/middle grades students.
Prerequisites: Teacher Candidacy status for Elementary Education majors; EHD 204 and SED 302 or by permission
Corequisites: EHD 400
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ERL 441 - Methods of Teaching English in the Secondary School
This is a teaching methods course for future English/Language Arts teachers at the middle and secondary school levels. Students explore a variety of teaching strategies for organizing a secondary English/Language Arts curriculum, utilizing the national standards of the Common Core, and planning, implementing, and assessing appropriate instruction using current best practices for the effective teaching of English/Language Arts. The course includes a mandatory field experience.
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Candidacy in English Education (Secondary) or instructor permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ERL 472 - Language and Linguistics
Provides future English and world language teachers with a knowledge of linguistics as it impacts the classroom. Covers the nature and characteristics of human language, the components of language, language change and language variation, the history of the English language, and linguicism. If this course was taken under as a topics course in EHD 472, it cannot be repeated for credit.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ERS 101 - Introduction to Geology
A study of earth materials and processes, including their impact on humans. Topics include mineralogy, formation of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, geologic time, weathering and soil formation, glaciation, deserts and desertification, coastlines, earthquakes and seismology, and evolution of mountain belts and plate tectonics. Laboratory work includes the study of rocks, minerals, topographic maps and aerial photographs in preparation for a one-day weekend field trip to Acadia National Park.
General Education Requirements: Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 4
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ERS 102 - Environmental Geology
Environmental Geology explores the interaction of humans with the Earth’s systems. The course begins with discussions of earth materials and human population dynamics. The science underlying geologic hazards (earthquakes, floods, landslides, etc.) is described and the interaction between geologic hazards and humans is explored. Human impacts on earth systems are identified and evaluated with a focus on pollution and climate change. Sources of energy used by humans and the associated environmental consequences of different energy sources are discussed. May include a one day field trip.
General Education Requirements: Laboratory in the Basic or Applied Sciences and Population and the Environment
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 4
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ERS 103 - Dynamic Earth
Explores how Earth’s dynamic processes interact with humans by evaluating: the interplay between Earth’s interior, hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere; the effects and underlying causes of natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves and global warming; Earth’s economic and energy resources how they form and how long they will last; and the global environment and how best to interact with it. Lec 3.
General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Population and the Environment
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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ERS 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 time and a one day field trip. (This course is identical to SMS 108.)
General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Population and the Environment
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ERS 121 - Humans and Global Change
Explores how Earth’s climate system works and how past environmental changes affected humans on time scales ranging from interannual to hundreds of thousands of years. Topics will range from the development of agriculture at the beginning of the current interglaciation to how humans are now changing global climate through the addition of greenhouses gases to the atmosphere.
General Education Requirements: Population and the Environment
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ERS 152 - Earth’s Changing Climate
Earth harbors a climate that is unique in the solar system, with its ability to sustain liquid water and support life. The geologic record bears witness to spectacular climate changes in the past, the most recent of which heralded the emergence of a complex, globally interconnected human society. Today humans are influencing the climate system in potentially unprecedented ways. The purpose of this course is to understand and evaluate the scientific basis of Earth’s climate and past, present, and future change within the climate system, and to provide scientific context for a warming world.
General Education Requirements: Quantitative Literacy and Application of Scientific Knowledge
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ERS 200 - Earth Systems
A survey of dynamic topics in earth sciences, emphasizing active participation in on-going faculty research in topics such as: global climate change, changing sea levels, geochemical cycles, plate tectonics and mountain building, and the geological evolution of the northern Appalachians. Multiple field trips; at least one a weekend. Lec 3, Lab 3.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive and Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences
Prerequisites: Any 100-level UMaine Earth Sciences course.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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ERS 201 - Global Environmental Change
Examines the physical and chemical interactions among the primary systems operating at the Earth’s surface (atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere) on various timescales throughout geologic history. We will consider internal and external forces that have shaped environmental evolution, including the role of humans in recent geochemical and climatic change. During lecture and laboratory sessions, our goals are to develop critical thinking skills and a scientific approach to the complex array of feedbacks operating at the Earth’s surface, as well as an appreciation for how past environmental change informs current societal issues. Course will include field trips during class hours and may include weekends.
General Education Requirements: Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences and Population and the Environment
Prerequisites: Any 100-level ERS course.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
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ERS 240 - The Atmosphere
The nature of planetary atmospheres, physical processes in the atmosphere, clouds and precipitation, global climate, seasons, natural and anthropogenic climate change, forecasting of storms. Lec 3, Lab 2.
General Education Requirements: Laboratory in the Basic or Applied Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 4
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ERS 301 - Earth and Climate Science Geomatics
This course will provide an introduction to the collection, display, manipulation and management of geospatial information. The focus will be on modern tools, techniques and methodologies commonly used by earth and environmental scientists. The course will be divided into surveying and mapping (including GPS), satellite remote sensing, and geographical information systems (GIS). Lec. 2.5 hr, Lab 3hr.
Prerequisites: Any ERS 100 level course or SMS 108 and MAT 111 or a score of 30 or higher on the Math Placement Exam or permission of instructors.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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ERS 310 - Fields Methods in Earth Sciences
A majority of Earth, environmental, and climate sciences disciplines rely on robust field data collection skills. ERS 310 introduces students to the essential elements of field data collection, documentation and interpretation. The course aims to expand and reinforce practical field data skills that students acquire in introductory level classes and prepare them for advanced education and research in geosphere related disciplines using traditional and modern methods, instrumentation and techniques. Off-campus day trips will explore diverse coastal, glacial, sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic geological settings. Students will work in teams to collect and interpret information, share and discuss their findings, and produce a final comprehensive field report. There is a fee associated with this course for travel expenses.
Prerequisites: ERS 200 or ERS 201 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 3
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ERS 312 - Geochemistry
Introduction to the field of geochemistry, from Earth formation to modern processes in the deep Earth and at the surface. This course will investigate the chemistry of many Earth materials, including rocks, soils, surface and ground waters, and oceans. Course may include weekend field trips.
Lec 3, Lab 3
Prerequisites: CHY 121 & 123, and any 100 level ERS course.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 4
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ERS 315 - Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Basic concepts and techniques of stratigraphy and sedimentation. Field trips to local environments and outcrops. Laboratories emphasize practical analytical techniques of sedimentology, petrography of sedimentary rocks in hand specimens and thin section, and modern stratigraphic approaches. Lec 3, Lab 3.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: Any 100 level ERS course.
Course Typically Offered: Spring Even Years
Credits: 4
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ERS 316 - Structural Geology
Explores the principles of structural geology, with emphasis on the geometry, kinematics and dynamics of Earth deformation. Includes several field trips with the aim of integrating field observations and theory. Lec 2, Lab 3. Course may have field trips during class times with the aim of integrating field observations and theory.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: ERS 200.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 4
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ERS 317 - Introduction to Geophysics
Introduction to geophysical studies and global geodynamics. Seismological, gravity, magnetic, electrical and geothermal studies of the Earth’s lithosphere and cryosphere are emphasized in integrated class, field and laboratory exercises. Course problem solving requires spread sheeting and numerical modeling applications using available personal computers.
Prerequisites: MAT 116 or MAT 126 & PHY 111 or 121 and any 100 level ERS course.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 4
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ERS 319 - Geohazards and Humans
Geohazards and Humans will introduce the scientific principles necessary to understand the underlying causes of the most devastating natural disasters on Earth. Students will learn how to apply modern geological concepts and theories to identify drivers of major geological hazards and reduce their impacts. It is designed for students who major in the geosciences but will also benefit students majoring in environmental science, engineering, public policy and business. A primary goal is to translate a working knowledge of the science of natural hazards into strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to prepare students to work with geohazards in their future careers. To meet this goal, the course objectives are to demonstrate the use of geological methods and techniques to study geological hazards, and introduce tools that help to mitigate the impact of these events on humans. Students will learn about established and emerging approaches for reducing the impact of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, extra-terrestrial impacts, shifts in climate and anthropogenic pollutants on humans and the global economy.
General Education Requirements: Science Applications and Population and Environment
Prerequisites: Any 100-level Earth Science course or by permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ERS 320 - Research Seminar in Earth and Climate Sciences
Research seminar course of students with junior or senior standing. Students will attend research presentations by School of Earth and Climate Sciences faculty or graduate students and write short reviews of these presentations with the goals of increasing student understanding and awareness of the role of research in earth and climate sciences and strengthening students’ writing skills.
Prerequisites: ERS 200 and ERS 201 and Junior or Senior Standing
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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ERS 321 - Problems in Earth and Climate Sciences
Students conduct an original investigation and report findings. May not normally be used as a required geology elective. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1-4
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ERS 323 - Extreme Weather
Extreme weather is analyzed in terms of its physical basis as well as historical, economic and human consequences. Emphasis is placed on the interplay between technological advances, the evolution of meteorology as a science, and the impacts of extreme weather (winter storms, severe thunderstorms, tornados, tropical storms, El Nino, floods, droughts, heatwaves, cold waves). Recommended: ERS 121 or ERS 240
General Education Requirements: Quantitative Literacy and Population and Environment
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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ERS 330 - Earth Materials
Examination of fundamental aspects of the materials that record Earth history and the processes that shape the planet. Through a combination of lectures, laboratory sessions, and other active-learning exercises, we explore how minerals form, their structure and composition, and their physical and chemical properties. Through discussions and presentations, we explore minerals in the context of the rocks in which they are found, with the aim of gaining a greater understanding of physical and chemical makeup of the Earth. Throughout the course, we relate mineralogy to geologic processes and other fields of Earth Science. Course may include weekend field trips.
Prerequisites: ERS 200 or ERS 201; CHY 121 and MAT 126 recommended.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 4
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ERS 340 - Economic Geology
This course examines the geological characteristics of metallic and industrial mineral deposits, the geological environments and processes responsible for their genesis, the methods used in their discovery and extraction, and the challenges of environmentally responsible reclamation of extraction sites.
Prerequisites: ERS 330 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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ERS 350 - Fresh-Water Flow
Focuses on characterizing fresh-water hydrologic systems (Lakes, Rivers, ground water, etc.) and the fluxes of water between these reservoirs. Rates of precipitation, evaporation, channelized flow, overland flow, and infiltration are calculated and used to assess watershed hydrology. Course may include weekend field trips.
Prerequisites: MAT 122 or a passing score on UM Math Placement Exam #3.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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ERS 361 - The Principles of Geomorphology
Focuses on the shapes, dimensions, and dynamics of landforms on Earth. The material covered will provide an introductory understanding of process mechanics and their relation to the genesis and alteration of landforms in varied settings and over a range of scales. Topics covered will include general background on the discipline of geomorphology, internal and climate forces associated with earth surface systems, chemical and physical weathering, drainage basins, fluvial systems, wind generated landforms, glacial processes, karst landscapes, and coastal environments. The course approach will provide attention to landform ontologies, measurement techniques, and analytical frameworks necessary to quantify earth surface measurement and observations. Two one-day weekend field trips may be scheduled during the semester.
Prerequisites: ERS 200 and ERS 201
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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ERS 401 - Paleoceanography
The ocean plays a central role in regulating climate and supporting life on our planet, and it has not always operated as it does today. Throughout Earth history, the ocean has undergone dramatic changes in circulation, temperature, chemical composition, and more. In this course, students will explore our ocean’s dynamic past, which provides insight into its present and future behavior. We will discuss key research techniques, major discoveries, and emerging frontiers in the field of paleoceanography (the study of the global ocean’s circulation, chemistry, biology, and geology through geologic time). Students will read and discuss key research articles each week that complement lecture material. They will also work with both modern and paleo datasets to enhance their skills and deepen their understanding of how scientists infer past ocean conditions from geologic archives. ERS 401 and ERS 501 cannot both be taken for credit.
Prerequisites: Any 100 level ERS course.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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ERS 410 - Sea-to-Sky Experience
Many critical processes in the Earth and climate sciences occur at interfaces among the atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, oceans, solid earth, and society. Using an interdisciplinary systems-based approach, as well as the ability to make direct observations, are essential to understanding these processes. ERS 410 will visit a region where a wide range of environments - everything from open ocean (“sea”) to glaciers (“sky”) - can be experienced. During this travel study course, we will focus on a range of professional and practical skills, including global impact/local relevance research, proposal development, science planning and logistics, risk assessment and mitigation, safety, group dynamics and collaboration, field-based and remote observations, cultural knowledge, and science communication.
General Education Requirements: Capstone
Prerequisites: ERS 310
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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ERS 420 - Computer Scripting for Data Analysis
This course focuses on the application of a computer scripting language (Python or similar language) to interpret and analyze earth and environmental science data and processes. Students will learn to use an interpreted computer language to perform calculations, evaluate data sets, create complex graphs and simulate simple systems.
Prerequisites: MAT 116 or MAT 122
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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ERS 433 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Using field relationships, rock textures, and chemical systems, we take a qualitative and quantitative system-based approach to exploring rock-forming processes within Earth’s crust and mantle. In keeping with the fact that modern understanding of igneous and metamorphic processes requires use of microscopes and microanalysis, students will use petrographic and electron microscopes to make observation and gather data related to mineral chemistry and textures in preparation for later analysis. This course also develops aspects of scientific methodology, including classification schemes and data collection, management, and analysis. Several weekend field trips are required.
Prerequisites: ERS 330.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 4
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ERS 441 - Glaciers and Our Landscape
Explores the nature of the ice ages, including the work of glaciers and how they shape the earth’s surface. Emphasis is on understanding the processes that resulted in the landscape and sediments we see today. Course may have field trips during class times. (ERS 441 and 541 are identical courses and cannot both be taken for degree credit.)
General Education Requirements: Population and the Environment and Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: Any 100 level ERS course or Graduate Standing
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ERS 444 - Introduction to Glaciology
Glaciers and ice sheets cover a significant portion of the planet and have major impacts on surrounding Earth systems and human communities. Glaciers act as a consistent source of freshwater, they sculpt the Earth’s near surface geology, and they can influence tectonics, weather, climate, ocean and surrounding ecosystems. This course will study the life cycle of glaciers and ice sheets, the physics which influence their structure, size, movement, and their interaction with surrounding environments. This course will also explore tools and methods used to study glaciers and ice sheets through practical exercises and experiments. Methods we will explore include classic field glaciological techniques, geochemistry, geophysics, remote sensing, and numerical modeling. Note: ERS 444 and ERS 544 cannot both be taken for credit.
Prerequisites: ERS 200 or ERS 201 and MAT 116 or MAT 126 or permission of the instructor
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 4
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ERS 451 - Tectonics
Exploration of the plate tectonic mechanisms that control and modify the first-order features of Earth’s surface. We consider how the movements of the uppermost 100-200 km of our planet creates the topographic features and patterns in the continents and oceans. One weekend field trip.
Prerequisites: Any 200-level ERS course or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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ERS 460 - Marine Geology
Topics include theories of the origin of the earth as a planet and the development of continents and ocean basins, morphology and structure of the sea floor, interpretation of geological and geophysical evidence relevant to the origin and evolution of major tectonic features of oceans. Students may not receive credit for both ERS 460 and ERS 560.
Prerequisites: Any 100 level ERS course.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even
Credits: 3.0
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ERS 480 - Introduction to Hydrogeology
The role of groundwater in geologic and water supply processes including: the hydrologic cycle, groundwater interaction with surface water, groundwater flow and transport equations, aquifer characterization, chemistry of groundwater, and groundwater as a geologic agent. ERS 480 and ERS 580 cannot both be taken for credit.
Prerequisites: Any 100 level ERS course and MAT 116 or MAT 126.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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ERS 498 - Undergraduate Thesis
Original research in geological sciences. The research problem must be identified prior to the start of the senior year and may be of an experimental, empirical or theoretical approach. A committee of three or more faculty will supervise the thesis and its defense.
Prerequisites: Senior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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ERS 499 - Field Experience in Earth and Climate Sciences
Students will attend a four- to six-week earth or climate science field camp or engage in equivalent field-based research activities. The experience (a) draws together the various threads of the School’s undergraduate program, (b) typifies the work of professionals within Earth and Climate Sciences, (c) develops problem-solving skills while working within a natural system, and (d) develops spatial cognition and reasoning.
General Education Requirements: Capstone
Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring and Summer
Credits: 4-6
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ESC 316 - Teaching Science in the Elementary School (K-8)
Presents information and activities designed to encourage students to learn and develop goals and objectives, instructional strategies, selection of curriculum materials K-8, effective management and evaluation techniques.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: Teacher Candidacy status for Elementary Education majors; EHD 204 and SED 302 or by permission.
Corequisites: EHD 400
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ESC 452 - Teaching Science in the Secondary School
Instructional strategies and general approaches to teaching science in grades 7-12. Emphasis on professional literature, curriculum development, teaching and learning styles and reflective teaching.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: Teacher Candidacy status for Secondary Education majors; EHD 204 and SED 302 or by permission.
Corequisites: EHD 400
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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ESS 315 - Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School
Examines methods and materials for social studies in the elementary school and ways of relating the work of the social studies class to an understanding of practical problems of the community.
General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition
Prerequisites: Teacher candidacy required, EHD 204 and SED 302 or by permission.
Corequisites: EHD 400
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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ESS 441 - Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School
Covers current practices in teaching social studies, selection and use of instructional materials, modern trends in curriculum construction for social studies in the secondary school.
Prerequisites: Teacher Candidacy status for Secondary Education majors; EHD 204 and SED 302 or permission.
Corequisites: EHD 400
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FAS 101 - Introduction to Franco American Studies
Introduces students to the French cultures of the United States, emphasizing the peoples of Maine and the Northeast region. Examines European origins and later migrations, the impact of gender and class, the social significance of language, individual and collective expression, the effects of assimilation and the challenges faced today. Taught in English; no knowledge of the French language is presumed.
General Education Requirements: Social Context and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FAS 120 - People, Places and Pasts
Introduces the cultural geography of Franco America. Investigates how heritage links to place with particular emphasis on gender, class, and ethnicity. Includes a field trip to a Franco American community. Run as a seminar, with no prerequisites or knowledge of French or the Franco American community required.
General Education Requirements: Population and the Environment
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FAS 140 - Searching for Family Origins: Genealogy, DNA, and Family Trees
Genealogy is the study of family history. It is a global phenomenon, one of the biggest participatory activity on the planet. It informs popular conceptions of the past and of identity. This course explores the implications of genealogy and family history. Students will learn the fundamentals of genealogical research, build a family tree, and think about genealogy as both a field and a personal practice. Students will explore the ethical questions of genealogy, including but not limited to genetics and DNA testing, the impact of technology, and its rule in identity.
General Education Requirements: Social Context and Institutions and Ethics
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Alternating years
Credits: 3
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FAS 170 - Transnational Beat, Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac has often been studied as the quintessential American writer. Yet Jack Kerouac was the son of French Canadian immigrants, spoke only French until he was six, wrote an early draft of his famous On the Road in French, sprinkled passages in French throughout all his writing and cited French writers as important inspirations. This course will explore the ways in which Kerouac straddle cultures and how this transnationalism infects, determines and interrupts both the content and the style of his writings. We will read excerpts of Kerouac’s lesser-known writings, some of his writings in French (in translation) and of course parts of On the Road. This class will run as a seminar; no prior knowledge of French is required.
General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FAS 200 - SL: Primary Sources in Franco American Studies
This service-learning course prepares students to build print or digital information resources using primary source materials in Franco American Studies. Course readings introduce students to theories and methods of archival practice, and to ethical issues surrounding the creation and use of human records. Students engage these issues in the context of Franco American writing and scholarship, and consider the ways archives and archival materials impact an exploration of Franco American cultural identity. FAS 101 is recommended but not required.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Context and Institutions
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Summer
Credits: 3
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FAS 240 - French Exploration and Settlement of Maine, 1604-1760
The names and traces of the early French explorers and settlers remain on in many place names along the Maine Coast, including the names of mountains and hiking trails in Acadia National Park, such as Champlain, St. Sauveur, Sieur de Mons, etc. This course examines the history of the French exploration and settlement of Maine and places the French settlement of Maine in the broader geopolitical context of the settlement of North America.
General Education Requirements: Population and the Environment
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FAS 270 - Immigration, Yesterday and Today
This course will use French Canadian immigration to the United States to explore key issues in today’s debates about immigration. We will look at the similarities and differences between the two great waves of immigration, focusing on three key areas at the core of migration debates: rights, citizenship, and migration policy; the second generation; diasporas and transnationalism.
General Education Requirements: Ethics and Writing Intensive
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FAS 329 - Topics in Franco American Studies
Focuses on themes and issues drawn from, or related to, the history, traditions, and contemporary experience of the Franco American community of Maine and the northeast region.
Prerequisites: FAS 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FAS 400 - Internship in Franco American Studies
This Franco American Studies course provides opportunities for students to complete and reflect upon an internship with archives and archival materials. Students with an interest in cultural heritage preservation, library and information studies, archival science, public history, or Franco American Studies will undertake various duties in the discovery, organization, cataloging, and overall stewardship of Franco American cultural materials for the completion of an internship. In partnership with their internship cohort and instructor, they will use this course to evaluate and reflect upon these duties, the materials they encounter, and the learned skills they can deploy in their professional lives. Specific internship duties will change from semester to semester; the course’s structure of evaluation and reflection will not. This internship course is open to all students and requires the completion of tasks in person at one or another UMS campus, at a separate agreed upon location, at a distance, or any combination of these in close consultation with the instructor.
Prerequisites: Any FAS course or permission of the instructor
Course Typically Offered: Spring and Summer
Credits: 1-2
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FAS 442 - French Language of North America
A historical, linguistic, and sociolingustic approach to the study of the varieties of French spoken in Acadie, Quebec, New England, and Louisiana. Emphasis on the phonetic system, morphology, syntax, and lexicon in order to understand the present state of these varieties of French. Research in the areas of the spoken and/or written language. This course is identical to FRE 442 and is taught in French.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 310 or FRE 320 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FIN 257 - Introduction to the Bloomberg Terminal
This course will train students in the use of the Bloomberg terminal software via hands-on application and analysis. Students need not be finance majors. However, given that Bloomberg is a financial tool, students should have some familiarity with, and interest in, finance when taking this course. Some of all of the following topics will be explored at an introductory level via the terminal software: stocks, bonds, charting, fund analysis, economics, supply chain analysis, and Excel integration. Students will also use the software to analyze broader business issues in marketing and management. If this course was taken as a topics course in MGT 290, it cannot be repeated for credit.
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 1
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FIN 350 - Business Finance
Introduces the principles of finance including time value of money, security valuation, capital budgeting and measurement of risk. Emphasis is on financial decision-making in the corporate environment.
Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in ACC 201, ECO 120, ECO 121, and in one of the following: MAT 115, MAT 116, or MAT 126; junior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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FIN 351 - Valuation and Corporate Investment Decisions
A course in advanced corporate finance with a focus on project and enterprise valuation. Students explore advanced issues in capital budgeting and explore in depth the financing decisions of the corporation, which include raising capital both privately and publicly. Other important topics may be introduced such as a capital structure and dividend policy. Includes case studies.
General Education Requirements: Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in FIN 350 and in STS 215 or STS 232.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FIN 352 - Financial Institutions
Analyzes the operations and economic roles of financial institutions, including commercial, savings and investment banks. Particular attention is paid to the changing nature of this industry, regulation and deregulation and management of risk.
Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in FIN 350; junior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FIN 353 - Investment Strategy
Examines the construction and management of investment portfolios.
Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in FIN 350 and STS 215 or STS 232.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FIN 396 - Field Experience/Internship in Finance
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
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FIN 454 - Financial Derivatives and Fixed Income
The course is organized around two major financial asset classes: derivatives and fixed income. In the first module, you learn about (1) options and the growing role of financial engineering, (2) futures, swaps, and their use in risk management, and (3) hedge funds known for their extensive derivatives use. In the second module, you study (1) bond pricing and various measures of bond returns, (2) the term structure of interest rates, and (3) fixed income portfolio management.
Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in FIN 350. Junior Standing.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FIN 455 - International Corporate Finance
Applies the concepts and principles of corporate finance to the multinational corporation. Focuses on gaining an understanding of the international financial environment, the measurement and management of foreign exchange risk, global financing activities and foreign direct investment.
Prerequisites: A grade of C- or better in MGT 343, FIN 350.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FIN 456 - Financial Planning and Portfolio Management
This course is designed to teach students skills common to the financial advising and portfolio management professions. During the first half of the course, students learn how to make appropriate client recommendations around financial planning issues such as budgeting, insurance, retirement planning, and taxes. These skills inform the second half of the class, where students learn how to build and rebalance portfolios for retail and institutional clients using a variety of investments, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and EFTs. Be the end, students should be able to develop an investment policy statement and a financial plan for a theoretical client. The course includes case studies and group work. If this course was taken under as a topics course in MGT 490, it cannot be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: FIN 350 and STS 215 or STS 232
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FIN 490 - Special Topics in Finance
Study of various aspects of functional areas of finance. Topics vary depending on faculty and student interests. May be repeated for credit if the topics differ.
Prerequisites: FIN 350 and Junior Standing
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1-3
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FRE 101 - Elementary French I
A systematic study of the basics of the French language. Equal emphasis is placed on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of French or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Summer
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 102 - Elementary French II
Continued study of the basics of the French language with equal emphasis on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of French or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 101 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 117 - Accelerated French I
An intensive, systematic study of the French language at the beginning level that provides the equivalent of two semesters of beginning French (FRE 101 and 102). For students with no previous study of French or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 6
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FRE 201 - Intermediate French I
An integrated approach. Audio-visual materials and reading texts of a literary and/or cultural nature will be employed to strengthen comprehension, reading, writing, and speaking. Includes a systematic but gradual review of the essentials of French grammar.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 102 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 202 - Intermediate French II
A continuation of FRE 201 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 French grammar.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 201
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 218 - Accelerated French II
A continuation of FRE 117 - Accelerated French I. A multi-media, intensive study of French language and culture that develops speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. Equivalent to two semesters of intermediate French (FRE 201 and 202).
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 102 or FRE 117 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 6
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FRE 305 - French Conversation and Composition: Social Issues
Systematic training in the correct usage of spoken and written French through a broad range of conversational situations and writing topics focusing on social issues.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or FRE 218 or any FRE 300 level course or higher or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FRE 306 - French Conversation and Composition: Global Issues
Systematic training in the correct usage of spoken and written French through a broad range of conversational situations and writing topics focusing on global issues. Continued training in the correct usage of spoken and written French.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or FRE 218 or any FRE 300 level course or higher or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FRE 307 - French for Business
For students of business, international affairs or related careers. Focuses on the development of vocabulary and the improvement of oral proficiency in business and social settings applied to various francophone settings. Applies technology to education by basing itself on a video textbook and requiring regular use of the Internet as a source of reading and information.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or FRE 218 or any FRE 300 level course or higher or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 309 - Readings in French Literature
Practice in reading French. Also prepares students for literature and civilization courses at the 400 level. Discussion in French.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or FRE 218 or any FRE 300 level course or higher or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 310 - Readings in Francophone Literature
Practice in reading and discussion in French with an emphasis on the French-speaking world beyond France.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or FRE 218 or any FRE 300 level course or higher or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 315 - Advanced French Conversation
Oral practice for the advanced language student. Course work revolves around the discussion of cultural and intellectual issues, as well as current political and social events, with a view toward increasing idiomatic and abstract vocabulary.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: Any FRE 300 level or higher course or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 320 - French Pronunciation
A formal study of the French sound system with considerable practice in phonetic transcription. Practical and remedial work in pronunciation.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or FRE 218 or any FRE 300 level course or higher or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 350 - Multidisciplinary Readings in French
Intended to be taken in conjunction with a course from another department, this course supplements the content areas of the course to which it is attached and promotes increased proficiency in French through reading and discussion in French. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1
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FRE 400 - Advanced French Grammar
An exposition of grammatical and syntactical principles through conceptual presentations along with demonstrations and practice through exercises. Designed to enhance French language competency. This course may be offered online.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 305 or FRE 306 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FRE 401 - Translation and Comparative Stylistics
An exposition of the principles of translation and comparative stylistics with practice via exercises and the translation of texts in both English and French.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: FRE 400 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 408 - Twentieth Century French Literature
Readings in the novel, poetry or drama (content varies.) May be repeated for credit, with permission of instructor.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or any FRE 400 level or higher course or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 413 - Advanced Composition and Stylistics
An exposition of the fundamentals of French stylistics with practice of these principles via compositions and exercises. Designed to enhance competence in written idiomatic French.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive
Prerequisites: FRE 400 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 430 - French Film Survey
A survey of French cinema from its origins to the present, with an emphasis on understanding film as a narrative form.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or any FRE 400 level or higher course or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 442 - French Language of North America
A historical, linguistic, and sociolingustic approach to the study of the varieties of French spoken in Acadie, Quebec, New England, and Louisiana. Emphasis on the phonetic system, morphology, syntax, and lexicon in order to understand the present state of these varieties of French. Research in the areas of the spoken and/or written language. This course is identical to FRE 442 and is taught in French.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or any FRE 400 level or higher course or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 463 - Quebec Poetry
A survey of Quebec poetry from the 19th century to the present, focusing on language, theme, socio-historical and political context, ideology and Quebec identity.
General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or any FRE 400 level or higher course or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 464 - Quebec Theatre
A survey of Quebec from the 1940’s to the present, focusing on language, theme, character, theatricality, socio-historical and political context, ideology and Quebec identity.
General Education Requirements: Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or any FRE 400 level or higher course or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 465 - North American French Novel
A survey of francophone novels written in North America in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on the history and cultural identity of Acadia, Quebec, and New England’s Franco Americans.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or any FRE 400 level or higher course or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 490 - Advanced Topics in French
Advanced Topics in French and French-Canadian literature or linguistics may include: contemporary cinema, surrealism, contemporary French thought, modern French critical theory, linguistics, sociolinguistics, semiotics, symbolism, literature of commitment, images of women, and women writers. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or any FRE 400 level or higher course or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1-3
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FRE 495 - Senior Project in French
Capstone Experience in which majors in French and in International Affairs with a concentration in French, or in Cultures, Languages and the Humanities, apply language skills and knowledge gained from all prior language study. Students work closely with a faculty advisor on an approved project and give a public presentation of the project in French. When taken as a stand-alone course, the coursework will reflect the work of three credit hours, regardless of number of credits taken. When taken in conjunction with another French course at the 400 level, the course will carry no credit and will be graded Pass/Fail only.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Western Cultural Tradition and Capstone Experience
Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 0-3
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FRE 498 - Independent Projects II
No description available.
General Education Requirements: Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1-3
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FSN 101 - Introduction to Food and Nutrition
A survey of food and nutrition principles, including the influence of food patterns on health and physical performance; description of a balanced diet; study of the nutrients, interrelationships, sources, effects of processing and storage, food safety, fads, controversies.
General Education Requirements: Applications of Scientific Knowledge
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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