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REP 392 - Field Experience in Nature Based Tourism
Introduces students to the history, concepts, principles, and planning and management of sustainable tourism (ecotourism) activities. These activities promote cultural and environmental awareness and local economic benefits. A majority of the course will be spent traveling in remote areas that are conducive to sustainable tourism. Students will engage in the ecotourism ventures (e.g. hiking, trekking, rafting) as well as meet leisure service personnel who own, operate, and direct these ventures.
Prerequisites & Notes
INT 105 or equivalent; departmental permission.
Credits: 1
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REP 396 - Field Experience in Resource Economics and Policy
An approved program of work experience which contributes to the academic major and for which academic credit is given. Students may work part time or full time for a semester in a job related to their professional career goals. (Pass/Fail Grade Only.)
Prerequisites & Notes
junior standing and permission.
Credits: 1-16
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REP 422 - Rural Economic Development
The principles of economic and social development as applied to communities are examined with emphasis on the roles, goals and tools of community development practitioners and the economics of the community.
Prerequisites & Notes
INT 110 or ECO 120.
Credits: 3
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REP 458 - Principles of Resource Business Management
Fundamental economic concepts and tools related to the management of resource based businesses. Managerial decision making in the food production and processing, marine and similar resource-based business is emphasized. Rec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 420, MAT 114 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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REP 459 - Resource Based Business Finance
Designed to assist students to develop skills necessary to deal with financial aspects of resource-based businesses. Topics include analysis of financial statements, working capital management, capital budgeting, capital structure, security valuation and security markets. Rec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
BUA 201 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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REP 465 - Food and Fiber Marketing
A study of economic principles applied to marketing structures, services and agencies, including analysis of costs and efficiencies and the impact of industry organization and government. Rec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
INT 110 or ECO 120.
Credits: 3
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REP 466 - Internet Marketing: Food and Fiber Products
An introduction to electronic commerce with specific applications to business marketing food and fiber products. Focuses on the functioning of the Internet as a marketing medium, the special characteristics and issues of electronic commerce and developing effective strategies for Internet marketing. Web-based. Lec 0.
Prerequisites & Notes
Introductory marketing course or permission.
Credits: 3
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REP 468 - Quantitative Analysis and Forecasting
An examination of quantitative techniques for managerial decision making in resource-based industries.
Credits: 3
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REP 471 - Economics of Environmental and Resource Management
A study of the major problems in environmental and resource economics. Examines sources of market failure and centralized and decentralized regulatory responses, techniques for valuing non-market goods and optimal management of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources.
Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement. Rec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 420 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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REP 474 - Land Use Planning
Principles of planning for coordinated use and development of the land resource base. Survey of emerging concepts and problems that relate to land use policies and control measures. Emphasis on economics, legal, institutional, and social issues.
Credits: 3
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REP 475 - Resource Economics and Policy Applications of GIS
Provides an introduction to the principles of geographic information systems (GIS). Covers methos for managing, visualizing, and analyzing spatial data. Emphasis is given to how social scientists employ GIS to study the interactions between humans and the natural environment. Recitations will include hands-on experience working with relevant spatial data and spatial analysis software.
Prerequisites & Notes
COS 102, COS 103 and COS 104 or equivalent; MAT 215 or MAT 232 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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REP 489 - Senior Seminar
A writing intensive and discussion based course focusing on current economic, social and environmental problems. Students are required to prepare a major research paper and presentation in conjunction with the instructor.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements. Rec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
seniors and graduate students.
Credits: 3
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REP 497 - Independent Studies
Analysis of current problems in resource economics and policy, and community development. May be repeated for additional credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-3
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REP 511 - Applications of Microeconomic Theory
Combines the use of economic theory and research methods to study public policy issues relating to agricultural economics, resource and environmental economics and community economic development. Focuses on the use of economic theory and research methods to analyze policy issues and to make policy recommendations.
Prerequisites & Notes
INT 514.
Credits: 3
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REP 527 - Community Development-Principles
Analysis of the principles of community economic development in rural settings, with emphasis on social analysis, strategy planning and policy formulation.
Credits: 3
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REP 554 - Production Economics
The principles of optimum resource allocation applied to the agri-business firm including advanced techniques for attaining optimum resource allocation.
Credits: 3
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REP 565 - Marketing Theory and Concepts in Agri-Business
Examines the economic theory underlying the policies of agricultural marketing firms as well as current marketing problems and market practices for selected commodities and segments of the agri-business sector of the U.S. economy.
Prerequisites & Notes
REP 465, ECO 420.
Credits: 3
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REP 571 - Advanced Environmental and Resource Economics I
Benefit-cost analysis of public projects and valuation of non-market benefits and costs.
Prerequisites & Notes
INT 514.
Credits: 3
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REP 572 - Advanced Environmental and Resource Economics II
Economic analysis of centralized and decentralized regulation of markets with externalities and public goods. Optimal management of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources.
Prerequisites & Notes
INT 514.
Credits: 3
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REP 581 - Sustainable Resource Systems and Public Policy
Surveys current management protocols of agricultural, energy, fisheries and forest resources in context of principles of sustainable development, considering ethical and socio-cultural as well as economic and environmental values; evaluates influences of public policy on management strategies. Seminar requires active student participation.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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REP 582 - The Human Dimensions of Global Change
Examines human activities that alter the earth’s environment, the driving forces of those activities and the human responses and expectations of global change. Helps students describe and understand the human role in causing environmental change, the consequences of these changes for society and possible policy options for society.
Credits: 3
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REP 593 - Graduate Seminar
Analysis of current problems in community development, resource use, management. Emphasis on economic and social effects. Problem areas vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Credits: 1-3
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REP 597 - Independent Studies
Analysis of current problems in resource economics and policy and community development. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Credits: 1-3
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REP 599 - Special Topics in Resource Economics and Policy
Exploration and analysis of new trends and topics in resource economics and policy.
Credits: 3
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REP 695 - Practicum in Resource Economics and Policy
Directed participation in a departmentally initiated project, including research and/or field experience in economic applications in agriculture, natural resources and community development.
Prerequisites & Notes
12 hours of graduate work.
Credits: 3-6
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REP 699 - Graduate Thesis
Graduate Thesis
Credits: Ar
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SED 401 - Introduction to Students with Severe Disabilities
Provides an overview of issues, practices and strategies for educating students with severe and multiple disabilities in today’s public schools.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 402 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SED 402 - Adapting Instruction for Students with Disabilities
Develops knowledge and understanding of students with disabilities. Topics include: adaptation of instruction, legal and ethical issues, family and social relationships and collaboration between school and community agencies.
Prerequisites & Notes
EDB 204 and EDB 221.
Credits: 3
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SED 509 - Curriculum Development for Students with Severe Disabilities
In-depth study of curriculum for students with severe disabilities. Emphasizes the development, implementation and evaluation of curriculum designs as well as co-teaching and peer-mediated strategies.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 401, SED 402, SED 536 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SED 515 - Organization and Management of Special Education Services
Explores the rationale, history, and current status of public school efforts to meet the needs of students with mild-to-moderate disabilities. Various models of service delivery in special education are examined.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 402.
Credits: 3
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SED 520 - Law and Policy Affecting Individuals
Examines state and federal laws and policies that affect individuals with disabilities in both school and the community.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 402.
Credits: 3
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SED 532 - Behavior Management and Intervention
Approaches to behavior management and behavior change in educational settings. Examines principles of cognitive behavior modification, social skills training and crisis intervention.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 402 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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SED 533 - Learning Disability - Theory and Characteristics
An examination of the major theories related to etiology and treatment for specific learning disabilities. Familiarization with selected tests.
Credits: 3
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SED 536 - Educational Strategies For Students with Severe Disabilities
Examines instructional strategies that have been effective in the education of students with severe disabilities. Emphasis on models of inclusive education; nonverbal communication strategies; and behavioral supports.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 401.
Credits: 3
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SED 545 - Intervention for Reading Difficulties
Explores strategies for adapting reading instruction for students with reading difficulties. Topics include theoretical explanations of reading difficulties; approaches to reading intervention; and criteria for evaluating the efficacy of reading interventions.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 402 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SED 551 - Methods and Curriculum for Students with Mild-to-Moderate Disabilities
A consideration of educational principles and practices essential to the development of effective instructional strategies for students with mild-to-moderate disabilities.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 402.
Credits: 3
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SED 552 - Working with Families of Students with Disabilities
Models for consulting with families of children and youth with disabilities.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 402.
Credits: 3
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SED 553 - Assessment in Special Education I
Develops knowledge of basic measurement concepts and principles and provides introductory experiences with procedures used to assess the educational performance of students with mild/moderate disabilities.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 402 and teaching experience or permission.
Credits: 3
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SED 554 - Assessment in Special Education II
Develops skill in selecting educational measures to address assessment questions pertaining to students with mild-moderate disabilities; administering, scoring and interpreting norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, performance-based, and curriculum-based assessments of educational performance; and communicating assessment results.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 553 and enrollment in M.Ed. program in Special Education or permission.
Credits: 3
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SED 555 - Transition Services for Students with Disabilities
Explores models of career preparation for students with disabilities, including postsecondary opportunities.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 402.
Credits: 3
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SED 556 - Severe Disabilities: Assessment II
Provides advanced training in assessing individual learning needs of students with severe disabilities, emphasizing ecological inventories, person-centered planning and quality of life indicators.
Credits: 3
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SED 563 - Positive Supports for Challenging Behavior
Knowledge and skills in positive behavioral support strategies to assist individuals with developmental disabilities and challenging behaviors to live and participate in inclusive community settings. For special educators and adult service providers.
Prerequisites & Notes
SED 402.
Credits: 3
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SED 570 - Technology for Individuals with Disabilities
Develops strategies for identifying and implementing adaptive and assistive technology in educational settings. Explores current technology available to assist students with disabilities.
Prerequisites & Notes
EDT 520.
Credits: 3
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SED 572 - Educational Needs of Students with Physical and Medical Disabilities
An overview of the physical and medical aspects of children and youth with severe and multiple handicaps. Course taught by skilled health, medical and special education professionals who work directly with students with severe handicaps. Course is appropriate for educators, therapists and other professionals who work directly with students with severe handicaps.
Credits: 3
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SED 575 - Consultation, Collaboration and Teamwork in Special Education
Discusses background information and field-tested recommendations for helping teachers, parents, administrators and support personnel work together within their school context. Stresses the importance of word analysis and semantics, school context, processes and content.
Credits: 3
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SED 605 - Seminar in Special Education
Advanced study of current issues, problems, and controversies in special education. Typically taken as the final course in the master’s program in special education.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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SED 610 - Internship in Special Education Teaching
Supervised student teaching experience in special education. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
M.Ed. student in Special Education and permission.
Credits: 3
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SED 620 - Practicum in Special Education
Supervised practice to develop and apply advanced professional skills for certified special education or related services professionals. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
M.Ed. or C.A.S. student in Special Education, certification in Special Education or related services and permission.
Credits: 3
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SED 630 - Internship in Special Education Administration
Supervised school-based practice in special education administration. Requires mentoring by a certified special education administrator. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
M.Ed. or C.A.S. student in Special Education, Maine teacher certification in Special Education or related services, three years teaching experience and permission.
Credits: 3
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SED 650 - Seminar in Learning Disabilities
Advanced study of recent research, educational practices and policy analyses in the field of learning disabilities. Topic varies by semester. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor (maximum of six credits.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Experience working with students with learning disabilities and a minimum of 15 graduate credits completed in Special Education or a related field.
Credits: 3
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SEI 501 - Typical and Atypical Development in Infancy and Early Childhood
Examines theories and processes of development from pre-birth through age 5 and the impact of at-risk and disabling conditions on development emphasizing a multicultural perspective and an integrative view.
Credits: 3
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SEI 502 - Foundations of Early Intervention
Introduces early intervention for young children with disabilities, birth through five years of age, including history and rationale, legal foundations, theoretical perspectives, service delivery models, family-professional partnerships, assessment practices and curriculum development.
Credits: 3
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SEI 503 - Assessment, Intervention and Program Planning for Early Intervention I
Examines child find and screening, eligibility and programmatic assessment, collaboration with families in the Individualized Family Services Planning (IFSP) process, designing developmentally appropriate learning programs, and principles and strategies of intervention.
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: SEI 505.
Credits: 6
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SEI 504 - Assessment, Intervention and Program Planning for Early Intervention II
Nontraditional/authentic assessment, design and evaluation of environments, curriculum development and adaptation, and instructional methods and materials for early care and education programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: SEI 506.
Credits: 6
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SEI 505 - Early Intervention Practicum I
Planning, implementing and evaluating intervention for infants and young children with disabilities and their families. Requires participation as an early intervention team member.
Prerequisites & Notes
Corequisite: SEI 503.
Credits: 3
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SEI 506 - Early Intervention Practicum II
Planning, implementing and evaluating developmentally appropriate curricula and interventions for inclusive early care and education programs, particularly for infants and young children with low-incidence disabilities. Requires participation on an early intervention team in a program or agency that serves young children and their families.
Prerequisites & Notes
SEI 505. Corequisite: SEI 504.
Credits: 3
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SEI 507 - Fostering Partnerships in Early Intervention
Develops knowledge, values and skills for building partnerships with families, collaborative teaming, consultative roles, service coordination, advocacy and professional ethics in early intervention. Emphasizes understanding of ecological systems, principles of family-centered care and development of cultural competence.
Prerequisites & Notes
Experience in early intervention, early childhood or a related field.
Credits: 3
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SEI 508 - Assessment and Program Planning for Early Intervention
Examines issues in measurement and test development, child find and screening, eligibility and programmatic assessment, alternative assessment, and team-based assessment of children with disabilities under the age of 5, as well as collaboration with families. Includes a 30 hour practicum.
Prerequisites & Notes
SEI 501, SEI 502, SEI 507.
Credits: 3
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SEI 509 - Administration, Supervision and Public Policy in Early Intervention
Examines characteristics of effective leadership, managing components of early intervention programs, program evaluation, state and federal policies concerning early intervention, public policy and supervision and staff development in the field of early intervention.
Credits: 3
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SEI 510 - Serving Infants and Toddlers in Natural Environments
Focuses on methods for providing early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities or who are at risk for developmental problems and their families. Includes a practicum in which students will observe and participate in home-based settings and inclusive community early care and education settings.
Prerequisites & Notes
SEI 501, SEI 502, SEI 507 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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SEI 511 - Planning Inclusive Early Childhood Programs and Environments
Design and evaluation of environments, curriculum development, activity planning, individualized instruction, and adaptations to meet the needs of infants and young children with special needs within inclusive early care and education settings. Also focuses on supporting social and emotional development and play.
Prerequisites & Notes
SEI 501, SEI 502 and SEI 507 or permission.
Credits: 3
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SEI 512 - Inclusive Early Childhood Curriculum
Examines curricular theories and approaches authentic methods of assessment, curricular scope and sequence, and method and materials for curriculum content areas. Topics include cognitive development, communication and language development, emergent literacy, emergent mathematics, creative expression, and motor development.
Prerequisites & Notes
SEI 511.
Credits: 3
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SEI 515 - Supervision and Professional Development for Early Childhood Programs
Examines issues in supporting early intervention and early care and education personnel. Considers adult learning, supervision, mentoring, coaching, in-service and pre-service personnel preparation, professional standards and competencies, and professional development systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
SEI 501, SEI 502 and SEI 507 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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SIE 211 - Surveying
Procedures for angle, distances and elevation changes measurements. Use of total stations and levels in survey data collection. Coordinate computations. Closure and error propagation. Conversion of survey measurements and attribute information to digital map products. Route curve geometry and calculations. Automated survey layout procedures. Lec 3, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
high school trigonometry.
Credits: 4
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SIE 331 - Photogrammetry
Includes procedures and methods used for deriving metric information from photographs, analog processes for using aerial photographs in production of topographic maps, flight planning and cost estimation in aerial mapping work. Introduction to photocoordinate measurement devices and their calibration. Lec 2, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
SIE 211.
Credits: 3
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SIE 412 - Advanced Surveying
Advanced topics in route location, geometry and design; automated survey data collection procedures; digital terrain models; integration of total station and global positioning system (GPS) observations; surveying astronomy; analysis of survey observations; automated
topographic data collection. Lec 3, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
SVT 201.
Credits: 4
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SIE 432 - Advanced Photogrammetry
Advanced topics in metric photogrammetry including advanced stereoscopic plotting instruments, analytical methods in stereoplotter orientation, aerial mapping control requirements, creation of digital data bases, design criteria in stereoscopic digital data collection, photogrammetric control extension, orthophotography. Lec 3, Lab 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
SIE 331, SVT 201 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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SIE 433 - Remote Sensing
Provides definition and overview of remote sensing principles, sensors and interpretation techniques. Topics include: energy sources and interaction, photographic systems, airphoto interpretation, electro-optical sensors, non-imaging sensors, radar systems, space platforms, data processing, classification, application to spatial information engineering, term project. Lec 3, Lab 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 228, PHY 122.
Credits: 4
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SIE 434 - Digital Image Processing and Analysis
Introduction to image processing and analysis techniques suitable to the processing of remotely sensed data. Topics include elements of digital image processing and analysis systems; image digitization, quantization and sampling; image storage, display and image file management; geometric operations, rectification, registration and resampling techniques; image enhancements, point operations and filtering; transformations in spatial and frequency domains; image restoration and compression; image segmentation and feature extraction; automated interpretation and spatial information extraction; term project. Lec 2, Lab 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
SIE 433.
Credits: 3
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SIE 441 - Geodetic Models
Includes three dimensional geodesy, computations on the ellipsoid, conformal mapping, geometric properties of ellipsoids, normal sections, geodesics, geodetic datum definitions, direct and inverse solutions; adjusting networks on the ellipsoid, on the mapping plane and in space; reduction of observations and elements of physical geodesy; review of spherical trigonometry, differential geometry and complex variables. Lec 3, Lab 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
SVT 201 or equivalent.
Credits: 4
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SIE 451 - Engineering Databases and Information Systems
Theoretical foundation for representation of knowledge in information systems and logic based programming as a tool for fast prototyping and design of data structures. Database management systems and their suitability for engineering data, the structure of a network DBMS, physical data storage and basic datastructures (list, tree, hashing), transaction concept, design of database scheme for engineering application. Lec 3, Lab 1.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
COS 220 and ISE 201.
Credits: 3
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SIE 460 - Spatial Information Systems Design
A capstone design course for seniors in Spatial Information Engineering. Integrates knowledge and skills acquired in previous courses and has a practical focus in which theory must be applied in a realistic problem solving environment. Students will function in the role of consultants and be responsible for the development of design options and solutions for a designated client. Students are required to work in groups to define project scope, conduct research and produce a final report.
Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement. Lec 2, Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 4
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SIE 498 - Selected Studies in Spatial Information Engineering
Topics in surveying, photogrammetry, geodesy, remote sensing, geographic information systems, land information systems and legal issues not covered in other courses. Content varies. May be repeated for credit, with departmental permission.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-3
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SIE 501 - Introduction to Graduate Research
Covers process of successful graduate research from identification of a researchable question, preparation of a thesis proposal, to completion or the research and its publication. Focus on engineering research methods for spatial information.
Credits: 1
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SIE 502 - Research Methods
Covers process of successful graduate research, including the written and verbal presentation of plans and results. Students formulate hypotheses, perform a literature search, write abstracts and introductions of research papers, learn about presentation styles and techniques, make two presentations (3-minutes and 10-minutes) about research proposals. Lec 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
SIE 501 and students must have selected a thesis topic.
Credits: 1
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SIE 509 - Principles of Geographic Information Systems
Covers foundation principles of geographic information systems, including traditional representations of spatial data and techniques for analyzing spatial data in digital form. Combines an overview of general principles associated with implementation of geographic information systems and practical experience in the analysis of geographic information. Not open to those who have taken ISE 201.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 510 - Geographic Information Systems Applications
Introduces both the conceptual and practical aspects of developing GIS applications. Covers issues from project planning through project implementation. Students will be required to develop specific applications. Course grades will be based on class participation, completion of several exercises and satisfactory development and completion of a project. Exercises will be used to develop specific skills and will be completed individually. Projects will be implemented by groups and each group will be responsible for a final project report, an interactive demonstration and presentation to the class and outside agency representatives as appropriate.Lec 3, Lab 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
ISE 201. Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
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SIE 512 - Spatial Analysis
Introduces students to techniques for spatial analysis. Covers methods and problems in spatial data sampling, issues in preliminary or exploratory analysis, problems in providing numerical summaries and characterizing spatial properties of map data and analysis techniques for univariate and multivariate data. Students will be responsible for completing several hands-on exercises.
Prerequisites & Notes
An introductory statistics course. Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 521 - U.S. Public Land Survey System
Historical basis of the U.S. Public Land Survey System. Original and dependent retracement surveys; geodetic aspects; proportioning; subdivision of sections; fractional survey problems; evaluation of field evidence; uniqueness with regard to particular states; land information systems within the U.S.P.L.S.S. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
SVT 221 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 522 - Environmental Law and Resource Regulation
Selected topics in common law solutions to environmental problems, major statutes in air, water, solid waste, and coastal zone management, environmental litigation, land use controls, water rights. Lec 3. (Offered alternate years.)
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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SIE 525 - Information Systems Law
Current and emerging status of computer law in electronic environments: rights of privacy, freedom of information, confidentiality, work product protection, copyright, security, legal liability; impact of law on use of databases and spatial datasets; legal options for dealing with conflicts and adaptations of law over time.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 526 - Cadastral and Land Information Systems
Colonial Spanish, English, French land records traditions and alternatives reviewed; goals and purposes of land tenure systems with attention to social, political, legal, economic, organizational, technical issues examined; U.S. modernization efforts and problems of developing countries explored. (Offered alternate years.)
Credits: 3
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SIE 531 - Analytical and Digital Photogrammetry
Orientations, optimization of data collection for control extension by photogrammetry and semianalytical and analytical methods of aerotriangulation. Reliability considerations in large blocks of aerial photographs. Real-time and a posteriori blunder detection techniques including sparsity of equations in large blocks of photographs, recursive partitioning techniques, self-calibration in aerotriangulation. Digital cameras, matching techniques, automated digital photogrammetric processes. Digital orthophotography, automated GIS data capture. Lec 3, Lab 1.
Prerequisites & Notes
SVT 201, SIE 432.
Credits: 4
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SIE 535 - Motion Imagery Analysis
Topics covered include: video and still digital cameras; radiometric and geometric calibration; image and video compression; image and video indexing and retrieval; image queries; image sequence anlaysis; spatiotemporal trajectories and feature tracing; object modeling using video imagery; virtual modeling.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 262, SIE 434 or equivalent or permission.
Credits: 3
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SIE 541 - Satellite Geodesy
Topics include: stellar coordinate systems, precession, nutation, time systems, troposphere, ionosphere; satellite orbital theory, Global Positioning System (GPS), space segment, correlating receivers and code-less receivers; pseudo ranges; single, double, and triple difference phase processing; point positioning, relative positioning; dual frequency processing; code smoothing techniques; positioning of moving platforms; simultaneous orbital and baseline estimation; GPS vector adjustments and combination with terrestrial observations; astronomical azimuth, latitude and longitude determination; proper motion, aberration, parallax. Lec 3.
Prerequisites & Notes
SVT 201.
Credits: 3
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SIE 550 - Engineering Databases and Information Systems
Theoretical foundation for the representation of knowledge in information systems and logic-based programming as a tool for fast prototyping. Object-oriented modeling and database schema design for engineering applications. Database management systems and their suitability for engineering data, transaction concepts and query languages, including SQL. Graduate credit will not be allowed for both SIE 451 and SIE 550.
Prerequisites & Notes
Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 553 - Geometry for Geographic Information Systems
A study of analytical geometry on computer systems, including representation of topological and metric properties of two dimensional geometric structures. Overview of raster based systems. Examines computer graphics hardware, design of device independent programs for graphics output, coordinate systems and transformation, principles of effective visual communication and their applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
SIE 550 or permission.
Credits: 1 or 3
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SIE 554 - Spatial Reasoning
Qualitative representations of geographic space. Formalisms for topological, directional and metric relations; inference mechanisms to derive composition tables; geometric representations of natural language-like spatial predicates; formalizations of advanced cognitively motivated spatial concepts, such as image schemata; construction of relation algebras.
Prerequisites & Notes
SIE 451 or SIE 550.
Credits: 1 or 3
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SIE 555 - Spatial Database Systems
Covers internal system aspects of spatial database systems. Layered database architecture. Physical data independence. Spatial data models. Storage hierarchy. File organization. Spatial index structures. Spatial query processing and optimization. Transaction management and crash recovery. Commercial spatial database systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
SIE 550 and programming experience in Java, C++ or C.
Credits: 3
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SIE 565 - Reasoning With Uncertainty in Spatial Information Systems
Information systems and artificial intelligence approaches to uncertainty handling in spatial information systems. Typology of uncertainty: imprecision, inaccuracy and inconsistency. Representing and reasoning with spatial uncertainty in information systems. Logics of uncertainty, probabilistic and Bayesian approaches, Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence. Spatial vagueness. Handling conflicting information.
Prerequisites & Notes
SIE 451 or SIE 550. Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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SIE 598 - Selected Studies in Spatial Information Engineering
Topics in surveying, photogrammetry, remote sensing, land information systems and geodesy. Content varies to suit current needs. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1-3
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SIE 693 - Graduate Seminar
Presentations and discussions on term projects, literature reviews, current events, or thesis topics. Lec 1.
Credits: 1
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SIE 698 - Selected Topics
Advanced topics in surveying, photogrammetry, remote sensing, land information systems, and geodesy. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1-3
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SIE 699 - Graduate Thesis
Graduate Thesis
Credits: Ar
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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.
Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Population and the Environment Requirements.
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. One day field trip. Lec 3. (This course is identical to GES 108.)
Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Population and the Environment Requirements.
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.)
Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement. Lec 3.
Credits: 3
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SMS 120 - Introduction to Forensics
An overview of current concepts and techniques associated with the investigation of crime. Emphasis is placed on scientific methodologies and on issues associated with criminal justice. Focused examples highlight the limitations of investigative practices.
Satisfies the General Education Application of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.
Credits: 3
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SMS 211 - Introduction to Aquaculture
Principles and practices of aquaculture from international, national and local perspectives. Includes field trip.
Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement. Lec 3.
Credits: 3
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SMS 220 - Introduction to Marine Resources
An overview of current issues and knowledge relating to marine resources including socio-legal concerns, resource utilization, environmental quality, and the impact of marine trades. Limited to first and second year students. Lec 2.
Credits: 2
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