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PSE 699 - Graduate Thesis
Graduate Thesis
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PSY 100 - General Psychology
Lecture discussions of basic psychological processes, including learning, perception, motivation and emotion, higher mental processes, individual differences, personality and additional selected topics.
Satisfies the General Education Social Context and Institutions Requirement.
Credits: 3
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PSY 208 - Theories of Personality
Examines the chief contemporary approaches to the study of personality including
critical issues in personality. Also considers assessment techniques and research
methods.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100.
Credits: 3
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PSY 212 - Abnormal Psychology
Examines the origin, development, and manifestations of abnormal behavior with
emphasis on the biological, social, and psychological determinants of deviant
behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100.
Credits: 3
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PSY 223 - Psychology of Childhood
A systematic study of childhood behavior and psychological development. Emphasis
on principles underlying development, methods of child study and practical implications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100.
Credits: 3
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PSY 224 - Psychology of Adolescence
A study of adolescent development in the physical, intellectual, emotional, and
social spheres. Adolescent personality and problems of adjustment considered in
relation to the family, the school and the community, and the world of work. Covers
delinquency and abnormality in adolescents.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100.
Credits: 3
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PSY 230 - Social Psychology
An introduction to the study of social behavior from a psychological perspective.
Representative topics include culture and personality, attitude formation and
change, conformity, leadership and prejudice.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100.
Credits: 3
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PSY 232 - Environmental Psychology
The study of the transactions between people and their physical environments.
Representative topics include territoriality, crowding, personal space, privacy,
architectural design of space and self-control and development phenomena.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100.
Credits: 3
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PSY 241 - Statistics in Psychology
A survey of techniques used to obtain, display, analyze, and interpret data in
psychology. The lecture section will emphasize the theoretical bases of the topics,
while the recitation section will allow students to focus upon the computational
procedures involved in the various statistical techniques. Lec 3, Rec 2.
Satisfies the General Education Mathematics Requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100.
Credits: 4
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PSY 245 - Principles of Psychological Research
Discussion of various research methods used in the scientific approach to the
study of behavior. Laboratory will demonstrate these methods and develop skills
in statistically analyzing data using computers. Students will learn to interpret
the statistical analyses and write papers discussing the results of the experiments.
Lec 2, Lab 2.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241.
Credits: 3
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PSY 251 - Psychology of Motivation
A survey of theory, research methodology and experimentally obtained facts related
to the activation and direction of behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100.
Credits: 3
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PSY 252 - Learning and Behavior
Examines theory and research in animal and human learning. Fundamental principles
of classical and instrumental operant conditioning and their applications to human
learning and behavior are emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100.
Credits: 3
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PSY 266 - Evolutionary Psychology
Examines the impact of evolved behavioral adaptations on the thinking and behavior
of contemporary humans. Evolutionary psychology is an interdisciplinary topic
that links psychology, anthropology and biology. Begins with a brief overview
of heredity and evolutionary theory and then discusses theory and research on
evolutionary factors that influence human learning and thinking motivation and
emotion, and social behavior such as cooperation and competition, mate-selection
and parenting behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100.
Credits: 3
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PSY 320 - Child Study Laboratory I
Observation and study of preschool children, as well as participation in guiding
activities. Students undertake individual projects, supplemented by reading and
class discussion. Emphasis on social development in early childhood. PSY 241,
PSY 245 and PSY 223 recommended. Rec 2, Lab 3.
Credits: 3
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PSY 321 - Child Study Laboratory II
Observation and study of preschool children. Individual projects, supplemented by reading and class discussions. Opportunity to assist in guiding the children’s activities. Emphasis on cognitive development. PSY 241, PSY 245 and PSY 223 recommended. Rec 2, Lab 3.
Credits: 3
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PSY 325 - Psychology of Infant Development
Surveys current concepts and findings in infancy research. Focus will address
perinatal behavioral adaptations, development of motor and sensory systems, early
parent-infant interactions, cognition and language acquisition and assessment
methods for evaluating developmental delay.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 223, PSY 241, PSY 245.
Credits: 3
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PSY 328 - Tests and Measurements
Provides a contemporary overview of test and measurements in psychology, covering the history, concepts, theories, methods, empirical standing, technical aspects, and ethics of psychological assessment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241, PSY 245.
Credits: 3
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PSY 350 - Cognition
An introduction to the psychological study of human information processing and thinking. Representative topics included attention, pattern recognition, short and long-term memory, semantic memory, visual memory, mental imagery, problem solving and creativity.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100, PSY 241 and PSY 245.
Credits: 3
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PSY 352 - Learning Across Species
Principles and theories of learning and adaptation in different species. Relations
to behavioral ecology as well as quantitative issues will be covered.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241, PSY 245.
Credits: 3
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PSY 361 - Sensation and Perception
Principles and theories of the ways we make contact with our environment by seeing,
hearing, smelling, tasting and feeling. Psychophysics is covered.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241, PSY 245.
Credits: 3
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PSY 365 - Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience
Explores the biological bases and brain mechanisms of human and animal behavior.
Considers the neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, and neuropharmacological foundations
of sensation and perception, sleep and arousal, sexual behavior, learning and
memory, and psychiatric disorders.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241, PSY 245 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 401 - Health Psychology
Presents a biopsychosocial approach to the study of lifestyles, behaviors, response
styles and personality factors that may impact an individual’s health. Research
comes from the areas of psychology, neuroscience, public health and medicine.
Topics will include the relationship of psychological and social factors on physical
conditions and recent research in these areas.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 212, PSY 241, PSY 245.
Credits: 3
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PSY 412 - Foundations of Clinical Psychology
Provides an overview of clinical psychology. Topics include the helping professions, historical development of clinical psychology, approaches to psychological assessment and psychotherapy, controversies in the field, and new directions in the field.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 212, PSY 241, PSY 245; junior or senior standing.
Credits: 3
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PSY 423 - The Psychology of Parenting
Provides a broad perspective on human parenting including theories of parenting, practical issues, cross-cultural perspectives and the relationship between child development and parenting. Special topics include public policy, law and opinion, and child abuse and neglect.
Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100, PSY 241 and PSY 245.
Credits: 3
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PSY 424 - Abnormal Child Psychology
Examines the origin, development, and manifesation of abnormal child behavior with emphasis on the biological, emotional, social, and psychological determinants of deviant behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 223, PSY 241, PSY 245 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 425 - Social Issues in Developmental Psychology
An introduction to the research on current social issues in developmental psychology.
Topic areas may include sex-role development, maternal employment, day care, mass
media effects, the role of fathers, compensatory education, the effects of poverty,
teacher expectancy effects.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 223, PSY 241, PSY 245.
Credits: 3
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PSY 427 - Emotional Development
Examines normative growth and individual differences in emotional development
from birth through adolescence, integrating research on biological, cognitive
and cultural aspects. Within each major developmental period, advances in the
expression, regulation and understanding of emotions is explored.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 223, PSY 241, PSY 245.
Credits: 3
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PSY 430 - Current Topics in Social Psychology
An introduction to one of several current topics in social psychology. Topic areas may include Applied Social Psychology, Attitudes and Persuasion, Prejudice and Stereotyping, Social Cognition, the Self, and Social Influence. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100 and PSY 230 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 465 - Hormones, Brain and Behavior
An introduction to behavioral neuroendocrinology: the study of hormonal effects
on brain and behavior in both humans and animals. Topics include the role of hormones
in gender differences, parental and aggressive behaviors, stress, and cognitive
processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241, PSY 245, PSY 365 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 466 - Cognitive Neuroscience
Current theory and research on brain mechanisms underlying higher cognitive processes,
including perception, attention, memory, and language. Considers converging evidence
from experimental studies with animals, cognitive deficits in brain-damaged humans,
and recent findings based on functional imaging of the living human brain.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241, PSY 245, PSY 365 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 470 - History and Systems of Psychology
Surveys the development of psychology as an experimental science. Beginning with
Greek views of human nature through Christian theology, the Renaissance and British
Associationism. Considers Scottish and German Faculty Psychology and the 19th
century developments in physiology that led directly to the birth of experimental
psychology. Brief consideration of Gestalt Psychology and Behaviorism, vitalism
in the life sciences and the mind-body problem in psychology.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100, PSY 241, PSY 245; junior or senior standing.
Credits: 3
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PSY 486 - Psychological Skills for Performance Enhancement in Sport
Examines theoretical concepts, available research and practice issues underlying the implementation of selected psychological performance enhancement skills in sport. Topics include anxiety management, concentration skills, confidence building, goal setting, imagery, injury rehabilitation.
Prerequisites & Notes
KPE 485 or PSY 100.
Credits: 3
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PSY 490 - Seminar in Issues in Contemporary Psychology
A review of the current theoretical issues and research findings in the general
areas of psychology.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 100, PSY 241, PSY 245.
Credits: 3
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PSY 491 - Senior Seminar in Psychology
One or more current topics in psychology, chosen by the instructor, will be discussed.
Students will conduct library research, make oral presentations and write a comprehensive
review paper on each topic.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241 and PSY 245; senior standing.
Credits: 3
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PSY 492 - Problems in Psychology
Provides the opportunity to carry out a particular research problem under supervision.
Only 6 hours of credit will count toward the psychology major.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241, PSY 245 and permission.
Credits: Ar
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PSY 493 - Field Experience in Psychology
Practical experiences in a wide variety of applied settings such as schools,
psychological clinics, hospitals, and government and private agencies. Requirements
include a written proposal outlining the experience planned, goals of the plan,
relationship of the course to the student’s program, periodic conferences with
the faculty supervisor and a final written report. Three credit hours may fulfill
major requirements and only 6 hours may count toward graduation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241, PSY 245; nine hours in psychology and permission.
Credits: 1-3
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PSY 494 - Senior Research Project
Students will develop a research project in consultation with the instructor.
The student will do an extensive library search of background material, write
a proposal, conduct the research and write an APA style report. May be repeated
for credit but not more than 6 credit hours total will be allowed for degree credit.
Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241, PSY 245 and permission.
Credits: 1-3
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PSY 520 - Biological Bases of Infancy and Development
Advanced review of psychobiological research and theory on infancy. Physiological,
perceptual, cognitive, linguistic and social-emotional topics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 223.
Credits: 3
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PSY 521 - Emotion Development and Adaptation
Critical review of theory and research on emotional development and social adaptation/maladaptation.
Biological, cognitive, behavioral and developmental aspects of emotion systems
will be discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 223.
Credits: 3
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PSY 522 - Social Development in Children
An advanced survey of current theories and research. Topics include the development of parent-child attachments, prosocial behavior, peer competence, self control, sex-role stereotypes and moral behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 524 - Cognitive Development in Children
An advanced survey of theories and research. Topics include perceptual development,
children’s learning and memory functioning, and language acquisition.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 223, PSY 245 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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PSY 540 - Advanced Psychological Statistics and Methods I
A two semester advanced-level course. Topics include control, reliability of
measurement, and validity in relation to both experimental and nonexperimental
approaches.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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PSY 541 - Advanced Psychological Statistics and Methods II
A two semester advanced-level course. Topics include control, reliability of
measurement, and validity in relation to both experimental and nonexperimental
approaches.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 241 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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PSY 551 - Advanced Physiological Psychology
Reading and discussion on topics of current interest including memory, brain stimulation, neurotransmitter systems and neuronal plasticity.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 556 - Advanced Perception
Current theories and research in perception. Topics include theories of seeing, signal detection theory, depth perception, and perception in its ecological context.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 361 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 561 - Advanced Social Psychology
Consideration of current theoretical and methodological issues in social psychology including interpersonal perception, attitude and attitude change, communication and persuasion, language and cognition.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 567 - Advanced Cognitive Psychology
Representative topics include a comparison of the cognitive or information processing paradigm with behavioristic and psychodynamic paradigms, feature analysis and pattern recognition, memory storage and retrieval, attention, psycholinguistics, problem solving and neuropsychological bases of cognitive processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 592 - Directed Readings:(area)
Opportunity to read in a particular area of psychology under faculty direction.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-6
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PSY 601 - Proseminar in Psychological Sciences
Readings and presentations of journal literature and research projects in experimental psychology. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission.
Credits: 1
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PSY 603 - Ethics and Professional Problems
Responsibilities of the psychologist in the light of ethics recommended by the American Psychological Association.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 611 - Scientific Inquiry in Psychology
Critical examination of basic issues in the philosophy and methodology of science, including logic of hypothesis-testing, structure of theories, scientific decision-making, explanation, theory reduction, paradigms, research traditions, conceptual change, and social and cognitive factors in the growth of science.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 625 - Basic Methods in Assessment
Basic theory, administration, scoring and interpretation of tests frequently used for psychological evaluation with focus on individually administered tests for intelligence and personality.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 626 - Advanced Clinical Assessment
Analysis, integration and presentation of material obtained in clinical assessment. Includes advanced training in interviewing and appropriate selection of tests, interpretation and integration of test data, and report writing.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 630 - Current Topics in Social Psychology
An introduction to one of several current topics in social psychology. Topic areas may include applied social psychology, attitudes and persuasion, prejudice, social cognition, the self, and social influence. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 561 or permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 634 - Advanced Psychopathology
Intensive reading and discussion of classification, etiology and maladapted disordered behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 643 - Seminar in Clinical Psychology
Critical review of current research literature including tests and measurements, psychotherapy and personality theory.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 655 - Seminar in Psychotherapy
Study of principles involved in psychotherapy from theoretical and empirical perspectives. Includes readings of original research and theory.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 3
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PSY 661 - Seminar in History and Systems of Psychology
Considers the historical development of selected psychological concepts, theories and points of view including discussion of selected psychological systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 470 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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PSY 677 - Topics in Clinical Psychology
Intensive critical study of selected topics in clinical psychology.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: Ar
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PSY 681 - Clinical Supervision and Consultation I
Theories, models, ethical and legal issues, and development and training in supervision and consultation. First of a three course sequence.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1
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PSY 682 - Clinical Supervision and Consultation II
Supervision and consultation experiences in applied settings. Development of
portfolio documenting activities. Second course in a three course sequence.
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 681.
Credits: 1
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PSY 683 - Clinical Supervision and Consultation III
Supervision and consultation experiences in applied settings. Completion of portfolio
documenting activities
Prerequisites & Notes
PSY 682.
Credits: 1
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PSY 692 - Directed Research
Opportunity to select and research a particular problem in psychology under faculty direction.
Prerequisites & Notes
permission.
Credits: 1-6
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PSY 695 - Internship in Clinical Psychology I
One-year full-time supervised experience in a professional setting approved by the Clinical Psychology Training Committee. Open to advanced graduate students in Clinical Psychology and must be taken in consecutive semesters. Students enrolled in this course are considered to be in residence and in good standing as full-time graduate students.
Prerequisites & Notes
Good standing in the Clinical Psychology Training Program and approval of the Clinical Training Committee.
Credits: 1
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PSY 696 - Internship in Clinical Psychology II
A continuation of PSY 695.
Credits: 1
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PSY 699 - Graduate Thesis
Graduate Thesis
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QUS 699 - Graduate Thesis
Selected research.
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REP 190 - World Food Supply, Population and the Environment
Reviews current global resources focusing primarily upon food production and population, and environmental problems relating to food production and distribution. World trade and world trade policy are considered with primary emphasis on food. Other topics include world trade liberalization, genetically modified foods and comparative agricultural systems.
Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment and Social Context and Institutions Requirements.
Credits: 3
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REP 253 - Equine Business Management
Focuses on the functions of the owner or manager of an equine related business. Considers typical issues in the management of an equine based enterprise as well as consideration of some basic business skills such as profit and cost analysis, contracts, legal issues faced by equine businesses. Both business and animal ethical issues will be considered throughout the course. (Spring semester - even years.)
Prerequisites & Notes
Sophomore standing or permission.
Credits: 3
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REP 254 - Introduction to Resource Business Management
Application of economic concepts to real world business and economic decisions using graphs, spreadsheets and analytical techniques. Students will learn introductory small business management concepts, how to estimate the cost of producing goods and services, and how to develop business feasibility studies. Students develop a hands-on project that looks at the production and marketing of a good or service.
Credits: 3
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REP 286 - Resource Policy Analysis
Introduction to the economics of public policies with a particular emphasis on resource issues. Topics to be covered include the efficiency of market mechanisms, sources of market failure, the tools of public policy and the political process of instituting policies. Each semester a special topic or topics will offer a focal point for applications of the subject matter.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 120 or INT 110.
Credits: 3
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REP 330 - Waste Management
The study of the history and current problems of society’s municipal solid waste. Waste generation, recycling and disposal are covered for both Maine and the nation. Social, economic and engineering aspects are examined.
Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement. (Fall.)
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 120 or INT 110.
Credits: 3
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REP 335 - Tourism Economics
Covers the theory and applications of tourism economics. What are the factors that impact the number of visitors a destination receives? How do people respond to a change in the price of tourism services? Under what circumstances should the government intervene into tourism markets? What is the economic impact of tourism? What are the tradeoffs between tourism and the environment?
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 120 or INT 110 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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REP 366 - Applied Data Analysis for Resource Economics and Policy
Applies a variety of empirical methods to study issues related to resource, agricultural and rural economics. Focuses on model conceptualization, and descriptive and regression-based data analysis. Includes several computer-based assignments.
Prerequisites & Notes
COS 103 and MAT 215 or MAT 232 or permission.
Credits: 3
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REP 371 - Introduction to Natural Resource Economics and Policy
Economic aspects of natural resource management and policy are presented. Both consumptive and nonconsumptive uses of natural resources are discussed along with the socially optimal use of renewable and nonrenewable resources. Contemporary environmental problems and policies are presented.
Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 120 or INT 110.
Credits: 3
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REP 381 - Sustainable Development Principles and Policy
The principles of sustainable development are investigated and considered against a number of ethical and philosophical concepts. Possible ecological, economic and social criteria for evaluating development proposals against those principles are surveyed. Selected issues relevant to Maine are evaluated by sustainable development criteria.
Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment and Ethics Requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes
Sophomore standing.
Credits: 3
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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
ECO 120 or INT 110.
Credits: 3
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REP 424 - Environmental Assessment and Management Techniques
An exploration of Federal, state and private sector techniques for environmental impact assessment and management. Develops the general techniques for environmental assessment and management and then will use three current applications to show their applicability. These applications include: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Maine’s Site Location of Development Law; and ISO 14000, a predominantly private sector framework for environmental management developed by the International Organization for Standardization.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior or senior standing in Ecology and Environmental Sciences or Environmental Management and Policy or permission.
Credits: 3
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REP 458 - Managerial Economics
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 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
ECO 120 or INT 110.
Credits: 3
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REP 466 - Internet Marketing for Small Business
An introduction to Internet marketing principles and practices for small businesses. Focuses on the functioning of the Internet as a marketing medium, developing Web sites that contribute to a business’s goals, and effective strategies for integrating the Internet into a firm’s marketing plan. Web-based Lec 0 or classroom-based Lec 3.
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 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 methods 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
Senior standing in Environmental Management and Policy or Resource and Agribusiness Management.
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
ECO 514 or REP 514.
Credits: 3
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REP 514 - Microeconomic Theory
Examination of modern economic theory with applications; topics include consumer, producer and market behavior.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 420 and MAT 126 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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REP 515 - Advanced Microeconomics
Examination of advanced topics in microeconomics, with special emphasis on game theory and applications of game theory to issues in industrial organization, international trade, labor economics, and environmental economics. Detailed treatment of other topics including asymmetric information, market failure, signaling, principal-agent problems, and uncertainty. (This course is identical to ECO 515.)
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of “B” or better in ECO 514 or REP 514 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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REP 527 - State and Local Economic Analysis
Analysis and measurement of changes in state and local economies. Emphasis on analytical tools, such as input - output modeling.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 420 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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REP 530 - Econometrics
Quantitative anlaysis of structural economic models, forecasting and policy analysis; statistical inference and data analysis, general linear statistical model specification, estimation, and hypothesis testing, univariate time-series analysis, and estimation and use of simultaneous equation models. Practical application of econometric models through computer exercises.
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 126 and MAT 215 or MAT 232 or permission.
Credits: 3
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REP 531 - Advanced Econometrics and Applications
Second of a two course sequence. Econometric models and techniques used in applied research; spatial data; panel data; nonlinear estimation; qualitative dependent variables; and limited dependent variables. (This course is identical to ECO 531.)
Prerequisites & Notes
A grade of “B” or better in ECO 530 or REP 530 or permission.
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.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 514 or REP 514.
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
ECO 420 and REP 465.
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
ECO 514 or REP 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
ECO 514 or REP 514.
Credits: 3
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