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SFR 410 - Forest Regeneration
An overview of the principles and practices associated with the successful regeneration of forestlands in North America. Topics include natural and artificial regeneration, see collection and handling, forest tree nurseries, site preparation, seedling quality and handling, genetics, disease, vegetation management, animal damage protection, early stand management, and ecological considerations.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SFR 412 - Winter Tree Identification
Six week field course for identification of Maine Trees and shrubs in their winter condition.
Prerequisites: SFR 107 or Permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1
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SFR 434 - Recreation Site Planning and Management
Principles and techniques are examined to manage recreation opportunities in natural resource settings. Course may have field trips during class times. The field trips are organized to reveal a diversity of recreation sites and associated planning and management by entities to provide quality recreation experiences while also preserving environmental resources conditions.
Prerequisites: SFR 228 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SFR 444 - Forest Resources Economics
Economics of domestic and international forest resources production, processing and distribution. Contributions of forest resources to local, regional, and national economies. Fundamentals of financial analysis. Evaluation of priced and unpriced forest resources for acquisition, taxation, management, and disposal. Because of overlap SFR 444 and SFR 544 cannot both be taken for degree credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Prerequisites: ECO 120.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SFR 446 - Forest Resources Policy
Mechanisms involved in, and influences on the evolution of national, state and private forest policies in the United States and other nations. Development of professional codes of ethics in Forestry and examination of professional, private business, environmental, and public sector ethical challenges, particularly in the formation of forest policies. Lec 3.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Ethics Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SFR 450 - Processing of Biomaterials
Understanding how the resources of the forests are used and processed is important. This course provides an overview of the machinery and processes used for manufacturing bioproducts including lumber, wood-based composites, veneer, lumber, pulp and paper and other forest products. The laws and standards under which production and evaluation of bioproducts occur are an important part of the course. The commercial measurement of forest resources is detailed as are the effects of timber defects on finished product quality. In addition to classroom lectures and discussions, the course includes field trips, during scheduled class periods, to various forest products manufacturing operations and laboratory exercises related to quality control techniques used in industry. Students enrolling in the course should have passed at least one course meeting the general education requirement for a science with lab or application of science.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Standing
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 4
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SFR 452 - Environmental Interpretation
A mid-level course in the principles and techniques of environmental interpretation, with special reference to parkland settings. Interpretive planning, interpretation of complex subjects and controversy, ethics, special populations and research are discussed. Students are required to demonstrate their understanding and application of interpretive principles using examples from their field. Course may include field work during and outside of the course’s scheduled times.
Prerequisites: PRT 352. Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SFR 453 - Biocomposite Materials
A comprehensive analysis of the influence of materials and processing parameters on the chemical, physical and mechanical properties of biocomposite materials. Principles of adhesion and adhesives technology and their impact on biocomposite manufacture and performance will be addressed. Laboratories will provide practical experience in the manufacture and evaluation of a variety of biocomposites produced using hot pressing, cold pressing, extrusion, and injection molding. Lec 3, Lab 3
Prerequisites: CHY 121 and CHY 123; SFR 215, SFR 450 and PHY 107 or PHY 111.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 4
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SFR 454 - Wood Composites
Development of structure/property relationships and the effect of process variables on the physical and mechanical properties of structural and non-structural wood composite materials including oriented strand board, medium density fiberboard, particleboard, hardboard, plywood, inorganic bonded composites, and wood/polymer composites. Analysis of a wood composite manufacturing process, including cost models, marketing, and project planning will be conducted by student teams as a capstone experience. Laboratory activities will be incorporated to illustrate a variety of composite manufacturing issues. Lec 2, Lab 3.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Prerequisites: Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SFR 455 - Bioenergy Sources, Systems and Environmental Effects
A detailed introduction to the use of biomass for bioenergy and includes a broad review of biomass sources, processing systems, human health effects, potential environmental damage, pollution abatement, energy generating systems and the general effects of using renewable and non-renewable sources of energy on the human population. Common definitions, units and the basic thermodynamics of biomass use are discussed. Environmental issues including greenhouse gas emissions are examined along with the benefits and environmental concerns related to using renewable sources of bioenergy. Specific examples, volatile organic chemical release and energy use in drying forest resources are included. Scheduled labs involve field trips. Students enrolling in the course should have passed at least one course meeting the general requirement for science with lab or application of science.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and Environment Requirement.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Standing
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years.
Credits: 3
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SFR 457 - Tree Pests and Disease
Applies concepts of tree disease and its development to their roles in forest dynamics and management. Relevant characteristics of tree pests are covered. Concepts are applied to common disease complexes found in Maine and other regions of North America. (Because of overlap SFR 457 and SFR 557 cannot both be taken for degree credit)
Prerequisites: BIO 100 or SFR 100
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SFR 458 - Tree Pests and Disease Lab
Identification of tree health problems and their management options. Course may include field work during and outside of the course’s scheduled times.
Prerequisites: BIO 100 or SFR 100 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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SFR 460 - Mill Tour
One-week inspection trip (taken during the second week of spring break) to representative manufacturers of wood and forest products selected for demonstration of typical plant operations. A written report is required.
Prerequisites: Junior standing in Forest Resources programs.
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 1
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SFR 464 - Forest Resources Business, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
This is a broadly based course with multiple facets related to the business aspects of forest resource transactions between buyers and sellers; the marketing of forest resources and the development and management of a forest resource related business. The course includes the principles of contractual agreements, detailed information about the markets for forest resources both local and international, the basic tenets of entrepreneurship and the fundamentals of business ownership, planning and management. In addition to basic lectures and projects, practitioners discuss their experiences and share information about business management, contracts, the ethics of the buyer-seller interactions and the marketing of products. A semester project requires at least one field visit outside of scheduled times. Students enrolling in the course should have passed at least one course meeting the general education requirement for science with lab or application of science. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Standing
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SFR 471 - Principles of Tourism Management and Planning
Focus is on the application of tourism management and planning principles to natural environments and creating sustainable tourism environments/economies; tourism impacts on sensitive environments; needs of tourists, developers, managers and the local residents; and trends in tourism, with emphasis on the Northeast. Rec 3.
Prerequisites: PRT 352.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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SFR 476 - Forest Management I
Application of both traditional field forestry skills and modern software to develop a practical plan for the management of a real, small-woodland scale working forest.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites: Senior standing in Forestry or Forest Operations Science or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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SFR 477 - Forest Landscape Management and Planning
Integration of biophysical and socioeconomic sciences for the multiple use management to achieve desired products, services and conditions of forest lands. Application of modern analytical procedures for strategic, tactical and operational forest planning up to the landscape level. Because of overlap SFR 477 and SFR 577 cannot both be taken for degree credit. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: SFR359 or Pre or Co-requisite of SFR 409 or SFR 509 and Pre or Co-requisite of SFR 444 or SFR 544
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SFR 478 - Tools for Forest Management
Lab support for SFR 444/544 and SFR 477/577. Hands-on experience with tools useful for forest management, including: database, mapping, growth and yield programs; mathematical techniques; and landscape management systems.
Corequisites: Co-requisites: SFR 444/544 and SFR 477/577
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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SFR 479 - Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors
Explores the relationship between human behavior and the natural environment through a variety of social and environmental psychology constructs including: intrinsic and instrumental values, beliefs, attitudes, perceptions of control, and social norms.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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SFR 480 - Wilderness and Protected Areas Management
Historical overview of wilderness and protected area management in the United States involving western cultural influences such as Beowulf, Christianity, and Romanticism. Basic concepts of the unique management problems and opportunities associated with wilderness and wild and scenic river systems. Ideas will be explored on how to deal with the complexities of wilderness subsystems, their values, and their uses in the United States as well as international context.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.
Prerequisites: SFR 228
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SFR 482 - Industrial Ecology and Life Cycle Assessment
Introduction to the theory and practice of environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) and industrial ecology. Students will review cases, do problem sets, learn how to use LCA software, and conduct a project.
FTY 482 and FTY 582 are identical courses.
Prerequisites: CHY 121 or BMB 207, and either FTY 104 or MAT 215 or MAT 232, and either ECO 100 or ECO 120, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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SFR 491 - Senior Capstone in Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Selected issues and trends facing the recreation and parks profession today. Serves as the capstone experience, integrating all of the course work for Parks, Recreation and Tourism students.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SFR 492 - Capstone Directed Study
One student or a group of students select a problem in natural resource utilization, management, or policy, and prepare a prospectus and ultimately a detailed technical report on the topic. Each student or group will work closely with one or more faculty who agree to serve as mentors. Capstone projects are highly integrative of topics covered in the undergraduate program and involve applying knowledge to field- or lab-based activities. Study results are presented in an oral presentation and a final technical report. (May be repeated for credit until a total of 3-4 credits have been earned.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites: Senior Standing in FBB, FTY, or PRT
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1-4
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SFR 493 - Sustainable Tourism Planning
The course provides a basis for a tourism destination service learning project involving natural and cultural attractions. The project will involve developing, facilitating, evaluating and documenting the tourism destination planning process. Specific topics include tourism potential evaluation, tourism sociocultural and environmental impacts, community-based tourism planning, tourism regional and site planning, and strategic tourism planning. The course requires field trips within and outside of scheduled class periods. (Because of overlap SFR 493 and SFR 593 cannot both be taken for degree credit).
General Education Requirements: Satisifies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Requirements.
Prerequisites: Senior Standing in PRT or Permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SFR 498 - Senior Research I
An original investigation of a problem in Forest Ecosystem Science, under the guidance of a faculty member. Students will select an area of study, perform a literature search and prepare a written study plan for their research.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites: permission and junior standing in Forest Ecosystem Science and Conservation.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 2
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SFR 499 - Senior Research II
Students will complete the research initiated in FES 498 and prepare a written final report. The completed project should demonstrate the student’s ability to understand and apply scientific principles in research.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites: FES 498 and senior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 2
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SMS 100 - Introduction to Ocean Science
A non-laboratory survey of the broad field of marine science, stresses the interconnections among aspects of oceanography, marine biology and ecology, living marine resources and human interactions with the marine environment. Practical applications of basic scientific principles are stressed.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 108 - Beaches and Coasts
An introduction to coastal landforms, including beaches, salt marshes, tidal flats and sea cliffs, their origins, global distribution, and associated nearshore processes. Human impacts to the coastal zone, including coastal erosion, land loss and management, and human responses to sea-level change are considered. Course may have field trips during class times. Lec 3. (This course is identical to ERS 108.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 110 - Concepts in Oceanography
Basic concepts in physical, geological, chemical and biological oceanography will be discussed. Also includes an introduction to the relationship between the ocean and the atmosphere. Ends with a discussion of global change issues. Practical applications of basic scientific principles will be emphasized. May not be used for credit in the Marine Science major. (Offered at the Frederick Hutchinson Center, Belfast through the Continuing Education Division.) Course may have field trips during class times.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge requirement when taken without SMS 111. Together with SMS 111, this course satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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SMS 111 - Concepts in Oceanography Laboratory
This course will support SMS 110: Concepts in Oceanography through laboratories on physical, chemical, and biological oceanography topics. Labs will include studies of marine organism from the Gulf of Maine, computer-based labs using online data, and use of laboratory equipment to measure various parameters. May not be used for credit in the Marine Science major. (Offered at the Fredrick Hutchinson Center, Belfast through the Continuing Education Division.) Course will include field trips during class hours and on weekends.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences requirement when taken with SMS 110.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even years
Credits: 1
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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.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Application of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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SMS 201 - Biology of Marine Organisms
An introduction to the diversity, form, and function of marine organisms, and to marine environments and ecological processes. After a synopsis of the major groups of marine microorganisms, algae, plants, and animals, the course emphasizes the relationship between their structure (anatomy and morphology) and function (physiology), as well as their development and larval biology. The course considers diverse marine habitats and ecosystems (rocky intertidal, estuaries and salt marshes, mudflats, coral reefs, open ocean, continental shelf and slope, deep sea), accentuating their physical factors (temperature, salinity and desiccation, solar radiation, oxygen, pressure) that affect their inhabitants. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BIO 100 and SMS 100, both with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 203 - Introduction to Integrative Marine Science
Focusing on key topics in Marine Science research, students explore the nature of inquiry, elements of experimental design, data presentation, elementary statistics, and interpretation of scientific papers. Hands on activities introduce basic concepts in the biology of marine organisms, observational skills, data literacy and experimentation.
Prerequisites: Marine Science Majors only; Grade of C- or higher in SMS 100 and BIO 100 or permission.
Corequisites: SMS 201, may be waived with permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1
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SMS 204 - Integrative Marine Science II: Physics and Chemistry of Marine Systems
Integrates basic principles of physics and chemistry with an understanding of the marine environment and how marine organisms function in their environment. The lectures, with integrated laboratory exercises and computer simulations in physics and chemistry, are designed to stimulate critical thinking and provide students with specific skills relevant to studying marine habitats. The first half of the semester will focus on physics; topics include swimming strategies and physics of fluids; waves, and propagation of sound and light in the ocean. The second half of the semester will focus on water quality in coastal marine ecosystems; topics include the role of water quality in marine ecosystems and measurement of marine water quality. Data collection, analysis, and presentation skills are emphasized. Lec 2.
Prerequisites: MAT 122 and SMS 203 and PHY 111 (or PHY 121) and CHY 121/123, all with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 2
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SMS 211 - Introduction to Aquaculture
Principles and practices of aquaculture from international, national and local perspectives. Includes field trip. (Students may not take both SMS 211 and AVS 211 for credit).
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 230 - Introduction to Marine Policy and Fisheries Management
This course focuses on the human dimensions of ocean conservation and management, with emphasis on marine fisheries management in the United States. Students will be introduced to a variety of tools and policy approaches for managing complex marine ecosystems. Discussion and readings will highlight current and historical challenges facing oceans management, as well as the role of scientists and other stakeholders in marine conservation. Potential issues addressed include ecosystem-based management, fishing communities, collective action dilemmas, bycatch and gear technology, marine protected areas and habitat, marine mammal and protected species conservation, aquaculture policy, and global climate change.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and Environment Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 300 - Marine Ecology
An introduction to fundamental ecological principles in the context of marine communities. Uses examples from marine ecosystems to illustrate general principles of general ecology such as predation, competition, and nutrient cycling. Focuses on the ecology of major marine ecosystems such as estuaries, sea shores and benthic communities and on aspects of applied ecology such as fisheries management. Includes two days of field work at the Darling Marine Center. Not open to students who have taken BIO 319 or WLE 200. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 302 - Oceanography
An overview of geological, chemical, physical and biological oceanography and the way they interact. Topics include plate tectonics and evolution of ocean basins, physical and chemical characteristics of sea water, atmosphere-ocean coupling, two- and three-dimensional ocean circulation, waves and tides, sedimentation, planktonic organisms, productivity, pelagic ecosystems, biological-physical coupling, and biogeochemical cycles. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: CHY 122 and MAT 126 and PHY 112 or PHY 122 and SMS 100 all with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 303 - Integrative Marine Science III: Oceanography
Integrates the principles and methodologies behind planning and executing field and laboratory procedures to collect scientific measurements with approaches to data analysis, interpretation and scientific presentation. It does this specifically within the context of oceanography. A mixture of integrated laboratory exercises, field trips and computer simulations designed to illustrate the end-to-end process of proposing, planning, carrying out, analyzing, interpreting and reporting on (written and oral) scientific measurements. Meets for 4 hours per week and may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: CHY 122 and MAT 126 and PHY 112 or PHY 122 and SMS 203 and SMS 204, all with a grade of C- or better, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 2
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SMS 304 - Integrative Marine Science IV: Comparative Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Integrates the principles and methodologies of physiology, cell and molecular biology and population genetics using marine models. Includes lectures, integrated laboratory exercises and gene analysis. Designed to illustrate the application of physiology, cellular and molecular biological techniques to the study of marine systems. Students will participate in hands-on laboratory exercises and data analysis, interpretation and reporting (written and oral).
Prerequisites: BMB 280 and SMS 303 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 2
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SMS 309 - Techniques in Shellfish Aquaculture
Residential course taught at the University’s Darling Marine Center. Explores the theory and practice of marine bivalve culture as conducted in the Northeastern U.S. Includes lectures, considerable “hands-on” experience, and field trips to commercial hatcheries and farms.
Prerequisites: General knowledge in biology or relevant work experience.
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 2
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SMS 321 - Introduction to Fisheries Science
Introduction to the assessment, management, conservation and exploitation of fisheries resources of commercial and recreational importance. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BIO 100 or SMS 100 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 322 - Biology of Marine Vertebrates
This course covers the taxonomy, phylogeny and diversity of marine fishes, reptiles, birds and mammals. The course will discuss comparative functional morphology, physiology, sensory systems, ecology, behavior and life history strategies in relation to characteristics of the diverse marine habitats occupied by vertebrate animals. Students will also learn about distributions, population trends and impacts of human exploitation. Course will include field trips during class hours and on weekends.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201, with a grad of C- or better, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SMS 324 - Introduction to Research Diving
This course provides an introduction to research diving and satisfies the 100 hours of required training for scientific divers as prescribed by the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS). This training is required to participate in scientific diving activities at many universities, including UMaine, and at all AAUS member organizations throughout the United States. Students will be instructed in advanced diving skills, dive rescue, oxygen administration, and research diving techniques. Practical field diving activities will be a large focus of the course. Following successful completion of course objectives, students will be eligible to participate in diving research projects as a scientific diver-in-training or scientific diver. Students may also be eligible to apply for applicable recreational diving certifications. Participation is not a guarantee for certification. The course is taught by the UMaine Diving Safety Officer (DSO), selected UMaine faculty, and guest lecturers experienced in using scuba diving as a research tool. Field trips during class time are required. Transportation to Orono to pool sessions will be provided.
Prerequisites: Permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 330 - Descriptive Physical Oceanography
A comprehensive introduction to descriptive physical oceanography. Topics considered will range in scale from global to estuarine, and from decades to seconds. The course emphasis is the characterization of physical oceanic features and phenomena, how and why they arise and their practical importance.
Prerequisites: PHY 121, PHY 122.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 350 - Undergraduate Seminar
Literature review of topics selected from the current marine literature leading to the preparation and presentation of written and oral papers. Emphasis on synthesizing information from other courses offered as part of the marine science degree to provide an overall appreciation of the field of marine sciences. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1-3
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SMS 352 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Marine Ecology
Marine communities and ecological interactions are studied through lectures, field trips along the rocky shore of Maine and laboratories. Concepts of bio-diversity, the food web and the role of physical and biological limiting factors are developed. Critical and creative thinking and problem solving are enhanced by designing and conducting experiments to test hypotheses. Data analysis and report writing are emphasized. (Taught at the Darling Marine Center.) Lec 2, Lab 4. Course may have field trips during class times.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SMS 354 - Thinking About the Ocean: A Question-based Approach to Learning Marine Sciences
The purpose of the course is to challenge students to apply their knowledge of the marine science to answer questions about the ocean. The course is organized around a broad theme such as whales. Students then select a few broad questions such as “why do whales migrate” and “how will bowhead whales respond to climate change?” Students will work together to answer the questions, and will be encouraged to apply information from their introductory coursework and readings from the primary literature. These questions are designed to connect the theme to basic concepts from oceanography and biology, and topics will include: ocean biology and productivity, climate change, and evolution.
Prerequisites: BIO 100, SMS 100 and SMS 201.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 373 - Marine and Freshwater Algae
A comprehensive introduction to the algae (freshwater and marine), including their evolution, physiology, life histories, and ecology. All aspects of the course emphasize the fundamental roles of the algae in shaping the evolution of other life on Earth and determining characteristics of different ecosystems and foodwebs. Laboratory work will emphasize the study of living material and include special projects and field trips. Students will become competent microscopists. Course may have field trips during class times.
General Education Requirements: Fulfills the General Education Writing Intensive and the General Education Laboratory Science requirements.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
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SMS 374 - Deep Sea Biology
70% of this planet is ocean, and 90% of that ocean lies at depths beyond human reach without significant technological help. The Deep-sea is arguably the largest ecosystem on the planet. This course will provide an introduction to scientific exploration and study of deep ecosystems and organisms around the world. Topics considered will be broad, covering historical aspects of deep-sea discovery, the physical environment, how organisms function at depth, specific environments and ecosystems (e.g. hydrothermal vents, seamounts, cold-water coral ecosystems) and human uses of the deep-sea.
General Education Requirements: Satisifes the General Education Population & Environment and the General Education Applied Science requirements
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: BIO 100 or BIO 222 or SMS 100
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 375 - Introduction to Marine Science Data Analysis and Computer Programming
An introduction to the exploration, management, analysis, and graphical visualization of large data sets used in marine sciences and the computer programming tools that make this possible. Focuses on the widely used programming language and data analysis package MATLAB. A hands-on skills-oriented course with no exams: uses explanatory lectures, on-line and in-class tutorials/exercises and a student-driven term project.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: STS 232 and SMS 204 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 400 - Capstone Research Experience in Marine Science
Capstone research project or research paper for students obtaining the Bachelor of Science in Marine Science. Marine Science majors must complete at least three credits of SMS 400 and one credit of SMS 404 to satisfy the Capstone requirement for graduation. Students are advised to complete SMS 400 during the senior year.
General Education Requirements: Together with SMS 404, this course satisfies both the General Education Writing Intensive requirement and the General Education Capstone Experience requirement. A minimum of 3 credits of SMS 400 & 1 credit of SMS 404 are needed to fulfill either requirement.
Prerequisites: 12 credit hours of SMS courses and a minimum of 60 credit hours in all university courses (junior standing)
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1-4
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SMS 401 - Critical Issues in Aquaculture
Current and historically important issues facing the development of the aquaculture industry. Issues related to aquaculture will be researched by students who will present the issues in a series of debates. Course may have field trips during class times. This course may be repeated for up to six credits total. Lec 1.
Prerequisites: SMS 211, SMS 409 and SMS 420.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1
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SMS 402 - Oceans and Climate Change
Stresses the interdisciplinary nature of marine science by focusing on comprehensive oceanographic and marine ecosystems that reinforce geological, chemical, physical and biological principles and their linkages. Roles of oceans in regulating global climate will be emphasized. Climatic forcing and its impact on ocean environments and marine ecosystems will be discussed. Variability in the oceans and processes at a range of spatial and temporal scales are considered. Topics include: global carbon cycle and climate change, thermohaline circulation, influence of oceanic and climatic processes on marine populations, world fisheries and marine ecosystems, El Nino and decadal climate variability, Gulf of Maine oceanography and living marine resources, human activities and their impact on the environment. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: SMS 100 and Junior or Senior Standing
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 404 - Capstone Seminar in Marine Science
Seminar required of all SMS students, preferably in the semester when SMS 400 is first elected. Students will discuss selected special topics in marine sciences with emphasis on principles of scientific communication (e.g., process, traditional and electronic styles of publication, ethics). Students will develop and present synopses of their SMS 400 projects in the seminar using IT tools (e.g. PowerPoint for oral presentations and preparation of poster displays.
General Education Requirements: Together with SMS 400, this course satisfies both the General Education Writing Intensive requirement and the General Education Capstone Experience requirement. A minimum of 3 credits of SMS 400 & 1 credit of SMS 404 are needed to fulfill either requirement.
Prerequisites: 12 credit hours of SMS courses and a minimum of 60 credit hours in all university courses (junior standing); students are advised to complete SMS 400 and SMS 404 during their senior year.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1
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SMS 416 - Marine Engineering Literacy
A hands-on project-based class. Major focus areas include: Programming, Sensors, and Robotics. By the end of the class, students should have a basic understanding of what programming is, and they will be able to build a simple electronic sensor, calibrate it and program its output to a computer, and build/program a Lego robot to do specific missions (for example, an underwater ROV or AUV taking data while diving in water).
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in both SMS 204 and PHY 112 or PHY 122
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 420 - Fish Aquaculture I
Part I of a two semester sequence. A comprehensive examination of finfish production methods. Covers aspects of fish anatomy and physiological responses to intensive culture methods. Water sources and water quality parameters and their effects on fish health will be examined. Fish culture systems from extensive pond culture to intensive land based recirculation systems and their effects on the environment will be described. Aspects of fish production at all life stages, beginning with brookstock management in this course and ending with on-growing fish to market the following semester, will be studied. Students will participate in selected techniques in fish aquaculture i.e., anatomy of fish species, live food production for larval fish, diagnostic procedures, drug residue testing, fish handling and anesthesia, spawning techniques, egg incubation techniques and computer applications during five weekday afternoon laboratoreis and two all day field trips. (This course is identical to AVS 420.) (Offered Fall-even years.) Lec 2, Lab/Field 4.
Prerequisites: SMS 211.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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SMS 421 - Fish Aquaculture II
A continuation of SMS 420. A comprehensive examination of finfish production methods. Covers aspects of fish production at all life stages, beginning with broodstock management in the first semester course (AVS/SMS 420) and ending with on-growing of fish to market. Aspects of fish production to be studied will cover genetic selection, feeding, health management, fish farm structure, processing fish and environmental factors. Principles and examples of disease prevention and control, such as husbandry, treatment, vaccination, natural defenses and bio-security. Major diseases of farmed fish and control measures will be presented. Students will participate in selected techniques in fish aquaculture i.e., anatomy of fish species, live food production for larval fish, diagnostic procedures, drug residue testing, fish handling and anesthesia, spawning techniques, egg incubation techniques and computer applications during five weekday afternoon laboratories and two all day field trips. Lec 2, Lab/Field 4. (Offered Spring-odd years.)
Prerequisites: AVS 420 or SMS 420.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 422 - Biology of Fishes
A comprehensive course in evolution, morphology, physiology, life histories and ecology of fishes. Emphasis will be integrating knowledge of functional and physiological design to understand how fish function and how they have adapted to diverse environments. Course will include field trips during class hours and on weekends.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 3
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SMS 425 - Applied Population Genetics
Covers the biological, mathematical and statistical principles of population genetics. Topics include a discussion of the role of mutation, migration, selection and inbreeding in structuring the genetic variation for both Mendelian and quantitative traits in natural and artificial populations. Emphasis is placed on both the theoretical and experimental approaches to the study of population genetics and the application and importance of population genetics to disciplines such as marine science, wildlife and conservation biology, ecology and animal husbandry, including aquaculture.
Prerequisites: BIO 100 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SMS 449 - Aquaculture Systems
Introduction to the application of engineering principles and practices to the commercial culture of marine and freshwater plants and animals. No engineering or engineering technology majors.
Prerequisites: SMS 211
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 467 - Fish Nutrition and Feeding
Principles of nutrient requirements as they apply to fish. Feeding management of several commercially important species will be discussed.
Prerequisites: BMB 208 or CHY 122.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 3
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SMS 480 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Biology of Marine Invertebrates
Emphasis will be on body plan and design of marine invertebrates, including investigating how body design facilitates living in selected marine habitats. After a quick review of the marine phyla, lectures will discuss functional organization of invertebrates’ bodies, including embryology and development. Emphasis in the lab sessions is on identification of coastal Maine invertebrates. Lectures, labs and field trips are integrated into a single class experience that is taught one entire day per week at the Darling Marine Center. NOTE: Because of overlap, BIO 353 and SMS 480 cannot both be taken for degree credit. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: SMS 100 and SMS 201 or BIO 200.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SMS 481 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Design of Marine Organisms: Momentum, Mass and Information Transfer
Students use flumes and other flow devices to gain an understanding of the principles of momentum and mass transfer and then to discover how they influence form and function in marine organisms. Lectures prepare students to conduct their own laboratory observations: abiotic flows and model living organisms interacting with flows. A final integration adds sensory ecology and unsteady flow behaviors. Applications range from bacteria to invertebrates and vertebrates. Lecture and laboratory are combined into a day-long class period. Taught at the Darling Marine Center. Course will include field trips during class hours.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201 and PHY 112 or PHY 122.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 4
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SMS 482 - Semester-by-the-Sea: Human Impacts on the Ocean
Examines the manner in which humans influence oceanic processes and the ways in which humans can assess these influences. Surveys various case examples of influences (both suspected and well-documented) such as alteration of river inputs to the oceans, contamination by toxic materials, eutrophication and habitat alteration. Focuses on how scientists determine whether or not a perturbation of normal oceanic process has occurred, what the pre-human condition might have been and how we predict future changes. Taught at the Darling Marine Center. Lec 3. Course will include field trips during class hours.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.
Prerequisites: SMS 302 or equivalent or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SMS 483 - Ecology of Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton
This course presents the world of zooplankton (including larval fish), how we study it, and our current understanding of zooplankton’s role in marine ecosystems. Students receive training in taxonomy and identification, sampling techniques and measurement of rate processes used in determining zooplankton fluxes and population dynamics. Fundamental concepts about biodiversity, trophic ecology, population dynamics, recruitment, and the influence of climate change on pelagic ecosystems are examined. Students participate in plankton monitoring at coastal stations and learn to sample and identify local zooplankton and planktonic stages of fish. Readings include research in the primary literature. The goal is to provide students with an experience of the richness and complexity of zooplankton in their natural environment while learning ecological concepts, methodology, and critical analysis of data.
This course fulfills 20 hours of the SMS field requirement.
SMS 483 was offered previously as SMS 491 (Special Topics). Students may not take this course for credit if they already took the Special Topics version with the same title.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: SMS 100, MAT 126, and STS 232
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SMS 485 - Comparative Animal Physiology
A comparative approach to the functional adaptations of animals to diverse environments, with emphasis on underlying physiological and biochemical mechanisms. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: BIO 200 or SMS 201, a year of chemistry and junior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SMS 491 - Problems in Marine Science
Undergraduate studies of current problems in marine science directed by individual faculty. May be experimental or theoretical independent research or directed readings by an individual student. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: Ar
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SMS 497 - Independent Study in Marine Science
A readings, lecture, laboratory or seminar study course arranged between instructor and individual students, covering selected topics or areas within the field of Marine Science. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 1-4
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SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology
Introduces the fundamental concepts, principles, and methods of sociology, analyzes the influence of social and cultural factors upon human behavior and evaluates effect of group processes, social classes, stratification, and basic institutions on contemporary society.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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SOC 201 - Social Inequality
Structural analysis of social inequality within American society and the global community. Emphasis on the causes, extent and social consequences of inequality, especially those based on race, gender, social class and the level of economic development.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SOC 202 - Social Problems
The social bases of social problems. Topics may include poverty, racism and other forms of discrimination, crime and justice, health care, environmental issues, violence and terrorism, and family issues.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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SOC 208 - Problems of Violence and Terrorism
The nature and causes of revolutionary and government-sponsored international terrorism. The future of terrorism and how to cope with it. The institutionalization of terrorism in pre-modern and contemporary totalitarian states. The social causes of war and social conflict. Social preconditions for the maintenance of a sustainable peace. An examination of the nature of human aggression.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SOC 214 - Crime and Criminal Justice
The causes, extent and nature of crime in American society and the operation of the criminal justice system. Emphasis given to theories and dynamics of criminal behavior and to the efforts of police, courts and prisons to prevent and to control criminality.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SOC 219 - Statistical Reasoning in Sociology
The use of statistical methods in sociological research. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics and hypothesis testing. Special emphasis place on sociological applications of statistical techniques, an understanding of when they are appropriate to use, and the information they yield.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Mathematics Requirement.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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SOC 220 - Deviance and Social Control
The study of deviant behaviors, individuals and groups, with emphasis on social order, power and identity. Use of the sociological perspective to explore definitions of deviance, theories of deviance, processes by which individuals become labeled as deviant, the nature of deviant identities and societal consequences of constructions of deviance.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SOC 225 - Health, Illness & Society
This course examines the social, cultural, and structural aspects of health, illness, and medicine in American society. Topics include the social conditions contributing to health and illness; the dynamics of doctor-patient interaction; the experiences of nurses, physicians, and other health care professionals; the organization and operation of hospitals and other health care settings; and health care reform and social policy. Special emphasis will be placed on gender, racial, and social class differences in the quality of health and of health care.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 and No SOC 240 topic: Heath, Medicine and Society or SOC 240 topic: Health, Illness, and Society
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SOC 240 - Topics in Sociology
A second-level study of topics such as “Sociology of Youth.” “Sociology of Countercultures,” “Sociology of Sport,” and “Urban Sociology.” May be repeated for credit if the topics differ.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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SOC 301 - Self and Society
The study of social interaction in small social settings, with emphasis on power and status. The negotiation of identity as a social process. The impact group structures on the self. Rituals as building blocks of micro-structures. Conversations as constructions of social reality. Informal group structures in large organizations.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of sociology or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SOC 302 - The Structure of Societies
An examination of the structure and dynamics of large scale social organizations. Particular emphasis on institutional, formal, or bureaucratic and community structures characteristic of the industrialized and post-industrialized world.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of sociology or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SOC 314 - Law and Society
Presents a sociological perspective on law and the legal system in the United States and other societies. Topics include problems in defining law, sociological theories of the origins and consequences of law, international differences in modes of dispute resolution, the relation between law and social change, studies of the legal profession and legal discretion in the criminal justice system.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 and POS 100 or SOC 214 or SOC 220 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SOC 318 - Sociology of the Family
Analysis of the modern family begins with a socio-historical examination of the effects of love, gender and poverty. Major topics include marriage and divorce, sexual behavior, family violence, parenting and ethnic families. Current families are analyzed from a social psychological viewpoint that includes the dynamic structure of relationships.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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SOC 325 - Sociology of Religion
Topics include: comparative religious cultures and beliefs; the social construction of religious beliefs; institutionalized religions and the resurgence of new sects and cults; major world religions and the way religion preserves and changes the social order; the encounter between religion and contemporary developments in science. Secularization and the future of religion.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Prerequisites: SOC 101 and junior or senior standing or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SOC 329 - Sociology of Gender
Analysis of contemporary constructions of gender. Emphasis on the interpersonal and institutional dimensions of sexism and the prospects of social change.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of sociology or WST 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SOC 330 - Perspectives on Women
Multidisciplinary and international analysis of the personal, interpersonal and institutional dimensions of women’s lives. Explores commonalties among women as well as differences based on race, social class, age, and sexual identity.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: SOC 201 or WST 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SOC 337 - Sociology of Mental Illness
Examination of the sociological concepts of mental illness. Analysis of the relationship between mental illness and the sociological factors responsible for these disorders. Cross-cultural examination of mental illness. The nature and structure of mental care institutions.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Prerequisites: PSY 100 or SOC 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SOC 340 - Intermediate Topics in Sociology
An intermediate-level study of topics such as “Sociology of Emotions,” “Sociology of Science and Technology,” and “Modern Sociological Theory.” May be repeated for credit if the topics differ.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of sociology or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SOC 371 - Immigration, Women and Society
Examines the varied and complex experiences of immigrant women in the United States. Students will learn about the history of U.S. immigration in general and about the experiences of immigrant women in particular. Immigrant women’s experiences will be examined through a lens that views gender as a social system that intersects with other social structures including race, religion, and social class. A central feature of this course is a service-learning oral history project which requires students to interview a woman who has immigrated to the United States, incorporate the interviewee’s experiences into an analytical paper, and present the findings at the end of the semester. (This course is identical to WST 371.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Prerequisites: WGS 101 and SOC 101, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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SOC 390 - Research Methods in Sociology
Explores the relationship between theory and research. Specific topics include the nature of scientific proof in the social sciences, measurements of variables, hypothesis and theory testing, sampling, research design, ethical issues in research, and the relationship between research and policy-making.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.
Prerequisites: Sociology major with junior standing and 6 hours of sociology or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SOC 460 - Major Ideas in Sociology
The sociological theories of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Mead and others. Developments in sociological theory as related to methodology, social issues, and current trends in contemporary sociology.
Prerequisites: Junior standing and 6 hours of sociology or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SOC 493 - Senior Thesis
The completion of a senior thesis on a topic of the student’s choice under the supervision of a sociology faculty member. Encourages excellent senior students to conduct a significant piece of sociological research. May be taken for only one semester, but normally students should plan to enroll for two semesters as a significant project usually cannot be completed in less than an academic year. May be repeated once for 3 additional credits.
Prerequisites: permission; sociology major with senior standing and a minimum GPA in sociology courses of 3.5; SOC 390, SOC 460 and statistics.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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SOC 495 - Internship in Sociology
A supervised internship providing practical experience in a field placement and requiring parallel readings and study. Emphasis on the guided application of concepts and principles from related courses and structured readings to applied situations in the field. Students may take 3-9 credits. Not more than 6 credit hours may be used toward the departmental major.
Prerequisites: Sociology major with senior standing; GPA of at least 3.0 and permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3 - 9
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SOC 497 - Departmental Projects I
No description available.
Prerequisites: permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1-3
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SOC 498 - Departmental Projects II
No description available.
Prerequisites: permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1-3
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SOC 499 - Senior Seminar
Selected theoretical and empirical topics in Sociology. Serves as the capstone course for Sociology majors and will assume a knowledge of and will build upon, the material presented in the other required courses in the major. The intent of the course is to help students integrate their Sociology knowledge and to apply it in dealing with fundamental questions of social life and social theory.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience Requirement.
Prerequisites: Sociology major with senior standing; SOC 390 and SOC 460 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish I
A systematic study of the basics of the Spanish language. Equal emphasis on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of Spanish or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Summer
Credits: 3 - 4
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SPA 102 - Elementary Spanish II
A continued study of the basics of the Spanish language. Equal emphasis is placed on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of Spanish or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: SPA 101 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Summer
Credits: 3 - 4
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SPA 117 - Accelerated Spanish I
An intensive, systematic study of the Spanish language at the beginning level that provides the equivalent of two semesters of beginning Spanish (SPA 101 and SPA 102) in one semester. For students with no previous study of Spanish or fewer than two years of high school Spanish.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Education Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 6
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