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SFR 108 - Introduction to Arboriculture and Community Forestry
Introductory course in arboriculture (study of trees on an individual basis) and community forestry (management of trees in a community/urban setting). The student studies the management of the urban/community forests, the people interaction/dynamics when dealing with community trees, and the development and purpose of a community forestry management plan. The course includes identifying valuable features, growth habits, and cultural requirements of urban trees and shrubs.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SFR 109 - Introduction to Arboriculture Lab
The principles of tree care, pruning, repair and maintenance are covered. Preparation to become a licensed Maine arborist and/or ISC Certified Arborist is provided.
Corequisites: SFR 108
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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SFR 111 - Forest Through Time
Basic concepts of science will be used to explain how forests have responded to natural and human influences over time. This foundation will be used to explore how a range of uses will affect the future sustainability of forest systems and their ability to meet society’s needs.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Application of Scientific Knowledge and Population & the Environment Requirements when taken with SFR 112. Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences and Population and the Environment Requirements when taken with SFR 101 and SFR 112.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 1
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SFR 112 - Forests Through Time: Discussions
Weekly discussions based on information presented in SFR 111.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Application of Scientific Knowledge and Population and the Environment Requirements when taken with SFR 111. Satisfies the General Education Lab in the Basic or Applied Sciences and Population and the Environment Requirements when taken with SFR 101 and SFR 111.
Prerequisites: SFR 111 or concurrently
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 2
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SFR 120 - Understanding Wood
Laboratory based hands-on course provides experience in the selection, planning, and implementation of woodworking projects. Students learn principles of safe operation of power and hand tools, basic wood material properties related to machining, and the fundamentals of wood gluing and finishing. Student projects will require additional time during scheduled woodshop hours.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 1
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SFR 201 - Wildland Firefighter Preliminary Training
Prepares students for wildland firefighter basic training needed for the Firefighter Red Card which is recognized nationally by the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management and many state and local fire agencies.
Prerequisites: Major in Forestry, Forest Operations, Bioproducts & Bioengineering, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, or Ecology and Environmental Sciences.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 0-1
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SFR 205 - Forest Measurements and Statistics
Encompasses methods used to measure log, tree, stand and forest-level attributes. Principles of summarizing individual tree data and of using statistics in forest management are presented. Course may have field trips during class times.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies General Education Requirement for Quantitative Literacy.
Prerequisites: SFR 107 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SFR 208 - Geomatics, Coordinate Geometry, and GPS
An introductory course presenting fundamental concepts in land resource measurements, applied mathematics, mapping techniques and practical applications of GPS including; linear and angular measurement, computations employing coordinate geometry, area determination, land recording systems, compass navigation, basic skills of map preparation, and practical GPS Skills. Course may include field work during and outside of the course’s scheduled times.
Prerequisites: MAT 122
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SFR 209 - Chain Saw and Fire Training
A field course leading to certification in Level 1 chain saw safety training and US Forest Service Red Card fire training. Additionally, field safety will be discussed.
Prerequisites: SFR 201
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 1
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SFR 211 - Forest Operations Planning
Principles of planning industrial forest operations in the United States and Canada with specific emphasis on the logging industry in Maine. Addresses the basic components of a forest operations plan from equipment selection, implementation of best management practices, road location, stream crossing selection, administration, and production analysis. Labs will have field trips during schedule periods.
Prerequisites: MAT 122 or MAT 126 and SFR 106 and SFR 107
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SFR 213 - Forest Operations Field Tour
Will observe different timber harvesting operations and machines through field visits and assess at multiple scales with application to integrated management of forest trees, wildlife, water, and soil. Planning and implementation of forest operations systems for various forest stand conditions will be examined. This course intends to introduce associated ecological, social, policy, and ethical issues in forestry, thereby, preparing future forest resource professionals for operational management under varying objectives and site conditions.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1
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SFR 215 - Introduction to Forest Bioproducts and Bioenergy
Introduction to renewable products (including energy) derived from the forest. The fundamentals of their production systems will be described through required wood forms (i.e. log diameter/species) and processing systems. The attributes and use of these products will be described from physical, chemical, mechanical, biological, and lifecycle perspectives.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge Requirement.
Prerequisites: MAT 122 and CHY 121 and CHY 123
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SFR 222 - Environmental Communication Skills
The nature and problems of environmental communication, with opportunities to practice communication through a range of exercises.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SFR 236 - Commercial Outdoor Recreation Management
Students will understand and analyze the major elements of commercial outdoor recreation business strategic planning and management, including history and trends, marketing, operational management, financial management, strategic planning, and programming principles. Students will explore the commonalities and differences between public, private, and non-profit sectors focused on providing outdoor recreation opportunities in Maine. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: SFR 150 or permission
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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SFR 300 - Field Practice in Forest Resources
An intensive three-week course providing field experience and developing skills necessary for the professional management of forest resources. This course reinforces, integrates, and evaluates skills such as: Field and equipment safety, orienteering, mapping, forest measurements, and resource assessments (e.g., trails, roads, forest conditions, and harvest operations). Students work closely with faculty and staff to gain field experience, demonstrate skills, and develop final reports and presentations. A First Aid card from an accredited agency is needed prior to taking the class.
Prerequisites: SFR 100, SFR 102, SFR 103, SFR 106, SFR 107, SFR 205, SFR 208, SFR 211, and SFR 215
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 3
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SFR 301 - Field Course in Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Principles and techniques used to manage recreation opportunities in natural resource settings. Field trips are organized to reveal a diversity of recreation sites and associated planning and management by private businesses and public agencies to provide quality recreation experiences while also preserving environmental resource conditions.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and permission
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 1
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SFR 345 - Special Problems in Forestry
Original investigation and/or readings on forest resources problems, the subject to be chosen after consultation with staff.
Prerequisites: Open to high-ranking juniors and seniors
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
Credits: Ar
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SFR 349 - Applied Forest Ecology and Silviculture
A survey of forest ecosystem management designed for students majoring in related fields. Lectures apply concepts in forest ecology, biology, silviculture, harvesting, wood products utilization, and economics to the protection and management of public and private forest land. Emerging concepts and technologies relating to forest ecosystem management and sustainability are presented relative to defining and achieving land management goals and objectives. Laboratories reinforce practical field skills in locating, inventorying, and assessing stands and forests. Lec 3 Lab 3. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: Junior standing in EES, FSC, PRT, or WLE
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 4
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SFR 397 - Field Experience in Forestry
A field experience is a professional activity participated in by students under the supervision of a practicing professional in the field. A high degree of responsibility is placed on the student for developing a study plan including learning objectives and their assessment. The study plan must be approved by a faculty member prior to the field experience. May be repeated. Can be taken for 0 credit as a Pass/Fail Grade only.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 0-6
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SFR 400 - Applied Geographic Information Systems
An introduction to the methods and processes for the application of geographic information systems to natural resource management. Emphasis is placed on project planning and hands-on experience in systems operation. Course may include field work outside of the course’s scheduled times.
Prerequisites: MAT 122.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
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SFR 402 - Advanced Forest Measurements and Models
A continuation of the topics introduced in SFR 205 including methods used to measure log, tree, stand, and forest-level attributes. Students will also learn how to sample and analyze forest resources data including use of spreadsheets, databases, and stand projection models. Because of overlap, SFR 402 and SFR 503 cannot both be taken for degree credit, Lec 2 Lab 2. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: SFR 205 or Graduate Standing.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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SFR 406 - Remote Sensing of the Forest Environment
In this course, students will learn the key concepts and rationale underlying the acquisition, interpretation, processing and presentation of remote sensing imagery for forestry and natural resources applications. Students are introduced to remote sensing technology, methods and applications including airphoto interpretation; digital photogrammetry; satellite image analysis; and LIDAR forest inventory. With an emphasis on hands-on demonstrations and laboratory exercises, students will gain proficiency in working with digital imagery and other geospatial data using ArcGIS, including vegetation indices, forest classifications, land cover change maps and three-dimensional point clouds.
Prerequisites: SFR 400 or permission; SFR 100, PSE 100, or BIO 200 recommended but not required.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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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 437 - Ecotourism: Principles, Trends, and Issues
Examines ecotourism as a growing and important sector of the tourism industry due to its focus on sustainability issues. This course covers the principles and fundamental concepts of ecotourism, and how the concept differs from other forms of alternative tourism. Contemporary issues such as marketing, governance, certification, and community engagement in both US and international contexts will be discussed via the use of case studies.
Prerequisites: SFR 150 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
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 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: SFR 349 or Pre/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: 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 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 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: Satisfies 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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FAS 101 - Introduction to Franco American Studies
Introduces students to the French cultures of the United States, emphasizing the peoples of Maine and the Northeast region. Examines European origins and later migrations, the impact of gender and class, the social significance of language, individual and collective expression, the effects of assimilation and the challenges faced today. Taught in English; no knowledge of the French language is presumed.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Context and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FAS 120 - People, Places and Pasts
Introduces the cultural geography of Franco America. Investigates how heritage links to place with particular emphasis on gender, class, and ethnicity. Includes a field trip to a Franco American community. Run as a seminar, with no prerequisites or knowledge of French or the Franco American community required.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FAS 200 - Primary Sources in Franco American Studies
This service-learning course prepares students to build print or digital information resources using primary source materials in Franco American Studies. Course readings introduce students to theories and methods of archival practice, and to ethical issues surrounding the creation and use of human records. Students engage these issues in the context of Franco American writing and scholarship, and consider the ways archives and archival materials impact an exploration of Franco American cultural identity. FAS 101 is recommended but not required.
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Summer
Credits: 3
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FAS 230 - Franco American Women’s Experience
Examines the immigration experience and subsequent lifestyles of the present-day Franco American woman and her cultural ancestors. Studying the immigration of these women from France to New France, Canada and across the border into the U.S., class participants will learn about the historical and cultural implications of immigration for these women and the definition they imparted to the culture. (WGS 235 and FAS 230 are identical courses.) WGS is a recommended prerequisite for this course.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: WGS 101 is recommended
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FAS 240 - French Exploration and Settlement of Maine, 1604-1760
The names and traces of the early French explorers and settlers remain on in many place names along the Maine Coast, including the names of mountains and hiking trails in Acadia National Park, such as Champlain, St. Sauveur, Sieur de Mons, etc. This course examines the history of the French exploration and settlement of Maine and places the French settlement of Maine in the broader geopolitical context of the settlement of North America.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FAS 250 - Exile, Migrations and Communities
This course explores the impact and implications of exile and migration with a focus on Acadian peoples. It begins with a study of the tragic Deportation of the Acadians from their homelands beginning in 1755 and their patterns of exile and migrations. We look at the strategies Acadians have used to maintain cultural survival first as exiles and then as minorities in Louisiana, in the Maritimes, and in Northern Maine. Our themes include but are not limited to: the Catholic Church, education in French, the role of literature and the arts, political awakenings, women in Acadian society, the sense of place and connection to historical homeland, and the various elements of Acadian identity that transcend current geopolitical borders.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FAS 270 - Immigration, Yesterday and Today
This course will use French Canadian immigration to the United States to explore key issues in today’s debates about immigration. We will look at the similarities and differences between the two great waves of immigration, focusing on three key areas at the core of migration debates: rights, citizenship, and migration policy; the second generation; diasporas and transnationalism.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FAS 329 - Topics in Franco American Studies
Focuses on themes and issues drawn from, or related to, the history, traditions, and contemporary experience of the Franco American community of Maine and the northeast region.
Prerequisites: FAS 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FAS 442 - French Language of North America
A historical, linguistic and socio-linguistic approach to the study of the Franco-Quebec and the Franco American languages. Emphasis on the morphology, syntax, vocabulary and phonetic system in order to understand the present status of the languages. Research in the areas of the spoken and written language. Taught in French. (This course is identical to FRE 442.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Credits: 3
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FAS 459 - Colonial Canada
Studies Canada’s history from New France to 1850, emphasizing political, social and economic developments and relations with the American people. (This course is identical to HTY 459.)
Prerequisites: HTY 103 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FRE 101 - Elementary French I
A systematic study of the basics of the French language. Equal emphasis is placed on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of French or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Summer
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 102 - Elementary French II
Continued study of the basics of the French language with equal emphasis on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of French or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 101 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 117 - Accelerated French I
An intensive, systematic study of the French language at the beginning level that provides the equivalent of two semesters of beginning French (FRE 101 and 102). For students with no previous study of French or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 6
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FRE 201 - Intermediate French I
An integrated approach. Reading texts of a literary and/or cultural nature, and audio-visual materials will be employed to strengthen reading, writing and especially speaking and comprehension skills. Includes a systematic but gradual review of the essentials of French grammar.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 102 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 202 - Intermediate French II
A continuation of FRE 201. Designed to strengthen reading, writing, speaking and comprehension skills.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 201 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3 - 4
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FRE 218 - Accelerated French II
A continuation of FRE 117 - Accelerated French I. A multi-media, intensive study of French language and culture that develops speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. Equivalent to two semesters of intermediate French (FRE 201 and 202).
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 117.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 6
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FRE 305 - French Conversation and Composition: Social Issues
Systematic training in the correct usage of spoken and written French through a broad range of conversational situations and writing topics focusing on social issues.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive General Education Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or FRE 218 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FRE 306 - French Conversation and Composition: Global Issues
Systematic training in the correct usage of spoken and written French through a broad range of conversational situations and writing topics focusing on global issues. Continued training in the correct usage of spoken and written French.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive General Education Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or FRE 218 or equivalent
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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FRE 307 - French for Business
For students of business, international affairs or related careers. Focuses on the development of vocabulary and the improvement of oral proficiency in business and social settings applied to various francophone settings. Applies technology to education by basing itself on a video textbook and requiring regular use of the Internet as a source of reading and information.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 202or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 309 - Readings in French Literature
Practice in reading French. Also prepares students for literature and civilization courses at the 400 level. Discussion in French.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 310 - Readings in Francophone Literature
Practice in reading and discussion in French with an emphasis on the French-speaking world beyond France.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 305 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 315 - Advanced French Conversation
Oral practice for the advanced language student. Course work revolves around the discussion of cultural and intellectual issues, as well as current political and social events, with a view toward increasing idiomatic and abstract vocabulary.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 305 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 320 - French Pronunciation
A formal study of the French sound system with considerable practice in phonetic transcription. Practical and remedial work in pronunciation.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 350 - Multidisciplinary Readings in French
Intended to be taken in conjunction with a course from another department, this course supplements the content areas of the course to which it is attached and promotes increased proficiency in French through reading and discussion in French. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1
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FRE 390 - Topics in French
May include the study of literature, culture, cinema, the arts and media as expressed in Francophone countries. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1-3
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FRE 397 - French (May Term)
Total immersion program. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 202 or permission of instructor
Course Typically Offered: Summer, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 398 - French Immersion: Western France
A two-week total immersion program offered in Western France. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 205 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Summer, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 400 - Advanced French Grammar
An exposition of grammatical and syntactical principles through conceptual presentations along with demonstrations and practice through exercises. Designed to enhance French language competency. This course may be offered online.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 305 or FRE 306 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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FRE 401 - Translation and Comparative Stylistics
An exposition of the principles of translation and comparative stylistics with practice via exercises and the translation of texts in both English and French.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 400 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Even Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 406 - Eighteenth Century French Literature
Readings from the works of Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rouseau, Diderot, etc., with
special attention to Enlightenment thought and to the novel genre.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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FRE 408 - Twentieth Century French Literature
Readings in the novel, poetry or drama (content varies.) May be repeated for
credit, with permission of instructor.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission of instructor.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 413 - Advanced Composition and Stylistics
An exposition of the fundamentals of French stylistics with practice of these principles via compositions and exercises. Designed to enhance competence in written idiomatic French.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 400 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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FRE 430 - French Film Survey
A survey of French cinema from its origins to the present, with an emphasis on understanding film as a narrative form.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 442 - French Language of North America
A historical, linguistic and socio-linguistic approach to the study of the Franco-Quebec and the Franco-American languages. Emphasis on the morphology, syntax, vocabulary and phonetic system in order to understand the present status of the languages. Research in the areas of the spoken and written language. (This course is identical to FAS 442.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Credits: 3
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FRE 463 - Quebec Poetry
A survey of Quebec poetry from the 19th century to the present, focusing on language, theme, socio-historical and political context, ideology and Quebec identity.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 464 - Quebec Theatre
A survey of Quebec from the 1940’s to the present, focusing on language, theme, character, theatricality, socio-historical and political context, ideology and Quebec identity.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 465 - North American French Novel
A survey of francophone novels written in North America in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on the history and cultural identity of Acadia, Quebec, and New England’s Franco Americans.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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FRE 490 - Advanced Topics in French
Advanced Topics in French and French-Canadian literature or linguistics may include: contemporary cinema, surrealism, contemporary French thought, modern French critical theory, linguistics, sociolinguistics, semiotics, symbolism, literature of commitment, images of women, and women writers. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: FRE 309 or FRE 310 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 1-3
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FRE 495 - Senior Project in French
Capstone Experience in which majors in French and in International Affairs with a concentration in French, or in Cultures, Languages and the Humanities, apply language skills and knowledge gained from all prior language study. Students work closely with a faculty advisor on an approved project and give a public presentation of the project in French. When taken as a stand-alone course, the coursework will reflect the work of three credit hours, regardless of number of credits taken. When taken in conjunction with another French course at the 400 level, the course will carry no credit and will be graded Pass/Fail only.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Western Cultural Tradition and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 0-3
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FRE 498 - Independent Projects II
No description available.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1-3
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GEE 103 - Introduction to Pre-Engineering
This course is intended for students entering the Explorations Pre-Engineering Program. The course provides an introduction to different engineering programs including Chemical and Bioengineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Technology. The course also familiarizes students with building skills in the use of information and University resources.
Prerequisites: Must be an Explorations Pre-Engineering student.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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GEE 230 - Introduction to Engineering Leadership and Management
Introduction to principles of leadership and management with applications to the engineering work environment. Topics include: definition of leadership and management, motivation, importance of communication, decision making, team building, self-assessment, professional responsibility and ethics. Guest speakers will emphasize the importance of leadership and management skills to career advancement and the competitiveness of the U.S. economy.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1
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GEE 250 - Sustainable Solutions in the Developing World
An exploration of the fundamental principles and strategies necessary to implement sustainable service projects in the developing world. Examines the social, cultural and ecological impacts of past humanitarian projects and develops an understanding of their influence on the human population and the environment. Course content will be covered through lecture, discussions, case-studies and peer presentations. Students will apply their skills to develop real-world solutions for the current UMaine Engineers Without Borders (UM-EWB) project.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 3
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GEE 298 - Introduction to Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Aims to educate first-year engineering students about nanoscience and nanotechnology and to introduce them to nanoscale research at UMaine, conducted by scientists and engineers, many of whom are affiliated with LASST, the IMB, and other interdisciplinary groups on campus. The course will consist of two hours of guided tutorial and two hours of (companion) laboratory experiences per week.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Applications of Scientific Knowledge and Ethics Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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GEE 398 - Special Topics in Engineering
Topics will vary from semester to semester.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: Ar
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GEE 430 - Engineering Leadership and Management Internship
Interns are placed in an engineering mill/plant, consulting services agency, or supplier business, on a full-time basis for one semester, and develop new skills and a greater understanding of the nature of leadership through their experience.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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GEE 486 - Advanced Project Management
Course covers a wide range of project management topics including project planning, controlling, scheduling, and risk analysis. Through lecture and case studies, students will be prepared to become project management professionals and will learn to bring projects to successful completion. The course also emphasizes the human-relations aspects of project management such as team theory and personnel conflict resolution. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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GEE 490 - Interdisciplinary Capstone Exploration
Offers engineering Juniors an opportunity to meet with faculty and other students to explore the development of a capstone project involving more than one engineering major. Project ideas will be examined with a focus on establishing teams, project objectives, and authorization to proceed as a capstone project. (Pass/Fail Grade Only.)
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 1
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GEO 100 - World Geography
Introduces students to the major world cultural regions and their characteristics, development and interaction. It focuses particularly on the relationship between cultural groups and the environment within and between each region. Students will be challenged to acquire factual knowledge of cultural regions necessary for geographic literacy and to critically evaluate explanations of these patterns.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Summer
Credits: 3
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GEO 212 - Geography of Maine
This course provides a geographical perspective on the historical development of Maine over the last 500 years. The course begins with European contact in the early 1500s, and then examines the evolution of Maine as a borderland during the colonial period, the American settlement of Maine in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the growth of industrial manufacturing and tourism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the de-industrialization and development of a service economy in Maine today. The course pays particular attention to environmental, cultural, and cross-border issues. (GEO 212 and HTY 212 are identical courses.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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GEO 275 - Geography of Globalization
Examines changing demographic, economic, political, and cultural connections across the globe over the past 500 years; their representation through maps; and our current awareness of the globe and the Earth’s environment. (GEO 275 and HTY 275 are identical courses.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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GEO 311 - Geography of Climate Change
Introduces students to theories of environmental sustainability transitions and resource use in the context of climate change.
Prerequisites: Any ANT or GEO course or permission
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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GEO 349 - Early Modern North America in Atlantic Perspective
Reflecting the increasing globalization of modern society, this course employs an Atlantic perspective to understand the international history of early modern North America. Focuses on the geography of the European empires that shaped North America, beginning with the Spanish and the French, and then focusing on the British and the revolt of the American colonies. (GEO 349 and HTY 349 are identical courses.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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GER 101 - Elementary German I
The basics of the German language. Emphasis on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of German 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
Credits: 3 - 4
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GER 102 - Elementary German II
Continued study of the basics of the German Language. Emphasis on developing reading, comprehension, speaking and writing skills. For students with no previous study of German or fewer than two years in high school.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: GER 101 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 4
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GER 203 - Intermediate German I
An integrated approach. Reading texts as well as various audiovisual materials will be employed to strengthen reading, writing and especially speaking and comprehension skills. Includes a systematic but gradual review of the essentials of German grammar.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: GER 102 or GER 121 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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GER 204 - Intermediate German II
A continuation of GER 203. Designed to strengthen reading, writing, speaking and comprehension skills.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: GER 203 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3 - 4
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GER 307 - German for the Professions
Students of International Relations, Business, Engineering or related fields
with moderate proficiency will gain familiarity with specialized language and conventions in professional situations. Authentic, up-to-date information will
require the regular use of the Internet as a source of reading. Audio-visual material
will be integrated with cultural awareness training. Multiple types of writing
assignments will help students improve written structure. All classes are conducted
in German.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.
Prerequisites: GER 204 or GER 223 or equivalent.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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HTY 103 - Creating America to 1877
Examines interactions of the many peoples who created the United States. Topics include Native Americans, the American Revolution, and Civil War, and how colonization, immigration, gender, race, politics, class, and geography shaped the nation.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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HTY 104 - United States History Since 1877
A survey of main themes of U.S history from 1877 to the present. The course may include an emphasis on political, social, economic, intellectual, and technological aspects of the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, WWI, the interwar era, WWII, the Cold War, and post-Cold War era.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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