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REC 382 - Assessment and Documentation in Therapeutic Recreation
This course examines therapeutic recreation services in a variety of settings. Emphasis will be on assessment and documentation within healthcare settings. Students will learn assessment, individual treatment planning, intervention strategies, and the development of treatment protocols. Students will be required to work in groups and participate in class leadership. A 24-hour practicum experience in a therapeutic recreation program is required. Recreation and Leisure Studies majors will include this class in their academic career portfolios.
Prerequisite(s): Recreation and Leisure Studies major or Recreation Leadership minor, REC 232 , and HRD 200 or SBS 200 .
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Recreation
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REC 383 - Facilitation Techniques in Therapeutic Recreation
Exploration of the processes and techniques used in Therapeutic Recreation practice. A focus on evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence will facilitate the learning of various recreation and leisure activities, modalities, and interventions. Therapeutic Recreation processes, approaches, leadership roles and tasks, communication skills, and therapeutic relationships will be addressed. A 24-hour clinical practicum is required. Recreation and Leisure Studies majors will include this class in their academic career portfolios.
Prerequisite(s): REC 232 and REC 382 .
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Recreation
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REC 386 - Recreation Facility Design and Maintenance
This course presents a comprehensive introduction to the field of design management and maintenance for future recreation and leisure service professionals. It offers a detailed look at the foundations of the profession, including defining characteristics of recreation facility management and descriptions of the duties of a recreation facility manager and areas within the facilities. The course also covers common indoor and outdoor elements of facilities, including sites, spaces, lighting, surfaces, utilities, landscaping, walkways, and parking areas.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Recreation
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REC 390 - Topics in Recreation and Leisure Studies
This course includes topic areas in recreation and leisure studies not already covered by regular course offerings.
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Credits: 3
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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Course Type: Recreation
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REC 398 - Independent Study
This course is open only to students majoring or minoring within the program who have identified a topic, relevant to their course of study, that they want to study in depth and for which there is no existing appropriate course. Students must obtain a faculty supervisor and negotiate a written independent study contract with this person. Independent study forms can be obtained from the program.
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Credits: 1-3
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Course Type: Recreation
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REC 494 - Professional Foundations of Therapeutic Recreation Practice
This course will prepare students for an extended internship experience. Students will complete all tasks necessary to secure an internship placement. Serious study and discussion of topics such as professional conduct, ethics, safety, and risk management will be required. This course must be taken immediately prior to REC 495 Internship. Recreation and Leisure Studies majors will include this class in their academic career portfolios.
Prerequisite(s): All REC core courses and permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Recreation
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REC 495 - Internship
Students are required to work a minimum of 560 hours in an agency that provides therapeutic recreation services. During this period students will apply the knowledge, methods, and leadership techniques that they have learned in academic courses. Students will be directly supervised by qualified agency personnel and indirectly supervised by faculty. This course is taken in the senior year. Health insurance is required. Recreation and Leisure Studies majors will include this class in their academic career portfolios.
Prerequisite(s): All required REC courses, REC 494 and permission of instructor.
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Credits: 12
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Recreation
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REC 498 - Management and Professional Development in Therapeutic Recreation
An overview of management roles in therapeutic recreation settings with major focus on comprehensive program development, supervision of professional and volunteer personnel, policy and strategy development, and quality assurance. Each student is required to develop a comprehensive program and policy manual. Students will apply the information learned during internships to course assignments and discussions. This course culminates in convening a professional conference for Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialists. Recreation and Leisure Studies majors will include this class in their academic career portfolios.
Prerequisite(s): REC 495 .
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Recreation
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Recreation, Health & Fitness |
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RHF 106 - Ballroom Dance
This class is designed to teach the basic steps in many popular ballroom dances. Students will begin with slow, smooth dances and progress into Rhythm dances. In addition to dance steps, students will cover a variety of dance related topics, including dance floor etiquette, lead and follow technique, and exercises designed to help students dance in a partnership. Because skill or fitness development are objectives in all RHF courses, students must attend and participate in class activities to pass the course. The program reserves the right to request written medical clearance for participation in courses that require high intensity exercise.
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Credits: 1.5
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Recreation, Health & Fitness
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RHF 109 - Beginning Weight Training
The course is a study of the basic principles of weight training and the physiological responses and adaptations to weight training exercises. Specifically, the subject matter will focus on the safe and proper execution of different weight training exercises. In addition, students will study basic aspects of weight training programs, i.e., sets, repetitions, intensity, frequency, duration, progression, specificity, and overload. This course will assist students in developing awareness and appreciation of the role of exercise for a healthy lifestyle and injury prevention. Because skill or fitness development are objectives in all RHF courses, students must attend and participate in class activities to pass the course. The program reserves the right to request written medical clearance for participation in courses that require high intensity exercise.
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Credits: 1.5
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Recreation, Health & Fitness
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RHF 118 - Yoga
In this course, students will explore various postures and styles of yoga, breathing techniques, and meditation. Students also will discuss ancient yogic philosophy and examine how it applies to their individual lives and yoga practice. Because skill or fitness development are objectives in all RHF courses, students must attend and participate in class activities to pass the course. The program reserves the right to request written medical clearance for participation in courses that require high intensity exercise.
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Credits: 1.5
Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Course Type: Recreation, Health & Fitness
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RHF 121 - Self Defense
Emphasizing the importance of personal mastery and good decision making over technique, this course focuses on risk scenarios and developing strategies for those scenarios through discussion and analysis, emphasizing the importance of customizing strategies to the individual. The course examines shortcomings of traditional “techniques based” approaches and instead focuses on specific risks we face such as road rage, the role of alcohol and drugs in social settings and society, as well as simple high impact techniques easily adaptable by most students for those rare instances when they must take a physical stand. Each class incorporates a “Self Defense Current Events” review to look at real life events in Portland, Maine and around the country to serve as examples to discuss and analyze. Because skill or fitness development are objectives in all RHF courses, students must attend and participate in class activities to pass the course. The program reserves the right to request written medical clearance for participation in courses that require high intensity exercise.
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Credits: 1.5
Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Course Type: Recreation, Health & Fitness
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RHF 122 - Aerobic Kickboxing
Blending boxing, kicking techniques, aerobics, pilates, yoga, and a dash of middle school gym class, this course integrates these elements into a fast paced cross training program. Fundamentals are first introduced via a “techniques” format set to music. Later in the semester, students transition to impact striking, using target pads to develop power, speed, and accuracy. The course embraces several mantras, including “know the thing, do the thing” and importance of focusing on each activity and technique to maximize the benefit of the work out. Proper warm up, stretching and cooling down techniques are also incorporated. Because skill and fitness development is an objective of the course, students must attend and participate in class activities in order to pass. The Department reserves the right to request written medical clearance for participation.
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Credits: 1.5
Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Course Type: Recreation, Health & Fitness
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RHF 123 - Introduction to Kayaking
This course is designed to provide education and skill development in sea kayaking. Because skill and fitness development is an objective of the course, students must attend and participate in class activities in order to pass. The Department reserves the right to request written medical clearance for participation. Students are required to pay vendor charges for equipment and parking.
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Credits: 1.5
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Recreation, Health & Fitness
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RHF 124 - T’ai Chi Qigong
In this course, students will become acquainted with essential biomechanics, applied mental intention, and internal energy development methods required to build gong and establish foundations for Taiji forms; learn basic history of Taijiquan and about yin/yang theory; learn efficient and integrated use of body and the roles of breath, heart/mind, and intentionality on physicality and personal harmony; explore relationships among mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual experiences; explore differences among physical, mental, and mind/body learning; and learn to appreciate relationships between healing arts and martial arts aspects of Taiji. Because skill or fitness development are objectives in all RHF courses, students must attend and participate in class activities to pass the course. The program reserves the right to request written medical clearance for participation in courses that require high intensity exercise.
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Credits: 1.5
Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Course Type: Recreation, Health & Fitness
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RHF 126 - Stability and Physio-Ball Exercise
This class will use the physio ball to design a total fitness program to build a long, lean, and agile body. Students will concentrate on strengthening and lengthening muscles of the torso. The program will include elements of core strength, balance, flexibility, endurance, and cardiovascular fitness. Because skill or fitness development are objectives in all RHF courses, students must attend and participate in class activities to pass the course. The program reserves the right to request written medical clearance for participation in courses that require high intensity exercise.
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Credits: 1.5
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Recreation, Health & Fitness
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RHF 131 - Indoor Cycling Instructor Preparation
This interactive course prepares students for an entry-level instructor position for indoor cycling. Students will receive detailed instruction on all aspects of teaching a group indoor cycling class emphasizing biking fundamentals, terminology, ride design, the role of music, and the long lasting impact of indoor cycling on your health. Relevance will be made to teaching all types of group fitness instruction. Each class is held on the Portland Campus, Sullivan Gym in the indoor cycling studio. Students will be graded on their ability to apply cycling skills and knowledge by demonstrating competency in teaching techniques as they gain experience while leading the class, with a focus on collaboration. Students will create a portfolio of indoor cycling programs and other materials. Attendance is required.
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Credits: 1.5
Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Course Type: Recreation, Health & Fitness
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RHF 218 - Yoga Fusion
Through the unique Yoga Fusion style, students will advance and deepen their understanding of the practice of yoga. Students will learn to guide the body-mind-spirit from an introduction of yoga to an intermediate practice. The relationship to health will be analyzed through various systems of the body.
Prerequisite(s): RHF 118 .
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Credits: 1.5
Course Typically Offered: Spring and summer
Course Type: Recreation, Health & Fitness
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REL 240 - Meaning, Morality, and Religion
This course surveys religion’s relationship to meaning, morality, and death, and it also examines different conceptions of theism.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Religion Studies
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RMI 295 - Internship in Risk Management and Insurance
An internship course in risk management and insurance. Enrollment is normally limited to business management majors in the risk management and insurance track who have not completed degree requirements. Majors are limited to a maximum of nine internship credits toward the degree; this course counts for general elective credit only. Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing, School of Business major, 2.33 GPA or higher, and permission of a School of Business advisor and instructor.
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Credits: Variable credit, 1-3 credits, 47 internship hours/credit hour
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
May be repeated up to a total of 3 credits.
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Course Type: Risk Management and Insurance
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RMI 320 - Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance
This course introduces students to the nature of risk, risk identification, general risk management techniques, and the management of risk through insurance. It covers why the individual or corporation purchases insurance, what constitutes an intelligent insurance plan, and what products are available in the insurance marketplace. This course is designed for non-majors and is a prerequisite for more advanced risk management and insurance courses.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and successful completion of the University’s Core requirement in Quantitative Reasoning. Majors in the fall 2020 or later catalog must complete the pre-bus core with a min. of a C- or higher before taking any 300/400 Business course. See enrollment policy for eligibility or contact the School of Business.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Risk Management and Insurance
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RMI 330 - Health, Life, and Disability Insurance
This course covers health, life, and disability insurances from the perspective of insurance providers, employers, and consumers. Individual and group health insurance product management and the relationship between product characteristics and insurance company investments, financing, and marketing decisions are discussed. Managed care techniques, benefit package design, and cost sharing mechanisms are assessed in the context of resolving incentive conflicts and meeting cost-containment objectives. The basic principles underlying life insurance are covered as well as the various types and policy provisions for life insurance. Short-term and long-term disability insurance, definitions of disability, and various policy provisions for individual and employer provided group disability insurance are discussed. Evaluation of insurance company financial strength and the impact of regulation on company management and behavior are considered.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and successful completion of the University’s Core requirement in Quantitative Reasoning (C- or higher). Students are encouraged to take RMI 320 before or concurrent with RMI 330. Majors in the fall 2020 or later catalog must complete the pre-bus core with a min. of a C- or higher before taking any 300/400 Business course. See enrollment policy for eligibility or contact the School of Business.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring only
Course Type: Risk Management and Insurance
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RMI 350 - Corporate Risk Management and Insurance
This course introduces students to the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process used by many businesses to manage risks across the organization. An emphasis is placed on the role of commercial property and liability insurance to reduce, manage, and transfer risk. Topics include risk identification, risk assessment, risk management decision making, and the transfer of risk to others. Various commercial insurance contracts are discussed in detail, such as commercial general liability, business auto, workers’ compensation, commercial property, business income, inland and ocean marine, directors and officers liability, and employment practices liability insurance. The legal environment of property and liability insurance and risk financing are considered.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and successful completion of the University’s Core requirement in Quantitative Reasoning (C- or higher). Students are encouraged to take RMI 320 before or concurrent with RMI 350. Majors in the fall 2020 or later catalog must complete the pre-bus core with a min. of a C- or higher before taking any 300/400 Business course. See enrollment policy for eligibility or contact the School of Business.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall only
Course Type: Risk Management and Insurance
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RMI 395 - Internship I
The first internship course in risk management and insurance is described in the general School of Business catalog text. Enrollment is normally limited to general management majors in the risk management and insurance track who have not completed degree requirements. Majors could use 3 internship credits as part of their 15-credit major (if applicable) as well as 3 internship credits as part of their required 9-credits of SB 300+ elective courses. Students can receive a maximum of 6 internship credits which count toward SB requirements. Other internship credits would be counted as general electives. Majors are limited to a maximum of nine internship credits toward the degree; and minors are limited to a maximum of three internship credits. Pass / fail.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, 2.33 GPA or higher, and permission of a School of Business advisor and instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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Course Type: Risk Management and Insurance
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RMI 396 - Internship II
This is the second internship course in risk management and insurance. Enrollment is normally limited to general management majors in the risk management and insurance track who have not completed degree requirements. Majors are limited to a maximum of nine internship credits toward the degree. See RMI 395 for further information. Pass/fail.
Prerequisite(s): 2.33 GPA or higher, and permission of a School of Business advisor and instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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Course Type: Risk Management and Insurance
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Russell Scholars Program |
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RSP 100 - Russell Scholars College Writing
RSP 100 is the first course in a three-course writing sequence. Throughout the course students learn several fundamental ideas about writing: that writing is a process; that writing always involves reading; that writing is situational and involves specific rhetorical elements (purpose, audience, text, genre, style, mode); that writing is recursive and, therefore, always in process; and that writing requires metacognitive thinking. RSP 100 students engage in a series of essay assignments that reflect points of view, engage with readings, and focus on a central thesis or project. Through these writing practices students develop a metalanguage to articulate their writing and rhetorical choices and to demonstrate an understanding of sentence structure and syntax as central to meaning. By the end of the course, students should be able to assess a writing situation and successfully write for that situation.
The following courses are considered equivalents meeting the same outcomes as College Writing and will not be allowed for additional credit, but instead will follow the USM Repeat Policy and count as a repeat of the previous grade: ENG 100, ENG 101, ENG 104, ESL 100, HON 100, LCC 110, LCC 111, RSP 100, AND RSP 104.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Writing, Reading, and Inquiry 1
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 101 - Russell Scholars Creative Writing
Feed your imagination! This course focuses on writing short fiction, poetry, and memoir. Class meets twice a week, and the course includes individual conferences. Creative Writing emphasizes style, organization, and development, with some attention to mechanics. Students must exercise the self-discipline necessary to work independently.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 or equivalent for all students; for students admitted fall 2021 or later: ENG 102 or equivalent (may be concurrent), or non-degree students; OR permission.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Creative Expression
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 102 - Russell Scholars Academic Writing
Building on the fundamentals learned in RSP 100 (the writing process, revision, and critical reading), RSP 102 focuses on argumentative and researched-based writing. Students learn that academic work is a process of inquiry by engaging in academic modes of reading and writing (analysis, synthesis, critique, and argument) to address questions about critical issues. Students engage in independent research, learning how to make connections between sources and how to add to those connections by articulating their own perspectives and positions. Students develop a comprehensive information literacy that they can apply throughout their college career.
Prerequisite(s): Open to all USM students who have completed College Writing (ENG 100 or equivalent).
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Writing, Reading, and Inquiry 2
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 103 - Russell Scholars Seminar: Culture, Community, and the Environment
This seminar explores the relationships between culture, community, and the environment. It focuses on development as a person, as a learner, and as a member of a community by examining contemporary issues from more than one perspective. We consider the values and approaches of different cultures in order to better understand the current challenges facing any community - population growth, natural resource use, economic pressures, environmental impact, and other threats to cultural survival and ecological balance. Students have the opportunity to engage in critical and creative thought about how they might make a positive impact. Collaboration with peers is a valuable component of the course.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 110 - Russell Scholars Learning Community Laboratory
Russell Scholars Lab is designed to complement the Russell Scholars interdisciplinary curriculum, teach communication skills, and build our community. RSP Lab will emphasize the interrelationship between our learning community and the USM community. This course satisfies the first-semester Lab requirement.
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Credits: 1
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 111 - Russell Scholars Learning Community Laboratory
RSP 111 is a continuation of RSP 110 .
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Credits: 1-3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 199 - Topics in RSP
A selection of courses varying in content from term to term. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Students should consult the Course Schedule for details on Topics courses. For more information, see Russell Scholars Director.
Prerequisite(s): Open to all USM students who have completed College Writing (ENG 100 or equivalent).
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 204 - The Gulf of Maine: Archaeology, Ecology, and Environmental Change
The Gulf of Maine class describes the methods and theories used by archaeologists, geologists, marine scientists, environmental scientists, and policy makers to understand changes in human life ways and environmental conditions over time. Attention is given to reconstruction of changes in sea level over time; excavation and interpretation of archaeological materials from maritime sites; understanding of species distribution and interaction over time; and policy making related to environmental change of the Anthropocene. Issues in coastal erosion, declining cod stocks, predator-prey relations, environmental restoration, and cultural heritage will be covered. Six integral laboratories will focus on the Gulf of Maine. Some attention will be given to specific topics such as regional climatic change, the Casco Bay Estuary Project, and research institutes focused on marine environments in the Gulf of Maine. Open to all USM students. Cr. Lec 3, Lab 1.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Science Exploration
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 205 - Exploring Culture, On Campus & Off
Exploring sites at USM and beyond, this course offers “open, accessible, inclusive, and welcoming” experiences of culture in the community. Students will visit gallery spaces, attend local theater productions, and practice their own culture making and critique. We’ll examine relationships between words and images, inspiration and expression, theory and design. As we engage with current examples in these venues, several questions arise: How does culture reflect and embody ideas and values? What is the role of the artist and the audience? How can we define cultural literacy? What are the ethics of looking?
Prerequisite(s): Open to all USM stuents who have completed College Writing (ENG 100 or equivalent).
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 210 - Russell Scholars Learning Community Laboratory
RSP 210 is the second-year co-curricular Lab for Russell Scholars. Students may serve as undergraduate Peer Mentors/TAs or undertake community service projects for credit. Students will design projects in consultation with the Director or Assistant Director on an individual timeframe; there is no set class meeting time. Please contact the Russell Scholars Director or Assistant Director if you are interested. Typically a one-credit opportunity.
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Credits: 1-3
May be repeated for credit
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 211 - Russell Scholars Learning Community Laboratory
RSP 211 is a continuation of RSP 210 . Typically a one-credit opportunity.
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Credits: 1-3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 299 - Topics in RSP
A selection of courses varying in content from term to term. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Students should consult the Course Schedule for details on Topics courses. For more information, see Russell Scholars Director.
Prerequisite(s): Open to all USM students who have completed College Writing (ENG 100 or equivalent).
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 310 - Russell Scholars Learning Community Laboratory
RSP 310 is the third-year co-curricular Lab for Russell Scholars. Students may serve as undergraduate Peer Mentors/TAs or undertake community service projects for credit. Students will design projects in consultation with the Director or Assistant Director on an individual timeframe; there is no set class meeting time. Please contact the Russell Scholars Director or Assistant Director if you are interested. Typically a one-credit opportunity.
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Credits: 1-3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 311 - Russell Scholars Learning Community Laboratory
RSP 311 is a continuation of RSP 310 . Typically a one-credit opportunity.
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Credits: 1-3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 325 - Into the Wild: Environmental Thinking 1960-the present
This seminar examines the evolving human relationship to the natural world. Topics include the wilderness idea, animal encounters, a sense of place, landscape change, and how to access the sublime in our everyday lives. How can we treat the new diagnosis of nature-deficit disorder? What role do individuals play in the health of the environment? Includes precursors like Thoreau, John Muir, and Aldo Leopold, as well as student-designed final projects exploring “a sense of wonder” inspired by Rachel Carson’s legacy.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 or equivalent for all students; students admitted fall 2021 or later: ENG 102 or equivalent (may be concurrent); OR permission.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship; Writing, Reading, and Inquiry 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 400 - Russell Scholars Independent Study
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Credits: 1-3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 402 - Russell Scholars Capstone Seminar: Community and Commitment
Graduation is getting closer! Join us to explore some questions that shape this pivotal moment: How can you put the passions of your academic major to work? What constitutes meaningful work? What is our responsibility to ourselves and to the world? What is the common good? What does citizenship mean? Course will include readings, hands-on activities, and visits to USM’s Career Hub to develop employment search skills. The course is structured to provide a significant mentoring experience for you in your last semesters at University. Usually taken senior year; may be taken junior year with permission from the instructor.
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Credits: 1-3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone; Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 410 - Russell Scholars Learning Community Lab
RSP 410 is the fourth-year co-curricular Lab for Russell Scholars. Students may serve as undergraduate Peer Mentors/TAs or undertake community service projects for credit. Students will design projects in consultation with the Director or Assistant Director on an individual timeframe; there is no set class meeting time. Please contact the Russell Scholars Director or Assistant Director if you are interested. Typically a one-credit opportunity.
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Credits: 1-3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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RSP 411 - Russell Scholars Learning Community Lab
RSP 411 is a continuation of RSP 410 . Typically a one-credit opportunity.
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Credits: 1-3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Russell Scholars Program
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Sociology |
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SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology
The fundamental concepts, principles, and methods of sociology; analyzes the influence of social and cultural factors upon human behavior; evaluates effects of group processes, social classes, stratification, and basic institutions on contemporary society.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Socio-cultural Analysis
Course Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer
Course Type: Sociology
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SOC 210 - Critical Thinking about Social Issues
Designed to follow Introduction to Sociology, this course further develops students’ skills of critical analysis through the application of sociological principles to current social issues. The course uses popular media as well as sociological materials. Examples of issues which may be examined are: poverty, health care, homelessness, aging, drugs, violence, bureaucracy, white collar crime, and changing gender roles.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 or equivalent for all students; for students admitted Fall 2021 or later: ENG 102 or equivalent (may be concurrent), or non-degree student; OR permission
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Socio-cultural Analysis; Writing, Reading, and Inquiry 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sociology
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SOC 300 - Sociological Theory
Critical evaluation of selected classical models of the social world. Includes consideration of the foundations of sociological thought, the content of major classical theories and theory groups, and the socio-cultural settings within which they developed.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with a grade of C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sociology
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SOC 301 - Qualitative Research Methods
This course provides an overview of the process of social research utilizing qualitative methods. Topics include the logic and principles of the research process, as well as specific techniques in qualitative research (e.g., writing field notes, conducting interviews, analyzing qualitative data). Students will apply research skills in settings outside the classroom.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with a grade of C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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SOC 307 - Quantitative Research Methods
This course provides an overview of the social scientific research process, utilizing quantitative methods. Students generate research questions and testable hypotheses and analyze a variety of secondary data sources. Specific statistical topics include: measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, t-testing, analysis of variance, cross-tabulation, measures of association, linear regression, and multiple regression. The course includes a computer lab component.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with a grade of C or higher and SATM score of 570 or above, Accuplacer QAS score of 263 or above, or 100-level MAT course, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Quantitative Reasoning
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SOC 315 - Self and Society
This course explores the social construction of self as the result of both face-to-face and societal-level social processes such as language acquisition, identity development, and the effects of culture and social structure on individual and collective conceptions of selfhood. Readings and discussions focus on the relative contributions of individual self-determination and societal constraints on selfhood. Specific topics include childhood identity development, social stigma and societal definitions of normality, social structure and self-esteem, and cross-cultural differences in the concept of selfhood.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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SOC 316 - Sociology of Gender
This course examines gender as a social, cultural, and historical construction which occurs within and reinforces sex/gender stratification. With particular attention paid to education, the family, and work, we will explore sex/gender stratification-its sources and dynamics; historical and contemporary forms; and implications for human lives, history, and society.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Sociology
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SOC 327 - Social Movements
This course is divided into two sections: social movement theory and social movement cases. First, students will explore the three dominant theoretical approaches covering the micro, meso, and macro context of social movements. These include framing and interpretive processes, mobilizing structures, and political opportunities. The “classic” U.S. social movement of the 1960s (civil rights, women’s liberation, anti-war, and free speech) and 1970s-80s (environmental and peace) will be utilized as historical cases to comprehend social movement theory. The second section of the course will address contemporary movements including (but not limited to) labor, anti-globalization, local alternatives, and the new peace movements.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Sociology
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SOC 330 - Sociology of the Family
A sociological approach to the study of the family, including the structure of social relationships, the modern American family as a social institution, the cultural background of the family, and the impact of social change.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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SOC 331 - School and Society
This course examines the social organization of schooling and its social and political context in contemporary American society. Topics include the emergence of public education, role of state and community in shaping its nature, problems of access and equality, the organizational nature of schools, teaching as a profession, and alternatives to public education. Attention is given to public debates concerning the conditions, limits, and possibilities of schooling. Comparisons with educational systems of other countries are included when appropriate.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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SOC 333 - Medical Sociology
Analysis of socio-cultural influences on health and illness, with an emphasis on health, illness, and sickness as social identities. Particular attention is given to the organization of health-related occupations and health services in cross-cultural perspective, and to the ethical and policy-related issues raised by different models of organization.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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SOC 336 - Law and Society
This course provides context, history, and perspective for analysis of the relationship between law, social policy, and social systems. Beginning with the U.S. Constitution, and how laws define our current relationships in society, we will explore power dynamics, social status, access to opportunity, and citizenship in contemporary U.S, society. Particular attention on civil rights, immigration, public education, and the justice system as legal structures through which social relationships are defined. The course will integrate community-based work with local legal services organizations that will allow students to actively apply the course content to constructive empowerment models.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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SOC 348 - Sociology of Work
This course surveys three strands of the literature: the nature of work under capitalism, the consequences emerging from such labor, and alternatives to capitalist relations in production. Specific topics include work in the global economy, Fordism and flexible capitalism, the division of labor, labor markets, control in the workplace, corporate dominance, jobs and the class structure, alienation, and workplace democracy.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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SOC 355 - Politics and Society
This course will focus on power relationships in U.S. society, with some cross-national comparisons. Specific topics to be covered include the nature and distribution of power among social groups and organizations, theories of the state, social class and political participation, policy formation, and the interactions between democracy as a political system and capitalism as an economic system.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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SOC 358 - Sociology of Women’s Work
This course will introduce students to theoretical and empirical literature on women’s work in the paid labor force, on their unpaid labor in the home, and on the relationship between these two kinds of “women’s work.” The course emphasizes the diversity of women’s work and the interconnections among race, ethnicity, class, and gender through a detailed examination of professional women, blue-collar women, and “pink-collar” employees. Additional topics include occupational segregation, earnings differentials, poverty, law and public policy, and labor militancy.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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SOC 363 - Food, Culture, and Society
This course views food production, processing, distribution, and consumption as social and cultural phenomena. The course develops a sociological framework for understanding and connecting the diverse food stories in the headlines: GMOs, obesity, agricultural subsidies, food safety, organics. Students will also gain a better understanding of their own food choices and opportunities for changing our food system.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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SOC 365 - Sociology of the Body
This course examines the body as a text marked by, and rendered meaningful through, social categories of race, gender, class, sexuality, disability, and disease. This seminar discusses both social constructionist and biological determinist perspectives on embodied difference.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher
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Credits: 3
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SOC 370 - Sociology of the Environment
Sociology of the Environment is the study of the complex relations between the social world and the natural environment. The sociologist is particularly interested in the role played by popular culture, economic systems, urbanization, rationalization, globalization, race, and gender relations (environmental justice) in the creation and continuation of various environmental problems. Thus the course refers to efforts to understand and illuminate the societal dynamics in terms of social practices citizens engage in as they go about their lives. Cumulatively these social practices produce particular consumption and use patterns that have significantly altered the natural world.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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SOC 371 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Considers the factors that produce and maintain structured social inequality based on minority status, and the social consequences of such inequality. Includes analysis of selected minorities both in the U.S. and cross-culturally.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity
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SOC 379 - Sociology of Indigenous Peoples
This course explores Indigenous ways of knowing, sovereignty, and colonization/decolonization processes around the globe, with significant attention devoted to Maine’s Wabanaki nations. Students will gain deep insight into both the genocidal legacies of settler colonialism that shape our current social context, and the decolonization strategies necessary to achieve truth and healing between Native and non-Native communities.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity
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SOC 380 - Topics in Sociology
Specially developed occasional courses exploring a variety of theoretical and substantive areas within the field. These courses may be counted as electives toward completion of the major.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 210 with C or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Course Type: Sociology
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SOC 390 - Individualized Instruction I
Independent reading and/or research for juniors and seniors. Apply to Department chair.
Prerequisite(s): 15 hours in Sociology.
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Credits: 1-9
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SOC 391 - Individualized Instruction II
Continuation of independent reading and/or research for juniors and seniors. Apply to Department chair.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 390 .
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Credits: 1-3
May be repeated twice for credit
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SOC 395 - Internship
The course is designed to provide work/action experience and insight into professional roles in a variety of community agencies and organizations. The primary objective of the internship is the application of the perspectives, substantive knowledge, and methods of social science to a particular organizational setting. Thus, the internship can be understood as a participant observation experience within the context of social science research. It is primarily designed as a field experience/reflection opportunity for upper-level social science majors with substantive background/coursework in the area of internship placement. In addition to field placement, students are expected to meet for a series of internship seminars, for which readings and reports will be required. Contact Department Chair for details.
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Credits: 1 to 6
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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SOC 410 - Sociology Capstone
In this one-credit seminar, taken in conjunction with a companion course, students reflect on and integrate learning in the major Minor, and general education. The course emphasizes integrative learning at the individual level, as students explore connections among their courses, and collectively as students explore what they have in common as sociologists despite different academic trajectories.
Prerequisite(s): Senior status in the Sociology major, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 1
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
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SOC 450 - Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship
In working closely with faculty, undergraduate teaching assistants will gain insight into course materials and into all aspects of college teaching. This experience will be especially valuable for students who plan to do graduate work in sociology and for students exploring a career in teaching. Teaching assistants also provide an additional resource for assistance, advice, and modeling. Undergraduate teaching assistants generally assist faculty in course preparation and delivery including locating and reviewing materials for course use; assisting with the design of course schedule, exercises, assignments, and class presentations; lecturing and supervision of student groups; and providing feedback to students on their work. In addition, teaching assistants hold regular office hours. Enrollment in SOC 450 will depend on Departmental needs and course offerings. Selection is made by the faculty. Students should contact the Sociology Program office for details.
Prerequisite(s): SOC majors by permission only.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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SOJ 101 - Social Justice / Social Change
We’ve seen a marked rise in street protest, youth organizing (and middle-aged women organizing), digital activism and “distributed” organizing, and creative social movement tactics, in the last few years. We’ve also experienced an increase in conversations, on social media and in person, about social justice, historical inequalities, and visioning for more just, free, joyful, safe futures for all of us. So many of us are considering questions about what a more just future looks like, and how we can get there. This course will invite us to consider these questions together. This course will offer a background in sociological approaches to identity, inequality, justice and processes for creating social change.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Every semester
Course Type: Social Justice
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SWO 150 - Professional Writing Laboratory for Social Workers
The ability to communicate clearly and appropriately through written word and oral presentation to small groups are essential components of a social worker’s professional responsibility, and will comprise a significant proportion of day-to-day professional practice. In addition, as part of preparation for practice, social work education has a significant volume of written and presentation assignments. This required five week writing workshop offers both immediate and long-term benefits to social work students. It is designed to reinforce knowledge and skills in composition, grammar, and oral presentation that you have acquired through your previous educational experiences to advance the specialized skills needed in professional social work.
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Credits: 1
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SWO 201 - Introduction to Social Work
This course is an introduction to the profession of social work. Students are introduced to the core values of social work and the code of ethics that emanates from those values. Oppression and social justice are central themes of this course. The practice of social work is considered from the perspective of a collaborative strengths-based model working with complex social service systems. The course familiarizes students with various roles, functions, and tasks that social workers perform in a variety of settings. It acquaints students with the primary skills and practices of professional social work. Taking this course will help students make a more informed decision about social work as a career.
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Credits: 3
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SWO 250 - Introduction to Social Welfare
Provides an introduction to the institution of social welfare through a review of social welfare history; the values and philosophy in America of treating the poor, the ill, and others in need; contemporary approaches to social policy; and possible alternative models of social welfare.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Socio-cultural Analysis
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SWO 333 - Social Work Research I
A study of the methods of social work research for social policy and social work practice. The course emphasizes both quantitative and qualitative research processes with the goal of enabling the student to be competent as a “practitioner searcher.”
Prerequisite(s): SWO 201 , SWO 250 ; any introductory statistics course (MAT 120 , PSY 201 , or LOS 120 )
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Credits: 3
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SWO 334 - Social Work Research II
In this continuation of SWO 333 , students complete an empirical research project. Class members serve as a review committee for all research instruments used, learn the practical aspects of writing quantitative and qualitative research reports, and function as a research support group for one another.
Prerequisite(s): SWO 333 .
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 344 - Costa Rica Immersion: Social Work Perspectives on Culture, Language, and Service-Learning
This 2-week course takes place in Costa Rica and will introduce students to the colonial heritage, indigenous cultures, and the contemporary sociopolitical, ecological, and economic issues facing this Central American country. Students will receive 4 hours per day of Spanish language instruction, a class in dance and cooking, visits to cultural and recreational sites, lectures on Costa Rican social problems and social work agencies, and service-learning in a local organization such as an orphanage or refugee camp. Two all-day Saturday classes will be held at USM prior to the course trip.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning; International
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 350 - Social Welfare Policy
A critical examination of social welfare institutions, the social problems and social needs to which they are addressed, and the policy decisions that determine the organization and direction of social welfare programs.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 101 , SWO 250 , POS 101 , or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 365 - Examining Oppression and Valuing Diversity
This course is designed to provide a framework for understanding and respecting cultural diversity. The cultural aspects of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and ableness will be discussed. A central theme in organizing the course is the examination of the role of oppression in shaping the lives of members of various cultural groups.
Prerequisite(s): SWO 201 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity
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Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 370 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment
This course examines the ways in which normative and predictable human behavior throughout the life cycle is mediated by gender, race, age, sexual preference, class and culture. The implication of this knowledge for social work practice will be explored.
Prerequisite(s): SWO 201 , SWO 250 ; PSY 100 , HRD 200 /SBS 200 or PSY 220 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 374 - Sexual Harassment in Education and Work
This course examines sexual harassment in the workplace and education from three perspectives: mental health, sexual violence, and social justice. Students apply concepts from the behavioral and social sciences, from clinical and community practice to contemporary education and corporate environments. Environmental and cultural forces that influence discriminatory behavior are explored.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 375 - Gender and Aging
A theoretical and practical course that informs students about aging issues affecting women and men differentially. Students will analyze the manifestations of aging and apply concepts drawn from the behavioral and social sciences. Service learning experience may be available.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 383 - Social Work with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
Considers migration patterns and flows across the globe, introduces critical concepts in immigration and U.S. immigration policies. Community-based services will be explored with a focus on concepts such as cultural competence, diversity, empowerment, anti-oppressive social work, and critical multicultural approaches. Service-delivery efforts/approaches with the population will be considered.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 388 - Addictions & Substance Use: Critical Analysis, Theory, and Best Practice
Addictions & Substance Use: Critical Analysis, Theory, and Best Practice is an exploration and examination of the causes, family dynamics, cultural issues, medical aspects, treatment, and prevention modalities of drug and alcohol and behavioral use, abuse, dependency and addiction along with the influences of co-occurring disorders and integrated treatment practices. This course is designed to provide students with a foundation in both direct and indirect social work practice issues with clients, families and communities (micro, mezzo, macro) challenged by addiction and co-occurring disorders. Focus regarding treatment and care will be given to multiple viewpoints including moderation, harm reduction, medication assistance, and abstinence.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Standing.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 393 - Methods of Social Work Practice I
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts and skills of interviewing and assessment within social work paradigms. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of ethics and the process of reflection within a generalist practice of social work. This course has a service-learning component that requires students to have some time available for work in the community.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 , Statistics (MAT 120 , PSY 201 or LOS 120 ), SOC 100 , PSY 100 , HRD 200 /SBS 200 or PSY 220 , POS 101 , ECO 101 , SWO 201 , SWO 250 , SWO 365 , and SWO 370 ; at least 60 credits anticipated at the end of the previous fall semester; grade of C or higher in all required social work and foundation courses; and an overall 2.5 GPA.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 397 - Independent Study
Individual or group projects for independent study may be developed by students in consultation with a particular faculty member. Students collaborate with an instructor to write a brief proposal for an area of study they wish to pursue that is not offered within the BSW curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the BSW Coordinator and faculty instructor supervising the project prior to registration.
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Credits: 1-3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 399 - Topics in Social Work
This is a general course number under which various special topics electives are offered.
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Credits: 3
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SWO 402 - Methods of Social Work Practice II
This course explores the contextual nature of generalist social work practice within a strengths perspective. Emphasis will be placed on the processes of engagement, assessment, and intervention with individuals, families, and groups. Family systems, group, and crisis models of intervention will be presented. This course must be taken concurrently with SWO 411 (Field Work I).
Prerequisite(s): SWO 393 and a C or better in all required social work and foundation courses, and an overall 2.5 GPA. Taken concurrently with SWO 411 (Field Work I).
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 403 - Methods of Social Work Practice III
Examines the dilemmas of professional human service workers in bureaucratic systems and the effects of professionalization and the bureaucracy on consumers. Develops a range of methods aimed at better meeting client needs with particular reference to strategies of organizational change and community organization. Class discussions and assignments are based on field work experiences.
Prerequisite(s): SWO 393 and a C or higher in all required social work and foundation courses, and an overall 2.5 GPA.
Co-requisite(s): SWO 412 .
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
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SWO 411 - Field Work I
This is a senior year course for social work majors taken concurrently with SWO 402 Methods of Social Work Practice II). Students are required to engage in a year-long internship of 16 hours per week in approved agency settings, designed to relate social work theory to practice under professional supervision. Must be taken as the first in a two-course sequence.
Prerequisite(s): SWO 393 and a C or higher in all required social work and foundation courses, and an overall 2.5 GPA.
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Credits: 6
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Social Work
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SWO 412 - Field Work II
This is a continuation of SWO 411 (Field Work I) taken in spring term concurrently with SWO 403 (Methods of Social Work Practice III) during the final semester of the internship. Must be taken as the second course in the two-course sequence.
Prerequisite(s): SWO 393 , SWO 402 , and SWO 411 .
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Credits: 6
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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SBS 122 - A Regulated Society
Can you think of a part of your life that does not involve rules and regulation? This course will explore why our daily lives are so regulated by examining real world examples of rules and regulation. You will understand the legal and sociological and psychological background of why humans regulate their lives. The course will provide a broad perspective of how regulations permeate daily life through oral and written assignments, class discussions and debates, role playing, games with shifting rules.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Every semester
Course Type: Social & Behavioral Sciences
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SBS 199 - Topics
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SBS 200 - Multicultural Human Development
This course introduces developmental theory and research that encompasses the entire lifespan. Emphasis will be on prenatal development through adolescence, with an overview of adult development. A multi-disciplinary and multicultural view of human development will be taken by examining theories from a socio-cultural context and in consideration of change as well as stability throughout the life cycle. The interaction of hereditary, environmental, and socio-cultural factors will be considered in studying physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development. This course is cross listed with HRD 200 .
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Socio-cultural Analysis
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SBS 210 - Me in 3D: Introduction to Social and Behavioral Sciences
This experiential and introductory course gives students the opportunity to consider their relationship with the world through the three different perspectives of Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology. We will explore issues of information literacy and writing in the social and behavioral sciences as as an introduction in the interdisciplinary strength of the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) major. As a required introductory course, students should enroll in this course as soon as possible after declaring SBS as their major.
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SBS 220 - U.S. Democracy Origins and Development
In this course, students consider convergence of cultures, events, and ideas that led to the founding of the United States as a republic up to 1877. The course explores the basic structure of the U.S. system of government, the primary political philosophies that undergird it, and past efforts made to remedy injustices that ran counter to the ideals of democracy. This course has been approved by the State Department of Education for content area in secondary Social Studies.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Socio-cultural Analysis
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SBS 300 - Deviance and Social Control
This course provides a forum to examine deviance and social control from sociological, psychological, ecological, environmental and cross-cultural (anthropological) perspectives, examining contested definitions of deviance, and different theories about deviance and social control. The course investigates the interrelationships of culture, power, identity formation and social change. We will explore portrayals of deviance and social control in literature, film, and popular culture. Students challenge their critical thinking skills and will achieve a higher level of understanding about the relative notion of deviance, including how it relates to population size, and the nature(s) and type(s) of social control.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity
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SBS 301 - Group Dynamics
In this course, students acquire an understanding of human behavior, communication, and interaction in groups and the skills needed to participate effectively in group activities. Through a focus on group process and development, this course provides a theoretical foundation for how groups function and discusses how these theories can be applied to a wide range of group settings. This course uses experiential and service learning to develop critical skills in understanding the shared leadership necessary to create effective group dynamics. This course is cross listed with LOS 301 .
Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENG 100 , ESL 100 , HON 100 or RSP 100 with a grade of C- or better is required for LOS majors and preferred for all other students.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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SBS 302 - Organizational Behavior
Students in this course will examine human behavior in organizations: individual, group, and organizational processes that impact workplace behaviors and organizational life. The focus of the course is understanding factors that contribute to organizational effectiveness and the major challenges facing organizations today. Students will explore and discuss individual and organizational learning, individual values and motivation, interpersonal communication and work team dynamics, leadership and emotional intelligence, power and influence, and organizational culture and change. Additionally, students will engage in experiential and skill-building activities and apply conceptual frameworks to their real-life work experiences. This course is cross listed with LOS 302 .
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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SBS 303 - Abnormal Psychology
This course presents an introduction to the classification, diagnosis, and etiology of what is considered “mental illness.” Cultural aspects of “abnormality” will be emphasized, as will integrative models of the causes of mental disorders. This integrative approach considers the complex interplay between biological, psychological, interpersonal, and cultural factors as they contribute to the development and expression of psychological disorders.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Social & Behavioral Sciences
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