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ESP 123 - Quantitative Reasoning and the Environment
This course focuses on how to understand and manipulate quantitative environmental information with tools to describe, model, and analyze data. The course will cover rotating topical content emphasizing numeracy and critical thinking in the following quantitative areas: measurement and units, ratios and percentages, charts and graphs, introductory statistics, functions and regression, and mathematical modeling. Microsoft Excel will be used extensively. Meets the tools requirement for ESP majors.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Quantitative Reasoning
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ESP 125 - Introduction to Environmental Ecology
This course is an introduction to the study of interactions between organisms and their environments. Students will explore the basic principles of ecology and systems with emphasis on forests, wildlife, freshwater, marine, and urban habitats. Environmental physiology and evolution will be a central theme throughout the course.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 101 and ESP 102 , or BIO 105 and BIO 106 .
Co-requisite(s): ESP 126 .
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Science Exploration
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ESP 126 - Introduction to Environmental Ecology Laboratory
This laboratory surveys the identification, measurement, and function of various ecosystems. A focus will be on the impact of human activity on ecosystems.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 101 and ESP 102 , or BIO 105 and BIO 106 .
Co-requisite(s): ESP 125 .
Credits: 1
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Science Exploration
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ESP 131 - Northern Forest Canoe Trail
This field course is self-guided and self-paced. Participants spend the equivalent of ten days of canoe or kayak trips exploring northern New England waterways. They set their own schedule, provide periodic on-line check-ins, and submit assignments designed to foster a contemplative experience that builds independent learning skills. The course introduces environmental data gathering and assessment, aspects of environmental management, and critical thinking about personal, social, and ecological implications of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail and adjacent watersheds. This course is suitable for military veterans, advanced high school students, non-traditional learners, and anyone who wants an independent learning experience.
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Credits: 3
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ESP 150 - Environmental Science Field Immersion Session
This field immersion session is designed to teach basic environmental science field skills and build community in a long weekend format. The course includes components on forest, land use, aquatic, wildlife, and human systems. Basic orienteering and map reading, topographical surveying, GPS operation, and dichotomous key use are emphasized. This course is required for all new majors and transfer students. Students must be present for the entire immersion session.
Prerequisite(s): ESP major, ESP minor, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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ESP 197 - Research Skills Lab
This ten-week, lab-style course is designed to develop students’ study and research skills to foster academic success as a major in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy. Topics will include literature searching, website evaluation, peer review process, critical thinking, finding articles and books, plagiarism, proper citation, primary and secondary sources, and the writing process. The final project is an annotated bibliography on a selected environmental topic.
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Credits: 1
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ESP 200 - Environmental Planning
This course introduces the central concepts of environmental planning theory and practice, including components of rural, regional, and community planning. Concepts and issues studied include planning history and regulations, natural resources inventory, spatial patterns and analysis, zoning techniques, growth management, and planning research.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 101 and ESP 102 , or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
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ESP 203 - Environmental Communication
Students study environmental communication to understand the influence of socio-economic, political, and scientific factors on the social construction of environmental problems. Topics include basic communication theory and its application to the social definition of environmental problems and the perception and communication of risk, how communication is used to persuade/dissuade the public regarding environmental problems, and how the environment is used to manipulate consumer behavior. Students also engage in the basics of research applied to environmental communication.
Prerequisite(s): College Writing, ESP 101 , ESP 102 , and ESP 197 .
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Credits: 3
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ESP 207 - Atmosphere: Science, Climate, and Change
Students will be introduced to the physical and chemical processes active in the earth’s atmosphere. Specific topics include atmospheric circulation, atmospheric chemistry, climate patterns, storms, natural atmospheric change in recent geologic time, human-induced atmospheric change, and atmospheric pollution.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level or higher CHY lecture.
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Credits: 3
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ESP 220 - Introduction to Environmental Policy
What does it take to address environmental problems? Why does it seem so hard to do so? This course examines the complexity of environmental policy making by exploring the wide range of perspectives and entities that are involved in creating environmental policies. Students apply that knowledge to several environmental policy issues, such as food, climate, environmental justice and energy. The goal is to better understand the constraints and opportunities for environmental protection in the United States.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 203 or permission of instructor
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Credits: 3
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ESP 250 - Soils and Land Use
Study and description of soils as natural materials in the landscape. The course includes an examination of physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils as they affect soil-plant-water relations. Other topics include soil classification and suitability for agriculture, urban development, contaminant remediation, field examinations of soils, and physical and chemical soil analyses.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 101 , ESP 102 , one semester of chemistry lecture and lab, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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ESP 260 - Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
A study of the utilization, improvement, and protection of two essential resources-soil and water. Primary focus is on applying scientific and engineering principles to the problem areas of soil erosion and flood control. Students will design practical solutions to remediate these problems.
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of the University’s Quantitative Reasoning requirement.
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Credits: 3
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ESP 280 - Research and Analytical Methods
A focus on research and analytical techniques for environmental science, policy and planning. The course is centered on the use of instrumentation and investigative research to address a thematic environmental issue. Topics include defining research problems, hypothesis construction, experimental design, measurement, sampling, and analysis. Students will complete group research projects.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 101 , ESP 102 , ESP 197 , ESP 125 , and ESP 126 , or any 100-level or higher CHY lecture.
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Credits: 4
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ESP 303 - Wetlands Ecology
This lecture course examines wetlands from the perspectives of science and policy. Topics will include basic wetlands ecology and biology, wetland definitions, classification, and regional and national trends in habitat destruction and management.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 125 or BIO 203 , one semester of chemistry lecture and lab, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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ESP 304 - Wetlands Ecology Laboratory
An introduction to wetlands types and field methods, with an emphasis on field visits, wetlands species identification, and projects.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 303 or concurrent.
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Credits: 1
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ESP 305 - Community Planning Workshop
This course provides a practical approach to local community planning problems. Students will conduct field work to explore community decision-making processes regarding the use of natural, social and economic resources. Basic planning concepts are refined and applied to real-world problems in a collaborative manner.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 101 and ESP 102 , and GEO 209 or GEO 210 or ESP 210 or ESP 200 , or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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ESP 308 - Global Environmental Problems and Sustainability
This course is a thorough examination of global environmental problems and the need for the principles of sustainability to solve these problems. Topics will include frameworks, tools, and applications of sustainability including sustainability science, life cycle assessment, zero waste, industrial ecology, pollution prevention, natural step, and community-based social marketing.
Prerequisite(s): Science Exploration course.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship; International
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ESP 311 - Energy Efficiency
This course provides students with an understanding of how to analyze and identify opportunities for energy savings in all economic sectors. Emphasis will be placed on energy balancing, life cycle analysis, economic payback and energy efficiency policies. The course culminates with a Maine-based case study.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 275 or ESP 280 , or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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ESP 313 - Renewable Energy
This course will equip students with knowledge of renewable energy systems (including solar, wind, water, geothermal, and biomass), their underlying physical and technological principles, their environmental impact, their economics, and how they can be integrated into current energy infrastructures. The course culminates with a renewable energy design project.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level or higher CHY lecture and MAT 108 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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ESP 326 - Environmental Economics
This course considers the economic aspects of resource and environmental issues, such as pollution, the use and management of natural resources, environmental justice, and global climate change. In addressing each of these issues students will investigate the implications of various public policy responses such as regulation, marketable permits, and tax incentives.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 102 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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ESP 327 - Natural Resource Economics
This course considers the economic aspects of natural resource management and use, including the economically sustainable management of fisheries, forests, water resources, and biodiversity, with applications to Maine and beyond. Students will investigate the implications of public policy responses such as regulations, marketable permits, and tax incentives.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 102 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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ESP 340 - Environmental Regulations
This course is an intensive introduction to the federal and Maine environmental regulatory structure. This course is designed to provide basic competency in the knowledge and application of environmental laws and regulations, including air, surface water, drinking water, spill reporting, land use, and hazardous and solid waste.
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ESP 341 - Freshwater Science
The study of inland waters with emphasis on the identification and ecology of aquatic organisms. This course meets on Fridays to allow time for extended field trips to local streams and lakes. Students will conduct independent research projects as part of the course.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 125 or BIO 203 , one semester of chemistry lecture and lab, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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ESP 350 - Environmental Entomology
This course covers fundamental topics in entomology including environmental physiology, arthropod borne disease, biological indicators and sentinel species, invasive species, and integrated pest management (IPM). It includes topics in forest and urban entomology. Students gain experience in monitoring insect diversity, estimating populations, chemical ecology, and measuring physiological adaptations. Environmental entomology topics are applicable to a wide range of disciplines including biology, chemistry, environmental science, medicine, veterinary sciences, ecology, forensic science, and general science education.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C- or higher in BIO 107 or ESP 125 , or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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ESP 360 - Water Quality Assessment and Control
A study of water-related legislation, methods for determining compliance with statutes, and control methods used for water quality attainment. Regional topics addressed include: waste-water treatment, drinking water standards, storm water runoff, eutrophication, best management practices, and biomonitoring for water quality assessment.
Prerequisite(s): One semester of chemistry lecture and lab, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 4
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ESP 375 - Environmental Risk Assessment and Management
The focus of this course is to provide students with competency in quantitative human health risk assessment-an organized, multidisciplinary approach to evaluating scientific data by studying basic toxicology and fate and transport of contaminants using generally accepted principles and terminology used in the field. Students will also study the scientific, political, social, ethical, and economic dimensions of managing risks.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 101 , ESP 102 , and ESP 203 , or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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ESP 389 - Teaching Practicum
Students in this course are mentored by a faculty member and provide assistance in teaching and delivery of an ESP course.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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Credits: 1-3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
May be repeated for credit.
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ESP 400 - Internship
The internship provides professional experience related to a student’s chosen option within the major. The emphasis is on understanding the host organization’s structure and function within the environmental area. In addition to satisfactory work experience, an oral presentation and written report are required. Offered as pass/fail only. Intended to be taken between the junior and senior year.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher, faculty approval of host organization, work plan, completed Internship Approval Form, and permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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ESP 401 - Environmental Impact Assessment and Lab
An overview of methods used to analyze the environmental impact of human decisions. The course will emphasize U.S. requirements for impact assessment as outlined in NEPA. Federal documents (DEIS, EIA, EIS, FONSI, and ROD) filed for past and ongoing projects are reviewed. A laboratory session is taken concurrently and is writing-intensive. Focus is on a hands-on application of assessment procedures to a thematic environmental issue.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, ESP 280 ; 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 of instructor.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone; Writing, Reading, and Inquiry 3
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ESP 412 - Field Ecosystem Ecology
This course provides a fundamental understanding of ecosystem ecology, with an emphasis on forested and aquatic ecosystems and impacts of the physical and chemical environment on ecosystem functioning. The course is writing intensive and includes hypothesis generation, field research, computer analysis, and journal article interpretation and writing. The laboratory is field intensive and includes local field trips, team research exercises, and independent field research projects.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 125 and ESP 126 , or BIO 203 , or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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ESP 413 - Forest Ecology
This course provides students with an understanding of what constitutes a healthy forest ecosystem and a sustainable forest environment. Special emphasis is placed on the function, spatial variability, evolution of forest ecosystems, and the need for forest ecology as the foundation of forest management. The laboratory session is field-intensive.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 125 and ESP 126 , or BIO 203 , or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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ESP 417 - Site Planning and Assessment
An introduction to environmental planning and assessment concepts and skills associated with the development of sites for human use. Emphasis is given to the development of particular tracts or parcels of land in Maine.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 209 or ESP 200 , or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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ESP 421 - Natural Resource Policy
Natural resource policy is a subset of environmental policy that is focused on balancing competing uses of natural resources such as land, water, and animals. Thus, natural resource use inherently includes conflict over how environmental resources should be used in the pursuit of economic and social goals. Throughout this course, students explore difficult natural resource policy questions such as: What type of policy would best achieve our goals? How do we assess if policies adequately balance different interests? How can we collaborate across our differences to develop more innovative and successful policy? The course concludes with a comprehensive application of course concepts to a natural resource policy issue in Maine.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 220 .
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Credits: 3
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ESP 445 - Environmental Education and Interpretation
Students explore the basics of classroom and non-formal environmental science education and interpretation using an inquiry-based approach. Topics include teaching ecosystem and environmental science principles, selecting and designing environmental curricula, and assessment.
Prerequisite(s): ESP 101 , ESP 102 , ESP 125 and ESP 126 , or BIO 105 , BIO 106 and BIO 107 , or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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ESP 450 - Research Practicum
Organized research experiences in ongoing faculty research projects or a mutually arranged special topic involving substantial skills development. Research will be conducted under the direct supervision of the faculty member. Permission of instructor required in semester prior to registration.
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Credits: 1-3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
May be repeated up to a total of 6 credits.
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ESP 475 - Topics in Environmental Science
Topics in environmental science not regularly covered in other courses. The content will vary based on current local and regional environmental issues.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing.
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Credits: 3
May be repeated for credit.
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ESP 489 - Grant Writing Seminar
This course is for juniors and seniors in all disciplines who plan on entering professional careers requiring knowledge of grant writing to successfully submit competitive corporate and foundation proposals, and state and federal grant applications. Developing effective grant writing skills offers a competitive edge for job-seekers across many disciplines and is essential to acquiring competitive funding from government agencies and private foundations. Writing a successful grant proposal is a blend of art and science. It requires basic know-how, content knowledge, writing proficiency, strong research skills, creativity, organizational ability, patience, and a great deal of luck. This course provides the background necessary to develop a competitive funding proposal.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing.
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Credits: 2
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FSP 100 - Introduction to Food Systems
Using social science perspectives, this course introduces students to food systems and their components (e.g., agricultural production, food processing, consumption, regional linkages, food and agricultural policies), to alternative food movements and issues of social justice, and to the field of food studies.
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Credits: 3
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FSP 200 - Food, Power and Social Justice
This course explores social as well as environmental dimensions of sustainability in today’s globalized food system. We use conceptual frameworks, including food justice and food sovereignty, to analyze power and justice in relation to farmers and agro-ecological systems, farm and food industry workers, business owners and policymakers, as well as communities and consumers.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
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FSP 215 - Entrepreneurship and the Business of Food
This course examines the entrepreneurial activities associated with the development, launch, and growth of food-based businesses. This class uses local case studies, lecture, and experiential learning to introduce students to the role entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial thinking play in business success.
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Credits: 3
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FSP 225 - Topics in Food Studies
Topics courses are designed to explore specialized theoretical and substantive topics related to food and agriculture.
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Credits: 1-3
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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FSP 300 - Food: History, Culture, Politics
This course will explore the history, culture, and politics of food in America with a special emphasis on New England and regional differences. The course will examine colonial food ways including diet, food theft, trade patterns, and regional diversity; 19th century health, sanitation and temperance reforms; the rise of cooking schools, food writing, and regional cuisine; and contemporary issues such as fast and slow food, terminator seeds, organic farming and the diet industry.
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Credits: 3
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FSP 310 - Food and the Environment
This course examines the relationship between the physical environment and human-made food systems and the environmental impacts of food production, processing, distribution, and disposal. We explore how different frameworks and different analytical methods help us to identify strategies for making the food system more sustainable and resilient. Students will research and analyze a food system related environmental problems and prepare a report with recommendations to address that problem.
Prerequisite(s): FSP 100 (or concurrent), junior or senior standing, student within the Honors Program, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Science Exploration
Course Typically Offered: Spring Semester
Course Type: Food Studies Program
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FSP 311 - Food Planning and Policy
This course is designed to build knowledge of food systems: their development, function and interaction with the economy, public policy and planning. The course introduces students to basic issues in the production, aggregation, processing, distribution, marketing, consumption and disposal of food, especially with regard to those elements that can be influenced by civic action and public regulation. Upon course completion, students should have an increased understanding of forces shaping food systems, dimensions of conventional and alternative models, food systems policy and planning with community development, and their own relationship and choices with regards to the contemporary American food system.
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: FSP 100 , FSP 200 or FSP 310 , or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall Semester
Course Type: Food Studies Program
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FSP 320 - Poverty and Hunger
One paradox of the contemporary food system is that it generates both hunger and obesity at the same time; in this course, we examine the extent of hunger, malnutrition and starvation in the world. This course examines societal structures of inequality as key determinants of access to food and the links between agricultural technologies, trade, hunger, and the reconfiguration of the global agri-food system. Finally, we evaluate solutions to problems of hunger, starvation and malnutrition.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring Semester
Course Type: Food Studies Program
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FSP 395 - Internship in Food Studies
The course is designed to provide real-world experience of and insight into food system-related professional roles through work in a community food-based business, organization or agency. The primary objective of the internship is the application of the perspectives, substantive knowledge, and methods studied in the Food Studies Minor curriculum to a particular organizational setting. In addition to field placement responsibilities, students are expected to regularly reflect and report on their experience. Students may do a second 3-credit internship pending funding availability. Students may take no more than 6 credits of internship. Contact the MEIF Internship Coordinator in the Career and Employment Hub for details. Graded pass/fail.
Prerequisite(s): FSP 100 (or concurrent).
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Credits: 1-6
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
Course Type: Food Studies Program
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FSP 396 - Food Studies Independent Study and Research
Independent study and research of various student-selected areas of food studies.
Prerequisite(s): Sponsorship by a Food Studies Program faculty member, FSP 100 or permission of a faculty sponsor, junior or senior-level standing, and completed Independent Study Approval form (accessed at Food Studies Program website).
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Credits: 1-6
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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FRE 101 - Beginning French I
This beginning course in French stresses the acquisition of cultural information and introduces the student to the four skills of language learning: listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: French
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FRE 102 - Beginning French II
Continuation of FRE 101 .
Prerequisite(s): FRE 101 or equivalent.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: French
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FRE 150 - Language Table
Students will participate in a one-hour weekly language table where they will practice conversational skills in a group. Students of all levels are welcome. This course is taken as pass/fail.
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Credits: 0.5
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FRE 201 - Intermediate French I
Review of grammatical structures with further development of listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing skills. The emphasis will be on understanding cultures and contemporary life of French-speaking countries through reading and discussion.
Prerequisite(s): FRE 102 or equivalent.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: French
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FRE 202 - Intermediate French II
Continuation of FRE 201 .
Prerequisite(s): FRE 201 or equivalent.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation; International
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: French
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FRE 300 - Building Fluency in French
This course is a bridge between basic language proficiency and more advanced levels. Although other skills may be practiced, the emphasis is on listening and speaking, and students will use reading and other strategies to build fluency.
Prerequisite(s): FRE 202 or equivalent.
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Credits: 3
May be repeated for credit once.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: French
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FRE 301 - Practical French I
Students will practice effective listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills in French using a communicative approach. Students who have successfully completed the course will demonstrate emergent communication and critical thinking in the target language. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRE 202 or equivalent.
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Credits: 4
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: French
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FRE 302 - Practical French II
This course is a continuation of FRE 301 . Students will practice effective listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills in French using a communicative approach. Students who have successfully completed the course will demonstrate intermediate or advanced communication and critical thinking in the target language. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRE 301 or equivalent.
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Credits: 4
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: French
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FRE 416 - The Linguistic Structure of French
This course focuses on where French fits into the typological classification of the world’s languages. This course primarily covers morphological and syntactic typology, surveying the type of patterns that are found across languages of the world. Assignments will focus on the structure of French, with some comparison across French dialects and with other Romance languages.
Prerequisite(s): FRE 301 , LIN 312 , LIN 313 , and LIN 317 .
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: French
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GDS 100 - Game Design I: Introduction
Introduction to the history, concepts, strategies and methodologies of game theory and game, simulation and interactive development. This is a hands-on course where students learn the history and theories of gaming while developing and making board games, role playing card games, and a simple video game using Scratch or other software created to introduce programming and design concepts. No coding experience is required.
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Credits: 3
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GDS 200 - Game Design II: Collaborative Concepts, Tools and Processes
Exploration of key concepts, tools and processes for Game, Simulation and Interactive Development. The course covers a deeper understanding of game theory. Students present and works through specific methods of level and environment design, gameplay balance, different demands and features of different gaming genres using creative teamwork and creative team problem solving. Students in this course will work together to develop more advanced games, simulations and/or interactive projects using more sophisticated game development software.
Prerequisite(s): GDS 100 or permission of the instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Game Design Studies
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GDS 300 - Game Design III: Practicum in Theory & Application
The course presents an in-depth exploration of collaborative Game, Simulation and Interaction development. Students in the course learn creative problem stating and solving skills, project management and other relevant proficiencies for game, simulation and interactive development relevant to the continually evolving industries. Students learn how to apply their individual skills sets in development of teams for project research, development and publication of games and simulations. Students work in collaboration to advance development and design skills and observe development processes at local studios.
Prerequisite(s): GDS 200 or permission of the instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Game Design Studies
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EGN 101 - Introduction to Engineering
Project-based learning to introduce the process of engineering design through team design projects and hands-on laboratory activities. Throughout, the historical, societal, cultural, and ethical impacts of good design are examined. A major portion of the course is learning to form and communicate designs using CAD software. Lecture 3 hrs., Lab 1 hr.
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Co-requisite(s): MAT 152 .
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 160 - Introduction to Programming: The C Language
The C language has been used extensively for performance intensive tasks required in engineering and has found increased usage in embedded systems. C and its dialects (e.g. C++, C#, Java, Perl, Python) are employed in the vast majority of programming tasks and applications. As such, it is one of the few programming languages that is defined as an ANSI/ISO standard. This course will cover the fundamentals of programming and the C language. No prior knowledge of C is required. This is a 4-credit course and includes a laboratory component. Engineering students may use this course to satisfy the Computer Programming requirement. Lecture 4 hrs., Lab 1 hr.
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Credits: 4
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 181 - Engineering Tools: Mathematica
An introduction to Mathematica as a general-purpose computational and visualization tool. Topics covered include symbolic and numerical computations, graphics and visualization, and basics of the Mathematica programming language. Students will use Mathematica in several hands-on exercises to solve typical computational problems. Lecture 1 hr., Lab 1 hr.
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Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 182 - Engineering Tools: SolidWorks
An introduction to SolidWorks and its use as a design tool for engineering. Students will use hands-on labs to create three dimensional solid models together with their orthographic views and convert them to computer design files. Students will learn the basics of building parts, dimensioning, tolerances, manufacturing drawings, assemblies, assembly drawings, and bills of material. They learn best practices, essential parametric sketching techniques, and time-saving shortcuts for making three dimensional parts and assemblies. Lecture 1 hr., Lab 1 hr.
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Credits: 1
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 183 - Engineering Tools: LabView
An introduction to LabView and its use as a GUI programming tool for automated data acquisition, computer-instrument interfacing and control, and data processing. Students will learn the basics of LabView programming and use it in hands-on lab exercises to gain enough experience to start their own data acquisition and measurement project. Lecture 1 hr., Lab 1 hr.
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Credits: 1
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 184 - Engineering Tools: Industrial Power
An introduction to hydraulics, pneumatics, and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Students will work with input and output components and learn the basics of PLC programming and downloading. During these hands-on lab exercises, Allen Bradley PLCs will be interfaced and control pneumatic power systems. Lecture 1 hr., Lab 1 hr.
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Credits: 1
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 186 - Engineering Tools: MATLAB
An introduction to the MATLAB and Simulink environments. Topics include basic calculations, variables, arrays and matrix operations, solution of linear algebraic equations, graphs, mesh and surface plots, basic programming in MATLAB, MATLAB functions, mfiles, calculus with MATLAB, Simulink, rational and logic operators, solution of nonlinear algebraic equations, case studies and applications. Lecture 1 hr., Lab 1 hr.
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Credits: 1
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 187 - Engineering Tools: Circuit Simulation
An introduction to a circuit simulation tool such as PSpice or Multism and its use as a GUI schematics entry tool for circuit simulation, including DC, small signal AC, sinusoidal and transient analysis. Students will learn the basics of circuit simulation and use it in hands-on lab exercises to gain enough experience to draw, simulate and do virtual testing of their circuit designs. Lecture 1 hr., Lab 1 hr.
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Credits: 1
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 188 - Engineering Tools: Materials Processing
An introduction to material processing operations. Topics include safety considerations, casting and metal forming techniques, material selection, material removal technology; lathes, milling machines, saws, drills, tool and parameter selection. Materials joining technology, welding, brazing, soldering. Heat treatment and metallographic examination. Lecture 1 hr., Lab 1 hr.
Prerequisite(s): EGN 182
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 248 - Introduction to Differential Equations and Linear Algebra
Introduction to linear algebra and differential equations for engineering and science students. Standard methods for solving differential equations as they arise in engineering and science, linear algebra concepts needed to solve linear algebraic systems and linear systems of differential equations, and computational skills in matrix theory needed in computational linear algebra. Topics will include matrix algebra, determinants, linear independence, linear systems, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, vector spaces, first-order ODEs, higher-order linear ODEs, linear systems of ODEs, Laplace transform, and mathematical modeling and numerical methods. May be replaced by MAT 295 and MAT 350 . Lecture 4 hrs.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 153 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 4
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 260 - Materials Science for Engineers
This introductory course will provide students with the conceptual perspective for origin of materials behavior- structure/property/performance interrelationships. Students will learn about materials selection and use of familiar materials- metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites in engineering applications. Laboratory sessions will accompany selected lessons to illustrate the application of theoretical concepts in practice. Lecture 3 hrs., Lab 1 hr.
Prerequisite(s): CHY 113 , MAT 153 , PHY 123 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 304 - Engineering Economics
Introduction to the approaches and methodologies associated with making engineering economic decisions while considering the ethical implications and dilemmas associated with these decisions. Methodologies and techniques covered include Pareto analysis, investment and cost analysis, time value of money, cash flow analysis, rate of return, cost-benefit and breakeven analysis, evaluation of alternatives under budget constraints, sensitivity analysis, expected value, replacement analysis and economic decision-making under uncertainty. Lecture 3 hrs.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 152 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
Course Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 317 - Introduction to Robotics
Kinematic modeling of serial manipulators. Trajectory, path and motion planning. Actuators and sensors, artificial intelligence, and programming of robotic devices. Examples of multiple platforms in the Robotics and Intelligence Systems Laboratory. Lecture 3 hrs., Lab 1 hr.
Prerequisite(s): EGN 160 or COS 160 , EGN 248 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 325 - Control Systems
Laplace transform, transfer function, modeling control systems by block diagrams, transient and steady-state responses of SISO systems in time domain, error analysis, frequency-response analysis using Bode and Nyquist diagrams, root-locus and Routh’s stability methods, analysis and design of control systems using root-locus analysis, operational amplifiers, compensation and design of feedback control systems using lead-lag compensators and PID controllers, state space method for analysis of MIMO systems. Lecture 3 hrs.
Prerequisite(s): EGN 248 , ELE 217 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 329 - Electromechanical and Control Systems Laboratory
Exploration of theory and applications of electromechanical and control systems in the laboratory. Lab 2 hrs.
Prerequisite(s): ELE 219 , ELE 323 .
Co-requisite(s): EGN 325 .
Credits: 1
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 394 - Engineering Internship
Work experience in engineering. An opportunity for students to obtain credit for a project or study sequence completed while employed. The activity must have both components of design and analysis. Project.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all sophomore engineering classes in the respective major, permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1-3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 401 - Senior Design Project I and the Engineering Profession
The first in a two-course engineering capstone sequence. Students will learn the fundamentals of the engineering design process to formulate and actualize a design project in a guided experience. Topics include problem statement formulation, flowcharting, project management, and design review processes incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints. Professional issues such as ethics, intellectual property, interview skills, and resume preparation are explored. The student is challenged to consider the work of the engineer in the broader context of societal, personal, and professional responsibility. Lecture 3 hrs.
Prerequisite(s): EGN 182 , ITP 210 , THE 170 , EGN 304 , permission of faculty advisor, graduating in 2 semesters.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 402 - Senior Design Project II
The second in a two-course engineering capstone sequence. Design and implementation of a device or system to perform an engineering function. May be done individually or in small groups, but the contribution is evaluated on an individual basis. Project outcomes include an oral presentation, a demonstration of the device or system, and a final report. The final report must contain a description of the engineering standards that were investigated and/or applied and how the realistic constraints were observed.
Prerequisite(s): EGN 401 , and project supervisor permission.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone; Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 403 - Advanced Design Project
In-depth design and implementation of a device or system to perform an engineering function, or an engineering research project. May be done individually or in small groups, but the contribution is evaluated on an individual basis. Project.
Prerequisite(s): EGN 402 with a grade of B or higher, permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 446 - Micro Electromechanical Systems
Topics include microfabrication, principles of electromechanical energy conversion and transduction, sensors and actuators, materials used for MEMS and their thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties. Standard MEMS fabrication processes and MEMS design. Lecture 3 hrs., Lab 1 hr.
Prerequisite(s): EGN 260 or ELE 262 , ELE 217 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 481 - Engineering Statistics
A second course in statistics focused on applications relevant to engineering. The theory of probability and statistics learned in MAT380 is expanded and developed for applications such as measurement uncertainty, manufacturing quality methods, and data analysis. Topics include confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance (ANOVA), regression analysis, and an introduction to control charting. The course includes instruction in a modern statistical analysis software tool such as MiniTab or JMP. Lecture 3 hrs., Lab 1 hr.
Prerequisite(s): MAT 380 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 484 - Lean Six Sigma
This course introduces the fundamental Lean Six Sigma principles that underlay modern continuous improvement approaches for industry, government and other organizations. Students will learn and apply statistically-based process improvement through the define, measure, analyze, improve and control (DMAIC) process. The course focuses on tools for applying lean thinking, lean principles and lean methods in manufacturing and service systems such as value-stream mapping, continuous improvement and six-sigma. Lecture 3 hrs., Lab 1 hr.
Prerequisite(s): EGN 481 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 497 - Independent Study
An opportunity for the student to explore topics not covered in available courses or to pursue a topic of interest in-depth. Project.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1-3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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EGN 498 - Advanced Topics in Engineering
Topics in engineering at the advanced (junior or senior) level not regularly covered in other courses. The content can be varied to suit current needs. The course may, with advisor permission, be taken more than once. Consult the Department for current offerings and prerequisites.
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Credits: 3-4
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: General Engineering
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GEO 101 - Human Geography
This course examines social, economic, and political processes that shape the contemporary global landscape, with particular emphasis on the relationships between developed and developing regions of the world. Cartography, population trends, agricultural systems, migration, urbanization, and industrialization are among the topics covered.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: International; Socio-cultural Analysis
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 102 - Physical Geography
This course examines the physical processes of the environment as they relate to human endeavors. Climate, soil, vegetation, land form, water, and mineral resources are among the topics covered. Laboratory exercises acquaint the student with the materials and methods of physical geography. Climate data, topographic maps and field observations are employed to solve practical problems of human interaction with the environment.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Science Exploration
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 103 - Human-Environmental Geography
Using geographic perspectives, this course focuses on the changing nature of the earth’s environment and the human role in these changes. Both direct and indirect human impacts on the biosphere, the atmosphere, and the hydrosphere are considered, including tropical deforestation and the loss of biodiversity, the human role in global climate change, and the impact of human actions on world fisheries. Local and regional examples will be incorporated.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: International; Socio-cultural Analysis
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 104 - World-Regional Geography
This course will familiarize students with the diversity of people and places in the world by examining the physical, political, and cultural geography of different regions of the world. Emphasis will be given to development of regions within a global framework. This course will add to the general education of students by developing their geographic skills and by enhancing their geographic awareness and knowledge of the world through various aspects of global diversity.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: International; Socio-cultural Analysis
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 105 - Society, Environment, and Change
This course examines the complex and changing relationship between communities, cultures, and the environment over time and across multiple geographic scales. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the course considers the drivers behind societal and environmental change from early hunter-gatherer and farming communities to more complex contemporary landscapes across the world. The course concludes with a focus on identifying options to build sustainable, resilient, and adaptive social-ecological systems.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: International
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 107 - Maps and Math
Maps are accurate drawings of the world. They are scale models produced by locating, measuring, and surveying landscapes. A map is a picture made of numbers. In this course students will learn how maps are made, and how math is embedded into every aspect of the cartographic process.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Quantitative Reasoning
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Course Type: Geography
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GEO 108 - Introduction to ArcGIS
An introduction to the ArcGIS software, stressing basic operation of this popular GIS package. Topics covered include system navigation, data display, data download, and printing public domain and user-created geographical data sets.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 120 - Geography of Maine
This course will examine Maine as a geographic region. Physical and cultural attributes of the state will be analyzed. Political, economic and demographic factors will be emphasized in viewing the assets and problems of the Maine environment and in planning Maine’s future.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Socio-cultural Analysis
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 170 - Global History: Mapping the World Across Cultures
World history, from the classical through the modern eras, embracing the cultures of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, examined through the maps that different cultures have made of their worlds. Students analyze maps from the collections of USM’s Osher Map Library to reveal how world maps have variously embodied cultural preconceptions, religious convictions, scientific findings, and political concerns. Special attention to the processes of early modern and modern imperialism and globalization.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: International
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 203 - Urban & Regional Development
Students will survey contemporary patterns of urban and regional development through comparative analysis. Students will examine links between urbanization, employment, and social welfare in different political and economic contexts as the course moves from the global scale to the local. Students will be introduced to a series of research skills including the use of computer databases and spreadsheet programs, many of which will be of use in other courses.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: International; Socio-cultural Analysis
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 204 - Coastal and Marine Geography
Coastal borders and broader marine regions are the vanguard for issues of global change, development pressures, competing uses, and conflicting claims. The course aims to explore, integrate, and synthesize information about physical, biological, socio-political, and economic aspects of coastal and marine environments to understand impacts of natural change and human activities over multiples scales and time periods.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 209 - Introduction to Land Use Planning
This course offers an overview of human/land relationships as they influence contemporary patterns of settlement and use of the land. It will discuss the logic of a planning process as a method of decision making; the formulation of goals and evaluation of alternative courses of action; standards and requirements for specific planning objectives (such as land use, energy, recreation, transportation); and the place of the planning function in government and the role of citizens and private groups. Introduction to basic planning tools and techniques including PERT, aerial photography, and methods of land inventory and classification will be presented.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 210 - Planning Maine Communities: Current Issues & Directions
This course will examine the issues facing Maine communities such as providing affordable housing, maintaining and improving the community’s physical facilities such as streets, sewers, playgrounds, etc., disposing of solid and hazardous wastes, stimulating jobs and economic development, providing adequate transportation facilities, and preserving Maine’s environment and lifestyle in the face of growth. It will also address how these issues can be addressed through the use of the planning process and sound planning techniques.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 255 - Making a Living: Workers in a Global Economy
Our daily experiences shape and are shaped by changing economic landscapes through our patterns of work, consumption, and leisure. The course addresses the prospects and challenges for making a living in a global economy. We will examine a variety of perspectives on work, both paid and unpaid. We will pay particular attention to the connection of workers between and across places. The course discusses both new and old geographical divisions of labor and the restructuring of work and workplaces at the international, regional, local and household scales.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity; International
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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