Mar 29, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions



List of Course Description Prefixes  

Course Description by Department/Program  

 

Italian

  
  • ITA 102 - Beginning Italian II


    Continuation of ITA 101 .

    Prerequisite(s): ITA 101  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Italian
  
  • ITA 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.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 0.5

    May be repeated for credit.
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Italian
  
  • ITA 201 - Intermediate Italian I


    Review of grammatical structures. Further development of listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing skills. The emphasis will be on understanding Italian culture and civilization through reading and discussion of literary and historical texts as well as frequent reference to contemporary customs and events.

    Prerequisite(s): ITA 102  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    Course Typically Offered: Offered every two years in fall.
    Course Type: Italian
  
  • ITA 202 - Intermediate Italian II


    Continuation of ITA 201 .

    Prerequisite(s): ITA 201  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation; International
    Course Typically Offered: Offered every two years in spring.
    Course Type: Italian

Industrial Technology Professional

  
  • ITP 210 - Technical Writing


    A basic technical writing course that strengthens critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills. Study includes document purpose, situation analysis, style, format and production of reports, proposals, instructions, procedures, technical descriptions, forms, letters, memos, and visual aids, as well as digital and virtual communication.

    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 of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Writing, Reading, and Inquiry 3
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional
  
  • ITP 230 - Project Management


    This course will present a structured analysis of planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and monitoring resources related to project management by completing a set of well-defined tasks. Within this course, significant effort will be devoted to understanding the international, social, political, economic, environmental and cultural issues in context of the interrelationships, responsibilities, and demands of project management between technologies, resources, project scope, and budget that impact project success in a global, international environment. Case studies will be used throughout the course to broaden the perspective and understanding of the participant’s knowledge and application of project management’s best practices, and their ability to create and evaluate projects and project performance in an international, global economy. The introduction of computer-based tools in the management of projects will also be covered.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: International
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional
  
  • ITP 250 - Management Information Systems


    This course will serve as an introduction to management information systems in areas such as: decision support systems, resource and human resource management, enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, customer relationship management, project management, and records management. Topics covered will include but are not limited to: systems analysis, system modeling and design, data acquisition, security, and maintenance.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional
  
  • ITP 280 - Managing Organizations in a Technological Environment


    An introduction to the application of management principles to systems, people and organizations in technology-intensive industries. Students will learn managerial approaches to the business, corporate, and project levels of organizations; and discover contrasting demands of entrepreneurial and established technology firms. Emphasis will be placed on recognizing the intricate, multidisciplinary nature of the management of technology, including an understanding of commitment, team-based performance norms and decision making, conflict management, power sharing, self-directed team work and organizational alliances. Topics include the impact of technology on corporate strategy, operations, and decision-making and how emerging strategies/solutions/capabilities can be developed to create business efficiencies and manage organizational resources. The course combines conceptual and experiential approaches involving exercises, case studies, lectures, videos, and group work.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional
  
  • ITP 310 - Facility Planning


    This course provides participants with the analytical tools and knowledge to effectively and efficiently plan the physical facility for a wide variety of enterprises. Case studies used in this course may include: hospitals, airports, manufacturing plant floors, distribution centers, fire departments, grocery and retail stores, college campuses, construction sites, and shopping malls.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional
  
  • ITP 330 - Supply Chain Management


    This course explores selected analytical tools and information associated with supply chain management including activities that are used to centrally control the production, shipment, and distribution of products. Classes consist of lectures and problem solving activities that combine aspects of production control such as forecasting, capacity planning, material requirement planning, order quantities, order points and line balancing with the development and management of supply chains from sourcing and procurement through conversion and logistics.

    Prerequisite(s): MAT 120  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional
  
  • ITP 331 - Agile/Adaptive Project Management


    In an increasingly complex world, the pace of change, the degree of connectivity, and the scale of operations are leading to rapidly escalating complexity in many domains. This course focuses on agile and adaptive project management methods that provide a very different approach to traditional linear project management and apply to the needs of projects that reach a high degree of complexity. Such needs make it more important for organizations to become agile and to engrain process improvement leadership in the way of working within the organization. The course looks at alternative approaches designed to deal with today’s work environment. It provides greater depth in the review and application of contemporary processes such as risk, quality, and leadership; and methodologies and frameworks such as Agile, Lean, Kanban, Scrum, and Lean Startup.

    Prerequisite(s): ITP 230  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional
  
  • ITP 340 - Quality Management


    An overview addressing fundamental concepts and principles of quality control applied to organizations. Major topics include theory and application of qualitative and quantitative tools and techniques as well as quality awards and standards. Specific topics include foundations of quality, planning tools, traditional tools, variability, process set-up verification, pre-control, SPC process capability analysis, acceptance sampling, and quality awards.

    Prerequisite(s): MAT 120  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional
  
  • ITP 350 - Leadership, Teambuilding, and Facilitation


    An exploration of topics related to leadership, team building, group dynamics, and an introduction to the practices and goals of successful facilitation of face-to-face groups and virtual meetings. Teambuilding topics include member and group participant types and functions; stages to teambuilding; creating and building teams; dysfunctions and conflicts within teams and groups; and teams in the roles of content controllers. Leadership emphasis is placed on foundational principles, capabilities and practices that help leaders self-manage, engage and influence diverse team members, and generate shared commitment for team and project success. The course explores various contexts, motivations and paths that evoke leadership in technology through a series of case studies and exercises in critical knowledge areas and skills required of technology leaders. Facilitation topics include developing techniques and skills in the role of a meeting facilitator and process leader, identifying and defining individual participant behaviors and how those interrelationships affect team dynamics, developing and designing facilitation agendas, preparing and performing facilitations, facilitating conflict, creating participation, and meeting management and ethical responsibilities.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional
  
  • ITP 381 - Human Resource Development


    Students are introduced to the various functions of human resources in industrial settings. Topics covered include human resource planning, job analysis, employee selection, performance management, compensation, benefits management, safety, training, and employee relations.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional
  
  • ITP 410 - Technical Operations and Strategies


    This course will focus on the theory and application of concepts utilized to maintain global manufacturing competitiveness. Major topics may include Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, kanban, autonomation, visual signaling, poka-yoke, takt time, and kaizan techniques. Waste elimination, set-up time reduction, and continuous improvement theory and practices will be highlighted.

    Prerequisite(s): ITP 230  or permission of instructor
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional
  
  • ITP 490 - Operations, Finance, and Management Control


    This course will cover the theory and application of concepts used in analysis and control of costs pertaining to planning, developing, and managing industrial operations. Concepts include financial/cost accounting, time value of money, methods of evaluating competing alternatives, economic value-added analysis, and capital equipment cost justification.

    Prerequisite(s): ACC 110  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Professional

Industrial Technology Safety

  
  • ITS 320 - Workplace Safety and Health Management Systems


    This course covers the importance of safety and health in the workplace. Emphasis will be placed on the worker in the work environment with an emphasis on OSHA and other regulatory agencies, measures for identifying and controlling workplace hazards, record keeping and reporting, ergonomics, workplace violence and security, fire prevention, electrical safety, hazardous materials, job safety analysis, risk assessment, machine safeguarding, hazardous waste, and selected environmental problems. Students have the opportunity to obtain the 30 hour OSHA certification through external licensing agencies.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Safety

Industrial Technology Technical

  
  • ITT 181 - Computing Technologies


    This course is a broad overview of current and emerging technologies used in a networked computing environment. Major topics include computer hardware, operating systems, networking, security, web, and software applications. Emphasis is placed on how technology is used within a corporate setting. Lecture and lab.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 200 - Introduction to Cybersecurity


    An introduction to the fundamentals of cybersecurity and information assurance. Students will develop a knowledge base for defining and recognizing both online threats and potential targets, and develop intellectual tools for evaluating relative risks within cyberspace. Students will apply theories and best practices for addressing potential costs of countermeasures for cyber attacks. Lecture and lab.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 181  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 231 - Technical Visualization


    This is an essential foundational course of conventional technical visualization, with an emphasis on technical foundations in sketching and drawing 2D and 3D illustration graphics, and exploring technical visualization skills development for problem solving. Content includes basic skills development using contemporary standards for technical sketching for creating orthographic projections, detail and assembly working drawings, and pictorial projections, instructional storyboarding, and developing visual thinking skills for creating technical visualizations and presentations. 

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Every two years in spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 241 - Information and Communication Technologies


    Students in this course will focus on both the basic principles of design, and the conventions of organizing and disseminating technical information through various communications venues. This course offers students a balance of practical knowledge for developing technical documents along with access to advanced communication technologies. Students in this course will be introduced to developing informational graphics for print and digital media; evaluate and create online publications; and utilize web publishing tools and resources. This course provides students with the technical communications knowledge and skills necessary for the workplace.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 270 - Introduction to Computer Hardware


    The goal of this course is to introduce the hardware components, and their respective functions, of microcomputer systems. Activities address the specification, assembly, upgrading, and maintenance of microcomputers. Assignments may include readings of articles and Web-based documents, discussions, tours, and hands-on activities dealing with microcomputer hardware. It is assumed that students will be proficient with personal computers.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Every two years in spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 272 - Networking I


    The goal of this course is to develop an understanding of computer networks and provide the basic background necessary for implementing and maintaining them. Topics include: cabling systems, the OSI model, LAN and WAN protocols and devices, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, TCP/IP, network security, and network virtualization.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 181  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 281 - Internet Website Development


    This course develops a basic understanding of and skill in the planning, development, and maintenance of Websites. Topics include Website planning methods, HTML, cascading style sheets, HTML editors, FTP, site maintenance, intellectual property issues, and legal issues. Students will develop sample Web pages and associated planning documents, and maintain a Website on a server. It is assumed that students will be proficient with personal computers.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 311 - Infrastructure Communication Systems


    An introduction to contemporary telecommunications hardware and applications. Emphasis includes state-of-the-art transmission media such as copper, fiber-optic, and wireless technologies including microwave, radio frequency, and infrared. Additional topics may include: classification of data networks; communications systems parameters such as bandwidth, serial parallel, analog and digital; modulation and multiplexing schemes; and the convergence of data, video, and voice networks.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 272  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Two-year fall semester rotation
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 342 - Digital Publishing Technologies


    This course explores methods and technologies for the design of digital documents and assemblage of content information and for reproduction and repurposing to a diversity of media. Emphasis is on a practicum utilizing state of the art computer-based desktop publishing hardware and software. Activities and topics include design, layout, and management of color digital document preparation for production and cross-media specifications; digital imaging and color management; digital vector graphics for illustration, large format, and packaging products; and variable data management for output systems. An emphasis on terminology, applications, processes, materials and substrates used in conventional and digital workflows for creating artifacts. Lecture and lab.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 343 - Graphic Communication Technologies


    In the pursuit of digital literacy, students enrolled in this course will design and create digital documents and visual artifacts through advanced activities, apply design strategies, perform collaborative tasks, implement digital workflows, and incorporate contemporary processes for using digital equipment and applicable materials. Students will prepare proposals and presentations as related to course assignments, readings, lecture topics, discussions, demonstrations, and technological analysis for both established and emerging Graphic Communication Technologies. This course provides students with a balance of practical knowledge and advanced technology skills, as well as theoretical foundations to thrive in the digital world. Lecture and lab.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Every two years in spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 344 - Digital Video and Media Streaming Technologies


    In the pursuit of digital literacy, students enrolled in this course will explore time-based digital technologies for creating and delivering digital video products that focus on technical demonstrations and training for the technology industry. Students will work independently and collaboratively, implement digital workflows, and formulate project proposals, and produce digital video projects as related to course assignments, readings, lecture topics, discussions, demonstrations, and analysis of established and emerging digital video technologies. Students will be creating, capturing, processing, archiving, transmitting, and problem solving and submitting time-based projects. This course provides students with a balance of practical knowledge and advanced technology skills, as well as theoretical foundations to thrive in the digital world. Lecture and lab.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 362 - Operating Systems Security


    Provides a fundamental understanding of both client and server operating system security concepts and techniques. Explores vulnerability, configuration and maintenance, operating system features and other tools commonly employed to achieve and maintain protection of computer resources.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 200  
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 363 - Server Administration and Maintenance


    This course covers the concepts, tools, and practices for installing, managing, and troubleshooting a multi-user or backend server. A combination of lecturers, discussions, and hands-on activities will provide the student with broad exposure to topics related to server administration, including management of user accounts, file systems, processes, as well as installation and upgrades, backup and restore, performance monitoring, and system security. Students will also be exposed to operating system concepts, server virtualization, and an introduction to cloud computing.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 272  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 373 - Networking II


    This course builds upon the principles and concepts in ITT 272  and focuses on the design of larger networks needed to support enterprise-wide computing. Topics include: network architectural models, modular and tiered designs, remote office designs, network monitoring, and implementation of more specialized networks such as one for a data center.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 272  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 376 - Network Defense


    This cybersecurity course examines the issues of securing the communications path between systems, including both physical and logical connections. Topics addressed include approaches to securing networks using risk analysis, cost effective countermeasures, layered defenses, and network policy development and implementation procedures. Students will be exposed to a mixture of devices and protocols implementing network defense including firewalls, proxy servers, IDS/IPS solutions, cryptography, VPNs, network access controls, and honeypots.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 200  and ITT 272  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 382 - Advanced Web Site Development


    This course advances an understanding of innovative techniques for developing dynamic websites. Topics include an analysis of fundamentals of HTML and cascading style sheets (CSS), as well as best practices and standards for managing website initiatives and development teams. Student objectives include: demonstrating a proficiency of working with HTML 5/CSS standards; including conceptual design development, graphics and user interface design prototypes (UI), and applying user experience (UX) concepts for delivery of online content.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 281  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 383 - Databases


    This course explores database fundamentals, design, implementation, and administration using industry standard technologies and methodologies. The relational database model and the newer semantic object models of database design will be examined and provide students the opportunity to model, design, and implement databases using both methods. Emphasis will be placed on modern multi-user, multi-processing, Web-enabled databases and structured query language (SQL). There will be significant hands-on components in the course.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 181  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 385 - Integrative Programming


    Organizations use many disparate technologies that need to communicate and work with each other. Integrative Programming focuses on the “glue” that holds systems together. It surveys several programming languages, including scripting languages, as each has different applications to integration. System architectures such as service-oriented architectures, programming interfaces such as Web services and REST, and programming practices such as mediation support the management, evolution and security of the information systems that support the organization.

    Prerequisite(s): COS 161  and ITT 272 , or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 400 - Occupational Competency


    This course is designed to allow credit for technical expertise learned on the job or through attendance at appropriate/related schools, workshops, and/or seminars. The student’s technical knowledge and skill must be documented through the Department’s portfolio assessment procedures. See advisor for further information.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 1-36

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 413 - Ethical Hacking


    This course focuses on offensive cybersecurity techniques and the countermeasures needed to defend against them. Topics covered include target surveillance, attack surface evaluation, system foot printing, social engineering, vulnerability scanning, and vulnerability exploitation. Students will be exposed to the ethical requirements of penetration testing, including the principles and conditions needed beforehand, and the role of the reporting process.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 200 , ITT 272 , PHI 235  or any Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship course, or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 440 - Internship


    The intention of this internship is to broaden a student’s experience and exposures while using new skills attained through their academic program. Students will focus their efforts in an engaged learning opportunity related to their major and area of professional interest. Students who are currently working are expected to engage their employer for a broader experience in management, project, or adjacent organization to attain internship credit.

     

    Prerequisite(s): Matriculated Department of Technology student, minimum 60 completed credits, minimum 2.5 GPA, a precise definition of the internship experience, and permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-6

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    May be Repeated for Credit
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical

  
  • ITT 444 - Animation and Motion Imaging Technologies


    In the pursuit of digital literacy, students enrolled in this course will create, capture, and manipulate images to produce animated projects, making the illusion of motion by means of a rapid display of a sequence of static images that minimally differ from each other. Animation can be either seen as analogue media, flip books, video capture, digital media, and presented and archived in multiple formats including animated GIF, Flash animation, digital video capture, and streaming media. Students will explore both the foundations of animation, and advanced digital computer applications for creation of animated environments and products. This course provides students with a balance of practical knowledge and advanced technology skills, as well as theoretical foundations to thrive in the digital world. Students should have appropriate computer skills to enroll in an advanced technology course.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Every two years in fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 451 - Cyber Laws, Policies, and Ethics


    This course introduces aspects of cybersecurity laws and policies to intergrate these challenges into cyber planning, operations, and strategy. The class will explore privacy issues, legal considerations, codes of ethics, and ethical implications faced by cybersecurity professionals. Topics align to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) organizational security knowledge area covering security laws, regulations, and regulatory standards such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Students will analyze organizations to develop security profiles for public and private entities. The intent is to develop understanding as a security professional of governances and how they convey compliances to business verticals such as healthcare and eCommerce.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 200 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 453 - Special Topics in Information Technology and Cybersecurity


    Topics in information technology and cybersecurity not regularly covered in other courses. The content can be varied to suit current needs.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior status or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 460 - Capstone


    A capstone project is a multifaceted body of work that serves as a culminating academic and intellectual experience. Students who are majoring in technology programs will do two things in this course simultaneously. They will develop, investigate, and implement a research project from this discipline. Also, students document that study in a research paper and presentation that has a prescribed format based upon APA structures. Students must complete a formal project proposal in the prescribed format and have it accepted by the instructor before being enrolled in the course.

    Prerequisite(s): ITP 210 , ITP 230 , graduating senior status, and permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone; Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 482 - Computer Systems Forensics


    This course provides a fundamental understanding of hardening and assessment techniques and a hands-on approach to the hardware and software tools and techniques associated with the protection of computer systems and networks. It examines how to protect computer and network resources as deployed in a typical organization, and it explores protection of communications, resources, intrusion detection systems, firewalls, and the use of various tools for system and network protection.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 200 , ITT 362 , and ITT 376  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 486 - User Experience


    This course analyzes and evaluates properties and characteristics of human user experiences as they relate to interactions with information and computer technologies. Students will learn and analyze a broadly defined understanding of human-computer interaction (HCI), explore the fundamentals and theoretical knowledge of HCI, and how to apply it in a cognitive work environment, home/personal use, and social spaces. Students will identify tools and methodologies for evaluating users’ experiences using observation, numbers, and statistics.

    Prerequisite(s): ITT 272 , ITT 281 , or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 487 - Operations Senior Seminar


    The focus of this course is on operational excellence in practice. Topics will include the impact of virtualization on operations, mobile computing operations and management, business continuity, best operational practices, service quality measures, incident preparedness and recovery and major impacts such as mergers and acquisitions. Guest speakers and field trips will be a component of the course.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduating senior status and permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical
  
  • ITT 490 - Directed Study


    Provides upper-level students an opportunity to independently pursue a topic, project, or experiment of interest. Students will prepare a contract or proposal for study to be conducted and, upon completion, submit findings in a scholarly report or other evidence of merit.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-6

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Industrial Technology Technical

Languages

  
  • LAN 101 - Beginning Language I


    A beginning course in a language. Emphasis is on skills of language learning. For modern languages, skills are comprehension and production. If a modern spoken language has a standardized writing system, comprehension includes both listening and reading, and production includes both speaking and writing. For ancient/classical languages, the emphasis is on reading. For all languages, students also learn about the culture of the language’s users.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    May be repeated for credit with a different language.
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Languages I
  
  • LAN 102 - Beginning Language II


    Continuation of LAN 101 .

    Prerequisite(s): LAN 101  (in the corresponding language).
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    May be repeated for credit with a different language.
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Languages I
  
  • LAN 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.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 0.5

    May be repeated for credit.
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Languages I
  
  • LAN 201 - Intermediate Language I


    Review of grammatical structures with further development of language skills and study of culture.

    Prerequisite(s): LAN 102  (in the corresponding language).
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    May be repeated for credit with a different language.
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Languages I
  
  • LAN 202 - Intermediate Language II


    Continuation of LAN 201 .

    Prerequisite(s): LAN 201  (in the corresponding language).
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    May be repeated for credit with a different language.
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Languages I

Latin

  
  • LAT 101 - Beginning Latin I


    Fundamentals of classical Latin. The emphasis will be on acquisition of reading knowledge.

    Prerequisite(s):
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    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Latin
  
  • LAT 102 - Beginning Latin II


    Continuation of LAT 101 .

    Prerequisite(s): LAT 101  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Latin
  
  • LAT 201 - Intermediate Latin I


    Selected readings from masters of Latin prose and poetry.

    Prerequisite(s): LAT 102  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Latin
  
  • LAT 202 - Intermediate Latin II


    Continuation of LAT 201 .

    Prerequisite(s): LAT 201  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 4

    Course Typically Offered:
    Course Type: Latin

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  • ASL 398 - Independent Study


    In preparation for this course, the student selects a topic in American Sign Language that is substantially different from that of any regular course and finds an instructor to serve as faculty mentor.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    May be repeated for credit.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
    Course Type: American Sign Language
  
  • FRE 398 - Independent Study


    In preparation for this course, the student selects a topic in French that is substantially different from that of any regular course and finds an instructor to serve as faculty mentor.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    May be repeated for credit.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
    Course Type: French
  
  • GER 398 - Independent Study


    In preparation for this course, the student selects a topic in German that is substantially different from that of any regular course and finds an instructor to serve as faculty mentor.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    May be repeated for credit.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
    Course Type: German
  
  • LIN 105 - Contrastive Analysis: ASL and English


    This course examines the major linguistic features of ASL and English. Students will gain an understanding of the basic similarities and differences in morphology, phonology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, as well as the values, beliefs, and norms of the Deaf and non-Deaf communities. Some knowledge of ASL is recommended, but not required.

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 112 - The Birth of a Language


    The goal of this course is to explore the many factors that impact the use, development, and emergence of language by focusing on one unique case of language emergence in Nicaragua and the social and political context in which it arose. The emergence of Nicaraguan Sign Language is the first case in which any language, spoken or signed, has been documented in the process of its emergence. Students will engage in critical thinking and exploration of controversial debates concerning the nature of language as a human trait, the evolution/emergence of language in the human species, and the historical factors that converge to set the stage for the emergence of a language. The course is highly interdisciplinary, relating the linguistic concepts to history, psychology, political science, philosophy (particularly ethics), neuroscience, Latin American Studies, and Spanish. No prior knowledge of a signed language is required.

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: International; Socio-cultural Analysis
    Course Typically Offered: Once a year
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 130 - Language Revitalization and Reclamation Methodologies


    This course is a practical, hands-on introduction to language revitalization and reclamation methods. A key aim is to support students involved in Wabanaki community language reclamation, but also similar efforts by other communities, families, and individuals, e.g., people wishing to (re)learn, share, and maintain Somali, Maine French, Irish, or other home language. The primary question is: what does it take to genuinely bring the language back into the home, and from there to reclaim public and community space for it? Students will examine language-teaching approaches and what it takes to understand the language itself in a non-technical but accurate way for accessible and effective teaching. Students also will look at essential issues such as language anxiety and avoidance, learning technologies, and core ethical questions in reclamation work, which will enable them to develop a service-learning project that applies the principles and approaches learned in this course.

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 185 - Language, Mind, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistics


    This course approaches language as a biological and psychological phenomenon central to an adequate understanding of human nature. It provides an overview of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. It deals with linguistic questions concerning language variation, as well as questions about how the human mind and brain both provide for and constrain linguistic ability. The course also addresses questions about how language develops in children, how it deteriorates under the influence of disease and injury, how it evolved in the history of the species, and how it fundamentally shapes modern life. The course does not assume any background in linguistics or language study. In order for this course to satisfy the Science Exploration requirement, students must also take the corresponding laboratory course, LIN 186 .

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity; Science Exploration; Socio-cultural Analysis
    May be repeated by Linguistics majors one time.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 186 - Introduction to Linguistics: Lab


    Laboratory studies to complement and illustrate the concepts presented in LIN 185 .

    Prerequisite(s): Prior or concurrent registration in LIN 185 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Science Exploration
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, spring, and summer
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 203 - Introduction to the Deaf World


    A Deaf instructor presents the culture and history of Deaf communities from a national and international perspective. Deaf communities are examined as cultural and linguistic minorities, with all the tensions and conflicts that arise within such minority groups and with the stresses that arise when outsiders interact with such minority groups. Some exposure to ASL is recommended, but not required.

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity; Socio-cultural Analysis
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 211 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism


    The basic principles of the structure and function of the neuromuscular mechanism necessary for spoken language will be presented. These include six major topics: respiration, phonation, articulation, resonance, the nervous system, and the auditory system. Mastering these fundamentals will enable students to better understand normal and pathological processes involved in the production and reception of speech.

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Every two years in spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 212 - Speech Science


    This course covers the acoustical, articulatory, perceptual, and physiological aspects of speech. It considers the acoustic contributions of the movements and postures of various articulators. It will also examine the neurophysiology of speech, including timing, control, and interactions among articulators.

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Every two years in spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 213 - Introduction to Audiology


    This course introduces the anatomy, physiology, and function of the auditory system, focusing on those central auditory nervous system functions, including cognitive functions, that are most relevant to audiologists and speech/language pathologists. This course provides a foundation for understanding aural rehabilitation and diagnosis of auditory pathology, as well as a practical introduction to the measurement and assessment of auditory function.

    Prerequisite(s):
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Every two years in fall
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 236 - Not Yet Ready for Prime Time Interpreter


    This course is designed to provide a safe and systematic way for students in the ASL/English Interpreting Concentration to gain experience in the actual practice of interpreting. Students will practice interpreting at community events as members of a team that will include trained consumers acting in a mentorship role. This course is taken as pass/fail.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 331  and permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    May be repeated for credit.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 309 - Language Acquisition


    An introductory overview of the phenomena of language and communication development. The course covers the acquisition of phonology, morphology, syntax, and the lexicon, as well as the development of communicative competence. Each of these areas will be discussed with respect to production, comprehension, and knowledge.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 185 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Socio-cultural Analysis
    Course Typically Offered: Every year in fall
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 310 - Signs of Language in the Brain


    This course looks at language as a capacity of the human brain. Models of language breakdown for spoken languages are reviewed, and the remainder of the course focuses upon signed language aphasia, the effects of Parkinson’s disease on articulation and motor planning, and how spatial and attentional deficits caused by right hemisphere damage affect the processing and production of signing.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 185 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 311 - Phonetics


    An introduction to speech sounds, including the elements of articulatory and acoustic phonetics and of speech perception. The course covers the phonetics of English varieties, as well as sounds of the world’s languages.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 185 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 312 - Phonology and Morphology


    An introduction to phonological and morphological theory. Topics include phonological rules, features, prosodic structure, and derivational and inflectional morphology.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of B or higher in LIN 185 , and LIN 311 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 313 - Syntax


    An introduction to syntactic theory. The course takes a generative approach to the analysis of a variety of structures, including constituent structure, anaphoric relationships, and wh-movement, and considers the principles that underlie them.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of B or higher in LIN 185 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 316 - Language Variation


    The topic of this course is linguistic typology, in which the languages of the world are classified in terms of the grammatical features that they have in common. This course will focus primarily on morphological and syntactic typology, surveying the types of patterns that are found across the languages of the world. Each student will focus on a particular language or language family for their assignments.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 312  and LIN 313 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 317 - Two Languages, One Mind: Introduction to Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism


    This is a survey course that acquaints students with the phenomenon of bilingualism by studying second language acquisition (SLA) and heritage language acquisition. This course is designed for students with little to no background in bilingualism but presents opportunities for students of all levels to develop their skills as linguists.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 185 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. 
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Writing, Reading, and Inquiry 3
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 331 - ASL/English Interpreting


    This course offers the beginning interpreting student an introduction to the field of interpreting, its code of ethics, and several models and approaches to the interpreting process. Students will become familiar with the complex processing required to provide a nuanced interpretation through learning a form of text analysis called discourse mapping.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of B or higher in ASL 202  or equivalent; or grade of B or higher in ASL 201  or equivalent and ASL 202  concurrently; or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 332 - Consecutive Interpreting and Deaf/Hearing Interpreter Teams


    This course covers the mechanics of the consecutive interpreting process, as well as hands-on training in the consecutive method for both Deaf and hearing interpreters. Emphasis is placed upon teaming, particularly teaming of Deaf and hearing interpreters. Consecutive interpreting will be taught in the context of a variety of typical interpreting situations as well as situations involving special populations. Demand-Control Schema is introduced and explored as a means of process management.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 331  and rating of 2 or higher on the ASLA or ASLPI.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    May be repeated for credit once with permission of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 333 - Interpreting: Source Language ASL


    Students focus on interpreting from ASL into English with emphasis on word choice, register, and affect. The interpreting process is dissected, examined with emphasis on the Integrated Model of Interpreting (IMI), and practiced.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 331  and rating of 2 or higher on the ASLA or ASLPI.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    May be repeated for credit once with permission of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 334 - Interpreting: Source Language English


    Interpreting students study both formal translation and interpretation from English into ASL. Emphasis is placed upon appropriate sign choice, register, and affect. The interpreting process is dissected, examined, and practiced.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 331  and rating of 2 or higher on the ASLA or ASLPI.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    May be repeated for credit once with permission of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 336 - Observational Internship


    Interpreting students will be supervised in a 60-hour internship where they observe working interpreters or specialized settings (legal, medical, educational, etc.) and journal their observations. They will analyze these observations using Demand-Control Schema and will present at least one formal case presentation during the semester.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 331 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    May be repeated for credit once.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 394 - Teaching Internship


    Students will work closely with a faculty member on a course. They will be involved in all aspects of the course that do not involve grading, including class preparation and tutoring. Students should contact the Department chair for details. This course is taken as pass/fail.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    May be repeated for credit once.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 395 - Research Internship


    Students will work closely with a faculty member on a research project. They will be involved in experimental design, data collection, data entry, and data analysis, and will attend regularly scheduled lab meetings. Enrollment in LIN 395 will depend on needs determined by current research projects. Selection is made by the faculty. Students should contact the Department chair for details.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    May be repeated for credit once.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 398 - Independent Study


    In preparation for this course, the student selects a topic in linguistics that is substantially different from that of any regular course and finds an instructor to serve as faculty mentor.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-4

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    May be repeated for credit.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 401 - Foundations of Interpreting I


    The first module of the Foundations of Interpreting Series introduces the Integrated Model of Interpreting (IMI). Participants learn what constitutes a message and how goal, affect, culture, and sociolinguistic factors influence understanding of that message. Graduated ASL texts and collaborative analysis protocols allow students to develop tools for understanding and improving their interpretation processes and developing the language necessary to discuss the interpreting task. Brief source texts on topics related to the Deaf community are presented live in ASL. Students are encouraged to allow a consecutive mode for extended processing time.

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 201  or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 402 - Foundations of Interpreting II


    The second module of the Foundations of Interpreting Series continues the development of the Integrated Model of Interpreting (IMI). Consecutive interpreting will be used for all practice activities. Analysis criteria are expanded to include register and perspective. Focus is placed upon decision-making regarding appropriate retention versus release of form. Activities are expanded to include back translation exercises and collaborative construction of target texts. Brief source texts in English cover highly familiar topics.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 401 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 403 - Foundations of Interpreting III


    The third module of the Foundations of Interpreting Series continues the development of the Integrated Model of Interpreting (IMI). Consecutive interpreting will be used for practice activities with a gradual reduction of processing time. Source texts in ASL are monologues, covering a variety of non-technical subjects. Focus is placed upon decision-making regarding the interpretation of formal and consultative register. Students collaborate to perform discourse analysis on source texts as well as to construct equivalent target messages.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 401 , LIN 402  recommended.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 404 - Foundations of Interpreting IV


    The fourth module of the Foundations of Interpreting Series continues the development of the Integrated Model of Interpreting (IMI). Consecutive interpreting will be used for practice activities with a gradual reduction of processing time. Source texts in English are monologues, covering a variety of non-technical subjects. Focus is placed upon decision-making regarding the interpretation of formal and consultative register. Students collaborate to perform discourse analysis on source texts as well as to construct equivalent target messages.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 402 , LIN 403  recommended.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1

    Course Typically Offered: Fall and spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 409 - Educational Interpreting


    This course is designed for interpreting students and working interpreters, and it focuses upon skills training in K-12 settings, with some attention to university-level interpreting. Topics address appropriate classroom configurations, teacher/interpreter interaction, role/responsibilities of the educational interpreter, and the code of ethics. Working educational interpreters are offered the option of a diagnostic session where classroom skills are directly observed and evaluated with specific and individualized constructive feedback.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 331  or Maine interpreter license.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Variable
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 410 - Ethical Decision Making in ASL/English Interpreting


    This course explores critical thinking skills regarding ethical decision making using a number of approaches within the set of models that explore “right versus right” dilemmas. Students learn to identify ethical issues, gather information, identify principles that may inform decisions, generate lists of possible decisions and examine them in terms of consequences, determine best alternatives based upon reflection and reason, make choices that direct action, and evaluate the outcomes of the actions they take. Working as a community of inquiry and practice, members of the class engage in dialogue with others examining ethical dilemmas, learning to appreciate the viewpoints of others, and broadening their perspectives. Among a variety of principles that influence ethical decision making, students examine the RID-NAD Code of Professional Conduct. They compare it with similar documents within the field of interpreting as well as codes from other fields.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 332 , LIN 333 , or LIN 334 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 of instructor (for students without ASL or interpreting background who can demonstrate experience in other areas involving ethical decision making).
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship; Writing, Reading, and Inquiry 3
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 413 - Supervised Mentoring


    Interpreting students apprentice with a program-approved mentor and submit a weekly journal entry, attend a series of skills improvement workshops, and/or engage in laboratory-based research to complete 90 contact hours of interpreting-related skills improvement activities. Students attend a biweekly meeting with interpreters to address current issues and difficult situations encountered. Special arrangements will be made for mentoring partnerships at remote sites.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 333  and LIN 334 , and permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 423 - Seminar in Syntax


    This course considers a topic in syntax from a variety of perspectives: crosslinguistic variation, signed and spoken languages, language evolution, first and second language acquisition, and language processing. The course will be team-taught by faculty members with different areas of expertise.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 313 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    May be repeated once when topics vary.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 425 - Special Topics in ASL/English Interpreting


    This seminar centers around a single topic, for example, legal interpreting, interpreting for special populations (deaf-blind, oral, cued-speech, minimal language skills assessment and interpreting), ethical issues, medical and mental health interpreting, interpreter assessment, and interpreting the 12 steps. The course will be offered in response to student interest in a given topic.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 1-6

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    May be repeated when topics vary.
    Course Typically Offered: Irregularly, depending on demand
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 426 - Special Topics in Theoretical Linguistics


    This seminar focuses on one area of theoretical linguistics, e.g. phonology, morphology, syntax, or semantics. It will offer a more in-depth and advanced discussion than is presented in the 300-level courses on these topics. The course will be offered in response to student interest in a given topic.

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    May be repeated when topics vary.
    Course Typically Offered: Variable
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 431 - Medical Interpreting I: The Essential Piece


    This is the first in a series of three courses for medical interpreters that qualifies students to stand for written credentialing exams within the field (including the IMIA Medical Interpreting Written Test). This course focuses upon knowledge about the field of medical interpreting including body systems, ethical issues, laws related to medical interpreting, health disparities, precautions, the components of taking a medical history, and identification of situations when medical interpreting takes on legal ramifications.

    Prerequisite(s): ASL 202 ; LIN 331  recommended.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Irregularly, depending on demand
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 432 - Medical Interpreting II: Interpreting Medical Terminology and Body Systems


    This is the second in a series of three courses for medical interpreters. This course focuses upon medical terminology and body systems. Students study medical terminology in English (Greek and Latin forms, word breakdown, etc.) as well as the process of interpreting this information into their languages of interpretation. The instructor for this course is both a medical interpreter and language coach for American Sign Language. Interpreters of other languages will be assigned a language coach in their language areas.

    Prerequisite(s): Score of 2 or higher on ASLA, ASLPI (for ASL) or ACTFL (for other languages) interview, LIN 331 ; LIN 431  recommended.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Course Typically Offered: Irregularly, depending on demand
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 433 - Medical Interpreting III: Hands-on Observation and Experience in Medical Contexts


    The course is a hands-on experience with role play, simulation labs, interviews with medical interpreters and medical personnel, and job shadowing to be held on-site at a variety of simulation labs and medical settings. Students will include both medical students and medical interpreters, and they will be expected to develop understanding of interpreted encounters as peer professionals. Certified interpreters working in the medical field can enroll with permission of instructor. Medical students and nursing students should be at or above the level of rotations or internship.

    Prerequisite(s): For interpreting students: LIN 431 , LIN 432 , Maine Licensure, CCHI certification or evidence of passing the IMIA written test, score of 3 or higher on the ASLA, ASLPI, or ACTFL interview.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered: Variable
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 434 - Pre-practicum


    This course prepares students for LIN 435  Advanced Interpreting and Practicum I by focusing to fulfill prerequisites for entry into Practicum I: Completion of a portfolio of competencies in ASL and English, fingerprinting, ASLA/ASLPI testing, and national interpreting knowledge tests (NIC Written, CDI Written, optionally EIPA Written). Polishing ASL language skills is customized to each student but also puts particular attention on articulation, facial grammar, classifier use, and appropriate semantic word choice. Interpreter preparation focuses on consecutive, simultaneous, and team interpreting, as well as talking about the work and journaling.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 332  or LIN 333  or LIN 334 , and score of 2 or higher on the ASLA or ASLPI, or permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 6

    May be repeated for credit once.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 435 - Advanced Interpreting and Practicum I


    This capstone course requires completion of the student’s professional interpreting portfolio and a 120-hour practicum supervised by certified interpreters. Students will demonstrate competence interpreting a range of dialects and registers of ASL and English produced by both children and adults and will journal their assignments with a focus upon Demand-Control Schema, analysis of the interpreting process, and ethical considerations. Students may take this course for up to 12 credits. Each credit beyond six adds 15 hours of practicum.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 332 , LIN 333 , LIN 334 , LIN 410  (or concurrent), passing grade on the NIC Knowledge Exam, score of 3 or higher on the ASLA or ASLPI, and permission of instructor.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 6-12

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone; Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 436 - Practicum II


    This course is a second 120-hour practicum supervised by certified interpreters at a more advanced level. Students in Practicum II are more likely to be placed in agency environments and as apprentices in specialized settings. Over the course of the practicum, students are expected to demonstrate increasing evidence of work-readiness. While they may eventually accept assignments for pay as deemed appropriate by their supervisors, they may not count paid hours toward practicum. All assignments will be journaled with a focus upon Demand-Control Schema, analysis of the interpreting process, and ethical considerations. Students may take this course for up to 12 credits. Each credit beyond six adds 15 hours of practicum.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 435 .
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 6-12

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
  
  • LIN 490 - Introduction to Language Research


    An introduction to basic aspects of the experimental study of human linguistic abilities. These aspects will include discussion of research questions, research design (sampling, validity, reliability), task choice, data handling, analysis and interpretation, and reporting conventions. Where relevant, students also will be introduced to computer resources used in Linguistics.

    Prerequisite(s): LIN 313  and two other LIN courses in the 310-317 range (one of which may be taken concurrently), or permission of instructor; MAT 120  or PSY 201  or equivalent.
    Co-requisite(s):
    Credits: 3

    Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
    Course Type: Linguistics
 

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