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SBS 304 - Food and Culture
This course examines cultural beliefs and practices surrounding diet, food, cooking, eating, and nutrition. Students explore how behaviors and attitudes toward food and eating influence and are shaped by culture. Discussion may include food and healing, the social functions of food, food as represented in the media, food production and food politics, the diet industry, and eating disorders. Students gain insight into their own behaviors and attitudes toward food and eating, as well as those of today’s global cultures. This course is cross listed with ANT 233 .
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SBS 305 - Child and Adolescent Development
This course examines the development and behavior of children from conception through adolescence. Theoretical frameworks and research on current knowledge in child and adolescent development will be considered, as well as applications to contemporary topics in child welfare and education. This course examines psychological, cognitive, and social dimensions of development.
Prerequisite(s): SBS 200 /HRD 200 recommended.
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Credits: 3
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SBS 308 - Medical Anthropology
This course considers the interface between medicine and anthropology in terms of both human biology and society. The course develops concepts of health as effective adaptation to environmental stresses, including infectious disease, nutritional stress, and psychosomatic illness, among others. It traces the history of health and disease in human society from hunter-gatherers to modern urban, industrial communities, and examines the way in which human populations have attempted to deal with various agents of disease. The course examines the diversity of human theories of disease causation and explores the role of modern medicine in effective health care delivery to persons of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. This course is cross listed with ANT 302 .
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SBS 310 - Childhood and Society
This course weaves several broad themes regarding children and childhood in society, including how ecologies of socialization and circumstances shape our perceptions of children and childhood as a distinct life stage. The course explores how various agents of socialization including family, educational systems, peers, and media shape contemporary childhood socialization; how children are co-constructors of childhood and society; and how the experiences of childhood are shaped by ethnicity, race, class, and gender.
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SBS 311 - Theories of Personality
This course is an in-depth study of the major classic and contemporary theories of personality. It includes consideration of historical developments and cultural differences in the area of personality theory and research. The relationship of personality with mental and physical health is given special consideration.
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SBS 315 - Social Psychology of Disability
This course will examine some of the social psychological issues associated with disability and the rehabilitation of individuals who have disabilities, with a focus on minimizing existing social, vocational, educational, and attitudinal barriers to individuals rather than on minimizing the impact of clients’ physical/mental differences within a normed environment. It will familiarize students with the points of view and the experiences of people from various social, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds with a wide range of disabilities/abilities, towards enabling students to approach counseling as a means of expanding opportunities for their clients’ access to these opportunities, and empowering their clients to attain their goals.
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SBS 316 - Diversity in Organizations
Students in this course will develop an understanding of the benefits and challenges of diversity in organizations. The course takes a historical, socio-economic, and psychological approach to the challenges of diverse and marginalized populations in the U.S. Students learn how the workplace may affect diverse peoples and how others can learn to make the workplace more hospitable. A primary focus of this course is on examining beliefs, behaviors, or unconscious attitudes that perpetuate the oppression and subordination of diverse members of society in the workplace, while also looking at how increased diversity is adding to workplace productivity, creativity, and learning. Readings are drawn from the social sciences and humanities to provide an interdisciplinary approach to the topic. This course is cross listed with LOS 316 .
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity
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SBS 329 - Research Methods
This course is an introduction to research methods in the social and behavioral sciences, organizational planning and leadership, and decision-making. Emphasis is placed on critically evaluating, designing, conducting, and communicating research. Students in this course will develop conceptual and practical knowledge as well as the ability to apply knowledge capably, ethically, and to good effect in a variety of private, nonprofit, and public organizations and in community service settings. This course is cross listed with LOS 329 .
Prerequisite(s): LOS 120 or equivalent.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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SBS 332 - Death, Dying, and Denial
An interdisciplinary consideration of death and dying that may include biological, historical, and various social science perspectives, this course examines cross-cultural variations in beliefs and practices related to death, care for the dying, and bereavement. It also explores the personal, social, and cultural implications of denying death and refusing to mourn.
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SBS 334 - Spirituality
Spirituality, variously defined, is a central part of human experience, constituting important levels of consciousness and meaning. This course will investigate the experience and development of spirituality over the life span as depicted in religious, psychological, “New Age,” and imaginative literatures.
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SBS 335 - Legal Issues in Health and Human Services
This course examines the legal framework underlying the delivery of health and human services with an emphasis on current socio-legal problems including the rights of clients and the responsibilities of workers.
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SBS 336 - Fundamentals of Public Health
This course provides an overview of the public health system and examines the purpose, history, organization, approach, functions and determinants of health. The course places special emphasis on current health issues from our daily lives to highlight the relevance of public health. Trends, successes and challenges from a population perspective will be discussed as well as various tools and techniques used to address public health issues. This course is cross listed with SCI 336 /BPH 201 .
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Social & Behavioral Sciences
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SBS 337 - Introduction to Epidemiology
This seminar course introduces the student to epidemiology as a utility for the establishment and maintenance of public health. In essence, epidemiology involves the observation and statistical analysis of the occurrence of health and disease in human populations. This science informs the practice of preventive health/disease control and the formulation of public health policy. Seminar topics will be drawn from both infectious and chronic disease epidemiology ranging from the historical plagues such as the Black Death to the modern plagues of AIDS, cancer, and obesity. This course is cross listed with SCI 337 /BPH 337 .
Prerequisite(s): Introductory Biology and Statistics recommended.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Social & Behavioral Sciences
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SBS 339 - Immigration, Ethnicity, and Identity
This course will investigate race and ethnicity and how people acquire and retain their identity. Why do people leave their homes to start new lives in new places? Why do they want to face new or grave challenges? Pilgrims, Jews, Huguenots, and Irish in the past, and Somali and Syrians, today, are but a few peoples who have done so. Through historical and contemporary readings and films, oral histories and personal interviews, the course examines the challenges immigrants face, as they attempt to assimilate within the U.S. while trying to maintain their native languages, traditions, cultures and communities.
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SBS 341 - The Family
This course is a contemporary, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary approach to the study of the family. It is an approach that includes an examination of family structures, evolving familial relationships, and the impact of economic, political, and demographic crosscurrents on these structures and relationships.
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SBS 343 - Substance Use Disorders
This course considers patterns of use of drugs, the bases of their effects and associated harms, and the history of and current options for prevention and intervention efforts. The role of society and public policy in influencing our thinking and behavior concerning substance use and abuse is considered.
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SBS 344 - Violence: Causes and Control
This course studies violence and the possibilities of living peacefully as explored in psychological and sociological works and in writings on anthropology, social policy, and religion. The course reviews the causes of violent and aggressive behaviors and specific approaches to the prevention and control of these behaviors.
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SBS 345 - Diversity: Many Voices
This course examines the impact of various markers of diversity including race, class, and gender on individual and social experiences in the United States. Students will analyze issues of diversity concerning inequality, power, privilege, and social justice. Students will explore their own place in a diverse society and develop opportunities for building strength through diversity in organizations and communities.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity
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SBS 346 - Introduction to Social Services
This course examines the profession of social services from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Students will explore specialty areas in social work such as mental health and disability, crime and violence, and family work. A focus on case management will be explored. Career options in the social work and the broader social services field will be explored.
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SBS 348 - Responding to Mental Health Crisis in the Community
This course explores history and models of mental health focused on the ability of individuals with mental illness to function successfully in the community. The course will assist students in developing an understanding of crisis intervention perspectives, including knowledge of the following: risk factors and precipitating events; available emergency community resources and associated obstacles to access to these services; effects of psychological trauma as it pertains to the impact on the community; what it means to be culturally competent; and how we work with various vulnerable populations within a community setting.
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SBS 349 - Trauma and Narrative
This course examines the medical, political, and cultural history of the concept of trauma, focusing on how trauma has become a core concern in both contemporary clinical psychology and literary criticism. We consider models for conceptualizing responses to traumatic experiences. Topics include the diagnostic criteria of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, recommended treatment approaches, risk and protective factors. Students explore “narrative” vs. “traumatic” memories and carefully examine a number of literary texts and films to analyze the characteristics of representations of traumatic memory. The idea that fashioning a narrative of traumatic experience is essential to trauma therapy and to the healing effects of trauma literature, will also be explored.
Prerequisite(s): Recommended completion of a 100-level Writing, Reading, and Inquiry 1 course (with grade of C- or higher), SOC 100 , PSY 100 , and ANT 101 recommended.
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SBS 350 - Psychosocial Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
This course includes readings and discussion of the etiology and manifestation of psychosocial disorders in childhood and adolescence. Topic areas, including approaches from prevention to intervention, will be considered from developmental, psychological and sociological perspectives. Special focus includes the role of the family and other collateral adults, the role of adverse childhood experiences and successful contemporary treatment approaches.
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SBS 358 - Representations of Motherhood
This interdisciplinary course examines the ways in which motherhood is represented in various cultural forms (including film, literature, and political rhetoric) and from within different historical and cultural contexts. Contemporary psychological theories will be considered in terms of how they are used to prescribe normative demands on women and mothers and also how they attribute various powers to mothers that then contribute to the construction of particular social policies and practices.
Prerequisite(s): Writing, Reading, and Inquiry 2 course.
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Credits: 3
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SBS 362 - Understanding Regulation: Applying Scissors to Red Tape
Every industry and profession in the United States is caught in a vast net of regulations; federal, state, and local governments all have policies that influence and determine the infrastructure of organizations and how they function. From the Food & Drug Administration through Equal Opportunity laws, local ordinances, and professional organization standards and requirements, this course will examine how and why regulations arise; how to research and decipher their essential elements; how to determine what regulations apply to product, idea, or profession (PIP) and how to think about and manage risks associated with regulations.
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SBS 363 - Human Factors in Regulation
This course introduces students to classic and contemporary theory within psychology, sociology, anthropology and legal studies to understand why regulations exist and how human beings create, respond to, and navigate them. Students learn about core constructs that impact both individual and group-level (e.g., corporate) decision-making, and policy making. These include: neurocognitive and evolutionary processes; individual factors (e.g., need for control, reactance, psychopathy); group processes (e.g., in-group/out-group; groupthink; persuasion techniques); social factors (e.g., tragedy of the commons; nature of institutions and bureaucracies); and cultural factors (e.g., individualism versus collectivism, cross-cultural ethical/legal differences). Students learn to use these analytical frameworks to understand the role of poverty/affluence, education and governmental structure on how regulatory control is created and sustained within social systems.
Prerequisite(s): It is highly recommended that students have taken one of the disciplinary introduction courses (PSY 100 , SOC 100 , or ANT 101 ) prior to taking this course.
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SBS 364 - Introduction to Creative Modalities
This course introduces students to the basic principles, theories, and varied professional applications of the creative therapies, including modalities of art, drama, movement, music, poetry and play. Foundational exposure to and experience with a variety of experiential processes is a major feature of the course. Exploration of the value of these methods in transcending barriers of age, mental health, physical health, learning styles and needs, language ability and cultural norms is also woven into the course.
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SBS 368 - Transitioning Cultures: Ethical Conflicts in Post-Military Life
This course compares and contrasts ethical and moral issues across military, civilian, and veteran populations. Students will articulate how values and ethics inform human understanding, social structures, and personal and interpersonal behavior in comparisons between military and civilian life experiences. Students will explore the contradictions between military ethics and divergent frameworks of civilian life.
Prerequisite(s): As an EISRC designated course the core pre-requisites are: any three of Creative expression, Cultural Interpretation, Science Exploration, Socio-Cultural Analysis.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship (for active duty military or veterans only)
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SBS 370 - Toward a Global Ethics
This writing intensive course assists students in articulating and assessing their own values. It examines the range of ethical theories and positions and explores the influence of particular cultural ideologies on ethical beliefs. The course considers the ethical principles implied in democracy, sustainability, justice, and difference. It examines ethical issues and dilemmas faced by individuals, organizations, and nations while exploring personal and collective decision-making processes in a global context.
Prerequisite(s): Core pre-requisites: any three of Creative expression, Cultural Interpretation, Science Exploration, Socio-Cultural Analysis; ENG 100 or equivalent for all students; for students admitted fall 2021 or later: ENG 102 or equivalent (may be concurrent), or non-degree student; OR permission.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship; International; Writing, Reading, and Inquiry 3
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SBS 375 - Infant Mental Health and Attachment
This course focuses on the critical importance of attachment in early childhood and the emotional development of young children as the basis of forming relationships throughout one’s life. New developments in neuroscience, the impact of stress on developing brain architecture and adverse childhood experiences will be reviewed. The concepts of infant mental health as relational, reflective, and interdisciplinary will be presented as well as skills and strategies for supporting the growing field of infant mental health.
Prerequisite(s): Recommended PSY 100 , HRD 200 /SBS 200 , a course in Child Development, or SBS 311 .
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Credits: 3
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SBS 390 - Brain and Behavior
This course will explore the relation between the human brain as a physical organ, the mind as it relates to the brain, and behavior. We will explore how the human brain is structured and how those structures control various function; the basics of how neurons communicate with each other, electrically and chemically; how the brain develops and “brain circuits” are formed; and how memory, emotion, identity, and spirituality grow out of the “wetware” that is our most complex organ.
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SBS 398 - Independent Study
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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SBS 399 - Special Topics
Various courses.
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SBS 411 - Counseling and Psychotherapy
A study of the conceptual foundations, fundamental characteristics, and ethical principles involved in the process of psychological counseling. We will explore introductory and alternative methods (e.g. individual, group, family) of therapy in relation to theories of personality development and functioning. Special focus will also be placed on counseling approaches in community mental health areas such as trauma and crisis intervention.
Prerequisite(s): SBS 311 .
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Credits: 3
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SBS 413 - Exploring Careers and Job Search Skills
In this career development course, preparing for internships, students relate self-knowledge, interest and skills assessment, and career decision-making strategies to affirm and develop career path options. In addition, students will learn how to market themselves to prospective employers by using tools such as cover letters, resumes, and interviews.
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Credits: 2
Course Typically Offered: Fall, spring, summer
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SBS 420 - Mindfulness
Mindfulness is about paying attention without judgment to what is being presented moment by moment right here, right now and then responding to this moment from a place of balance and centering rather than reacting from old patterns. This course studies mindfulness using practices based on the Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program and practices for cognitive and emotional regulation. Students will explore ways to integrate mindfulness into work, family, health, and relationships, particularly into teaching, nursing, social work, counseling, public safety, and the healthcare professions. This course is cross listed with LOS 599 when topic matches.
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SBS 430 - Applied Social and Public Policy
A review of contemporary social policy alternatives and an examination of social policy making processes at both the macro- and micro-levels. The course combines service learning or community engagement with action research strategies in an Applied Social Policy project with a community-based organization or governmental agency. Recommended to be taken in a student’s final semesters.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and either LOS 210 or SBS 210 or SBS 370 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone; Engaged Learning
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SBS 436 - Risk, Public Policy, and Society
This course considers the variety of ways in which risks, especially risks to the environment and health, are measured, perceived, communicated, and acted upon in our society. Perspectives will be drawn from health fields, natural sciences, and political science, as well as from the social sciences. This course is cross listed with LOS 436.
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SBS 447 - Internship
This course integrates field-based professional experience with a directed, reflective, and academic component. While working at their field site of choice, students participate in an online seminar in which they learn about and reflect on workplace issues, evaluate their interests, and acquire basic skills needed to market themselves effectively. Students wishing to take more than 3 credit hours must have permission from their faculty advisors.
Prerequisite(s): Must be LOS, NAS, or SBS major who has successfully completed at least 84 credits.
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Credits: 3-6
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Fall, spring, summer
Course Type: Social & Behavioral Sciences
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SBS 470 - Study Abroad
Students in this course are introduced to key issues in leadership across cultures and provided with tools for effective leadership in a global environment. Through international travel, a variety of readings, and reflection exercises, students will examine a range of leadership situations and cultural factors that influence the quality of a leader’s performance. To help apply theory to experience, students will be given a number of opportunities to articulate ideas about the concepts explored through presentation, group discussion, and writing. This course is cross listed with LOS 470.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
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Credits: 6
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning; International
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Course Type: Social & Behavioral Sciences
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SPA 101 - Beginning Spanish I
A beginning course in Spanish in the four skills of language learning: listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. In addition, audiovisual work is required.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Spanish
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SPA 102 - Beginning Spanish II
Continuation of SPA 101 .
Prerequisite(s): SPA 101 or equivalent.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Spanish
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SPA 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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SPA 201 - Intermediate Spanish I
Review of grammatical structures. Further development of listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing skills. The emphasis will be on understanding Hispanic culture and civilization through reading and discussion of literary and historical texts as well as frequent reference to contemporary customs and events.
Prerequisite(s): SPA 102 or equivalent.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Spanish
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SPA 202 - Intermediate Spanish II
Continuation of SPA 201 .
Prerequisite(s): SPA 201 or equivalent.
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation; International
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Spanish
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SPA 300 - Building Fluency in Spanish
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): SPA 202 or equivalent.
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Credits: 3
May be repeated for credit once.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Spanish
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SPA 301 - Practical Spanish I
Students will practice effective listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills in Spanish using a communicative approach. Students who have successfully completed the course will demonstrate emergent communication and critical thinking in the target language. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): SPA 202 or equivalent.
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Credits: 4
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Spanish
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SPA 302 - Practical Spanish II
This course is a continuation of SPA 301 . Students will practice effective listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills in Spanish 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 Spanish.
Prerequisite(s): SPA 301 or equivalent.
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Credits: 4
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Spanish
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SPA 398 - Independent Study
In preparation for this course, the student selects a topic in Spanish that is substantially different from that of any regular course and finds an instructor to serve as faculty mentor.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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Credits: 1-4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
May be repeated for credit.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Course Type: Spanish
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SPA 416 - The Linguistic Structure of Spanish
This course focuses on where Spanish fits in in 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 Spanish, with some comparison across Spanish dialects and with other Romance languages.
Prerequisite(s): SPA 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: Spanish
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SED 235 - Students with Exceptionalities in General Education
The primary goal of this course is to construct an understanding and knowledge of the range of exceptionalities, including students with disabilities and those identified as gifted and talented. The course is based on the premise that students with exceptionalities should be educated and socially interact to the greatest extent possible with their peers in the general education curriculum and program. The general educator’s role in teaching learners who are exceptional will be emphasized. Topics include characteristics of areas of exceptionality; classroom management; assistive technology; state and federal legislation regarding exceptional students; Response to Intervention (RTI); Universal Design for Learning (UDL); individual education programs (IEP); building relationships with parents; students who are culturally and linguistically diverse; and inclusion and collaboration philosophy and practices. This course includes a 6 to 8-hour field placement.
Prerequisite(s): Students are required to be fingerprinted and to provide proof of Criminal History Record Check (CHRC) approval to USM prior to enrolling in this course.t, or program permission
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity; Engaged Learning
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SED 300 - Ethics and Serving Individuals with Disabilities
This course will focus on: (1) how school-aged children and youth with diverse abilities and cultural and linguistic backgrounds have been provided, or not provided, access to education and equal protection under the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution and (2) ethics as a framework of moral principles that guide the actions of people individually and collectively as society. The course will explore the multidisciplinary nature of schools and agencies which serve individuals with disabilities, including planning, assessment, services, their obligations, and the challenges that arise due to diverse points of view.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning; Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship
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SPM 100 - Introduction to Exercise, Health, and Sport Sciences
This course introduces students to a variety of career options and opportunities in the health sciences and surveys topics important to all health-related disciplines. Topics include: reading and interpreting the literature in health science, exercise physiology, epidemiology, athletic training, exercise and sport nutrition, biomechanics, motor control and learning, and sport and exercise psychology.
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Credits: 3
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SPM 101 - Basic Life Support and First Aid 1
This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills they need to assess, recognize and care for patients who are experiencing respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, airway obstruction or opioid overdose. Upon successful completion, students will receive American Red Cross Basic Life Support and First Aid certifications.
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Credits: 0.5
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SPM 102 - Basic Life Support and First Aid 2
This refresher course provides participants with a review of the knowledge and skills they need to assess, recognize and care for patients who are experiencing respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, airway obstruction or opioid overdose. Upon successful completion, students will receive their American Red Cross Basic Life Support and First Aid recertifications.
Prerequisite(s): Current American Red Cross Basic Life Support and First Aid recertifications.
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Credits: 0.5
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Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 210 - Clinical Athletic Training Principles I
An introduction to the principles of prevention, examination, treatment, and reconditioning of physical activity injuries. Lecture information prepares students for supervised clinical experiences. Completion of a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 50 clinical observation hours required.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; 24 University credit hours completed; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50; SPM 100 or concurrent; BIO 111 and BIO 112 or SCI 170 and SCI 171 or concurrent.
Co-requisite(s): SPM 211 .
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 211 - Protective Taping and Wrapping
An introduction to the principles of taping and wrapping as they pertain to preventative, protective, and post injury situations. In addition, basic skills in stretching will be taught. Laboratory course in which the completion of competencies prepares students for supervised clinical experience.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; SPM 100 or concurrent.
Co-requisite(s): SPM 210 .
Credits: 1
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 219 - Lifetime Physical Fitness and Wellness
The primary emphasis of this course is to introduce students to a variety of tools that can be used to assess health, physical fitness, and well being. If students aspire to a career in the health sciences, these tools can be used to assess individuals fitness and wellness as well as the fitness and wellness of others. Major topics will include nutrition/weight management, fitness training techniques, flexibility, coronary risk factor management, muscular strength/endurance, stress management, and other wellness-related topics. Class content will include readings, discussions, self-assessment activities and labs, and development of personalized nutrition and physical activity plans. Equivalent to REC 219 - Lifetime Physical Fitness and Wellness .
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 230 - Psychology of Physical Activity and Sport
This course presents an overview of concepts, theories, principles, and research related to exercise and sport behaviors. Practical application of psychological principles and techniques that help facilitate behavior change during exercise and sport activities will be covered.
Prerequisite(s): ALT, EXS, or HLS major; sophomore level standing.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 260 - Introduction to Personal Training
An overview of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by fitness instructors to plan, implement, and evaluate safe and effective exercise programs. Emphasis is on exercise programs for individuals and groups. A 45-hour field experience is incorporated into the course to provide students with practical application related to course work.
Prerequisite(s): ALT or EXS major; grade of C- or higher in SPM 219 (or concurrent), sophomore level standing.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 265 - Therapeutic Modalities
An exploration of the physical principles, physiological effects, indications, contraindications, safety precautions, and operating procedures of therapeutic modalities. Includes application of modalities in the laboratory setting. Lecture 2 credits, Lab 1 credit.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; SPM 100 , SPM 210 , and SPM 211 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 270 - Athletic Training Clinic I
Completion of a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 175 clinical hours applying proficiency knowledge and skills in an athletic training clinical setting. The first clinical course for students enrolled in the athletic training major.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; SPM 100 , SPM 210 , and SPM 211 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 2
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 302 - Pharmacology for Athletic Training and Exercise Science
This course covers the general concepts and principles of pharmacology as it relates to the profession of athletic training and disciplines within the exercise sciences. An explanation of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles are covered as are the indications, contraindications, precautions, dose information, allergies, and adverse side effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs commonly used by the physically active person. Governing regulations including storing, transporting, dispensing, and recording of medication will be discussed. Performance-enhancing substances and drug testing in sports will also be covered.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; BIO 113 or SCI 172 ; CHY 107 or CHY 113 ; junior level standing.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 310 - Athletic Training Principles II
This is an intermediate study of principles for the prevention, examination, treatment, and reconditioning of physical activity injuries. Lecture and laboratory competencies prepare students for supervised clinical experiences. Lecture 2 credits, Lab 1 credit.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; SPM 100 , SPM 210 , and SPM 211 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 325 - Methods of Resistance Training and Conditioning
Theoretical and practical study of practices and methods involved in developing and implementing resistance training and conditioning programs for physically active populations. A 45-hour field experience is incorporated into the course to provide students with practical application related to course work.
Prerequisite(s): ALT or EXS major; grades of C- or higher in BIO 113 and BIO 114 or SCI 172 and SCI 173 , SPM 260 ; junior level standing.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 330 - Physiology of Exercise
An investigation of the acute and chronic effects exercise incurs on the body. Muscle physiology, respiration, cardiac function, circulation, energy metabolism and application to training will be emphasized and applied in laboratory activities. Lecture 2 credits, Lab 1 credit.
Prerequisite(s): ALT, EXS, or HLS major; grades of C- or higher in CHY 107 or CHY 113 , BIO 113 and BIO 114 or SCI 172 and SCI 173 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 340 - Therapeutic Exercise
A study of the basic components of a comprehensive therapeutic exercise program including functional anatomy, joint mobilizations, and rehabilitation programs will be discussed for the appendicular and axial skeletons. In addition, the physiological effects, safety precautions, indications, contraindications, modes of resistance, and specific rehabilitation protocols will be covered. Lecture 2 credits, Lab 1 credit.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; SPM 370 , SPM 410 ; SPM 325 , SPM 330 , SPM 381 or concurrent.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 350 - Health Promotion Programs
This course examines the planning, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion programs in a variety of settings. Theoretical and practical concepts are discussed. Specific health promotion programs to be addressed include cardiovascular disease prevention (blood pressure and cholesterol control), physical fitness, nutrition and weight control, stress management and relaxation, substance abuse prevention, financial fitness, and occupational safety and health.
Prerequisite(s): EXS or HLS major; junior level standing.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 352 - Nutrition for Physical Performance
The in-depth study of general nutritional practices applied to athletes and other individuals who are physically active. The course will emphasize basic cellular metabolism as it relates to energy production and expenditure during the course of preparation and training for athletics and physical activity. Weight control, use of ergogenic aids, and nutritional supplements will also be discussed.
Prerequisite(s): ALT or EXS major; grades of C- or higher in CON 252 and SPM 330 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 370 - Athletic Training Clinic II
Completion of a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 175 clinical hours applying proficiency knowledge and skills in an athletic training clinical setting. The second clinical course for students enrolled in the athletic training major.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; SPM 265 , SPM 270 , SPM 310 ; BIO 113 and BIO 114 or SCI 172 and SCI 173 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 2
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 371 - Athletic Training Clinic III
Completion of a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 175 clinical hours applying proficiency knowledge and skills in an athletic training clinical setting. The third clinical course for students enrolled in the athletic training major.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; SPM 370 , SPM 410 ; SPM 325 , SPM 330 , SPM 381 or concurrent.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 2
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 381 - Kinesiology
Structural and functional anatomical analysis of human movement. Course will also incorporate principles of mechanics as they apply to the analysis of human movement. Lecture 2 credits, Lab 1 credit.
Prerequisite(s): ALT, EXS, or HLS major; grades of C- or higher in BIO 113 and BIO 114 or SCI 172 and SCI 173 , PHY 101 and PHY 102 or PHY 111 and PHY 114 (or concurrent).
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 390 - Biomechanics
Evaluation, analysis, and application of anatomical and mechanical factors that influence human movement.
Prerequisite(s): Grades of C- or higher in PHY 101 and PHY 102 or PHY 111 and PHY 114 (or concurrent), SPM 381 ; junior level standing.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 398 - Independent Study
This course is intended to provide majors in the Department of Exercise, Health, and Sport Sciences with an opportunity to pursue a project independently. Students should select a faculty advisor and develop a course proposal with their advisor. A final written paper is required.
Prerequisite(s): ALT, EXS, or HLS major; junior level standing; permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1-3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 410 - Athletic Training Principles III
This is an advanced study of principles for the prevention, examination, treatment and reconditioning of physical activity injuries. General medical concepts are also discussed. Lecture and laboratory competencies prepare students for supervised clinical experiences. Lecture 2 credits, Lab 1 credit.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; SPM 265 , SPM 270 , SPM 310 ; BIO 113 and BIO 114 or SCI 172 and SCI 173 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 430 - Exercise Testing, Assessment, and Prescription
This course focuses on knowledge and skills necessary for assessing health-related components of physical fitness. The course will also focus on prescription and design of programs to develop health-related fitness that will be applied in the laboratory setting. Lecture 2 credits, Lab 1 credit.
Prerequisite(s): ALT or EXS major; grades of C- or higher in SPM 330 , SPM 325 , and SPM 381 (or concurrent).
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 431 - Advanced Exercise Physiology
An advanced study of the whole-body and cellular responses and adaptations to exercise related to human performance limitations, training effects, and health related benefits. Emphasis is on human bioenergetics, metabolism, cardiovascular structure and function, and cardiopulmonary responses to exercise.
Prerequisite(s): ALT or EXS major; grade of C- or higher in SPM 330 .
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 440 - Manual Therapy
This course will take a detailed approach into the principles, theories, and evidence concerning the use of manual therapy for the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. Students will be taught and asked to demonstrate specific skills and techniques that enhance efficient and effective treatment of a wide range of clinical presentations pertaining to the spine and extremities using multiple manual therapy strategies.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; SPM 230 , SPM 302 , SPM 325 , SPM 330 , SPM 340 , SPM 352 , SPM 381 ; SPM 430 or concurrent.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 450 - Exercise for Special Populations
The focus of this course is on exercise programming guidelines and recommendations for a variety of special populations that includes but is not limited to heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, the elderly and pediatric conditions.
Prerequisite(s): ALT or EXS major; grade of C- or higher in SPM 430 (or concurrent).
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 470 - Athletic Training Clinic IV
Completion of a minimum of 225 and a maximum of 275 clinical hours applying proficiency, knowledge, and skills in traditional athletic training and general medical (up to 15 clinical hours) settings. A minimum of 50 and a maximum of 75 traditional setting hours will be completed during the month of August within an athletic pre-season venue. The fourth clinical course for students enrolled in the athletic training major.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major; SPM 230 , SPM 302 , SPM 325 , SPM 330 , SPM 340 , SPM 352 , SPM 371 , SPM 381 ; SPM 430 or concurrent.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 477 - Health Research Methods
Introduction to health research methods with a focus on understanding the basic application of the qualitative and quantitative research process. Review and evaluation of health-based studies with an emphasis to translate and communicate research to improve professional practice.
Prerequisite(s): ALT or HLS major; grade of C- or higher in LOS 120 or MAT 120 or PSY 201 ; senior level standing.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 480 - Organization and Administration of Athletic Training
Administrative components of an athletic training program. Facility design; supply ordering, budget, and inventory; insurance, personnel, and athletic training educational considerations.
Prerequisite(s): ALT major, SPM 230 , SPM 302 , SPM 325 , SPM 330 , SPM 340 , SPM 352 , SPM 371 , SPM 381 ; SPM 430 or concurrent.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 485 - Senior Thesis I
Introduction to health-related research with an emphasis on understanding the research process and becoming a consumer of research. Critique of health-related research findings to exercise and health professions and their application to professional practice is a major component of this course.
Prerequisite(s): ALT or EXS major; grades of C- or higher in MAT 120 or PSY 201 , SPM 330 , SPM 430 ; senior level standing.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 486 - Senior Thesis II
A continuation of SPM 485 . Students will be introduced to various research-related issues such as design, methodology, statistics, and writing scientific manuscripts involved in conducting research in exercise science. Students will be required to conduct a research experiment using learned techniques.
Prerequisite(s): ALT or EXS major; grade of C- or higher in SPM 485 ; senior level standing.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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SPM 495 - Clinical Internship
This culminating experience for athletic training and exercise science majors provides the opportunity for students to apply knowledge and skills gained through didactic, practicum, clinical, and laboratory experiences in a work setting.
Prerequisite(s): ALT, EXS, or HLS major; completion of all major requirements with grades of C- or higher (or concurrent); permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3-12
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone; Engaged Learning
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Sports Medicine
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TAH 101 - Introduction to Tourism & Hospitality
This course is an introduction to the major concepts, issues, and theories of tourism and hospitality as an economic sector and topic of academic study. The course covers a broad range of topics related to the travel experience, from tourism as an industry to the impacts it has on communities and places, as well as on travelers themselves. Students will also be introduced to key elements of the hospitality industry and opportunities for employment within this industry. This course is required of all TAH majors.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Socio-cultural Analysis
Course Typically Offered: fall and summer
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 150 - Professional Practices Immersion in Tourism & Hospitality
This course is designed to teach basic professional practices for the hospitality industry in an intensive weekend format and to foster a sense of community among participants. The course includes components on customer service, writing and email etiquette, public speaking, leadership in tough situations, meeting and classroom etiquette, networking, communication skills, interviewing skills, and resume building. Students will explore tourism and hospitality internship and career options and form the basis for a network in developing professional relations. This course is required for all TAH majors.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: fall
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 211 - Tourism Entrepreneurship
This course studies entrepreneurship in the tourism industry. Students will learn to identify and develop potential products as well as plan and promote tourism and hospitality businesses. Understanding markets, customer demand, pricing, finances, marketing, sales, and operations of new ventures will all be explored through the business planning process. Case studies and field trips engage students with local entrepreneurs who have taken their ideas and created successful tourism-based businesses. Students will gain experience in innovation and creation of their own business or new tourism product.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: variable
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 221 - Hospitality Management
This course introduces students to fundamental concepts of management related to the tourism and hospitality industry. Topics include financial management and accounting, human resource issues, hotel and resort management, and food and beverage management. Examples from Maine and New England illustrate key principles and guidelines. Students will be introduced to standards, practices, regulations and laws in the tourism and hospitality industry.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: variable
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 222 - Food and Beverage Management
This course covers basic management principles and practices for the food and beverage service industries, such as preparation, safe food handling, budgeting and operations, menu development, human resources, marketing, catering and event planning. Instructors and guest speakers from industry will offer expertise and guidance on day-to-day management, strategic planning, and other areas of restaurant and food service management.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: spring
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 224 - Off-site Catering
The catering and special events industries are among the fastest-growing segments within the hospitality industry. This course focuses on off-premise catering for social and business functions, and the management of large-scale independent events, such as sporting events, weddings, and festivals. Students will plan and execute an event.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: variable
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 226 - Wellness Tourism
This course provides an overview of wellness tourism by looking at the seven unique areas of wellness including physical, psychological and spiritual activities. This course will investigate global and financial impacts of wellness tourism and provide an opportunity for students to engage in wellness activities outside the classroom.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: variable
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 228 - Introduction to the Craft Beer Sector
Introduction to brewing basics and associated processes, from raw materials to final product; history of brewing and brewing science; types of beer worldwide; world beer markets; beer quality basics. Introduction into the craft beer tourism sector in Maine. Basic serving skills will be introduced as well as beverage costing methods.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: variable
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 241 - Sustainable Tourism Development
Students learn about tourism as a tool for economic and community development and the impacts it can have on a community’s sense of identity, control, and wellbeing. Topics linking community development theory to tourism and hospitality development include economic development; social and cultural impacts; strategic planning; stakeholder theory; first impression analysis; community participation; destination life cycles; marketing and promotion; and social conflict resolution. Students engage with local communities to do real tourism development work as part of the learning process.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: fall
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 250 - Nature Tourism
This course looks at tourism products involving nature-based environments and activities, including the importance of this sector in Maine. Students will learn about different natural environments and various types of outdoor activities including “soft” and “hard” adventure tourism, consumptive and non-consumptive forms of recreation, and emerging areas such as extreme adventure. Issues of sustainability, accessibility, risk, and destination planning and management will be explored. Students will learn from guest speakers and possible field trips to explore adventure tourism sites and activities in Maine.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: variable
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 261 - Cultural Tourism
This class explores the many dimensions of cultural tourism, including how arts, crafts, local heritage, history, and other elements of culture can be incorporated into tourism planning and development. Topics include the meaning, value, and potential tourism roles of historical sites and monuments, festivals and events, local art and artisans, archaeological and cultural heritage sites, and museums and educational institutions. Issues such as cultural identity and representation, authenticity and commoditization will be analyzed.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: variable
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 264 - Culinary Tourism
Culinary tourism, also called gastronomic tourism, is an increasingly popular form of travel involving consuming, purchasing, creating, and learning about foods and beverages and their associated histories and cultures. This course is a survey of the wide variety of culinary tourism activities available in different regions and countries. It also provides an introduction to the creation and marketing of food and beverage-related tourism experiences. Students will have the opportunity to experience culinary tourism and meet industry professionals who have created events and destinations for culinary tourists.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 299 - Topics in Tourism & Hospitality
Courses with this designation include special topics in various aspects of tourism and hospitality, offered on a one-time or experimental basis. This designation may also include courses that are cross-listed with other majors at USM and taught by faculty from those programs. Specific titles and course descriptions for upcoming courses can be found in MaineStreet and in the advising section of the TAH program website.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 301 - Global Issues in Travel & Tourism
As one of the world’s largest industries, and one that brings travelers and host communities into close contact, tourism and travel are rife with challenges. This course delves into these issues from a social science perspective, showing how tourism affects travelers and communities in complex ways, from commoditization of art forms to sex tourism, drug use, and changes in local economies and culture. It also explores the connection of tourism to global issues such as infectious diseases, climate change, and terrorism. This course is required of TAH majors.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and Citizenship; International
Course Typically Offered: Spring and Summer
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 302 - Tourism Research Methods
Students learn to conduct tourism-related research using a variety of methods from anthropology and related fields, including interviewing, observation, and surveys. The course also explores issues of research ethics, such as working with human populations and protecting sensitive data. Students will work individually or in teams on one or more projects related to tourism planning, development, evaluation or impacts.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: fall
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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TAH 305 - Culture & Communication in the Travel Industry
This course explores the challenges of communication between people from different cultures in the context of travel and tourism. Specific topics include the role of cultural patterns, verbal and nonverbal codes in interpersonal relationships; obstacles to effective intercultural communication; causes of and ways to avoid or manage intercultural conflict; and skills necessary for cultural adaptation and coping with culture shock. This class is valuable for anyone planning to work in travel, hospitality or related fields.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: summer
Course Type: Tourism and Hospitality
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