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ESP 589 - Grant Writing Seminar
This course is for graduate students in all disciplines who plan on entering professional careers requiring knowledge of grant writing to successfully submit competitive corporate and foundation proposals, and state and federal grant applications. Developing effective grant writing skills offers a competitive edge for job-seekers across many disciplines and is essential to acquiring competitive funding from government agencies and private foundations. Writing a successful grant proposal is a blend of art and science. It requires basic know-how, content knowledge, writing proficiency, strong research skills, creativity, organizational ability, patience, and a great deal of luck. This course provides the background necessary to develop a competitive funding proposal.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing, acceptance into an accelerated graduate pathway, or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 2
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Course Type: Environmental Science & Policy
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FSP 601 - Food Policy and Planning
This course is designed to build knowledge of food systems: their development, function and interaction with economy, public policy and planning. The intent of the course is familiarize students with basic issues in the production, aggregation, processing, distribution, marketing, consumption, and disposal of food, especially with regard to those elements that can be influenced by civic action and public regulation. The course is a seminar and will develop and challenge students’ thinking through readings, structured discussions, and course project. Upon course completion, students should have an increased understanding of forces shaping food systems, dimensions of conventional and alternative models, food systems policy and planning with community development, and their own relationship and choices with regard to the contemporary American food system. This course is cross-listed with PPM 672 Food and Planning.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall Semester
Course Type: Food Studies Program
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FSP 602 - Power and Powerlessness in the Food System
This course explores social dimensions of sustainability in the globalized food system. Conceptual frameworks, including food justice and food sovereignty, are used to analyze power and justice as they impact farmers and agro-ecological systems, farm and food industry workers, business owners and policy makers, as well as communities and consumers.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Fall Semester
Course Type: Food Studies Program
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FSP 603 - Environmental Resilience and Food Systems
Today, we are confronting a series of interlocking crises–ecological, social, and economic–in which the food system takes center stage. How do we confront and address the nature of our times? This course is designed to provide students with an advanced knowledge of the food system as it relates to environmental sustainability and resilience. We will use critical conceptual frameworks to examine the way social and ecological processes organize the food system. After critically appraising the industrial food system, we will explore practical actions communities are taking to realize ecologically just and sustainable food systems. This course provides students with theories, concepts, and tools for analyzing environmental and social issues within the food system and adequately addressing them.
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Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered: Spring Semester
Course Type: Food Studies Program
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FSP 620 - Poverty and Hunger
This interdisciplinary course focuses on the extent of hunger and malnutrition in the US and globally, as well as their causes, consequences, and remedies. We examine how societal structures of inequality - especially gender- shape access to food, and the links between agricultural technologies, trade, the global agri-food system, inequality and hunger.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Food Studies Program
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FSP 695 - Food Studies Internship
This course is designed to provide real-world experience of and insight into food system-related professional roles through work in a community food-based business, organization, or agency. The primary objective of the internship is the application of the perspectives, substantive knowledge, and methods studied in the Food Studies graduate-level curriculum to a particular organizational setting. In addition to field placement responsibilities, students are expected to regularly reflect and report on their experience. Graded pass/fail.
Prerequisite(s): Program approval (application access at Food Studies Program website).
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1-6
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Food Studies Program
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FSP 696 - Independent Study and Research
Designed to develop a student’s ability to plan, organize, research, and report, independent studies cover concepts or topics which are not covered by any other course in the program. An independent study must be related to students’ academic program and is completed under the supervision of a faculty advisor.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1-6
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Food Studies Program
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GEO 502 - Gender, Work, and Space
Students will examine the ways in which the workforce is divided by gender, race, class, and ethnicity and how location and space shape and sustain such divisions. Competing explanations for why women and minorities hold jobs that differ distinctly from jobs held by other workers will be examined. Students will learn how a geographic understanding of gender, race, ethnicity, and class can help explain more fully the current position of women in the economy.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Geography
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GEO 503 - Economic Geography
This course examines the intersection between economies and geography. Emphasis is placed on the social, cultural, and political contexts within which economies develop and are regulated and restructured. Students are introduced to the skills which allow them to interpret and understand the present economic landscapes and to evaluate the factors and trends that anticipate the future.
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: ANT 101, GEO 101, GEO 203, GEO 255, ECO 101, ECO 102, or instructor permission.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
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Course Type: Geography
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GEO 504 - Arctic and North Atlantic Regions
The Arctic and the adjacent North Atlantic region have received much recent attention due to climate change and the global economy. Further, changes and events are linking these distant regions more closely with Maine. The course will address the many facets of these regions and their changes and highlight and explore the evolving connections with Maine.
Prerequisite(s): ANT 204 or GEO 204 or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 505 - Remote Sensing
Theory and techniques of image processing and analysis for remotely sensed digital data acquired from airplane and satellite platforms. Topics include image enhancement and classifications, spectral analysis, and landscape change detection techniques. Practical applications of natural and built landscapes are considered using remotely sensed datasets and techniques.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Geography
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GEO 508 - GIS Applications I
Students are introduced to vector-based geographical information systems (GIS). Topics include overviews of geospatial technologies, spatial analysis, GIS data, system operation, the interpretation of results, and professional practices. The course comprises a weekly lecture and laboratory. Students are evaluated with tests, laboratory assignments, and on the basis of a substantial project.
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Credits: 3-4
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Course Type: Geography
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GEO 518 - GIS Applications II
Students explore the use of geographical information systems (GIS) in research and professional environments. Building upon knowledge and skills developed in GEO 308, students design and execute a substantial project. Project design focuses on generating hypotheses, planning time lines and individual work assignments, and identifying technical and data resources. Projected execution is undertaken using a variety of raster, vector, and graphical user interface (GUI) software, as appropriate.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 308/GEO 508 /GEO 608 or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3-4
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Course Type: Geography
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GEO 520 - Conservation of Natural Resources
This course examines the geographical approaches to natural resource use and management. It will offer the study of the geographic distribution and physical attributes of natural resources, their role in economic development, and the socio-political factors governing decision making about their use. Management strategies for forests, soils, wetlands, and energy resources are assessed.
Prerequisite(s): Recommended GEO 101, GEO 102, or GEO 103.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 538 - Independent Study in GIS
Students will work closely with a faculty member to develop and complete a course of study in a specialized aspect of GIS or remote sensing. Variable credits will be offered.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 308/GEO 508 /GEO 608 or permission of instructor, and program approval.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1-3
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Course Type: Geography
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GEO 540 - Digital Mapping
Students are exposed to the latest digital survey gear and integrated techniques with applications in geoscience, geography, and environmental science. Instrumentation includes both static and real-time kinematic GPS (global positioning system) and auto-lock servo-driven electronic total station. Detailed precision survey data are combined with geo-referenced maps and imagery in GIS software.
Prerequisite(s): Introductory course in GEY, GEO, or ESP, and additional 200-level course in any of the above areas.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 4
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 545 - Drone Mapping
This course will introduce students to the use of sUAS (small unmanned aircraft systems), known as remote-controlled quadcopter drones, as the latest digital mapping tool available today. Drone-based overlapping photo sets and the latest photogrammetric software are used to generate custom high resolution orthomosaic maps and 3D models. Tools and techniques will be combined in a precision drone mapping project targeting a local area field site.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 340/GEO 540 /GEO 640 or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 548 - GIS Internship
Students work with a public agency, private firm, municipality, nonprofit organization, or research unit, using geospatial technology to complete a clearly defined project under the direct supervision of an on-site professional. A USM faculty advisor who is directly involved with USM GIS oversees the internship. At the course’s conclusion, students submit a portfolio including a log, samples of the work completed, and an evaluation from the on-site supervisor.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 308/GEO 508 /GEO 608 , or permission of instructor, and program approval.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1-3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 555 - Gender, Race, and Class in the City
This course will focus on the relationships among gender, race, and class and urban spaces in twentieth century U.S. cities. The course will explore how urban spaces reflect and perpetuate different relations of power, inequality, and identity. First, we explore how different frameworks for urban analysis help to explain the social and spatial organization of U.S. cities. We will develop a framework for urban analysis that integrates race, class, and gender, and draws upon the geographic concepts of place and scale. Second, we will apply our integrated framework to contemporary metropolitan processes and problems.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 302 or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 558 - Research Applications in GIS
This course is a workshop in spatial analysis in which students undertake an original research project. The objective of the course is to generate a product which meets professional standards for publication or presentation at a professional meeting, allowing students to build resumes and gain exposure to a professional audience. A variety of software will be used in the course, as projects demand. The starting point will be the opensource geospatial analysis software GeoDa. This tool provides state-of-the-art methods for geospatial analysis, spatial econometrics, and geo-visualization. Topics covered will include: exploratory spatial data analysis, spatial autocorrelation statistics for aggregate data, basic spatial regression analysis for point and polygon data, univariate and multivariate local cluster maps, principal components analysis, k-means, hierarchical clustering, and spatial econometrics.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 308/GEO 508 /GEO 608 or permission of instructor, and GEO 408/GEO 518 /GEO 618 (previous completion or concurrent registration).
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 581 - Megacities and Global Planning Issues
This course provides an overview of the interactive factors that shape the socio-economic and physical structures of megacities around the world. Students will examine the processes that influence urbanization and gain an understanding of the contemporary state of the world’s cities, with a particular focus on megacities. Students will be exposed to issues confronted by citizens, policy makers, and planners in those megacities. The course is organized geographically and will focus on selected megacities in Latin America, Africa, Asia, in addition to Europe, and the United States.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Geography
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GEO 605 - Remote Sensing
Theory and techniques of image processing and analysis for remotely sensed digital data acquired from airplane and satellite platforms. Topics include image enhancement and classifications, spectral analysis, and landscape change detection techniques. Practical applications of natural and built landscapes are considered using remotely sensed datasets and techniques.
Prerequisite(s):
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 608 - GIS Applications I
Students are introduced to vector-based geographical information systems (GIS). Topics include overviews of geospatial technologies, spatial analysis, GIS data, system operation, the interpretation of results, and professional practices. The course comprises a weekly lecture and laboratory. Students are evaluated with tests, laboratory assignments, and on the basis of a substantial project.
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Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3-4
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 618 - GIS Applications II
Students explore the use of geographical information systems (GIS) in research and professional environments. Building upon knowledge and skills developed in GEO 308, students design and execute a substantial project. Project design focuses on generating hypotheses, planning time lines and individual work assignments, and identifying technical and data resources. Projected execution is undertaken using a variety of raster, vector, and graphical user interface (GUI) software, as appropriate.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 308/GEO 508 /GEO 608 or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3-4
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 638 - Independent Study in GIS
Students will work closely with a faculty member to develop and complete a course of study in a specialized aspect of GIS or remote sensing. Variable credits will be offered.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 308/GEO 508 /GEO 608 or permission of instructor, and program approval.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1-3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 640 - Digital Mapping
Students are exposed to the latest digital survey gear and integrated techniques with applications in geoscience, geography, and environmental science. Instrumentation includes both static and real-time kinematic GPS (global positioning system) and auto-lock servo-driven electronic total station. Detailed precision survey data are combined with geo-referenced maps and imagery in GIS software.
Prerequisite(s): Introductory course in GEY, GEO, or ESP, and additional 200-level course in any of the above areas.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 4
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 645 - Drone Mapping
This course will introduce students to the use of sUAS (small unmanned aircraft systems), known as remote-controlled quadcopter drones, as the latest digital mapping tool available today. Drone-based overlapping photo sets and the latest photogrammetric software are used to generate custom high resolution orthomosaic maps and 3D models. Tools and techniques will be combined in a precision drone mapping project targeting a local area field site.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 340/GEO 540 /GEO 640 or permission of instructor.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 648 - GIS Internship
Students work with a public agency, private firm, municipality, nonprofit organization, or research unit, using geospatial technology to complete a clearly defined project under the direct supervision of an on-site professional. A USM faculty advisor who is directly involved with USM GIS oversees the internship. At the course’s conclusion, students submit a portfolio including a log, samples of the work completed, and an evaluation from the on-site supervisor.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 308/GEO 508 /GEO 608 , or permission of instructor, and program approval.
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 1-3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GEO 658 - Research Applications in GIS
This course is a workshop in spatial analysis in which students undertake an original research project. The objective of the course is to generate a product which meets professional standards for publication or presentation at a professional meeting, allowing students to build resumes and gain exposure to a professional audience. A variety of software will be used in the course, as projects demand. The starting point will be the opensource geospatial analysis software GeoDa. This tool provides state-of-the-art methods for geospatial analysis, spatial econometrics, and geo-visualization. Topics covered will include: exploratory spatial data analysis, spatial autocorrelation statistics for aggregate data, basic spatial regression analysis for point and polygon data, univariate and multivariate local cluster maps, principal components analysis, k-means, hierarchical clustering, and spatial econometrics.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 308/GEO 508 /GEO 608 or permission of instructor, and GEO 408/GEO 518 /GEO 618 (previous completion or concurrent registration).
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 3
Course Typically Offered:
Course Type: Geography
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GRS 602 - Thesis Completion
See the complete course description in the “Continuous Enrollment and Residency” section of the Academic Policies chapter.
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Credits: 1
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Course Type: Graduate Studies - Thesis
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GRS 701 - Doctoral Continuation Credits
This is a one-credit course that permits doctoral degree candidates registered for less than 6 credits to retain eligibility for financial aid, university-funded fellowships, scholarships, graduate assistantships, student health insurance, loan deferment, visa compliance, and access to University services, including USM computers, library, and recreational facilities. Requirements include receiving certification of adequate academic progress from the program coordinator and dissertation/capstone chair, and obtaining approval from the Office of Graduate Studies.
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Credits: 1
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Course Type: Graduate Studies - Thesis
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HCE 500 - Orientation to the Counseling Profession
This introductory course is designed to acquaint individuals who are preparing to enter the counseling profession with a broad overview of the profession’s historical and theoretical foundations and to begin the development of their professional identities. This course must be taken the first semester following matriculation.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 505 - Individual, Family, and Community Resiliency
This course will explore the dynamic concept of resiliency as it relates to individuals, families, and communities in the face of challenge. We will focus on models and strategies that sustain and promote resiliency in these settings. Students will explore protective factors for vulnerable groups that are fitting to the needs, culture, and history of those groups.
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HCE 507 - Spirituality and Religion in Counseling
This course will address, in an ecumenical and inclusive format, the growing renaissance in the psychotherapeutic community and in the larger American society of the integration of spirituality and religious values. Various aspects of spirituality and religion will be explored as they relate to the counseling process. The course will seek to increase the awareness of counselors to potential areas of client concern, including spiritual journeys, early religious training, search for meaning, personal relationship with the divine, and death and bereavement. Participants will explore various religious and spiritual practices, including, but not limited to, Islam, Buddhism, Native American beliefs, Hinduism, Christianity, and Judaism.
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Credits: 3
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HCE 510 - Introduction to Rehabilitation Counseling and Services
This course will provide an orientation to the counseling profession, focusing on rehabilitation concepts, services, and settings. Included will be: history, trends, and related legislation; critical components of the rehabilitation process; contemporary counselor roles and functions; professional education, associations, standards, and credentials; ethical and legal issues; technology issues and practices; and rehabilitation agencies and services. Field visits and the examination of rehabilitation services from various participant perspectives will be required.
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Credits: 3
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HCE 514 - Principles of Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Evidence-Based Practices and Treatment
The purpose of this course is to understand the origins, philosophies, contexts, and methods of mental health services referred to as psychiatric rehabilitation. Content will include dissonant and changing mental health definitions, historical emergence of psychiatric rehabilitation, promising and evidence-based practice, consumer-survivor movement and impact, concepts of recovery, empowerment, and community, family issues and roles, societal myths and stigma, and varied professional functions. PSR models that are proven effective are integrating treatment with rehabilitation, and are now being acknowledged as evidence-based practices by SAMHSA. The course will also address how psychiatric rehabilitation is applied in situations involving housing, education, social relationships, substance abuse, and community membership.
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Credits: 3
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HCE 520 - Expressive Arts in Counseling
This course will provide an introduction to the Expressive Arts modalities within a wide range of counseling contexts, with an emphasis on dance therapy, music therapy, art therapy, and psychodrama. The focus of the course will be on practical applications of arts modalities, as well as the integration of these modalities with verbal counseling approaches.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 604 - Career Development
This course will examine the ways in which counselors and other helping professionals assist people of all ages in their life/career development. Emphasis will be on understanding theories, information systems, materials, activities, and techniques for fostering career awareness, exploration, decision-making, and preparation. The interrelationships among work, family, and other life roles, including multicultural and gender issues, will be addressed.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 605 - Psychological Measurement and Evaluation
This course focuses on group tests and related measurement techniques. The course content includes a review of the history of testing, current issues, fundamental statistics for understanding, evaluating, and using tests, including selected aptitude, intelligence, achievement, interest, and personality tests. A variety of standardized and non-standardized evaluation measures will be reviewed.
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Credits: 3
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HCE 607 - School Counseling Programs and Services
This course is intended for those preparing to be school counselors. It is designed to consider the conceptual framework for comprehensive developmental school counseling practices in elementary and secondary schools. Major areas of focus include program management, guidance curricula, individual planning and advising, and responsive services that are organized to meet the educational, personal, and career needs of students.
Prerequisite(s): Open to matriculated graduate students in the counselor education program or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 609 - The Practice of School Counseling
This course will provide students with an introduction to the practices of consultation and large group guidance for counselors working within a developmental model of school counseling. Assignments will incorporate field experiences that promote reflective learning and skill building.
Prerequisite(s): Open to matriculated students or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 611 - Medical and Psychological Aspects of Disability and Rehabilitation
This course will explore the medical and psychological issues surrounding the concepts of disability and rehabilitation. Particular emphasis will be given to examining: a) the medical model as an organizing framework for viewing disability and rehabilitation; b) the diagnosis and treatment of various physical, developmental, sensory, and emotional conditions; c) the perspectives and responses of people with disabilities toward their diagnosed conditions and prescribed treatments; d) the principles and practice of functional assessment; and e) the ethical issues surrounding medical and rehabilitation services. Also examined will be psychological explanations of disability, their applications, and their implications for rehabilitation practice. A primary focus throughout the course will be to highlight the perspectives that people with disabilities hold toward their life situations as well as their medical and rehabilitation settings and professionals they encounter.
Prerequisite(s): Matriculated students or by permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 612 - Multicultural Counseling: Social & Cultural Foundations of Helping Diverse Families
This course focuses on developing multicultural awareness, understanding influences of culture and worldviews across the life cycle, examining issues of diversity, i.e., race, ethnicity, gender, age and disability in human interactions and recognizing attitudes and perceptions of diverse populations. The effects of developmental, bio-psychosocial changes including disability on individuals and their families within a cultural context are explored. The course examines worldviews, values and beliefs about diverse groups reflecting differences in race, ethnicity, gender, age and disability and family dynamics within a pluralistic society. Students will develop multicultural awareness of counseling competencies relative to diversity including disability, within rehabilitation and counseling practice. The course also introduces cultural foundations of human growth and development, and effects of cultural values and traditions across the lifespan. Implications for counseling the culturally different introduces a framework to guide rehabilitation and counseling professionals in serving diverse populations and their families, inclusive of differences in race, ethnicity, gender, age and disability. A field experience of 15-20 hours with an associated report is required.
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Credits: 3
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HCE 615 - Vocational Counseling and Placement in Rehabilitation
This course encompasses the theoretical foundations of vocational counseling, the vocational implications of disability, the application of occupational and labor market data, and vocational choice with rehabilitation consumers. The use of job selection, analysis, and modification, and matching skills in the development of work and career options for persons with disabilities is included. The course also presents the role, functions, and strategies used by rehabilitation professionals in job placement and the supported employment of persons with severe disabilities. Accommodation of rehabilitation consumers in accordance with federal statutes, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), is examined in the context of a multicultural society.
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Credits: 3
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HCE 619 - Recovery-Oriented Origins of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practice
This course covers the historical, scientific, professional, and societal beliefs that have surrounded diagnostic psychiatry and the concepts of recovery from mental illness. Particular emphasis is given to recovery-oriented standards of care, ex-patients movement, legal rights and protections, medications, alternative treatments, trauma, and ethical issues in service delivery. Students will also explore their own values and motives for entering the field and examine the strengths and liabilities they may bring to their work.
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Credits: 3
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HCE 620 - Fundamentals of Counseling Theories
This course is for those who are or will be engaged in counseling in an educational or mental health setting. Selected theories and related techniques are closely examined. Research literature that has a bearing on the effectiveness and non-effectiveness of counseling is reviewed.
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Credits: 3
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HCE 621 - Fundamentals of Counseling Skills
This course emphasizes the development of fundamental counseling skills, such as attending behavior, listening, reflection of feeling, paraphrasing, and questioning. The course examines the process and content of the counseling interview as well as verbal and nonverbal factors that influence the interactions within the counseling relationship. The primary focus is to help the student develop greater self-knowledge and skills in interpersonal communication within the counseling relationship.
Prerequisite(s): Open to matriculated graduate students who have taken HCE 500 (for school counseling and mental health counseling concentrations, or HCE 510 (for rehabilitation counseling concentration), and HCE 620, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 622 - Counseling Children and Adolescents
This course examines selected theories, related techniques, and skills for counseling children and adolescents. Attention is given to examining personal philosophies about working with children and adolescents and to the exploration of possible interventions for various counseling situations with these populations. Counselor effectiveness literature is reviewed.
Prerequisite(s): Matriculation in counselor education or school psychology and HCE 620 and HCE 668 (HCE 668 may be taken concurrently with permission of instructor).
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Credits: 3
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HCE 623 - Theories and Applications of Play Therapy: Summer Institute
This intensive, one-week summer institute presents an overview of the various theories of play therapy and examines them in the social, cultural, and economic contexts in which they were first implemented. Applications of the theories to special settings and with special populations are explored. The course is an introductory course and is one of the required courses for becoming a registered play therapist.
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Credits: 3
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HCE 624 - Child-Centered Play Therapy
This course is intended for students who wish to use a child-centered theory of play therapy in counseling children. It presents the theoretical framework of a child-centered approach to working with children and begins the necessary training for skill development in using this theory.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 621 , HCE 622 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 625 - Adlerian Play Therapy
This course will examine Adlerian theory as it applies to clinical work with children and adolescents. Topics will include an overview of Adlerian theory and of play therapy, consultation with parents and teachers, encouragement, setting limits, understanding the goals of discouraged children, phases of therapy, and ethical and legal implications. Classes will include brief lectures, skill building exercises, discussion, and reflection.
Prerequisite(s): Graduate-level status.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 626 - Group Process and Procedures
This course focuses on basic principles of group development and on dynamics of group interaction. The improvement of facilitative skills is emphasized. Open to matriculated graduate students only.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 627 - Group Counseling Practicum
This course focuses on the development of concepts, attitudes, and skills necessary to lead counseling groups effectively in a variety of settings. Integration of group dynamics with counseling theory and group techniques is emphasized. Additionally, the behavior of the leader and participants is analyzed to promote a deeper understanding of group roles and functions.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 621 and HCE 626 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 640 - Professional Issues in Mental Health Counseling
Mental health clinics, hospitals, substance use intervention facilities, and social service agencies are among the various organizations involved in helping people through mental health counseling. This course examines the mental health needs of people in rural and urban communities and the views of mental health counseling held by those organizations who serve these people. Students will examine problems that organizations encounter in helping people and the consequences of services that interfere with helping. Attention is given to inter-professional and inter-organizational approaches to improving the quality of mental health counseling. Mental health counselor roles, functions, professional associations, credentialing, and ethical standards will also be examined. A special emphasis of the course is to examine mental health counseling from a historical, ethical, legal, philosophical, and developmental perspective.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 621
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 641 - Mind/Body Techniques
This course addresses the relationship between cognitive processes and physiology from a healing/personal wellness perspective. Various aspects of Eastern thought/religion, as well as Western behavioral medicine are explored in regard to physical health and emotional well-being. Research on the mind/body relationship is reviewed and discussed. Participants will be required to learn and practice meditative and mind/body techniques.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 642 - Perspectives in Substance Misuse and Addictions
This course will focus on the overall dynamics of substance misuse, as well as serve as an introduction to understanding the various stages, processes and effects of such addictions. Specific topics will include environmental, socioeconomic and psychological dynamics of substance misuse involving individuals, family systems, peers and community members. The roles which professional educators, social service personnel, and other counseling professionals play in ongoing education, prevention strategies, early intervention, and the various approaches to recovery, wellness, and aftercare will be explored in depth.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 643 - Psychopharmacology, Substance-Related Disorders & Integrated Co-Occurring Treatment
This course is designed to provide participants from non-scientific backgrounds with a basic understanding of the effects of licit and illicit drugs. In addition, the role of these drugs in distorting brain chemistry and promoting substance-related disorders will be explored. Relationships between co-occurring substance-related disorders and mental illnesses will be explored. Research on effectiveness of treatment and rehabilitation of persons with co-occurring disorders will be reviewed. Interactions among the biological, psychological/emotional, and behavioral aspects of substance abuse will be examined in relation to symptom reduction and identification, intervention strategies, and the treatment of substance use disorders particularly for people with mental illness.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 644 - Crisis Intervention
This course introduces students to the theory and practice of crisis intervention. A theoretical perspective is established, and short-term crisis counseling strategies are examined. Several different crisis situations will be discussed in relationship to agencies or persons responsible for interventions.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 621 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 645 - Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
This course will focus on diagnostic systems and their use in counseling. The development of treatment plans and the use of related services will be reviewed. The role of assessment, intake interviews and reports will be examined.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 621 or program permission.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 650 - Basic Concepts in Couple and Family Counseling
This course will provide a historical context for the field of family therapy, as well as an exploration of the major theories that inform the current application of family therapy.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 655 - Human Sexuality for Counselors
This course provides information about human sexuality to heighten individual’s awareness of his/her own sexuality and sexual issues, and to integrate this knowledge to improve the overall effectiveness of counseling skills. The course explores a wide spectrum of sexual behaviors and examines the relationships between sexuality, self-esteem, sex roles, and life styles. Emphasis is placed on developing an awareness of personal values associated with human sexuality.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 621 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 668 - Human Development
This course examines the processes underlying growth and development across the life span from conception through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and aging to death. The interaction of biological, cultural, and environmental factors will be considered in studying physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes throughout the stages of life. This course includes a field experience.
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Credits: 3
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HCE 670 - Application of Family Systems Theories
This course is an advanced course focused on the application of family systems theories to several family case presentations. We will be focused on Structural, Bowenian, Communication, Psychodynamic Experiential, Narrative, and Integrative Models. Particular focus will be given to reflection on family-of-origin themes and the ways in which a deepened awareness of these themes can lead to more effective family counseling.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 650 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 681 - Clinical Supervision
This course introduces students to the practice of clinical supervision within the counseling profession. The course focuses on such topics as the history of supervision, supervision models, tasks and functions of supervision, relationships in supervision, supervisory responsibilities, administration, cultural differences, and ethical standards. An organizing principle of this course is to examine these topics from three perspectives: theoretical knowledge, skill development, and self-awareness.
Prerequisite(s): Master’s degree in counseling, matriculated Psy.D. students, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 686 - Internship in Counselor Education
This course is an advanced field experience for students in Counselor Education. The purpose is to offer supervised opportunities to apply classroom knowledge, skills, and experiences in actual professional situations and settings. Students are required to complete 100 internship hours per credit (40% direct services), participate in weekly on-site supervision, and attend on-campus group seminars of 2.5 hours, present and analyze their internship experiences, and record and evaluate their activities, learning, and performance.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 690 and HCE 691 , matriculated students only, and program permission.
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Credits: 1-12
May be repeated for credit up to 12 credits.
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 687 - Internship in Clinical Supervision
This course provides an opportunity to develop advanced skills in clinical supervision. Interns will be assigned to supervise master’s level students in such courses as practicum and internship.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 681 , HCE 694 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 690 - Individual Counseling Practicum Seminar
Through lecture, discussion, and group supervision students learn to apply professional knowledge and skills to the practice of counseling with individuals. Role playing, video and audio tapes, and demonstrations are used in helping students develop an integrated counseling style. This course is taken concurrently with HCE 691 .
Prerequisite(s): HCE 620 , HCE 621 , HCE 622 (school counseling specialty only), and HCE 626 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 691 - Individual Counseling Practicum Laboratory
This laboratory is an intensive experience in the direct application of counseling skills and techniques to individual clients within the context of counseling sessions. Audio and video tapes will be reviewed individually with a faculty supervisor. This course must be taken concurrently with HCE 690 .
Prerequisite(s): HCE 620 , HCE 621 , HCE 622 (school counseling specialty only), and HCE 626 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 692 - Advanced Individual Practicum
This is the advanced course in counseling practicum. In addition to building on the skills developed in HCE 690 (practicum), emphasis is placed on the structural analysis of typical client problems and the use of appropriate strategies of intervention. Other emphases include the staffing of actual cases and knowledge of community resources available to the counseling clientele.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 690 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 694 - Practicum in Individual Supervision
This is an intensive supervised experience in applying specialized knowledge and skills to the practice of clinical supervision. Students will be assigned supervisees and through observation, audio/video tapes, and co-counseling, will both supervise and be supervised.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 681 and matriculation in the CAS program.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 695 - Practicum in Play Therapy
This course is an intensive supervised experience, applying professional knowledge and skills in the practice of counseling children using play therapy techniques. Role-playing, video tapes, and demonstrations are used in helping each student develop an integrated counseling style.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 621 , HCE 622 , HCE 623 , HCE 624 , and HCE 690 .
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 697 - Psychoeducational Group Work Practicum
This course focuses on the development of concepts, attitudes, and skills necessary to lead psychoeducational groups effectively in a variety of settings. Integration of group dynamics with psychoeducational group theory and group techniques is emphasized. Additionally, behaviors of leader and participants are analyzed to promote a deeper understanding of group roles and functions.
Prerequisite(s): HCE 621 and HCE 626 or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HCE 699 - Independent Study in Counselor Education
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue a project independently, planning, and exploring a topic of interest within the field of counseling. Most independent study projects are library-based; all are intellectually sound, and reflect a high caliber of performance. Specific content and methods of evaluation will be determined in collaboration with the instructor. An approved proposal is a necessary prerequisite to registration.
Prerequisite(s): Open to matriculated students.
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Credits: 1-6
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Course Type: Human Resources-Counseling Education
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HRD 500 - College Mental Health
This course is focused on college mental health and the application of theory and practice to understand, intervene and enhance student mental health in a college environment. We will focus on mental health through an ecological theoretical model which views socio-historical conditions, campus community systems, and individual developmental, social and psychological factors as determinants to student growth and success. Particular focus will be given to interrelated protective and risk factors across the various levels of systemic complexity. Individual and wider systemic influences and approaches will be explored. In addition, students will be given an opportunity to contribute to the mental health of the college community through engaging in campus mental health and other related initiatives. This course will be open to: graduate students studying higher education or counselor education, and senior undergraduate students possibly pursuing a career in higher education or counseling.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 510 - Aging and the Search for Meaning
This course explores psychosocial and spiritual aspects of successful human aging. Multidisciplinary perspectives on aging will be examined including historical, psychological, sociological, cultural and religious. Learners will discuss key issues related to aging and the search for meaning through the lens of various genres (e.g., research, theory, fiction) as well as their own personal experiences.
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HRD 540 - Mindfulness in Adult Learning
This course examines the role of mindfulness practices and first-person inquiry in adult learning. Participants will examine the meaning of mindfulness from multiple perspectives, participate in mindfulness practices, and learn how to use mindfulness techniques in personal and professional lives. Participants will explore effective practices to create inclusive learning spaces. This course fulfills a skills-based middle core requirement in the Adult & Higher Education program.
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HRD 550 - Using Technology in Adult Learning
This course combines readings about using technology in adult learning with hands-on practice with current technologies that may be used in teaching, advising, and managing programs for adult learners. While emphasis will be primarily on the online environment, issues related to technology in blended and face-to-face environments will also be treated. Hands-on experiences with selected learning platforms will be emphasized. Broader implications for technology-based learning such as academic integrity, accessibility, and assessment will be explored.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 551 - Spirituality in Adult and Higher Education
This course examines the role of spirituality in adult and higher education. Historical and contemporary perspectives on ways in which spiritual issues influence the lives of educators and learners are explored. Questions this course investigates include: What is spirituality? How are core practices in adult and higher education such as learning, facilitating, advising, training, and managing affected by spiritual principles? In what ways has spirituality influenced social change in adult education? How does understanding and practicing spiritual virtues influence the personal and professional lives of educators and learners?
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Credits: 3
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HRD 554 - Foundations of Academic Advising
This course examines the foundations of academic advising in higher education. Issues such as developmental advising, practice and delivery models, working with diverse populations, current research, ethics, and assessment practices are explored.
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HRD 555 - Introduction to Student Affairs in Higher Education
This course provides students with an introduction to student affairs in higher education institutions. Particular attention will be given to historical developments as rooted in the emergence of the unique model of higher education in the U.S. Students will review and critique theories, models and orientations within student development, including the college student, and higher education institution culture and environment. In addition students will explore and analyze current issues in student development. The intent is to provide students with the foundation and skills necessary to understand and evaluate the field as well as to assess their own interest and commitment to careers in student affairs.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 600 - History and Philosophy of Adult Education
This course examines historical and philosophical foundations of adult education. Key trends and theoretical frameworks are explored. Students will be introduced to a range of adult education practice domains in Maine and elsewhere. Creating a “community of learners” and modeling other adult education practices is a central goal of this course. HRD 600 is a required core course in the Adult and Higher Education program.
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HRD 601 - Marketing Training and Adult Education
This course acquaints the student with the purpose, organization, function, methods, tools, and techniques of marketing within the setting of adult education, continuing education, and training programs. Attention is given to the development of a customized marketing plan, focusing on the research and planning phases of the plan. This is an applied course in which students spend a significant amount of time participating in hands-on learning experiences, working in teams.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 615 - Organizational Leadership
This foundational course considers contemporary perspectives, issues and strategies regarding the management of public sector organizations, the importance of public service and provides a basic understanding of public management theory and the application of theory to governmental and other public and nonprofit sector institutions. Topics covered include a wide range of public management concerns, leadership styles, emotional intelligence, persuasive communication, team building, decision making, organizational culture and change. The course prepares students to become managers and leaders of public and not-for-profit institutions who can enhance the capability of these institutions. The course presents a realistic view of effective management and leadership in government and nonprofit organizations and the ways in which these organizations work and interact and focuses on the creation of social and public value, keeping in mind that economic and private value creation is often a part of public and non-profit management.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 630 - Facilitating Adult Learning
This course examines theory and practice of facilitating adult learning. Learners will examine effective facilitation skills for adult learners, develop and facilitate a content-focused lesson and a group discussion, provide constructive feedback to peers, and self-evaluate skills and goals as a facilitator. HRD 630 fulfills a skills-based middle core requirement in the Adult & Higher Education program.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 631 - The Adult Learner
This course examines the social, psychological, economic, and cultural impacts on adult learning, teaching, and education programs today. The aim of the course is to develop an understanding of andragogy and transformative learning as they apply to adults in diverse circumstances and with diverse goals, needs, and styles of learning. Attention is given to stages of adult growth, the development of learning goals, learning environments, and to a variety of theories of learning. This is a required core course in the Adult and Higher Education Program.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 633 - Leadership in Adult and Higher Education
This course examines leadership skills necessary for the development and management of adult education centers, continuing education offices, professional development departments, and higher education programs to support adult learning. Particular attention is given to organizational culture, leadership styles and perspectives, development of vision and mission statements, personnel issues, team development, communication, conflict resolution, and identifying one’s leadership philosophy. HRD 633 fulfills a skills-based middle core requirement in the Adult & Higher Education program.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 636 - Planning Programs for Adult Learners
This course presents the purpose, structure, functions, methods and techniques of planning programs for adult learners. The course emphasizes practice, skill acquisition, and competence in curriculum design and program development for adults with diverse needs and in diverse learning environments. The course covers both educational and training programs within organizations with attention given to the strategic role of program design and development in helping organizations achieve their mission and organizational objectives. This is an applied course in which students plan a specific program for adult learners.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 639 - The Heart of Teaching
This course explores the elements of fostering and supporting fundamental changes in adult learners through the process of teaching. Transformational learning theory is examined and applications to teaching are explored through exercises and discussion.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 646 - Global Perspectives of Adult Education and Practices
This course provides students with a broad overview of some of the historical roots and current practices of adult education internationally. It provides information about significant leaders and agencies, as well as subjects such as: women’s education, literacy, peace and human rights, research, the environment, and new technology, as they relate to adult education.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 649 - Capstone Seminar in Adult and Higher Education
This seminar is taken at the end of the M.S. in Adult and Higher Education program and addresses questions and issues of importance to the members of the course. Students review their program portfolio and select a key topic on which they have worked in the past in order to further develop this topic, facilitate a seminar module for their classmates, and write a publishable paper. At the end of the seminar students will review and evaluate their overall experience in the master’s program.
Prerequisite(s): Open to matriculated students.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resource Development
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HRD 667 - Action Research & Program Evaluation in Adult Learning Settings
This course explores action research and evaluation methods used to improve educational practice within adult learning settings, including institutions of higher education, adult education, community learning, and adult learning programs within organizations. Learners will consider needs assessments, evaluation designs, action research, analysis, and reporting. Students will use evidence-based practices to conduct and evaluate action research and program evaluation. This is a middle core course in the Adult and Higher Education Program.
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Credits: 3
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HRD 685 - CAS in Adult Learning Completion Project
Students will undertake a major project of their own design as a final requirement for completion of the certificate of advanced study in adult learning. There are four options for projects: (1) field-based study (2) public policy initiative (3) publishable theory paper and (4) design of a curriculum for adult learners. Students in HRD 685 will participate in a support seminar with master’s students who are doing internships and/or independent projects.
Prerequisite(s): Open to graduate students accepted into the CAS in Adult Learning who have completed 24 credit hours.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Human Resource Development
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HRD 687 - Internship in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
Designed to provide professional experience in the student’s selected area of concern. A plan for the internship is presented for approval to the student’s advisor. On approval, the intern completes his/her planned program under the supervision and evaluation of a responsible person for the internship assignment.
Prerequisite(s): Open to matriculated graduate students and permission of instructor.
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Credits: 1-9
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Course Type: Human Resource Development
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HRD 698 - Directed Study in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue a project independently, planning, and exploring an area of interest within the field of human resource development. The project must be field-based, intellectually sound, and reflect a high caliber of performance. Specific content and methods of evaluation are determined in conjunction with the faculty supervisor. An approved proposal is a necessary prerequisite to registration.
Prerequisite(s): Open to matriculated graduate students and permission of instructor.
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Credits: 1-6
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Course Type: Human Resource Development
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HRD 699 - Independent Study in Human Resource Development
This course provides students the opportunity to pursue a project independently, planning, and exploring a topic of interest within the field of human resource development. The project must be library-based, intellectually sound, and reflect a high caliber of performance. Specific content and methods of evaluation will be determined in collaboration with the instructor. An approved proposal is a necessary prerequisite to registration.
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Credits: 1-6
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Leadership & Organizational Studies The Leadership and Organizational Studies interdisciplinary program offers with courses that utilize a variety of active and experiential learning methods.
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LOS 500 - Foundations of Leadership Studies I: Theory and Practice
Students in this course are provided with an overview of leadership theory, practice, and intellectual history through using disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches from philosophy, social science, the humanities, and STEM fields. Additionally, students will explore the wealth of interpretive frameworks for leadership and apply critical perspectives to develop their understanding of leadership. In doing so, students will gain self-awareness of their strengths, growth opportunities, and identity in relation to leadership.
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Credits: 3
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LOS 501 - Foundations of Leadership Studies II: Groups & Teams
In this course students will explore self in relationship to others, roles, interpersonal skills, and group level dynamics. Topics include communication, shared leadership, authority, power, influence, inclusivity, identity, conflict, problem solving, decision-making processes, and appreciation of differences. The skills and abilities needed to develop high performing teams are highlighted through team-based learning.
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Credits: 3
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LOS 502 - Leading Organization Development
Students in this course will explore theories and research of leading effective holistic systems change with a focus on organizational development frameworks, strategies, and processes. An emphasis will be placed on processes for leading organizational change and related emerging leadership theories and research. Case studies are used to examine the intended and unintended consequences of organizational development efforts.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Leadership Studies
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LOS 512 - Deliberate Creativity and Innovation
Creative thinking and vision are core leadership competencies that not only lead to breakthrough innovations but build environments to foster creativity in individuals, groups, and organizations. Students in this class will investigate the theory and methods that enable people, processes, products, and places to be innovative. After exploring the numerous and diverse facets of this area of study, students will be able to demonstrate their learning and facilitate the creative process in an applied setting.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Leadership Studies
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LOS 550 - Leading Across Cultures
Students in this course are introduced to the impact of culture on leadership and on interactions between individuals in the global context (at the international, national, organizational, and social levels). Additionally, students will examine relevant theories and apply them to real-life scenarios to develop a cultural mindset that is essential to effective functioning in today’s global and interconnected world.
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Credits: 3
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Course Type: Leadership Studies
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