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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ENG 224 - Teaching English as a Second Language
This is an introductory course for students who are new to the field of TESL/TEFL (Teaching of English as a Second or Foreign Language) and for those who have practical experience but little formal exposure to the area. It is intended to present to students an overview of the contemporary ESL/EFL theories and methodologies, and at the same time encourage an analytical approach to teaching ESL/EFL. The course is designed to help students explore the underlying assumptions of the various methods, materials and techniques to be studied, and provide them with opportunities to work on ESL data, perform error analysis, and develop and teach ESL lessons. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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ENG 230 - Writing/Teaching of Writing
Explores the theory and practice of writing and teaching writing; fosters the ability and confidence to analyze and respond to the writing of others; and examines the pedagogical and psychological issues involved. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 and sophomore standing.
Credits: 4
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ENG 250H - Shakespeare
An introductory study of Shakespeare’s works with emphasis on the plays. Further considerations may include genre studies (comedy, tragedy, history, etc.) and film and stage adaptations. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 251H - British Texts and Contexts I
A study of representative English poetry, prose, and drama from the medieval period through 1798, with an emphasis on literary, historical, and cultural contexts. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 252H - British Texts and Contexts II
Study of representative texts of British literature from the Romantic Period (roughly 1798-1832), the Victorian Period (roughly 1832-1901), and the twentieth century with an emphasis on literary, historical, and cultural contexts. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 263H - Studies in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century American Literature
Study and discussion of representative twentieth- and twenty-first-century American writers. Texts chosen from the works of writers such as Henry James, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Lorine Niedecker, Vladmir Nabokov, Sherman Alexie, Alice Notley. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 265H - African American Literature and Culture
An interdisciplinary study of African American literature examined in the context of music, art, film, and other media representations of African American life that will include a wide range of literary, historical, and cultural materials (from ancient African folk tales to contemporary black writers, performers, and artists). Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 267H - Twentieth-Century American Poetry
Beginning with a study of backgrounds of American poetry in the twentieth century, students in this course will examine the work of selected modern and contemporary poets in America. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 272H - American Texts and Contexts
A study of representative American literature from pre-Colonial and Colonial to Contemporary, with an emphasis on literary, historical, and cultural contexts. This course will be attentive to the study of the cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity of American literary voices. Individual sections of the class may focus on a particular literary theme or tradition. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 277 - Topics in English
Study of an author, a literary form, a sequence of texts, or specific area or genre of creative writing, or some other special topic not included in the regular curriculum. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): To be determined for each course.
Credits: 4
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ENG 279H - Multicultural Literature and Film
In this course we will study a diverse range of representations of ethnicity in literature and film. The course will likely include the study of several filmed adaptations in conjunction with their literary sources. The course will also likely require some attendance at films outside the regular class meeting times (possibly a screening of a recently released movie or possibly in conjunction with a campus film series or a nearby film festival). Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 280 - Video Games as Literature
Since their mainstream emergence in the 1970s, video games have developed a complex set of literary techniques to communicate meaning and generate an immersive user experience. This course will examine these literary techniques (including narrative, symbolism, and cultural critique) through the in-depth study of several video games. In addition to writing literary analyses after playing these required titles, students will also engage with criticism and theory about the artistry and cultural significance of video games. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in ENG, SEN, CWR, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 286H - Studies in the Graphic Novel
Since the early twentieth century, images combined with texts have become increasingly important to our understanding of the world around us, a development that has given birth to motion pictures and television on the one hand and to the comics and graphic novels on the other hand. While film and TV have long been considered subjects of academic study, comics and graphic novels as media of literary expression have only recently begun to garner critical attention. In this class, students will consider graphic novels as multimodal literature that represents an increasingly wide range of cultural experiences. Students will encounter a wide range of different graphic novels, including memoirs and works of fiction that will acquaint them with the ways the genre reflects its cultural context. In addition, students will write and create for a general audience by contributing to a public blog. Each semester offered, the course will investigate a specific aspect of graphic novels, including but not limited to Women Writers and the Graphic Novel, Graphic Novel as History, Graphic Novels and Mental Illness, Graphic Novel as Memoir and Autobiography. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 288H - Topics in Literature and Gender
This course will explore gender as both a social-historical construct and an aspect of lived experience in relation to texts, authors, and readers. Course materials will include texts which foreground questions of gender and sexuality, with secondary readings in feminist and gender studies. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 291H - Twentieth-Century Short Story
Study of the development of the short story, from writers such as Chekhov and Conrad to contemporary writers. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 292H - Human Rights Literature and Film: Global Perspectives
Who has access to education and clean water, does not face torture or discrimination, may speak freely and move safely? Investigate these and other human rights through the study of contemporary world literature and film. In this online course, participants will: 1) gain a broad appreciation for human rights history and philosophy; 2) analyze how literary and filmic texts (such as short stories, graphic novels, documentaries, and feature films) address human rights issues in specific locations; 3) engage in asynchronous interactions with class members; and 4) complete a project on a human rights topic of choice. Course Typically Offered: Once every 3 years. Online course (summer or winter term).
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENG 293H - Literary Nonfiction
Study and discussion of forms of literary nonfiction, including the personal and lyric essay, literary journalism, memoir, the nonfiction novel, and more. Students will explore the historical origins of literary nonfiction as well as contemporary forms. Different semesters may concentrate in special areas such as environmental writing, writing about place, women’s literary nonfiction, the English essay, the brief essay, or other topics. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 295H - Female Body in Western Culture
In this course we will examine historical and contemporary understandings of the female body in Western culture. We will study constructions of the female body in medicine and science, in the law, in the media, in literature, and in sport culture. Our goals are to become more astute cultural critics, to better understand the political, personal, intellectual, and social ramifications of dominant representations of the female body, and to analyze challenges to these representations-in theory, research, literature, the arts, and in everyday embodied practices. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENG 296H - Postcolonial Literature
Study of literature in English by writers from formerly colonized regions, such as Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia, with some attention to the context of colonization and decolonization. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 ; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 300 - Critical Concepts
Students will investigate foundational schools of literary theory, learn about the field of English as an academic discipline, and think about how being an English major prepares them for life and career after their degrees are completed. As a result, students will become aware of different critical approaches to literature and will begin to define their individualized interests and aims in the major. At the end of the course, each student will complete a concentration statement that explains how four or more of the elective courses in the major form a coherent group. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): ENG major, ENG 181 , and one 200-level ENG literature course.
Credits: 4
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ENG 310 - Advanced Fiction Writing
This course deepens and extends the understanding of fictional form and the writing process as studied in ENG 210 and ENG 219 . Workshop format. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. May be taken twice for credit. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): CWR, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, and ENG 210 or ENG 219 or HON 275H , or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENG 311 - Advanced Poetry Writing
Further development of poetry writing skills learned in ENG 211 . Workshop format. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. May be taken twice for credit. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): CWR, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA, concentration, and ENG 211 , or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENG 312 - Advanced Nonfiction Writing
Offers the opportunity to polish, practice, and develop the processes and techniques of creative nonfiction as learned in ENG 212 or ENG 213H . Workshop format. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. May be taken twice for credit. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): CWR, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, and ENG 212 or ENG 213H , or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENG 314 - Advanced Screenwriting
Beginning with the feature-length screenplay developed in ENG 214 , this workshop-format class encourages students to engage the crafts of revision and collaborative development through multiple drafts. Individual conferences and attendance at readings or screenings may be required. May be taken twice for credit. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): CWR, ENG, SEN major or ELE/LA concentration, and ENG 214 , or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENG 344 - Eighteenth-Century English Literature
English poetry, prose, and drama of the Restoration and the eighteenth century, with an emphasis on satire and other forms of moral and social commentary. Texts chosen from the works of writers such as Congreve, Dryden, Behn, Addison, Swift, Pope, Goldsmith, Johnson, Wollstonecraft, Burney, and others. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level ENG literature course.
Credits: 4
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ENG 345 - Romantic Era
Study of representative literature from 1798 to 1832, with an emphasis on the development of lyric poetry. Texts are chosen from the works of writers such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Austen, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level ENG literature course.
Credits: 4
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ENG 346 - Victorian Literature
Study of British literature written during the period from the first Reform Bill (1832) through the death of Queen Victoria (1901). Texts chosen from the works of writers such as the Brontes, the Brownings, Carlyle, Dickens, George Elliot, Gaskell, Hopkins, Christina Rossetti, and Tennyson. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level ENG literature course.
Credits: 4
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ENG 350 - English Novel
Study of selected English novels from the beginning of the eighteenth century through the present, with particular attention to the emergence and historical development of the novel as a form. Eight or more novels chosen from the works of Behn, Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Smollett, Burney, Austen, the Brontës, Eliot, Dickens, Hardy, Conrad, Forster, Lawrence, Woolf, Joyce, and others. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level ENG literature course.
Credits: 4
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ENG 362 - American Environmental Writing
An exploration of the concept of environment in American writing from the 19th century to the present, this course will address fundamental questions about the relation between nature and culture at play in American writing about the natural world. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level ENG literature course.
Credits: 4
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ENG 366 - Early American Novel, 1780-1900
This course studies the rise of the novel in the United States from the Revolutionary Period to the late nineteenth century. We will consider the possibilities of the novel as a vehicle of republican ideas, investigate the initial resistance to the genre among the literary elite, and trace the sociopolitical establishment of the novel as an American genre through the nineteenth century. Authors may include, but are not limited to, Susanna Rowson, Charles Brockden Brown, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Lydia Maria Child, Catherine Maria Sedgwick, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Louise May Alcott, and William Dean Howells. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level ENG literature course.
Credits: 4
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ENG 367 - Why Should We Be So Furious War and Violence in Colonial and Early America
By looking at three different colonial wars, this course investigates how colonial war and violence affected and changed both Indians and Europeans and their relationships with each other. Through historically contextualized close-readings of colonial narratives of warfare, the course will highlight how Europeans grappled with their understanding of their native allies and enemies, and it will consider how Native Americans dynamically employed diplomacy, alliances, and warfare to counter and resist both European and Native threats to their homelands. Finally, the course will investigate how the U. S. remembers colonial wars by studying the ways artistic production in the early Republic and beyond chose to commemorate the violence of the colonial past. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level ENG literature course or Junior/Senior standing.
Credits: 4
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ENG 370 - The Splendid Drunken Twenties
This course considers the Harlem Renaissance in the larger context of modernism and the culture of the 1920s and focuses particularly on the representation of African Americans in literature, music, and film. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level ENG literature course or Junior/Senior standing.
Credits: 4
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ENG 377 - Advanced Topics in English
Intensive study of a single author or special topic, or intensive workshop study of a specific area or genre of creative writing. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic
Credits: 4
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ENG 380 - Transatlantic Eighteenth-Century Women
In this course students will read writings by or about eighteenth-century women, most of whom have crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Some of these writings have been considered “American,” while others have been classified as “British.” The course will interrogate this seeming divide as it examines the very idea of location and nationality. The course will pay close attention to women’s experiences as they travel (by choice or by force) across land and sea and eventually learn how to live in new places under remarkable circumstances. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level ENG literature course.
Credits: 4
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ENG 382 - Popular Genres
This course investigates several popular genres (e. g., western, romance, horror) through examples in a variety of media (fiction, film, television, comic books, etc.) and through critical readings in the theory of genre. For each genre we examine, we will be attentive to the narratives, character types, conventions, and iconography typical of the genre as well as to innovation and variation in those forms. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level ENG literature course or Junior/Senior standing.
Credits: 4
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ENG 383 - Video Games and Identity
Video games have consistently sparked debates about individual identity in recent decades. This course will require students to study several central topics within these debates by playing a variety of video games that raise issues of identity. Topics to be explored include: historical racial representation, self-definition of sexual identity, and social justice within video games. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 300-level ENG literature course or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENG 396 - Writing Apprenticeship
Practical work in writing, editing, or publishing outside of the classroom, coordinated by a member of the writing faculty and supervised by a community professional. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): CWR major and permission of writing faculty.
Credits: 4
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ENG 397 - Independent Study in English
This course provides superior advanced students the opportunity to study in depth topics in literature and language of special interest to them. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 and permission or instructor.
Credits: 1-4
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ENG 401 - Seminar in Writing
In this capstone course, CWR majors will create a professional-quality portfolio of old and new written work in one or more genres. Through workshop discussions, reading assignments and practice, they will hone craft skills and extend their awareness of publishing practices, the writing life, and their roles as writers. Panels of visiting writers will discuss post-graduate opportunities and students will participate in a senior reading and exit interview. Individual conferences and attendance at readings may be required. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and CWR major, or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENG 430 - Experimental Narrative in Video Games
This course will explore experimental and innovative approaches to narrative and storytelling in video games. Students will play narrative-based video games from the last several decades while analyzing the variety of techniques by which the story is revealed. Students will also read relevant critical works from fields including ludology (game studies), literary theory, and cultural studies. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 300-level ENG literature course other thanENG 300 , or permission of the instructor
Credits: 4
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ENG 449 - Twentieth-Century British Literature
Focused study of twentieth-century British literature, concentrating on one or more aspects of it and its cultural context with an emphasis on texts that stretched literary and social conventions. Texts are chosen from the works of writers such as Conrad, T.S. Eliot, Joyce, Woolf, and Yeats. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 300-level ENG literature course other than ENG 300 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 455 - Literary Theory and Cultural Studies
Study of various theoretical approaches (psychoanalysis, feminism, ethnic studies, etc.) used in the analysis of literature, with the emphasis on contemporary developments in literary theory and cultural studies. Texts will include an anthology of literary theory, one major literary work, and various examples drawn from contemporary popular culture. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 300-level ENG literature course other than ENG 300 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 462 - Philosophy and Modern American Literature
An examination of the relationship between literature and philosophy with a particular focus on American writers who transgress traditional disciplinary boundaries and with possible forays into European and Classical thought. Texts are chosen from the works of writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, William James, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Charles Peirce, Susan Howe, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger, Plato. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 300-level ENG literature course other than ENG 300 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 463 - Colonial Americas
This course comparatively investigates textual and visual representations of Native-European contact and encounter beginning with Columbus’ exploration of the Americas and including French, Dutch, and English narratives from the seventeenth century. All readings will be in English. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 300-level ENG literature course other than ENG 300 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 477 - Seminar Topics in English
Intensive study of a single author or special topic, in a seminar format, with students presenting materials and leading portions of class discussion. Students will also undertake independent research projects under the guidance of the instructor. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic
Credits: 4
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ENG 481 - Early European Literature
Seminar on early European and Mediterranean literature in translation, including some classical antecedents (Virgil, Ovid, etc). Writings from Italy (Dante, Petrarch, Boccacio, Machiavelli), France (Rabelais, Montaigne), Spain (Cervantes, Lope de Vega), North Africa (Leo Africanus), and elsewhere. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 300-level ENG literature course other than ENG 300 .
Credits: 4
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ENG 491 - Capstone Seminar in English
In this course, students develop and execute research projects based on their interests. Students draw on the knowledge developed during their coursework in the major to create a project that synthesizes and extends that knowledge and engages in a wider scholarly or professional conversation. Research topics may be influenced by the instructor’s areas of expertise. Students present capstone projects publicly and write reflections on the research process. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): ENG major and one 400-level ENG literature course.
Credits: 4
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EPP 131S - Conservation and Environment
This class examines the ideas, institutions and regulatory frameworks for protecting environments, as well as the underlying theories of natural systems that inform environmental policy. We use the tools of social science to examine contemporary conservation and environmental controversies in depth, paying close attention to issues such as environmental justice, the role of civil society organizations and citizen participation, alternatives to regulation, and the relationship between consumption and environmental degradation. Students may receive credit for only one the the courses. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Cross-Listed: GEO 131S . Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 204 - Introduction to GIS
This class introduces students to the recent revolution in geospatial information and technology. The course examines core concepts of spatial thinking, cartography, including the historical and ethical implications of this rapidly changing field. This is the first lab-based course in a sequence which enables students to learn the basic operation of a range of geospatial technology including, Google Earth, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and apply their knowledge to an independent research project. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with GEO 204 . Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 207 - Environmental Field Methods
This course introduces the fundamentals of fieldwork-based geographical research methods and scientific report writing. The class focuses on concepts, techniques and tools pertinent to physical and environmental geography and related fields. Students will develop a toolkit of basic skills for fieldwork, data analysis and interpretation, data visualization, and presentation of results through oral, poster, and digital media. Along with a class project, students will work on group project resulting in a final report and presentation based on fieldwork and data you have collected. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with GEO 207 . Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 231S - Environmental Issues
This course will examine the ethical, economic and cultural context of environmental issues from a geographic perspective. Case studies of policy and planning successes and failures will be used to understand the perspective of decision makers and stakeholders. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Cross-Listed: GEO 231S . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 235 - Physical Geography
This course studies the forms and processes of the physical environment. Landscapes, climate, soils and vegetation are studied in their natural and human modified contexts with emphasis on spatial distribution. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with GEO 235 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 238S - Forest Management: Science, Institutions, and Communities
Forested ecosystems exist under a range of administrative, economic, legal, and social contexts. Forest management is often directed at non-timber and non-forest resources, including aesthetics, water and air quality, wildlife, and more. This course focuses on the social and scientific rationales of forest management, and the divergent outcomes in various social contexts and ecological settings. Field work, site visits, and case study examples will emphasize Maine forests and management strategies. Field trips, writing, oral presentations, and group and independent inquiry are required. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: GEO 238S . Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 244S - Mobile Mapping and GIS
Web mapping, GPS-based navigation apps, and location-based services on our phones have quickly brought digital mapping technologies into our everyday lives. These technologies allow our online and real-world behaviors to be tracked and analyzed in new ways but they also give us access to powerful mobile mapping tools. In this class we will investigate how mobile mapping technologies are used to address a variety of societal problems, such as the response to natural disasters, tracking the spread of deadly diseases, and understanding climate change impacts. We will learn how to use mobile and web-based geographic information systems (GIS) to gather our own data and use that data to solve real-world problems. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: GEO 244S . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 304 - Environmental GIS
This course addresses the interpretation and understanding of data and mapping. It is the second in a sequence of geographic information systems (GIS) courses leading to deeper learning and GIS certification. In classroom, lab and field settings, the course introduces fundamental concepts such as primary GIS data acquisition, database creation, data management, quantitative and qualitative techniques for classification, integration, and management of geographical data. The thematic focus of the course is environmental applications common to practitioners in planning, public health, wildlife, energy, recreation and allied career fields. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: GEO 304 Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 310 - Sustainable Development
This course focuses on environmentally sustainable development in the developing world. Emphasis is given to productive ways of conceptualizing development initiatives that address environmental integrity, education, health and gender-based development. Critiques of western-led development programs to date are also examined. Data-driven exercises and critical analysis and discussion of course reading materials further an understanding of the complexities associated with sustainable development. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: GEO 310 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 320 - Environment, Economy, Society
This course introduces students to the ways that economies are envisioned and managed in the context of environmental impacts and social processes. Attention is devoted to the competing visions and tensions that may arise from economic activities, with investigation of these dynamics at local and global scales. Coursework includes analysis of several economic-environmental case studies and related exercises. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: GEO 320 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 331 - Nature and Society
This course examines the relationships between nature and society from a geographic perspective. Case studies of the factors mediating human/environmental relationships illustrate the theoretical and empirical problems confronting humans in their decisions regarding resource use and management. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): EPP 231S , or permission of the instructor
Credits: 4
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EPP 340 - Sustainable Land Use
This course centers on sustainable design of urban and rural landscapes, investigating local and regional case studies of the connections between built environment and ecological systems. Students use geospatial technologies and environmental planning approaches to assess multiple factors (e. g., soils, transportation, wildlife, scenic values, infrastructure, cultural resources) that influence site planning in the context of present-day property law and environmental regulation. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: GEO 340 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 343 - Community Planning
Community planning focuses on how people work together to improve their communities in terms of access to housing, transportation, food and agriculture, social services, economic opportunity and environmental sustainability. This course explores community planning theory and practice, including the history of professional planning, the comprehensive plan, public participation, redevelopment, and the regulatory process. This class has a major project component involving hands-on exploration of innovative planning tools. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: GEO 343 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 396 - Internship in Environmental Policy and Planning
The internship is an essential part of a student’s development as an environmental professional. It consists of a hands-on learning experience based on a student’s placement with a sponsor organization, as well as reflective work overseen by a faculty supervisor that supports the internship. Internships must be approved by the faculty supervisor as well as the sponsor organization prior to registration. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Credits: 1-16
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EPP 397 - Independent Study in Environmental Planning and Policy
Independent study provides an opportunity for a student to initiate, design and carry out a research project or educational activity under supervision of appropriate staff. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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EPP 450 - Research in Environmental Policy and Planning
A course designed to be the capstone experience for students with an environmental policy and planning major. The course concentrates on research design, field research and data collection, analysis and presentation of data for a topic in environmental policy and planning, and writing up finding in the form of a lengthy research paper. Cross-Listed: GEO 450 . Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing
Credits: 4
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ENV 110N - Introductory Environmental Science
An introduction to the content, methods, and philosophy of science with an emphasis on the principles of environmental science and their application to topics in research or current issues in science. Each instructor will focus on a specific area of environmental science and use inquiry in the field and laboratory to allow more in-depth study of a particular sub-discipline or interdisciplinary topic. Topics of focus may include such areas as Lessons from the Wild, Understanding the Ecological Footprint, or Recognition of Gaia (students should check course listings for current offerings). Cannot be used as elective credit towards the Environmental Science track of the Earth and Environmental Sciences major. This course may be repeated for General Elective credit when the topic differs. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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ENV 130N - Tropical Nature: Exploring Costa Rica
For two weeks, we will explore the astonishing diversity of many of Costa Rica’s ecosystems, including rain forests, cloud forests, mangrove swamps, and beach ecosystems. The course will emphasize natural history, field studies of ecological patterns, tropical conservation, and reflecting on and writing about your experiences. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail only Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with BIO 130N . Course Typically Offered: Winter term, in odd years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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ENV 232 - Landscape Ecology
Habitat fragmentation and degradation is one of the driving forces of global biodiversity loss - as well as one of the drivers of naturally occurring biodiversity patterns. Landscape ecology investigates the influence of landscape heterogeneity, habitat fragmentation, and landscape permeability on species richness, community composition, dispersal, and functional connectivity. In addition, landscape ecologists provide practical solutions for mediating the effects of habitat fragmentation and reduced connectivity in an increasingly altered natural world. In this course, we will explore the fundamental concepts that inform landscape ecology, review the application of landscape ecology to contemporary conservation challenges such as reserve design, corridor identification and protection, and assess the role of landscape ecology in studying population and community adaptation to climate change and continued habitat loss. Course content is delivered via a combination of lecture, in-class discussion of scientific articles, guest speakers who will present their experience(s) applying landscape ecology to conservation projects, and a combination of field-based and computer labs. Students will engage in some of the standard analytical tools used by landscape ecologists, such as ArcGIS, Circuitscape, and R. Students may receive credit for only one the courses. Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with BIO 232 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 to 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 141 , BIO 142 , BIO 212 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENV 257 - Soil Science
Study of the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil. The influence of these properties on soil quality, use, and management will be examined as well as their role in soil classification. The importance of soils as a determinant of environmental quality and modern approaches to soil conservation will be emphasized. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): One 100-level geology course and CHY 142 .
Credits: 4
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ENV 265 - Ecological Restoration
Ecological restoration seeks to aid ecosystems and their associated species in recovery after human-caused disturbance or degradation. While the process of ecological restoration is often focused on the recovery of degraded ecosystems, in this class we will broaden the scope to include speciesspecific restoration. Students will explore the biological and ecological foundations of restoration as well as the practical considerations of planning and implementing restoration projects, and what makes restoration projects succeed or fail. Special attention will be granted to ecological restoration in the context of sustainability and climate change. Students will also engage with the political and social aspects of restoration project development and implementation. Class content includes lecture, peer-to-peer teaching, review and discussion of scientific literature and restoration project planning documents, field trips to local restoration projects, guest speakers involved in ecological restoration programs, and team development of restoration planning documents. Limited (1-3) day-long field trips are required. Students may receive credit for only one the courses. Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with BIO 265 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 to 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 141 , BIO 142 , BIO 212 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENV 277 - Special Topics
Covers specialized topics not covered in the environmental science curriculum. May be repeated for credit when the topic differs. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic
Credits: 2-4
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ENV 294 - Forest Ecology and Conservation
A study of the ecology, management, and conservation of plant species and forest ecosystems. Focus on ecological principles and their application to sustaining biological diversity in exploited and pristine habitats. Field work and examples will emphasize Maine forests and controversies. Field trips, writing, oral presentations, and group and independent inquiry are required. Overnight weekend field trip possible. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 141 and BIO 142 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENV 377 - Special Topics
Designed to cover topics that would not normally be covered in the environmental science curriculum. Course may be repeated for credit when the topic differs. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 141 /BIO 142 ; CHY 141 /CHY 142 ; GEY 101N .
Credits: 2-4
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ENV 383 - Aquatic Ecology
Study of freshwater lakes and streams emphasizing the interrelationships of biological, chemical, and physical factors. Includes practical experience in taking and evaluating samples from aquatic environments. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 141 and BIO 142
Credits: 4
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ENV 390 - Environmental Science Internship
Experiential learning situation where the student can earn credit for appropriate activities. The experience should involve the gathering and manipulation of environmental data. Proposals should be developed in conjunction with environmental science faculty member and must be approved by the program faculty. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail only Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): Environmental science majors with at least 16 program credits or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4-16
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ENV 397 - Independent Study in Environmental Science
An opportunity for students majoring in environmental science to initiate and conduct an environmental study in accordance with scientific procedures under the supervision of an appropriate staff member. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Junior and senior environmental science majors or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 2-4
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ENV 477 - Special Topics
The study of a specialized topic not offered in the usual curriculum. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 2-4
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ENV 482 - Theory and Methods of Scientific Inquiry
This course guides students in developing and practicing critical thinking and communication skills required in scientific disciplines. Students will choose a focused topic in modern biological or environmental research, and will approach the topic with the CREATE framework (consider, read, elucidate the hypotheses, analyze and interpret data, and think of next experiment) to generate a thoroughly-researched review paper. This course will enhance skills in developing, implementing, and communicating scientific inquiry, and also provides students the opportunity to practice preparing a resume/CV, personal statement, and oral and poster presentations. Cross-Listed: BIO 482 Students may receive credit for only one of the courses Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): Biology or environmental science major with senior standing, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
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ENV 497 - Independent Study in Environmental Science
An opportunity for students majoring in environmental science to initiate and conduct an environmental study in accordance with scientific procedures under the supervision of an appropriate staff member. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Junior and senior environmental science majors or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 2-4
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FYS 100 - First-Year Seminar
First-Year Seminars (FYS) are limited enrollment courses designed to orient students to UMF and to facilitate students’ intellectual transition to college. The focus will be on developing students’ skills at reading, writing, discussion, and research as they engage in collaborative inquiry into open-ended questions relevant to the world beyond the classroom. Topics which will change every semester will often range outside the divisional curriculum and will thus allow faculty to pursue topics of a non-disciplinary or interdisciplinary nature. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): First-Year student
Credits: 4
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GEO 103S - Peoples and Environments
Study of the human activities that occur in places. Emphasis on the spatial organization of cultural, economic, political, and demographic processes of the human landscape. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 104S - Global Transformations
An introduction to debate over globalization examining the geographical dimensions of intensifying global connections. Addresses both the pros and cons of cultural, economic, political, and environmental change due to market liberalization, job outsourcing, global governance, global cultural flows, new social movements and climate change. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 105S - Earth, Wind and Fire: The Geography of Natural Hazards
Every place on earth is affected by one or more natural hazards. Those hazards pose greater or lesser risk to communities, depending on a suite of social, political, economic, geomorphic, and climatic factors. This course explores four factors central to the creation of risk from natural hazards:
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Geomorphology and the underlying physical processes of landscape change, including hazards such as earthquakes, volcanism, landslides, and erosion
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Weather and climate and related hazards such as hurricanes and tornadoes, floods and droughts, and sea level rise
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Ecological hazards such as wildfire, disease, and insect outbreaks
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Human factors relating to natural hazards, including risks from human-environment interactions, the built environment, and social and cultural factors
Pass/Fail: Pass/Fall option. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 131S - Conservation and Environment
This class examines the ideas, institutions and regulatory frameworks for protecting environments, as well as the underlying theories of natural systems that inform environmental policy. We use the tools of social science to examine contemporary conservation and environmental controversies in depth, paying close attention to issues such as environmental justice, the role of civil society organizations and citizen participation, alternatives to regulation, and the relationship between consumption and environmental degradation. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Cross-Listed: EPP 131S . Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 200S - Geographical Imaginations
This course provides an introduction to the ways that space and place have been imagined in art, philosophy, poetry, film, popular culture, environmental thought and geographic scholarship. We explore various methods of geographic inquiry and explanation in the process of investigating the key thinkers, practitioners and problems in geographic thought. The goal of the course is to prepare students for conducting innovative and exciting research. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 204 - Introduction to GIS
This class introduces students to the recent revolution in geospatial information and technology. The course examines core concepts of spatial thinking, cartography, including the historical and ethical implications of this rapidly changing field. This is the first lab-based course in a sequence which enables students to learn the basic operation of a range of geospatial technology including Google Earth, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and apply their knowledge to an independent research project. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 204 . Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 207 - Environmental Field Methods
This course introduces the fundamentals of fieldwork-based geographical research methods and scientific report writing. The class focuses on concepts, techniques and tools pertinent to physical and environmental geography and related fields. Students will develop a toolkit of basic skills for fieldwork, data analysis and interpretation, data visualization, and presentation of results through oral, poster, and digital media. Along with a class project, students will work on group project resulting in a final report and presentation based on fieldwork and data you have collected. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 207 . Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 212S - Latin America: Peoples & Environments
This course introduces students to the human activities, environments, and characteristics of place in Latin America. Students will learn how Latin American landscapes and livelihoods have been constructed and are continually re-interpreted, through the study of culture spheres, landforms and climates, ecosystems, pre-Columbian groups, colonial histories, population patterns, social change, economic and political systems, and tourism; some of these themes will be addressed in film or literature. Attention will also be given to the important ways in which Latin American peoples and livelihoods connect with the United States and Maine. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 214S - Asia: Peoples & Environments
This course introduces students to the human activities, environments, and characteristics of place in Asia. Students will learn how Asian landscapes and livelihoods have been constructed and are continually re-interpreted, through the study of culture spheres, landforms and climates, ecosystems, indigenous groups, colonial histories, population patterns, religious practices, economic and political systems, and tourism; some of these themes will be addressed through film or literature. Attention will also be given to the important ways in which Asian peoples and livelihoods connect with the United States and Maine. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 219S - Geography of Maine
This course is an introduction to the physical, cultural and economic patterns of Maine. The notions of place and identity are explored. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 231S - Environmental Issues
This course will examine the ethical, economic and cultural context of environmental issues from a geographic perspective. Case studies of policy and planning successes and failures will be used to understand the perspective of decision makers and stakeholders. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 231S . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 235 - Physical Geography
This course studies the forms and processes of the physical environment. Landscapes, climate, soils and vegetation are studied in their natural and human modified contexts with emphasis on spatial distribution. Students may receive credit for only one of the course. Cross-Listed: EPP 235 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 238S - Forest Management: Science, Institutions, and Communities
Forested ecosystems exist under a range of administrative, economic, legal, and social contexts. Forest management is often directed at non-timber and non-forest resources, including aesthetics, water and air quality, wildlife, and more. This course focuses on the social and scientific rationales of forest management, and the divergent outcomes in various social contexts and ecological settings. Field work, site visits, and case study examples will emphasize Maine forests and management strategies. Field trips, writing, oral presentations, and group and independent inquiry are required. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 238S . Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 244S - Mobile Mapping and GIS
Web mapping, GPS-based navigation apps, and location-based services on our phones have quickly brought digital mapping technologies into our everyday lives. These technologies allow our online and real-world behaviors to be tracked and analyzed in new ways but they also give us access to powerful mobile mapping tools. In this class we will investigate how mobile mapping technologies are used to address a variety of societal problems, such as the response to natural disasters, tracking the spread of deadly diseases, and understanding climate change impacts. We will learn how to use mobile and web-based geographic information systems (GIS) to gather our own data and use that data to solve real-world problems. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 244S . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 265S - Climate Change and Society
This course examines how climate change has impacted society across time and space. Using a range of archaeological, historical and contemporary case studies, this course explores how climate change has served as an inhibitor (stressor) and stimulator (opportunity) in societal and cultural development in a range of different contexts (e. g., subsistence, economics, migration). The course examines important concepts of climate change (e. g., vulnerability, resilience, mitigation and adaptation), explores the myriad of human responses to climate change and concludes with an assessment of impacts of climate change in the state of Maine. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: ANT 265S . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 277 - Topics in Geography
The study of a special topic in geography not offered in the regular geography curriculum. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Introductory level geography course or permission of the instructor
Credits: 4
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GEO 304 - Environmental GIS
This course addresses the interpretation and understanding of data and mapping. It is the second in a sequence of geographic information systems (GIS) courses leading to deeper learning and GIS certification. In classroom, lab and field settings, the course introduces fundamental concepts such as primary GIS data acquisition, database creation, data management, quantitative and qualitative techniques for classification, integration, and management of geographical data. The thematic focus of the course is environmental applications common to practitioners in planning, public health, wildlife, energy, recreation and allied career fields. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 304 . Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 310 - Sustainable Development
This course focuses on environmentally sustainable development in the developing world. Emphasis is given to productive ways of conceptualizing development initiatives that address environmental integrity, education, health and gender-based development. Critiques of western-led development programs to date are also examined. Data-driven exercises and critical analysis and discussion of course reading materials further an understanding of the complexities associated with sustainable development. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 310 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 320 - Environment, Economy, Society
This course introduces students to the ways that economies are envisioned and managed in the context of environmental impacts and social processes. Attention is devoted to the competing visions and tensions that may arise from economic activities, with investigation of these dynamics at local and global scales. Coursework includes analysis of several economic-environmental case studies and related exercises. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 320 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEO 325 - Geography of Health and Disease
Health and illness occur within a cultural, economic and regional framework. This course uses geographic theories, methods and models, and epidemiological techniques to investigate patterns of health, illness, and health care delivery. Local case studies as well as international examples are used. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing, one geography or science course or permission of the instructor
Credits: 4
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GEO 331 - Nature and Society
This course examines the relationships between nature and society from a geographic perspective. Case studies of the factors mediating human/environmental relationships illustrate the theoretical and empirical problems confronting humans in their decisions regarding resource use and management. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): GEO 231S , or permission of the instructor
Credits: 4
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GEO 334 - Political Ecology
This course examines the diverse perceptions, agendas and decision-making associated with conditions of environmental degradation and management. States, commercial interests, citizens and advocacy groups will be evaluated as key actors in processes of environmental discourse and policy. Notions of poverty, power and environmental justice will also be considered. Emphasis on international case studies and the influence of spatial factors in environmental stewardship. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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