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Environmental Science
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ENV 383 - Aquatic Biology
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. Cross-Listed: BIO 383 . 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): Varies with topic.
Credits: 3
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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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First Year Seminar
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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: 3
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Geography
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GEO 103 - 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: 3
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GEO 104 - 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: 3
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GEO 131 - 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 131 . Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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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 212 - Latin America: Peoples & Environments
This course introduces students to the human activities, environments, and characteristics of place in Latin America. Students will investigate Latin American landscapes and livelihoods, through the study of culture spheres, population patterns, colonial histories, social change, migration, ecosystems, climates, economic trends, and tourism. Some of these themes will be addressed in film. Attention will also be given to the ways that Latin American peoples and livelihoods connect with the United States. Course Typically Offered: Every third semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 214 - Asia: Peoples & Environments
This course examines the human activities, environments, and characteristics of place in Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, and Southeast Asia. Students will investigate Asia’s varied landscapes and livelihoods, its culture spheres, histories, urban and rural dynamics, social change, ecosystems, climates, economic trends, and tourism. These themes will be explored through readings, discussions, films, and applied exercises. Course Typically Offered: Every third semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 219 - Geography of Maine
This course examines the natural environments, cultural and economic patterns, and distinctive places of Maine. We explore Maine’s varied landscapes, its cultures and identities, urban and rural dynamics, social change, ecosystems, climates, and tourism trends, through readings, discussions, films, and applied exercises. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 221 - Documentary Photography: Social and Environmental Storytelling
In this course, students envision, capture, and report upon photographs to visually contextualize social and environmental processes. The photographs are used to document an array of social and environmental themes that exist in places, landscapes, and communities. Students communicate and formalize these meanings in both oral and written forms, through relevant readings, written essays, class-wide discussions, and the completion of an individual research paper on a particular social or environmental issue as portrayed in visual form. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 221 . Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 231 - 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 231 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 244 - 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 244 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 260 - Sustainable Tourism
This course examines tourism in the context of sustainable practices toward minimizing environmental impacts and enhancing affected communities. Attention is given in tourism design to choices in appropriate land uses, conservation of flora and fauna, marine and freshwater conservation, resource use and post-consumer waste, and climate change impacts-as well as the social, gendered, and economic benefits for citizens in tourism destinations. The course primarily emphasizes international tourism destinations. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 260 . Course Typically Offered: Every 3 semesters.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 265 - 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 the 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 the impacts of climate change in the state of Maine. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: ANT 265 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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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): Varies with topic.
Credits: 3
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GEO 280 - Climate Justice and Adaptation
Exploration of the myriad ways climate change impacts differentially affected populations, based on ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status. The course considers communities’ adaptation to various climate change impacts which manifest in both the natural systems and social spheres. Arguments for repatriation of climate change refugees-as a geopolitical dilemma-are also evaluated, as are place-based analyses of climate change risk. The roles of governments and intergovernmental bodies in climate justice and responses are likewise examined. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 280 . Course Typically Offered: Every 3 semesters.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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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 the classroom, lab, and field settings, the course introduces fundamental concepts such as primary GIS data acquisition, database creation, data management, and 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 regions of Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Course material emphasizes ways of planning for environmental integrity in the context with issues of education, health, gender, and inequality since these factors can complicate and potentially compromise environmental sustainability efforts. Critiques of Western-led development programs are also examined. This course also counts towards the completion of the Project Management Certificate. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 310 . Course Typically Offered: Every 3 semesters.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 320 - Environment, Economy, Society
This course introduces students to both competing and cooperative ways that environmental conservation, economies, and social processes can inter-operate and engage with one another. Attention is devoted to the competing visions that can arise and potential solutions. Several case studies are examined at both local and global scales. Coursework includes analysis of several case studies accompanied by class discussions and written work. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 320 . Course Typically Offered: Every 3 semesters.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 340 - Sustainable Land Use
This course centers on the sustainable design of urban and rural landscapes, investigating local and regional case studies of the connections between the 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, and 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: EPP 340 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 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: EPP 343 . Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 377 - Topics in Geography
The study of a specialized topic not offered in the usual curriculum. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEO 396 - Internship in Geography or GIS
The internship is an essential piece of a student’s development towards becoming a professional in geography or Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It consists of a hands-on learning experience based on the student’s placement with a sponsor organization, as well as reflective work overseen by the faculty supervisor supporting the internship. Internships must be approved by the faculty supervisor as well as the sponsor organization prior to registration. Permission of Instructor. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 1-16
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GEO 397 - Independent Study in Geography
An opportunity to pursue independent research into selected geographic problems under the direction of a faculty member. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of division
Credits: 3
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GEO 450 - Research in Geography
This course is the capstone experience for students with a Geography emphasis in the Geography and Environmental Planning major. Course material concentrates on implementation and completion of research. It involves completion of a semester-length, original piece of research which may focus on one or more forms of analytical or ethnographic approaches, data collection and analysis, and reporting of outcomes. Students present their completed research at UMF’s Symposium Day forum. Cross-listed with EPP 450. Students may receive credit for only one of the courses. Cross-Listed: EPP 450 . Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3
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GEO 477 - Topics in Geography
The study of a specialized topic not offered in the usual curriculum. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic.
Credits: 3
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Geology
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GEY 110 - Introductory Geology
An introduction to the content, methods, and philosophy of science with an emphasis on the principles of geology and their application to topics in research and current issues in science. Each instructor will focus on a specific area of geology 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 Plate Tectonics, Oceans, Climate Change, and others of broad interest to society (students should check course listings for current offerings). Cannot be used as elective credit toward the Earth and Environmental Sciences major. This course may be repeated for General Elective credit when the topic differs. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEY 141 - Dynamic Earth: Environment and Economy
Environmental geoscience focuses on the intersection between people and our planet, including natural hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, storms/floods); the distribution, origin, and development/utilization of resources (water, soil, energy, mineral); and environmental impacts (resource depletion, pollutants, greenhouse gases). This knowledge informs environmental ethics, individual decisions, and public policy. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEY 142 - Dynamic Earth: The Mineral Kingdom
Without the mineral kingdom, there would be no life on Earth. The mineral kingdom supplies the biosphere with vital nutrients, and in turn, the evolution of life is responsible for the present-day diversity of minerals. Much more than simply the ingredients of rocks, minerals form the basis of life-supporting biogeochemical cycles through their formation and destruction. This course introduces the important non-silicate and silicate minerals, mineral identification including use of the optical microscope, mineral connections to the plate tectonic cycle, and concepts in the physical sciences and mathematics. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 4
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GEY 177 - Special Topics
Designed to investigate problems and cover topics that are not the primary focus of GEY 141 or GEY 142 . Examples of possible topics include Climate Change, Geology of Maine, and Geology of Energy. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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GEY 203 - Surficial Processes
A field-based study of the geologic activity responsible for landscape evolution. Students will gain significant experience outdoors describing and interpreting fluvial, glacial, coastal, and hillslope processes. The interpretation of landscape features with regard to past and future change is an important component in evaluating environmental hazards and resources. Students will acquire field mapping and data analysis skills. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): GEY 141 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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GEY 252 - Hierarchy of Earth Materials
This course employs a field-intensive approach to understand the hierarchy of earth materials. Large-scale petro-tectonic assemblages comprise unique assemblages of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, which in turn comprise various minerals made of elements and/or their ions. Students investigate the wide diversity of earth materials that results from fractionation and/or mixing processes operating both at the Earth’s surface and at depth. As forensic scientists, they integrate field evidence, observations from study of thin sections with a polarizing microscope, and geochemical data to elucidate the origin of various igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary materials. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): GEY 142 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 4
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GEY 277 - Special Topics
Designed to investigate problems, study situations, and cover topics that would not normally be covered in the context of traditional courses. Examples of possible topics include the Geology of Maine and Volcanology. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): An introductory course in geology or permission of the instructor. Used for May term travel courses.
Credits: 3
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GEY 305 - Sediment Transport and Earth Archives
This course investigates the movement of sediments across the earth surface, how those sediments are distributed and deposited in different environments, and how these deposits preserve a record of Earth history. Field and laboratory projects will introduce students to the evaluation and description of sediments and their relationship to depositional environments. Further, the course will focus on developing an understanding and application of stratigraphic principles to ancient and modern deposits. Course Typically Offered: Even fall.
Prerequisite(s): GEY 141 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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GEY 306 - Earth’s Tectonic Engine
Study of rock structures and their genesis, emphasizing the development of mountain belts within the framework of plate tectonics. Through field investigations, students develop skills in geologic mapping, documenting structural features (folds, faults, fractures, fabrics), and synthesis. Topics include tectonic evolution of the Appalachian orogen, tectonic-climate interactions, structural-tectonic aspects of critical mineral deposits, and mechanics of ice sheets (pertinent to climate change). Course Typically Offered: Odd fall.
Prerequisite(s): GEY 141 or GEY 142 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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GEY 307 - Ground-Penetrating Radar Methods
Students use UMF’s ground-penetrating radar (GPR) instrument to gather and interpret data from local field investigations. The course will include fundamentals of shallow geophysics, survey design, and basic data processing and analysis. Course Typically Offered: Varies (Winter or May term)
Prerequisite(s): GEY 141 or GEY 142 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 2
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GEY 308 - X-Ray Fluorescence Methods
Following an introduction to the theory of XRF spectroscopy, students learn how to prepare and analyze geologic materials by processing suites of samples through UMF’s XRF laboratory. Course Typically Offered: Varies (Winter or May term)
Prerequisite(s): GEY 141 or GEY 142 or permission of the instructor
Credits: 2
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GEY 311 - Earth History
Our planet has a history-an epical one written in the rocks, currently being actively explored, and with lessons for humankind. In this course, we follow the threads of tectonic, climatic, and biological change with a focus on how these threads are interwoven. How are supercontinent cycles, ice ages and greenhouse episodes, and the tumultuous evolution of life connected? Students learn to read the geologic record, applying stratigraphic principles to decipher sequences of events and using minerals, fossils, and sedimentary structures to infer ancient environments. They gain a deep appreciation of Earth as a dynamic system and develop insights into how humankind may grapple with 21st-century challenges. Course Typically Offered: Even fall.
Prerequisite(s): GEY 141 or GEY 142 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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GEY 377 - Special Topics
Designed to investigate problems, study situations, and cover topics that would not normally be covered in the context of traditional geology courses. Examples of topics that may be offered include Paleoecology and Geological Development of North America. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): 12 credit hours in geology.
Credits: 3
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GEY 397 - Independent Study in Geology
An opportunity to perform independent research in geology. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Two courses in geology and permission of the instructor
Credits: 2 - 4
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GEY 401 - Climate Change Past and Present
Earth’s future climate is one of the most pressing scientific, political, and socio-economic issues of our time. Forecasts of the future are only as certain as our understanding of the present climate system. The class is divided into three parts: 1) components and interactions of the climate system, 2) evidence of past climate change, and 3) predictions of future change. The first part of the class will focus on the components (nuts and bolts) of the present climate system and how these components interact on various time scales. The second part of the course will focus on records of past climate change. How do these records form? How are they interpreted? During the final part of the course we will examine the integration of climate change science into public policy. Course Typically Offered: Odd spring.
Prerequisite(s): GEY 141
Credits: 3
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GEY 402 - Critical Minerals for Society
Transitioning to a post-fossil fuel economy requires a new infrastructure dependent on a host of critical minerals and metals (e.g., lithium for batteries in electric vehicles). Thus knowledge of the distribution, origin, and detailed characteristics of these critical mineral deposits is vital to achieving societal goals. In this course, students apply their basic geological knowledge to developing strategies that result in matching the supply of these key resources to the demand. Course Typically Offered: Odd spring.
Prerequisite(s): GEY 252
Credits: 3
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GEY 404 - Biogeochemical Cycles
Biogeochemistry applies the principles of chemistry to the solution of geological, ecological, and environmental problems. This course focuses primarily on reactions near the Earth’s surface including many examples from the carbon cycle, which is coupled to the cycles of other key elements and nutrients. Students develop and interpret stability diagrams that portray various acid-base, gas-aqueous, aqueous-solid, and redox equilibria. They conduct research on problems in environmental science, geochemical cycles, and earth system evolution, and may use UMF’s X-ray fluorescence facility and other instruments to analyze their samples. Cross-Listed: CHY 404 Course Typically Offered: Even spring.
Prerequisite(s): CHY 141 and either GEY 141 or GEY 142 , or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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GEY 477 - Special Topics in Geology
Designed to investigate problems, study situations, and cover topics that would not normally be covered in the context of traditional courses. Examples of topics that may be offered include Paleoecology and Geological Development of North America. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): 12 hours in geology.
Credits: 3
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GEY 496 - Senior Research Project I
An opportunity to perform original research in geology. Emphasis on field and laboratory work to collect primary data. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): Senior geology major.
Credits: 3
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GEY 497 - Independent Study in Geology
An opportunity to perform independent research in geology. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Two courses in geology and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 2 - 4
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GEY 499 - Senior Research Project II
An opportunity to perform independent research in geology. Emphasis on writing and public presentation of results from GEY 496 research. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): Senior geology major and GEY 496 .
Credits: 2
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Health
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HEA 100 - Health for College - Lecture and Activity
This course explores the health topics that are most relevant to college-aged individuals and to college life. It brings together past health knowledge that students have learned and adds to it for the next stages of their lives. Content is delivered by using past experiences from real UMF students, campus resources, and experiential learning. This course lecture meets once per week for 75 minutes and includes a physical activity component that meets two days per week for 75 minutes each day. Must be taken during the first year. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 105 - Guns and Glory: Understanding Gun Violence and Public Health Prevention Measures in the USA
Gun violence is a leading cause of premature death in the U.S. This course will examine the complexities of gun violence and the scope of its impact in the USA through an analysis of the role of toxic masculinity and guns; carrying laws, the trends and impact of gun violence, the demographics of gun use (e.g., protection, sport); gun violence in public places (e.g., communities and schools); and evidence-based public health policies aimed at reducing the impact of gun violence. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 120 - Emergency Medical Response/Principles and Practices
This course focuses on the ability to recognize the need for an early response to medical emergencies and the application of secondary preventive skills during a critical time while awaiting the arrival of professional assistance. Content covers the assessment of the vital signs of a victim and the ability to identify medical emergencies including chest, pelvic, abdominal, and musculoskeletal injuries in adults and children that merit the use of CPR, bleeding and wound management, bandaging, splinting, and personal protective equipment. Based on grades and successful completion of this course, the student may earn First Aid and CPR certification. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 123 - Contemporary Health Issues
This course is an exploration of the health issues within society today. Students will explore such topics as physical activity, relationships, nutrition, and addiction, chronic and communicable diseases. The course serves as an introduction to prevention education, the hallmark of the unique discipline of Community Health Education. Prevention education is evaluated in occupational settings such as schools, worksites, health care, and the community. The relationship between coordinating networks, health service organizations, government, and voluntary-based health agencies is examined. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 125 - Global Health
This course will identify contemporary global health priorities through the lens of the determinants of health and human rights activism. It will provide an overview of the intersection between global health and social justice, with a specific focus on the ways in which inequity, specifically class, race, gender, and poverty disproportionately affect health outcomes. Students will learn about the historical and theoretical underpinnings of global health and how social determinants affect medical outcomes and health policy. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 203 - Theory and Practice for the Personal Trainer
The course prepares students with the necessary information and skills to design and implement individualized exercise programs and to sit for a Personal Trainer Certification exam. Experiences include practical application as well as theory and practice. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail option Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 211 - Substance Abuse Prevention
Examines the use, misuse, and abuse of chemicals and explores alternatives to their usage. Substance abuse prevention is analyzed in depth and a variety of prevention strategies and activities are examined. Includes components of teaching methods of this topic area for K-12. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 212 - Social Emotional Well-being/Stress Management
Variety of stress management techniques presented and opportunities for lifestyle examination and group support provided. Includes components of teaching methods of this topic area for K-12. Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 218 - Health Behavior Change Theory
Students study theories of behavior change at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and community/organizational levels to make connections regarding which theories to use to understand and drive behavior change. Students learn and demonstrate the following discipline-specific competencies: assess individual and community needs for health education, implement health education strategies, interventions, and programs; serve as a health education resource person, and communicate and advocate for health and health education. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 231 - Child and Adolescent Health
A study of human development and preventable health problems afflicting children and adolescents, with special focus on education and health promotion interventions. Topics include communicable disease, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, obesity, asthma, diabetes, and teen pregnancy. Includes components of teaching methods of this topic area for K-12. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 241 - Nutrition and Exercise
This course will examine the different physiological relationships between nutrition and exercise. Emphasis is placed on the body’s metabolic response to a wide range of stresses that occur in different sports, at different intensities, and within different environments. Macro and micronutrients and their respective roles in energy production and the development of improved athletic performance are discussed in detail. In addition, this course will study those methods of assessing an athlete’s nutritional needs and status. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 243 - Nutrition and Obesity
This course is an introductory overview of the association between nutrition, nutrition behavior, and weight status. It explores the initial emergence of obesity, the underlying reasons why an obesity epidemic exists, and uncovers the difference between what we normally consume for food compared to what our bodies are evolutionarily designed to eat. Additional discussions include the adverse health outcomes associated with obesity, eating and feeding disorders, the stigmatization of weight in society, the multi-billion dollar ‘diet’ industry, and the role of industrialization and technology in the creation and prevention of obesity. Application of information for health education and promotion will be considered. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 245 - Nutrition and Ecological Concerns
An analytical study of the ecological factors surrounding food production and food consumption worldwide. Discussions will include the synthesis of information about land use, animal and plant production, and social and cultural issues involved with food choices. The role of the production of non-food foods and highly-processed foods will be analyzed. Includes components of teaching methods of this topic area for K-12. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 250 - Sex and Gender Health
This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the complex ways that sex and gender influence an individual’s health behaviors and outcomes. The differences in sex and gender will be explored through the lens of disease risk factors, health behavior adoption, and inequitable treatment that often leads to adverse health outcomes. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 260 - Health Promotion Biology
This course combines the field of health promotion with biology. The course will focus on understanding how and why manifestations of a disease occur and it will incorporate this knowledge into public health decision-making to design interventions. Students will gain a clear understanding of various disease conditions and how to identify critical points at which the diseases could either be prevented or interrupted. Infectious, nutritional, metabolic, genetic, and environmental risks and the impact of such risks on various organ systems are thoroughly examined. This course will apply the scientific clinical foundation to the practice of public health through case studies, exercises, and discussion. This course does not have any prerequisites and students from different majors can take this course. It also does not have a lab. Course Typically Offered: Every other spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 262 - Human Sexuality
Human sexuality throughout the lifespan is explored through holistic and interdisciplinary perspectives. Controversial issues surrounding multiculturalism are researched. Students will study the content and application of sexuality education for individuals and communities. Includes components of teaching methods of this topic area for K-12. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 263 - Sexuality Education PK-12
Human sexuality is explored through holistic and interdisciplinary perspectives. Students will study the content and application of sexuality education for individuals and communities. Includes components of this topic area for K-12. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HEA 277 - Topics in Health
Topics and practices related to health and health education as selected by program. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Credits: 2-4
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HEA 296 - Practicum in Community Health Education
This service learning experience is coordinated in a community health setting and is arranged by the student, and facilitated by the health faculty. Students will attend 4-5 weeks of in-class orientation, and a minimum of 55 contact hours in the field. Students experience first-hand the practices of health education in a variety of settings, including schools, worksites, health care, and community settings. Students will plan and administer health education strategies, interventions, and programs, serve as health education resource persons, and communicate and advocate for health and health education in accordance with generally accepted discipline standards. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail only Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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HEA 297 - Independent Study in Health Education
An opportunity for students majoring in health sciences to initiate and implement health-related study or research in accordance with scientific procedures and under the supervision of appropriate faculty members. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 or equivalent background, and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 1-3
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HEA 303 - Physiology of Exercise
This class critically examines the effects of physiological responses and adaptations to exercise by selective populations, such as the elderly, children, women, and persons with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses. Development of individualized fitness and testing programs for special populations will be implemented through a formal service-learning project. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 150 , HEA 241 .
Credits: 3
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HEA 310 - Principles of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
This is a methods course in which students learn principles and practices for the delivery of health promotion and health education services to individuals, families, and communities. Surveillance, service delivery, and health infrastructure issues in the United States are examined, as well as similar problems in developing countries. This course provides students with the opportunity to learn and demonstrate the following competencies: assess individual and community needs for health education; plan and implement health education strategies, interventions, and programs; conduct evaluation and research related to health education; and serve as a health education resource person. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher.
Credits: 3
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HEA 350 - Principles of Epidemiology
This course is an introduction to the history and methods of epidemiology, with examples from U. S. and international disease outbreaks as well as injury and prevention data. Students will follow ongoing disease investigations as well as independently collect and analyze data, using software in the public domain. Students will refine skills in research, technical writing, and the use of information technology. This course provides students with the opportunity to learn and demonstrate the following competencies: assess individual and community needs for health education; conduct evaluation and research related to health education; and serve as a health education resource person. Course Typically Offered: Every year.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher.
Credits: 3
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HEA 377 - Topics in Health
Topics and practices related to health and health education as selected by program. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic.
Credits: 3
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HEA 397 - Independent Study in Health Education
An opportunity for students majoring in health sciences to initiate and implement health-related study or research in accordance with scientific procedures and under the supervision of appropriate faculty members. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 or equivalent background, and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 1-3
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HEA 410 - Resource Management and Grant Writing
This course familiarizes students with resource attainment, allocation, and management. Students will explore funding sources, both public and private, and learn ethical guidelines surrounding health education and health promotion. Practical management skills such as budgeting, contracting, and grant-writing will be developed. This course provides students with the opportunity to learn and demonstrate the following discipline-specific competencies: assessing individual and community needs; planning, implementing, and administering health education strategies, interventions, and programs; evaluating research related to health education; and serving as a health education resource person. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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HEA 411 - Planning for Health Education
As an academic capstone experience, this course addresses all seven of the national competencies of a Certified Health Education Specialist. This course directly applies the Precede-Proceed Model through the implementation of a health education project in the community. Skills that will be used during the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the service learning project are: assess individual and community needs for the health education project; plan and implement the health education project; conduct evaluation of the health education project; serve as a health education resource person; and communicate and advocate for health and health education. Students will also gain experience in finding and managing resources for project components. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 and HEA 296 , and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
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HEA 477 - Topics in Health
Topics and practices related to health and health education as selected by program. Course Typically Offered: Varies.
Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic.
Credits: 3
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HEA 495 - Field Experience in Community Health
This service learning experience incorporates the national competencies required for a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). A student chooses a community setting where the student works 450 contact hours (40 hours per week for approximately 12 weeks) in the field of health education. Through this course, students have the opportunity to plan, implement and administer health education strategies, interventions, and programs and serve as health education resource persons. This field experience is co-supervised by university faculty and participating agency personnel. Linked to students’ field experiences, students are required to show proof of a criminal history check prior to registering for the course. Pass/Fail: Pass/Fail only Course Typically Offered: Every semester.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 and HEA 296 and HEA 411 , a cumulative GPA of 2. 5 or better prior to enrollment in HEA 495, concurrent enrollment in HEA 496 and permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3 - 12
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HEA 496 - Senior Seminar in Health Education
This service learning experience incorporates the national competencies required for a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). A student chooses a community setting where the student works 450 contact hours (40 hours per week for approximately 12 weeks) in the field of health education. Through this course, students have the opportunity to plan, implement, and administer health education strategies, interventions, and programs and serve as health education resource persons. This field experience is co-supervised by university faculty and participating agency personnel. Linked to students’ field experiences, students are required to show proof of a criminal history check prior to registering for the course. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): HEA 123 , HEA 296 , and HEA 411 , a cumulative GPA of 2. 5 or better prior to enrollment in HEA 496, concurrent enrollment in HEA 495 .
Credits: 3
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HTY 103 - United States History I
Survey of the political, social, and economic history of the United States from pre-contact to the end of the Civil War. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 104 - United States History II
Survey of the political, social, and economic history of the United States from the end of Civil War to the present. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 110 - Global History I
Surveys fundamental economic, social, political, and cultural developments found throughout the globe from the beginnings of human civilizations to the fifteenth century CE. Topics include early agricultural societies, the rise of cities, how patriarchal societies arose, how humans solved the problem of managing resources and organizing themselves, and how they made sense of mystery. Course Typically Offered: Every fall.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 111 - Global History II
Surveys fundamental economic, social, political, and cultural developments found throughout the globe from the fourteenth century CE to the present. Class will begin in the aftermath of the Black Death and the fall of Mongol rule and examine the impact of those events on global developments, especially European and Ottoman expansion and intensified globalization. Other topics: Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, colonization and decolonization of Africa and the Middle East, industrialization, and twentieth-century conflicts. Course Typically Offered: Every other year.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 200 - Approaches to History
HTY 200 will introduce the student to the dynamics of the discipline of history scholarship. Topics will include an overview of subfields in the discipline and analysis of the key components of historical literature, i.e., thesis, theory, methodology, and sources. Students will learn to read critically and develop their writing skills, stressing analysis and argumentation. Topics will be selected by the instructor. Required of all history majors and minors. Course Typically Offered: Every spring.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 203 - Race and Rights in American History
What does it mean to be a U.S. citizen? Who qualifies for that designation? People of all stripes contested the answers to those questions across the entire span of American history. This course examines this long history and pays close attention to the role that race played in its unfolding. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 204 - Introduction to Caribbean History
This course provides a historical survey of the islands and peoples of the Caribbean basin and covers the period from the mid-fifteenth century to the late-twentieth century. Major themes will include European conquest and colonialism, the rise and fall of African enslavement, piracy, the development of multi-ethnic societies, anticolonial movements, and the rise of tourism in recent Caribbean history. In so doing, this course identifies the forces that formed the particular history of Caribbean, but it also illustrates the key role that the Caribbean played in the history of America and Europe. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 212 - Making of the Modern World
This class takes the upheavals of the Black Death in the 14th century as a starting point for our exploration of how the modern world emerged. Focusing on global processes, it will circle around these questions for the era that spans into the 18th century: How did the globe become more connected? How did the movement of goods, people, and ideas work? How did experimental science become dominant? How and where did an increasingly secular worldview emerge? What different models of imperial expansion emerged? What was the impact of imperialism on both the colonized and the colonizers? Students will have the opportunity to pursue their own interests in addition to our common coursework. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 214 - Spain from 1000 -1700
This course begins with the Umayyad Caliphate ruling most of the Iberian peninsula and proceeds through the gradual expansion of the Christian kingdoms and a reversal of the balance of power. Issues we will explore from this period include the interactions among Christians, Jews, and Muslims within these kingdoms, the role of towns, and the formation of monarchies, and Spain’s interaction with its colonies. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 220 - Women & Gender in Premodern Europe
Course will examine the experiences of European women from the Roman period into the sixteenth century and consider how studying these periods through this lens alters our view of the times. In addition to a variety of primary sources, students will study scholarship on such topics as agency and gender. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 224 - Cultural History of Spain
Students in this course will analyze literature, art and architecture, and culinary traditions of Spain as evidence of the historical interactions among the country’s various ethnic and religious groups and of the resulting social structures. This is a travel course in which students will visit relevant museums and historical sites. GLOBAL CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 2 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 230 - Colonial America
This course examines the emergence of Colonial America, with the founding of the Jamestown colony in 1607, to the eve of the Revolutionary crisis in 1763. During the semester students will explore the creation of viable political, social, economic structures, emphasizing the transition of colonial North America from a series of isolated colonial outposts to imperial provinces. Topics to be considered include: community and family relations, colonial religious patterns, slavery and race relations, and internal and external tensions. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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HTY 231 - Revolutionary America
This course, in the broadest sense, covers the history of America from the Revolution to the rise of the Jeffersonians, 1763-1800. During the course of the semester, students will explore the origins, meaning, and consequences of the Colonial America’s Revolution, looking at how the Colonies’ struggle for independence from England affected American society, politics, culture, and economics, eventually giving shape to the United States. UNITED STATES CONCENTRATION. Course Typically Offered: Every 3 years.
Prerequisite(s): None.
Credits: 3
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