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DRA 355 - Dramatic Literature: Play Reading and Analysis 3 CR
This course is devoted to reading, discussing, and envisioning plays as literature and theater while examining their historical, political, and artistic contexts. (This course is cross-listed with ENG 355 .)
Prerequisite(s): DRA 101 or ENG 102W , or permission or instructor.
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DRA 389 - Topics in Film and Theatre 3 CR
(Topic would be indicated.) Variable topics in film or theatre will examine the film making styles of important American and international directors and their reciprocal influences, as well as how films reflect and affect social behavior and mores.
Prerequisite(s): DRA 265 OR DRA 280 OR permission of instructor.
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DRA 394 - Independent Study in Drama 1-6 CR
The purpose of this course is to develop a close faculty-student interchange of ideas and to encourage a student to undertake as much independent study as possible. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): DRA 101 OR DRA 265 OR DRA 280 and completion of 60 credit hours.
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DRA 494 - Independent Study in Drama 1-6 CR
The purpose of this course is to develop a close faculty-student interchange of ideas and to encourage a student to undertake as much independent study as possible. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): DRA 101 OR DRA 265 OR DRA 280 and completion of 90 credit hours.
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ECO 100 - Introduction to Economics 3 CR
This is a survey course in introductory economics involving selected micro and macro topics. Topics will include, but not be limited to: basic market analysis, economic stability, fiscal policy, monetary policy, the federal budget and national debt, the federal reserve, cost/revenue/profit, elasticity of demand, antitrust economics, and economic regulation.
Prerequisite(s): REA 008, ENG 005 or ENG 100 and MAT 009 OR appropriate scores on the UMA Placement Test.
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ECO 201 - Macroeconomics 3 CR
Deals with the economy as a whole, including a study of different economic organizations, income and employment theory, government fiscal and monetary policies, problems of price stability and economic growth.
Prerequisite(s): knowledge of high school algebra and graphical analysis is assumed.
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ECO 202 - Microeconomics 3 CR
Concerned with the economic theory related to operation of business firms including supply, demand, price determination, production costs, competition, resource markets and international trade and issues.
Prerequisite(s): Knowledge of high school algebra and graphical analysis is assumed.
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ECO 289 - Topics in Economics 3 CR
(Topic would be indicated.) Special studies of various economic issues and topics. Topics will vary from semester-to-semester.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 201 and ECO 202 OR permission of instructor.
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ECO 489 - Topics in Economics 3 CR
(Topic would be indicated.) Seminar to identify and discuss topics in economics with emphasis on analysis of contemporary problems and possible solutions. For bachelor’s degree students.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 201 and ECO 202 OR permission of instructor.
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EDU 100 - Introduction to UMA Teacher Education 1 CR
This course will provide orientation to the obligations, opportunities, challenges and realities of learning to become a teacher. It will assist students in understanding the requirements of UMA’s teacher preparation programs, introduce them to the UMA Education Handbook, and connect them to Education Faculty, other students, and the university community. Must be a UMA student enrolled in an education minor or certificate of study.
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EDU 160 - Perspectives on Infants, Toddlers and Young Children 3 CR
An introduction to the nature and needs of young children. Developmentally appropriate methods of care-giving will be studied. Interpersonal skills needed for working with young children and their families will be developed through discussion and role playing. Descriptions of services for young children will be presented by professionals working in the field. (This course is cross-listed with HUS 160 .)
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EDU 200W - Diversity, Poverty, and Cultural Competence 3 CR
Classrooms have become more diverse, creating a need for educators to be cognizant of the different practices, beliefs and needs of each student. In this course, pre-service teachers will begin to develop their critical cultural competence* by learning about their cultural selves, exploring the visible and invisible differences among diverse populations of students, examining personal and institutional cultural beliefs and assumptions, and develop culturally responsive teaching practices.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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EDU 210 - Dimensions of Literacy 3 CR
This course provides a conceptual framework for understanding literacy in all its complexity and provides a wide variety of instructional reading and writing strategy lessons to promote complex literacy learning in students.
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EDU 215 - Field Experience I 1 CR
This course is a field experience course of at least 25 hours in an educational setting that provides opportunities for becoming involved with students and professional educators. The course develops professional knowledge through observation, experience, and reflection. Students will submit a plan for the field experience. Must be a matriculated UMA education student to enroll. Course may be repeated for additional credit.
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EDU 216 - Field Experience II 2 CR
This course is a field experience course of at least 50 hours in an educational setting that provides opportunities for becoming involved with students and professional educators. The course develops professional knowledge through observation, experience, and reflection. Students must submit a plan for the field experience. Must be a matriculated UMA education student to enroll. Course may be repeated for additional credit.
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EDU 217 - Field Experience III 3 CR
This course is a field experience course of at least 75 hours in an educational setting that provides opportunities for becoming involved with students and professional educators. The course develops professional knowledge through observation, experience, and reflection. Students must submit a plan for the field experience. Must be a matriculated UMA education student to enroll. Course may be repeated for additional credit.
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EDU 250 - The Teaching Profession 3 CR
This course is designed for students interested in entering the teaching profession (K-12). Social, political, and philosophical dimensions of education, as well as current issues, will be examined. This course will also provide students with foundational knowledge related to multiple aspects of teaching such as building and sustaining a positive classroom learning environment, Universal Design for Learning, and the Understanding by Design lesson planning framework.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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EDU 251 - The Teaching Process 3 CR
This course is designed to provide you with a foundation of knowledge about the process of teaching (pedagogy) in K-12 schools. The course will introduce you to procedures of unit and lesson planning, improved use of small groups, classroom space, and appropriate teaching materials, formative and summative assessment strategies, differentiated instructional strategies, and approaches to classroom management.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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EDU 261 - Early Childhood Curriculum: Early Learning Environments 3 CR
This course integrates theory with application to address the needs of all children with a universal classroom design. Students examine a variety of early childhood settings with the intention of learning about ways that different environmental designs impact children’s play and behavior. Students will learn techniques for planning and developing curriculum goals and objectives for children with differing abilities and the basic skills needed to plan, implement, and evaluate the environment and developmentally appropriate components of early childhood programs.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 262 - Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder 3 CR
This course provides students with an introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), research surrounding the disability, diagnostic criteria, assessment, intervention strategies and laws involving IDEA and DSM V. This course also focuses on the role of the families including cultural values and beliefs. (This course is cross-listed with HUS 262 .)
Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 .
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EDU 263 - Play: The Roots of Learning 3 CR
Students will explore the origins of play and how it has evolved through the years. This course is designed to introduce student to the sources, concepts, theory and experience of play.
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EDU 289 - Topics in Education 3 CR
Studies in education practice or theory not offered in the regular program, but pertinent to education studies. Examples might be social justice in the classroom, effects of poverty, or navigating standards. In addition topics related to specific grade level or content area would be appropriate.
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EDU 295 - Social-Emotional Learning: Core Competencies 3 CR
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) directly impacts students’ abilities to integrate the skills, dispositions, and behaviors necessary for dealing effectively with challenges of all kinds, both inside and outside of school. This course affords learners fundamental knowledge of five SEL core competencies and familiarizes them with instructional strategies that improve Social-Emotional competence and metacognition.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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EDU 300W - Foundations of Educational Research 3 CR
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of research methodology in education. Students will examine research and evaluation methodology, its application to questions in education, and the application of research findings to problems in education. This course emphasizes evidence-driven inquiry and scientifically-based scholarship in human subject research through the lens of various research paradigms (quantitative, qualitative, action-research, mixed-methods, etc.). Specific topics examined will be: problem formulation, literature review, research design, sampling, instrumentation, data collection and analysis, and proposal writing. While not required, students in this course will be encouraged to submit their final research proposal to an appropriate research/practitioner education conference in Maine.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to UMA Teacher Candidacy.
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EDU 324 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts in the Early Elementary Grades 3 CR
This course covers current methods, materials, and assessment tools in teaching reading and writing to children pre-K through grade 3. Using a balanced approach the course includes early literacy development, oral language development, the alphabetic code, assessment, the reading process of your children, spelling, handwriting instruction, the writing processes of young children, and reading and writing reciprocity in literacy development. A self-selected field experience component is required as part of the course.
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance to UMA Teacher Candidacy or permission of instructor.
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EDU 325 - Social Studies and the Project Approach for the Young Children 3 CR
This course is designed to offer teachers and other adults an integrated method of teaching social sciences to young children. This project-oriented approach allows children to engage in their own learning and problem-solving while developing a greater awareness of themselves and family, diverse cultures, and countries. Knowledge acquired in the course helps prepare children to become active, involved citizens of their communities and world. The course fulfills the requirements of the State of Maine Learning Guidelines B-5 and Learning Results for K-3.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 326 - Observation and Assessment of Young Children 3 CR
This is a study of observational and developmentally appropriate tools and methods of collecting data for Decision-making. Emphasis is on qualitative assessment techniques that are specific to young children. This course has a field experience component.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 327 - Mathematics for Young Children 3 CR
This course focuses on early mathematics and numeracy concepts relevant to young children during the first six years of life. If offers concrete suggestions about arranging the environment to provide rich opportunities for children to connect math and numbers to their own daily lives. The course is designed to teach students effective strategies to recognize and promote mathematical development in all young children. The course meets the certification requirements of the B-5 and K-3 Teacher Certification.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 328 - Creative Development and Art for Young Children 3 CR
This course provides an overview of how art and creativity influence young children and how early childhood educators, parents, and adults who work with children can assist in this process. Students will consider the important role art plays with children who may be handicapped or from a diverse background. This comprehensive introductory course includes an exploration of a variety of materials, activities, and projects that will stimulate creativity in children. Students will study artists and current children’s illustrators and review children’s books. (This course is cross-listed with HUS 328 .)
Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 or permission of instructor.
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EDU 329 - Science and the Project Approach for the Young Child 3 CR
This course focuses on early science and discovery concepts relevant to young children during the first six-eight years of life. If offers concrete suggestions about arranging the environment to provide rich opportunities for children to connect science and exploration to their own daily lives. The course meets the requirements of the State of Maine Early Learning Guidelines B-5 Teacher Certification and is designed to teach students effective strategies to recognize and promote science development in all young children.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 330 - Teaching Writing in the Early Elementary Grades PK-3 3 CR
Students will examine the development stages of writing and how writing skills are developed in concert with reading, listening, and speaking in social contexts. Students will learn how to conduct a writing workshop and provide effective feedback, choose mentor texts that will encourage writing, and choose appropriate learning strategies for diverse learners.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 331 - Sociology of Education 3 CR
This course examines the social organization of education and its social and political context in contemporary American society. Topics include the emergence of public education, role of state and community in shaping its nature, problems of access and equality, the organizational structure of educational institutions, teaching as a profession, and alternatives to public education. Comparisons with educational systems of other countries are included when appropriate. (This course is cross listed with SOC 331 ).
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 and one additional sociology course.
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EDU 341 - Teaching Writing in Grades K-8: Process to Product 3 CR
This course is designed to introduce pre-service teachers and in-service teachers, from all disciplines, to the development of writing, teaching writing, and assessing writing in all content areas. A thorough study of current research and theory relating to the writing process leads to the development of instructional programs that will foster students’ growth as writers. Strategies are modeled to meet the needs of diverse learners and an exploration of technology and standards is included. Students gain experience with the writing process through the development of a community of writers in an ongoing, online writing workshop. Attention will be paid to how teachers assess student writing. This course is taught fully online via Blackboard’s online instruction.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 345W - Child Development 3 CR
This course provides a chronologically organized overview of child development from the prenatal period through early adulthood. Major theoretical approaches to the study of child development will be discussed. The relationship between the individual and the environment will be stressed with important considerations to cultural and ecological influences that play a role in children’s development.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 , PSY 100 or instructor permission.
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EDU 350 - Service Learning and Civic Engagement in Educational Contexts 3 CR
This course is designed for current pK-12 educators, future educators, and those in related fields interested in providing students opportunities to engage in service learning and civic engagement. Major topics covered will include strategies for embedding opportunities for service learning and civic engagement in a standards-based curriculum and promoting student service and civic engagement in a variety of contexts (school, local community, environment, global community, etc.)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 or by permission of instructor. Students planning to complete their service learning project in a pk-12 school must first complete their Maine Department of Education Criminal Records History Check (CRHC).
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EDU 351 - Teaching Reading in Elementary School 3 CR
This course is designed to provide prospective elementary teachers with current methodologies of teaching reading by providing theoretical background and pedagogical skills and to prepare them to be functional in techniques of teaching the reading process. Students will also investigate the connections to the other language arts: writing, listening, and speaking.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 352 - Intervention for Families with Children 3 CR
Interventions appropriate for young children and their families are explored. Social policy, chronic life conditions, and methods for empowering families are addressed. The family life cycle and multicultural perspectives are examined in the context of the school, the family, and the community. (This course is cross-listed with HUS 352 .)
Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 .
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EDU 361 - Teaching Science in Elementary School 3 CR
This course is designed to provide prospective elementary teachers with current methodologies of teaching science by providing theoretical background and pedagogical skills. The course will introduce ways to become an innovative teacher who supports all students in gaining science knowledge through inquiry and discovery.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 362 - Language and Literacy in Early Childhood 3 CR
This course is designed to teach students how to recognize and implement appropriate environmental strategies that support early literacy development and appropriate early experiences with books and writing. Emphasis is placed on speaking and listening, as well as reading and writing readiness.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 363 - Young Children with Special Needs 3 CR
This course is designed to be part of the professional preparation for students who will be working with infants, toddlers, and small children and their families in a variety of careers - human services, social work, education, childcare, nursing, and others. Strategies, service delivery, and designing learning environments for teaching young children with special needs will be addressed. Students will learn about PL 94-145 and IDEA as it pertains to young children through early intervention and early special education.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 366 - Children’s and Young Adult Literature 3 CR
This course is designed to help students become familiar with the world of children’s and/or young adult literature and to explore its curricular and recreational uses, critical issues surrounding its use, and instructional methods and contexts for sharing, encouraging, and reading a variety of this literature with students. (This course is cross listed with ENG 366 .)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 370 - Classroom Assessment 3 CR
This course is designed to provide teachers with a foundation of knowledge about the concepts and skills related to designing, administering, evaluating, interpreting, applying, and communicating results of classroom assessments. The everyday interactions with students when added to the quizzes, tests, papers, and other assignments, help to communicate what it means to be successful in their learning. The course will introduce educators to fundamental principles of assessment and how they interact with planning for and implementing plans of instruction, formative and summative scoring, proficiency scales to making the progressions of learning clear, parallel assessments, performance assessments, validity, reliability, and unidimensionality.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 ; MAT 1XX; EDU 251 or instructor permission.
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EDU 371 - Teaching Social Studies in Elementary School 3 CR
This course prepares students to become effective K-8 social studies educators capable of teaching the content knowledge, intellectual skills, and civic values necessary for becoming a global citizen. Students will learn about effective teaching strategies, assessment tools, interdisciplinary teaching, and curriculum integration. The appropriate use of informational technology is an important element of the course.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 375 - Managing K-12 Classrooms with Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) 3 CR
This course will provide students an overview of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and the empirical and theoretical evidence supporting its effectiveness as a framework for pK-12 classroom management. Major topics will include application of PBIS tier one teaching practices to: structure and actively engage students during instructional time, develop and reinforce classroom behavioral expectations, reinforce students’ positive behaviors, and respond to students’ inappropriate behavior. Additionally, this course will provide an overview of the teacher’s role in implementing tier two and tier three behavioral interventions at the classroom level.
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance to Teacher Candidacy or permission by instructor.
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EDU 380 - Digital Literacy and Technology in Schools 3 CR
In this course students will investigate what it means to be a literate person in the 21st century. Students will learn and practice digital strategies for strengthening literacy levels in their content and grade areas. Students will also consider the role of paperless classrooms, cloud computing and web 2.0 tools.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 381 - Teaching Mathematics in Elementary School 3 CR
This course is designed to provide prospective elementary teachers with current methodologies of teaching mathematics by providing theoretical background and pedagogical skills. The course will introduce ways to become an innovative teacher who supports all students in gaining mathematical knowledge through inquiry and discover.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 385 - Methods of Teaching Reading and Writing in the Content Areas (6-12) 3 CR
This course is emphasizes reading and writing in the content areas, as well as instructional strategies to support students’ literacy development. It focuses on ways that reading, writing, speaking, and listening are developed and used in learning discipline-specific curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 387 - Teaching the Exceptional Child in the Regular Classroom 3 CR
This course is designed to assist pre-service teachers and others to develop an understanding of the characteristics of children and adolescents considered to be exceptional. Students will gain knowledge of effective teaching strategies, interventions, and modifications for exceptional children and adolescents.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 389 - Topics in Education 3 CR
Studies in education practice or theory not offered in the regular program, but pertinent to education studies. Examples might be social justice in the classroom, effects of poverty, or navigating standards. In addition topics related to specific grade level or content area would be appropriate.
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EDU 390W - Secondary Methods of Teaching 3 CR
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of general and specific methods for teaching in the secondary school. Methods and problems related to teaching and learning in the student’s major field will be emphasized. Formative and summative assessments, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design are among the topics addressed.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 392 - Methods of Teaching Computer Science 3 CR
This course is designed to provide potential computer science teachers with an understanding of general and specific methods for teaching computer science in middle and high school. Students will examine a variety of computing tools, virtual environments, and a variety of other resources to support the teaching of computer science. Effective pedagogical strategies for curriculum design, assessments, differentiation, and classroom management will be addressed.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 ; EDU 387 or accepted exceptionalities course; knowledge of JAVA and 2nd programming language, or permission of instructor (s); Praxis Core passed; MDOE CHRCC.
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EDU 395 - Field Experience Seminar 4 CR
This course is designed to engage you in the study of K-12 education programs through visits, consultation, and appraisal of practices in selected schools, instructional centers, or community agencies. The purpose of the course is to acquaint you with the many facets of the school community and to provide you and opportunity to work cooperatively with practicing teachers in schools. Also, this course will provide you information and experiences with instructional strategies, student diversity, district curriculum, and content pedagogy. Finally, this course will provide you opportunities to develop, implement, and evaluate lessons in actual classroom settings.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to teacher candidacy or instructor permission.
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EDU 399 - Student Teaching Seminar 3 CR
EDU 399 is taken concurrently with EDU 490 or EDU 492 . This course is designed to support and assist student teachers as they complete their student teaching practicums and to prepare them for employment as licensed educators. The course will develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions in designing lesson plans and delivering them with student learning in mind.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of UMA Education pathway, enrollment in EDU 490 or EDU 492 . Permission of course instructor needed to enroll.
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EDU 400 - Integrating Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction into the Classroom 3 CR
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction is a series of techniques that are based on an age-old philosophy brought into today’s 21st century. They are practical wise tools proven over centuries to not only bring more health to our lives but also aliveness, connection, passion, and humor to everyday life. This course is for participants who would like to integrate Mindfulness into your discipline. We will study the results of research, which show benefits of practicing mindfulness in the classroom.
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EDU 401 - Educational Psychology 3 CR
An in-depth examination of psychological principles as they apply to the educational environment. Topics will scrutinize current issues and innovative methods of instruction. (This course is cross listed with PSY 401 ).
Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 .
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EDU 489 - Topics in Education 3 CR
Studies in education practice or theory not offered in the regular program, but pertinent to education studies. Examples might be social justice in the classroom, effects of poverty, or navigating standards. In addition topics related to specific grade level or content area would be appropriate.
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EDU 490 - Student Teaching 7-12 9 CR
This 16 week internship provides students with the opportunity to develop teaching skills and experience the full role of teaching in a school setting. With their mentor teachers, students will plan and organize instruction, evaluate their students’ progress, and participate in the extra-curricular activities of the host school. Successful completion of the student teaching internship is a requisite for teacher licensure in Maine. Application required.
Prerequisite(s): EDU 387 or PSY 345 /HUS 345 , or equivalent. 3.0 GPA in education courses and a 2.5 GPA overall.
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EDU 491 - Student Teaching Elementary K-8 9 CR
This 16 week internship provides students with the opportunity to develop teaching skills and experience the full role of teaching in a school setting. With their mentor teachers, students will plan and organize instruction, evaluate student progress, and participate in the extra-curricular activities of the host school. Successful completion of the student teaching internship is a requisite for teacher licensure in Maine.
Prerequisite(s): Application required. Have completed all minor and degree requirements except student teaching,; Praxis Core and Praxis Content assessments; CHRC; 2.5 GPA overall and 3.0 GPA in education courses.
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EDU 492 - Student Teaching Early Elementary Education (K-3) 9 CR
This 16 week internship provides students with the opportunity to develop teaching skills and experience the full role of teaching in a school setting. With their mentor teachers, students will plan and organize instruction, evaluate student progress, and participate in the extracurricular activities of the host school.
Prerequisite(s): MDOE required early elementary education courses, 6 credits each in liberal studies mathematics, English, social studies, and science. 3.0 GPA in education courses and a 2.5 GPA overall.
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EDU 493 - Student Teaching K-12 (A-art; M-music) 9 CR
This 15 week internship provides students with the opportunity to develop teaching skills and experience the full role of teaching in a school setting. With their mentor teachers, students will plan and organize instruction, evaluate their students’ progress, and participate in the extra-curricular activities of the host school. Successful completion of the student teaching internship is a requisite for teacher licensure in Maine.
Prerequisite(s): Application required. Have completed all minor and degree requirements except student teaching,; Praxis Core and Praxis Content assessments; CHRC; 2.5 GPA overall and 3.0 GPA in education courses.
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ENG 100 - Introduction to Academic Reading & Writing 3 CR
This course is a reading and writing workshop that (re)introduces students to reading and writing for academic contexts. Through reading, discussion, writing, and reflection, we will work to connect your previous writing experiences with your current and future writing situations both in academic and professional environments.
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ENG 101 - College Writing 3 CR
ENG 101 builds upon already acquired high-school level writing skills to prepare you for the more advanced writing that you will do in your college career and beyond. It gives you extensive practice in the writing process, with emphasis on crafting texts appropriate to academic contexts.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or better in ENG 100 OR appropriate scores on the UMA Placement Test.
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ENG 102W - Introduction to Literature 3 CR
This course introduces the fundamentals of literary analysis through an examination of poetry, fiction, and drama. Students will sharpen their critical reading and writing ability and learn a wide range of literary terms and concepts. They will read and respond to literature written from a diverse range of historical periods, cultural perspectives, and authorial identities and hone analytical skills through formal essays, informal writing and class discussion.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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ENG 111W - Journalism 3 CR
Instruction and practice in developing, reporting and writing news stores. Emphasis on accuracy, style and editorial responsibility.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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ENG 185W - Introduction to Mythology: Origins of Literature 3 CR
Reading and investigation of important early Western mythological texts with emphasis on Babylonian, Sumerian, and Greek mythology. Texts include myths and collections of myths vital to Western civilization and literature as well as classical works rich in allusions to mythology.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W . Completion of a 200-level sequence is strongly recommended.
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ENG 202W - Survey of British Literature I: Beowulf to Romantics 3 CR
The course is a survey designed to foster close study and appreciation of major works of poetry, prose and drama from the medieval period through the eighteenth century. Discussion will focus on individual texts and on their cultural and historical background.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 203W - Survey of British Literature II: Romantics to the 20th Century 3 CR
A Survey of representative British poetry, prose, fiction, and drama from the nineteenth century until the present.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W or permission of instructor.
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ENG 210W - Writing for Allied Health 3 CR
Students learn and practice writing strategies used in scientific fields. The course relies heavily on finding/using sources. Assignments stress correct application of mechanics, scientific style and APA documentation. Multiple opportunities for revision are provided. The course culminates in a 10 page research essay on a current topic.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 , or permission of instructor.
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ENG 250W - Survey of American Literature I: The Colonial Era to the Civil War 3 CR
This course surveys U.S. literature from the moment of contact between indigenous peoples and conquistadors through the Civil War. Students will explore a variety of authors, literary movements, and historical contexts, including colonialism, the revolutionary era, transcendentalism, and the American Renaissance. Attention will be paid to the ways in which racial, ethnic and gendered identities, among others, impact the creation of national literatures.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 251W - Survey of American Literature II: Post-Civil War to Contemporary 3 CR
This course surveys U.S. literature from the immediate post-Civil War era to the present day. Students will explore a range of authors and literary movements, including realism, naturalism, modernism, and postmodernism, and consider how writers reflect the changing shape of racial, ethnic, and gender relations; two world wars; and the rise of technology, among other contexts.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 289 - Topics in Literature 3 CR
(Topic would be indicated.) Studies in literature not offered regularly, e.g. literature of a single century, a period, or milieu. For associate degree students.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 294 - Independent Study in English 1-6 CR
The purpose of this course is to develop a close faculty-student interchange of ideas and to encourage a student to undertake as much independent study as possible. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 , ENG 102W , and completion of 30 credit hours.
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ENG 300W - Introduction to Literary Criticism 3 CR
This course is designed to provide students majoring in English with necessary skills in writing, research, and criticism. The class will explore the history of English as a discipline, a range of topics in literary criticism and theory, and intensive literary research techniques.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W ; and completion of 200-level literacy survey sequence.
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ENG 301W - History of the English Language 3 CR
This course covers the development of the English language from its Germanic roots in the early Middle Ages through its 21st-Century development as a world language and the rise of various world “Englishes.” The course will also introduce students to basic principles of linguistics, or comparative language study.
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ENG 303 - Hip-Hop America: Culture, Consciousness and Movement 3 CR
Hip Hop has shaped American culture for decades and helps to define the essence of what America is. Contested and contradictory, powerful and diverse, beautiful and ugly, Hip Hop gives a voice to the oppressed and a means to mainstream success. Through a variety of texts like rap music and the Broadway musical, Hamilton, as well as contexts like feminism and social justice, we will explore the ways in which Hip Hope shapes and challenges American culture, raising consciousness, and inspiring a variety of movements. (This course is cross listed with AME 303 , MUS 303 and WGS 303 )
Prerequisite(s): AME 201W OR MUS XXX OR ENG 102W OR WGS 101W OR permission of instructor.
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ENG 305W - Irish American Literature 3 CR
Forty-four million Americans identify themselves as being of Irish extraction in the 1990 U.S. Census. Indeed, a large number of Maine’s original European settlers were Scots Presbyterians who came to the new world by way of Ulster, Ireland. The presence of these immigrants added to the artistic life of the United States, not to mention its history and political culture. In this course, students will be introduced to the Irish immigrant experience in the U.S. from the colonial period to the present, through the works of artists of Irish descent.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 310W - Creative Nonfiction 3 CR
Students develop their skills in writing a variety of forms of creative nonfiction, including genres such as memoir, biography, oral history, science, nature, and travel. The course also broadens students’ reading and appreciation of master writers from several different eras and cultures.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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ENG 313W - Digital Writing and Rhetoric 3 CR
Digital Writing and Rhetoric introduces students to composing across digital spaces. Students in this course both analyze and create works across a variety of digital media and platforms. This course aims to teach an awareness of digital composing-designing processes, enabling students to become web-sensible writers, editors, and critics.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 315 - Communities of Writing: Practice and Pedagogy 3 CR
This course approaches writing as a social practice; students develop strategies for current and future roles as writers, tutors, teachers, and engaged community members Attention to intersections of language, power, and oppression inform our work constructing effective, accessible writing pedagogy to bring to communities of writing in academic, professional, and civic contexts.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 316 - Editing for Professional Contexts 3 CR
ENG 316 focuses on basic copyediting and proofreading skills for professional contexts. Students will practice editing for clarity, punctuation, grammar, mechanics, and style in their own texts as well as those of other writers. This course promotes essential skills for writers in the workplace and for those who choose editing as a career.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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ENG 317W - Professional Writing 3 CR
Covers gathering, organizing, and presenting technical information using standard business and professional formats, such as business correspondence, informal and formal reports, instructions, and others. Communication technology typical of the contemporary workplace is used.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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ENG 318 - Cultural Criticism and Theory: The Arts of Social Change 3 CR
This course will consider the limits and possibilities of theory and criticism in the academy and in the “real world.” We will consider theory and practice, thought and action, justice and power and how to use ideas toward transformation-of ourselves and our world. Most of all we will be building a “tool box” of theory for our critiques of culture, our intervening actions, and our ideas about the arts of social change. (This course is cross listed with AME 318 and WGS 318 .)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 300W and one of the following: WGS 101W OR AME 201W OR SOC 201 OR ENG 102W OR permission of instructor.
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ENG 320W - Grant Writing in a Global Economy 3 CR
In this workshop-driven class, students will research, design, write and submit proposals and grants. They will also learn and practice persuasive techniques. The course will end with the writing of individual comprehensive funding requests.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 and ENG 317W .
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ENG 325W - American Stories - Reading and Writing Memoir 3 CR
In this class we will practice the art of reading and the craft of writing life stories, or memoir: works of prose inspired by reflecting upon and shaping one’s experiences and history. We will read memories from a cross-section of voices, and reflect on how they represent the American experience. Each week short writing exercises will be assigned, as well as discussion questions related to the reading. You will also write two pieces of memoir (four to six pages) which will be shared with the class and revised accordingly.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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ENG 330 - Wham! Bang! Pow! Graphic Storytelling in Form and Practice 6 CR
The purpose of this course is twofold: to investigate critical methods in reading the graphic novel, and to explore the possibilities of creating sequential art through world and image. Throughout the semester, students will engage in in-depth studies of specific graphic novels and will learn numerous art techniques in order to engage in graphic storytelling of their own. (This course is cross listed with ART 330 and INT 330 .)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 331W - African American Literature 3 CR
This course introduces students to the African-American literary tradition and the critical questions and concepts central to this tradition. Students will study a variety of primary texts and explore some of the ideas, genres, and movements developed in response to and/or alongside these texts, such as the slave narrative, the tragic mulatto, the Harlem Renaissance, folklore, the Black Aesthetic, and black feminism.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W OR permission of instructor.
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ENG 335W - Native American Literature 3 CR
In this course students will be introduced to works by Penobscot, Kiowa, Cree, Lakota, Navaho, Coueur d’Alene, etc. writers. The class will discuss what it means to be labeled Native American, Indian, or Aborigine. The class will look at the clash of cultures between Europeans and the peoples with whom they came into contact in what came to be the United States. The class will also look at the distinct cultures covered by the label “Native American.” We will discuss the use and abuse of stereotype.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 336W - The Writers of Maine 3 CR
Works of Sarah Orne Jewett, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Edwin Arlington Robinson, and Kenneth Roberts considered in detail. Works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by other Maine authors, past and present, also receive attention.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 337 - Masculinities in Late 20th Century American Literature 3 CR
Since the end of World War II, many books and articles have warned of a crisis of American masculinity. In this course, we will approach this so-called crisis by reading a variety of literary works that explore American masculinity, manhood and boyhood, through a variety of lenses including power, violence, nationalism, work, sports, race, age, class, and sexuality. (This course is cross listed with WGS 337 .)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 340 - Francophone Literature 3 CR
Students will explore and discuss Francophone literary texts from a wide variety of regions throughout the world (i.e. North Africa, the Caribbean, North America, etc.). The class will examine the socio-political framework of colonization and decolonization for each work as well as its relationship to literary history. The role of France and its relationship with the people and countries of the Francophone world will also be discussed. This course is taught in English.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W , or permission of instructor.
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ENG 347W - The American Short Story: Sources, Forms, Development 3 CR
The American short story examined in terms of sources and form from its beginnings to the present. Emphasis will be on the development and achievements of the short story as a major American contribution to world literature.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 348W - European Short Story 3 CR
Readings in the major short story fiction of England, France, Spain, Italy and Russia. Emphasis on the universal concerns of individual writers.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 350W - Women Writers 3 CR
This course aims to explore the different paths that women’s writing has taken. Study will include authors from a range of historical periods and regions. Genres that may be examined include the novel, poetry, and drama, as well as less-traditional forms of writing such as diaries and letters. (This course is cross listed with WGS 350W ).
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 351W - Creative Writing 3 CR
This workshop-based course focuses on student’s short stories and poems. Workshops consist of in-class analysis and critique. Revision techniques will be emphasized. Final portfolio required.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 352 - Studies in Mythology and Fantasy 3 CR
This course examines the literature of a specific mythological tradition (such as Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic mythology) or a broad cultural mythology (such as Arthurian literature, the works of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, fantasy literature). The works will be studied as they reflect their historical and cultural contexts.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 353W - The Literature of War 3 CR
In this course, we will ask what it means to capture the truth of war, especially the truth experienced by the individual who imagines, experiences, survives and gives witness to it. We will explore a variety of modes used historically to explain war to the uninitiated, including romanticism, realism, modernism and literature of the absurd.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101
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ENG 355 - Dramatic Literature: Play Reading and Analysis 3 CR
This course is devoted to reading, discussing, and envisioning plays as literature and theater while examining their historical, political, and artistic contexts. (This course is cross-listed with DRA 355 .)
Prerequisite(s): DRA 101 or ENG 102W , or permission or instructor.
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ENG 357W - Writing Place 3 CR
In this course, students will explore ways of knowing, inhabiting, and writing about place. Readings will take students around the United States, while writing assignments will turn students’ attention-and occasionally their bodies-to the built and unbuilt spaces of local environs. Coursework will include archival research, fieldwork, mapping, and a sustained engagement with revision.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101
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ENG 360W - Selected Work of Shakespeare 3 CR
A study of representative tragedies, comedies, romances, histories, and poems of Shakespeare.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102W .
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ENG 366 - Children’s and Young Adult Literature 3 CR
This course is designed to help students become familiar with the world of children’s and/or young adult literature and to explore its curricular and recreational uses, critical issues surrounding its use, and instructional methods and contexts for sharing, encouraging, and reading a variety of this literature with students. (This course is cross listed with EDU 366 .)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 .
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