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USM Core Thematic Clusters: Descriptions, courses, prerequisites (updated July 20 2015)

Thematic clusters provide students with opportunities to explore an issue, theme or topic from a

variety of perspectives. The clusters encourage students to integrate their learning by

juxtaposing competing and complementary ways of framing complex issues and problems at a

more advanced level. Satisfying the thematic cluster requirement involves successfully

completing any three courses in the cluster, from any two prefixes, and only one course with

the same prefix as the student’s major. Students may also complete any minor or a second

major in lieu of a cluster.

Aging Well

The "Aging Well" cluster will provide students with educational experiences that will better

prepare students in a variety of majors to meet the needs of an aging society. The nation's Baby

Boom generation has just begun to turn 65 and our society is facing an approaching age wave of

epic proportions. There will be an increasing need to prepare professionals with the knowledge,

skills, and attitudes to work with and care for this population. Currently the State of Maine and

nation as a whole are not prepared to meet the social, physical, and behavioral care needs of

people who are elderly. The "Aging Well" cluster will provide USM students with resources

needed to assist in their own and other people's aging process.

Cluster Course Prerequisites

CON 311 Psychosocial Interventions for Older

Adults

none

CON 313 Health and Later Years none

CON 390 Evaluation and Assessment of Older

Adults College Writing or any SOC or PSY course

HRD 310 Aging and the Search for Meaning none

HRD 312 Spiritual Challenges of Aging none

SOC 323 Sociology of Death and Dying Soc 100, Soc 210

PHI 291 Death and Dying Any 100 PHI or EYE

PSY 325 Psychology of Adulthood and Aging PSY 101 and 220 or HRD 200

SWO 375 Gender and Aging none

NUR 332 Adult/Older Adult Health Nursing NUR 100, 211, 209/210, 212/213, BIO 345, CON

302

STH 315 Introduction to Rehabilitation for Older

Adults

College writing and any PSY or SOC course.

American Society and Culture

Cluster course Prerequisites

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ARH 325 American Art None

ECO 220 US Economic and Labor History ENG 100C

ENG 367 Literature and Culture of the Early

Republic

ENG 120

ENG 370 Literature of Discovery, Exploration, and ENG 120

Settlement

ENG 380 19th C. American Lit. and Culture ENG 120

ENG 394 Modernism ENG 120

HTY 366 Religion in American Society Two of: HTY 121, 122 and 123 or permission

HTY 372 American Intellectual History I HTY 121 or 122 or permission

HTY 373 American Intellectual History II HTY 121 or 122 or permission

HTY 374 Photographing American History None

HTY 394 American Popular Culture None

HTY 399 Hispanic America None

MUS 202 Music in America none

MUS 325 History of Musical Theatre ENG 100

POS 392 American Political Thought I None

POS 393 American Political Thought II None

SOC 371 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity SOC 100, SOC 210

Applied Science and Technology

A firm understanding of theory provides a basis for providing contributions to the expanding technology

applications that dominate many aspects of everyday life. The Applied Science and Technology cluster

balances physical and mathematical theory with several applications; a theme that will be of keen interest

to students interested in pursuing careers in the technology sector or graduate studies in a wide variety of

interdisciplinary fields. Student skills developed include: the application of mathematical and physical

principles to the interpretation of data collected from sophisticated analytical instrumentation routinely

used by scientists; a broader and deeper understanding of theoretical principles that are relevant to

electronic devices and instruments; application of probability to the analysis of large volumes of

complicated data; connecting theoretical principles to device fabrication, microchips, nanoparticles,

software applications, and a host of other modern day technologies.


CHY 377 Instrumental Analysis CHY 231 and 371

ELE 216 Circuits I: Steady State Analysis PHY 123 and MAT 153

EGN 260 Materials Science PHY 123 and MAT 153

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ELE 351 Elctromagnetic Fields MAT 252

ELE 364 Electromagnetic Fabrication EGN 260

ESP 275 Energy Use and Societal Adaptation ESP 101/102

ESO 375 Environmental Risk Assessment and

Management

ESP 101/102 and ESP 203

GEO 308 GIS Applications I One of the following: ESP/GEO 108, GEO 208 or

305, GEY 202 or 204, GEY/GEO 340

MEE 230 Thermodynamics I MAT 153 and PHY 121

PHY 211 Non-Classical Physics PHY 123 or PHY 112 and MAT 152

PHY 221 Classical Physics I PHY 121 and MAT 252(may be concurrent)

MAT 281 Introduction to Probability MAT 140 or higher

Casco Bay Region: Where We Live

Explore your surroundings. Understand your community. In this cluster, you’ll examine our region’s

culture, transitions, diversity, and natural environment. You’ll reflect on our local identity and experience:

Who are we? Why are we the way we are? How does Portland, Maine, or New England fit within the

world? How do we relate to the ecosystem that supports us? The cluster fosters a sense of place and

connects you to the community. It motivates community stewardship, including a commitment to protect

what you love about Maine.

The Casco Bay Region cluster is organized by the Honors Program, and all students are encouraged to

sample honors (HON) courses. Non-honors courses are also available. HON courses are seminars that

emphasize discussion, reflection, close reading of challenging texts, writing, research, and civic

engagement. Non-honors courses tend to be slightly larger and less likely to use a seminar format. All

300-level HON courses in the cluster are open to any USM student willing to engage with the course

material; however, if a student’s grade in an HON course is lower than B-, that student is expected to

finish the cluster with non-honors courses.

Non-honors Cluster Courses: Prerequisites Schedule

HTY 360 - History of Maine none every year

TAH 241- Tourism and Community Development none Every year

SWO 383 - Social Work with Immigrants,

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

none (permission for cluster

students)

every year

ESP 200 - Environmental Planning ESP101/2 or permission for cluster

students

every other

fall

ART 312 - Shaping the Terrain permission occasionally

ANT 360 - Public Archaeology (6 cr.) ANT 103 or permission for cluster

students

every year

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BIO 231 Botany and lab BIO 107

CHY 233 - Analytical Chemistry and lab CHY 115 with minimum grade of C- every year

(fall)

ESP 341 Limnology BIO 105/106 or ESP 101/102 or ESP 125/126,

and CHY 113/114 or permission Every year

ESP 303 Wetlands Ecology ESP 101/ 102, CHY 113/ 114 or

permission Every year

Honors Cluster Courses** Prerequisites* Schedule

HON 351 - Reading/Writing Maine Environments: Virtual Sunset vs. Real

Sunset

none every

year

HON 355 - Casco Bay Area Topics Course may be repeated for credit

when topics differ:

none every

year

HON 356 - Topics in Casco Bay Area Diversity Course may be repeated for

credit when topics differ

none every

year

HON 359 - Honors Internship/Community Service Honors Director

permission

every

semester

HON 455 - Topics in New England Studies Instructor every

permission (normally 3.5+

GPA and senior

standing

semester

Early Childhood Education

This cluster introduces the skills needed by professionals working with young children and their

families in various settings including education and childcare. These settings include schools and

educational institutions such as preschools, as well as in the Birth-Five field of childcare and

education.

Required courses include

One of the following:

Course Scheduled offerings

SBS/HRD200 - Multicultural Human Development See Maine Street

SBS305 - Child Development See Maine Street

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Two of the following:

Course Scheduled offerings

SBS 309 - Attachment See Maine Street

SBS 310 - Childhood and Society See Maine Street

SBS 375 - Infant Mental Heath See Maine Street

SBS 399 - Resilience in Early Childhood and Across

the Lifespan

See Maine Street

SBS 450 - Assessing Individual Differences in

Children

See Maine Street

EDU 336 - Children's Literature See Maine Street

SBS 341 - The Family See Maine Street

ECE/SBS199 - Introduction to Early Childhood

Education*

See Maine Street

HUM 304 - Writing Children’s Literature See Maine Street

HUM 370 - Literacy Studies See Maine Street

LAC/SBS 340 – Language Acquisition and Literacy

development

See Maine Street

** Normally, students are required to select cluster courses with at least two different prefixes. A

mechanism is being developed so students can complete the cluster entirely with HON courses, as long as

those courses represent different disciplines (e.g., not all history courses or not all literature courses).

Education in a Democratic Society

The Education in a Democratic Society cluster provides an interdisciplinary examination of topics

related to schooling, learning, and education. Students are expected to gain an awareness of the

complexity of issues related to equity and access to education in a diverse, democratic society. A

variety of courses are identified for students interested in education in a broad sense to select

from. Students pursuing teacher certification should select a pre- professional sequence of the

following three designated courses: SED 335, EDU 305, SED 420.

SED 335: Students with Exceptionalities in

General Education

None

EDU 305: Foundations of Cultural and

Linguistic Diversity

HRD 200: Human Growth and Development

SED 420: Multi-Tiered Systems of Educational

Support

None

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SOC 331: School and Society SOC 210 with C or better or permission of instructor

EDU 210: Theoretical Foundations of

Learning

None

EDU 336: Children’s Literature None

ADS 300: Ethics and Youth with Disabilities Core prerequisites: any 3 of the 4 second tier

requirements

MUE 411 Teaching Music Composition PK-12

(2cr) ; MUE 410 ProSeminar VII (1cr)

Prerequisite: MUE 350 ProSeminar VI. Corequisites:

MUE 410 ProSeminar VII, MUS 406 Composers’

Ensemble; MUE 450 Prerequisites: MUE 350

ProSeminar VI. Corequisite: MUE 411 Teaching

Music Composition PK-12; Composer’s Ensemble or

permission

Early Childhood Education and Studies

The Early Childhood Education and Studies Cluster introduces the skills needed by professionals

working with young children and their families in various settings including education and

childcare. These settings include schools and educational institutions such as preschools, as well

as in the Birth-Five field of childcare and education.

Course Prerequisites—check Maine Street

SBS/HRD200 - Multicultural Human Development

SBS305 - Child Development

SBS 309 - Attachment

SBS 310 - Childhood and Society

SBS 375 - Infant Mental Heath

SBS 399 - Resilience in Early Childhood and Across

the Lifespan

SBS 450 - Assessing Individual Differences in

Children

EDU 336 - Children's Literature

SBS 341 - The Family

ECE/SBS199 - Introduction to Early Childhood

Education*

HUM 304 - Writing Children’s Literature

HUM 370 - Literacy Studies

LAC/SBS 340 – Language Acquisition and Literacy

development

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Environment and Society This cluster of courses will explore how individuals and societies interact with and perceive their

environment, as well as how the environment, in turn, affects them. Students following this cluster are

expected to gain an appreciation of the effects of their individual and collective actions on the

environment, and learn to become better-informed environmental citizens. Service learning will be

encouraged.


HST 394 Environmental History of Latin America

(previously HTY 400) None

GEO 320 Conservation of Natural Resources GEO 101J, GEO 102K, or GEO 103J

ESP 421 - Natural Resource Policy ESP 101/102, ESP 220, or permission

ESP 308 - Global Environmental Problems and

Sustainability Prereq: ESP 101/102, ESP 125/126 or

permission

SOC 370 - Sociology of the Environment SOC 100 , SOC 210

ANT 222I – Peoples of the North None

ANT 213 Human Ecology None

ANT/GEO 450 – Ethnoecology: Local

Knowledge for Global Survival Junior standing or permission of instructor

REC 233 Outdoor Recreation None

ECO 326 Environmental Economics ECO 102J or permission

ECO 327 Natural Resource Economics ECO 102J or permission

PHI 212 Environmental Ethics Any 100 PHI or EYE

ECO 335 Political Economy of Food Any 100 ECO and ENG 100 or permission

TAH 231 Sustainability in Tourism and

Hospitality none

Film and Society

This cluster provides an opportunity to study different social, cultural, and historical issues

through the medium of film in a variety of academic disciplines. Courses include film

appreciation, film theory, philosophy of film, different film genres, various national cinemas, and

topics such as women in film, and labor history through film.


CMS 225 Screenwriting CMS 102 and CMS 103

CMS 284 Film Appreciation College writing

CMS 286 History of International Cinema to

1945

College writing

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CMS 380 Film Genres College writing

CMS 384 Film and Cultural Studies College writing

CMS 394 Theories of Film CMS 284

CMS 484 Topics in Film CMS 102, 103 and 284 and COM/MES major

CMS 486 Women in Film CMS 102, 103 and 284 and junior or senior

standing

CRM 320 Film and Social Order CRM 100 or permission

ENG 347 Topics in Cultural Studies: Stanley

Kubrick

ENG 120

ENG 348 Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies:

Shakespeare and Film

ENG 120

Eng 397 Studies in Irish Literature and

Culture: Irish Film

ENG 120

PHI 221 Philosophy of Film Any PHI 100-level or EYE

PHI 312 Gender in African Lit and Film Any PHI 100-level or EYE

HTY 399 Labor History through Film none

POS 299 American Politics at the Movies none

POS 299 Foreign Policy at the Movies none

RUS 293 Survey of Russian Cinema ENG 100

Geospatial Technologies This cluster of courses provides students with a background in the theory and/or applications of geospatial

technologies. What we now consider routine applications such as Google maps to find street addresses or

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to navigate street networks involve the application of geospatial

technologies; a set of interlinked theories and concepts related to geography, cartography, mapping,

aerial imaging, surveying, and database design. These technologies are used routinely in fields as diverse

as urban and environmental planning, business and marketing, epidemiology, natural resources

management, art, landscape architecture and engineering. Courses within this cluster provide students

with a flavor for this rapidly expanding field and its novel applications.


GEO 208 Cartography I none

GEO 305 Remote Sensing GEO108 or permission of instructor

GEO 308 GIS Applications I one of the following: ESP/GEO 108, GEO 208, GEO 305, GEY

202, GEY 204, GEO/GEY 340, or permission of instructor.

GEY 340 Digital Mapping Prerequisites: introductory course in GEY, GEO, or ESP and

additional 200-level course in any of the above areas.

ART 312 Shaping the Terrain Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

GEO 408 GIS Applications II Prerequisite: GEO 308 or permission of instructor.

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GEO 458 Research Applications in GIS GEO 308.

Health and Wellness

The Health and Wellness cluster will provide USM students with resources needed to support

their own personal efforts to improve their health and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Additionally,

students interested in careers relating to health and wellness will gain knowledge and skills to

assist others in their adoption and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle.


BUS 201 Personal Finance none

CON 219 Lifetime Physical Fitness and Wellness None

CON 280 Holistic Health I None

CON 281 Holistic Health II

CON 283 Healing and Spirituality None

PSY 366 Drugs, Mind and Behavior PSY 101J & one semester

of biology

PSY 368 Health Psychology PSY 101

PSY 390 Health Psychology Institute none

SPM 400 Sports Nutrition Symposium None

CON 252 Human Nutrition BIO 211 or SCI 172

CON 270 Holistic Reproductive Health None

CON 314 Wellness Education and Counseling None

SOC 374 Mental Health Soc 100, Soc 210

CON 288 Reiki: Energy Medicine None

CON 490 Therapeutic Touch None

CON 497 Substance Use and Abuse None

Humans and Animals Courses in this cluster are devoted to the theory, history, ethics, practices, and/or policy dimensions of

human/animal relationships. They may include examination of such topics as the following: how the

“animal” has shaped human philosophy; non-human animals and our food system; animals in religion; the

representation of creatures in literature; the role of animals in experimental science; service animals and

disabilities; animal abuse and the law; human/animal studies as a discipline.


CON 285 Animal Assisted Therapy None

PHI 212 Environmental Ethics Any 100 level PHI or EYE

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CRM 327 Animal Abuse CRM 100 or permission

ENG 347 Animal Studies ENG 145

ENG 319 Topics in Genre and Form: Species, Sex,

Gender and Science Fiction

ENG 145

PHI 290 Problems in Philosophy:

Humans/Animals/Machines

Any 100 level PHI or EYE

Law

This cluster asks students to examine law from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students will

learn diverse approaches to reading texts related to the law. The courses are united by the

desire to better understand the meaning of law. What the law intends to do and what it actually

does may be very different.

CMS 498: Freedom of Expression Major + CMS 102 + CMS 103 + CMS 200

CMS 498: Discourse, Communication &

Critical Thinking

CMS 375 + junior

CRM 327 (SOC 380): Animal Abuse CRM 100

CRM 334: Law and State CRM 100

CRM 380 Restorative Justice CRM 100

ENG 305: Rhetoric, Syntax, and Style None

HTY 400: Crime and Punishment in

Latin America

HTY 200 + senior

PHI 245: Africa, Social Justice, and Exile PHI 100 level or EYE

PHI 260: Philosophy of Law PHI 100 level or EYE

POS 280: Issues Before the United

Nations

None

POS 315 Media Law POS 101 or CMS 103

POS 463: Supreme Court and Con Law POS 101

SOC 393: Women, Welfare and the

State

SOC 210 + junior

Leadership

The Leadership cluster is an interdisciplinary introduction geared toward anyone interested in

developing and expanding their leadership knowledge, skills, and practice, meeting head on the

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challenges of our dramatically changing world, and improving the quality and diversity of leadership in

organizations and communities regionally, nationally and internationally. Theories, research and

techniques of group and organizational leadership are examined with an emphasis in linking theory

and practice. As a socially constructed phenomenon, leadership will be explored as an activity and

process, not a position. Required Courses:

1. LOS 300 Organizational Theory

2. Choose any one of the following:

LOS 350 Leadership

LOS 270 Exploring Leadership on Campus, or

Three credit Exploring Leadership Series: LOS 351 Transformational leadership, LOS 352

Servant Leadership, LOS 353 Authentic Leadership

3. Choose one:

SBS 300 Deviance and Social Control

SBS 311 Theories of Personality

HUM 330 Labor, Literature and the Arts

SBS 303 Abnormal Psychology

Course list Prerequisites

HUM 330 Labor, Literature and the Arts Any EYE

LOS 270 Exploring Leadership on Campus none

LOS 300 Organizational Theory none

LOS 350 Leadership none

LOS 351 Exploring Transformational Leadership none

LOS 352 Exploring Servant Leadership none

LOS 353 Exploring Authentic Leadership none

LOS 354 Exploring Complexity Leadership none

LOS 355 Exploring Shared Leadership none

LOS 356 Exploring Followership none

SBS 300 Deviance and Social Control none

SBS 303 Abnormal Psychology none

SBS 311 Theories of Personality none

Media Arts, Technology and Design

A cluster of courses from Digital Art and Design, Media Studies, and Information and

Communication Technologies that offer innovative lectures, critique and analysis components,

and hands-on laboratory experiences.

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Cluster Course Prerequisite

ART 221/ART 222 (new number) Intro to Digital Art Art foundation

ART 321 Exploring Time-Based Art (course name

change)

ART 221

ART 322 Multimedia Applications (COURSE NO

LONGER OFFERED)

ART 221

ART 323 Web Art: Concepts and Construction

(COURSE NO LONGER OFFERED)

ART 221

BUS 377 Information Visualization Various; see Maine Street

CMS 203/204 (formerly 190/191) CMS 102 and 103

CMS 220 Audio I: Radio Production CMS 102 and 103

CMS 320 Topics in Media Production II (all) CMS 102 and 103

CMS 340/341 Field Video Production CMS 203/204

CMS 440/441 CMS 340/341

ITT 231 Technical Visualization none

ITT 241 Info and Communication Tech none

ITT 281 Internet Website Development None ($150.00 course fee)

ITT 343 –Graphic Com Tech none

ITT 342 Digital Publishing Technologies none

ITT 344 Digital Video and Animation Technologies none

MUS 370 Topics in Music Technology (course

replaced with MUS 271 below)

none

MUS 271 Principles of Digital Audio and Music

Production

none

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Modernism This cluster will integrate art, literature, philosophy, history, and science in relation to ) the Modernist

period (roughly late 19th and early 20th centuries), the modernist cultural movements and aesthetic

schools that flourished throughout this period (imagism, cubism, futurism, etc.), and, more generally,

the wide-scale and far-reaching economic, cultural, intellectual, and scientific changes in the West that

gave rise to them: industrialization and urbanization, the rise of mass production in commerce and the

media, the development of new modes of perception, and transformations in conceptions of the self

both as an individual and in relation to groups (racial, national, familial). *ENG courses have a

prerequisite of ENG 100 for non-majors and ENG 245 for majors.


ENG 391 Modern American Poetry ENG 100, ENG 245*

ENG 394 Studies in American Lit since 1900: American

Modernism

ENG 100, ENG

245

ENG 396 James Joyce ENG 100, ENG 245

ENG 383 Harlem Renaissance ENG 100, ENG 245

HTY 374: Photographing American History ENG 100

HTY 394: World's Fairs and Exhibitions HTY 200

ARH 327 Modern Art ARH 112G

ARH 328 Contemporary Art ARH 112

ARH 318 History of Photography ARH 112 or permission

ARH 311 Gender Identity and Modern Art none

PHI 350 Classic American Philosophy Any 100-level Phi

PHI 399 Topics: The Frankfurt School Any 100-level PHI

HON 202 Process, Progress or Permanence none

ENG 321 Modernisms ENG 100 or ENG 245

ENG 390 British Poetry Since 1900 ENG 100, ENG 245

ENG 491/ENG 398 Modernism and WWI/Eliott ENG 100, ENG 245

THE 353 Theater History and Literature III THE 101

HTY 358 Early 20th-Century U.S. History, 1898-1938 HTY 123 or Permission

MUS 220 Twentieth Century Music Music major or permission

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Professional Practices This cluster addresses issues that transcend the particular discipline and span multiple practices that

graduates from various degree programs will engage in while performing in a professional environment.

Cluster course Prerequisites Offering

BUS 200 Introduction to Business Not BUS ACC FIN GMG MKT

majors with fewer than 9

credits and student has not

taken BUS101

annually

BUS 316 Sport Event Management Junior standing annually

BUS 340 Managing Organizational Behavior Junior standing annually

BUS 345 Information Technology/Management

Information Systems

Sophomore standing Every fall and spring

BUS 377 Information Visualization Any Core quantitative

reasoning course

Every spring

BUS 399 New Product Development BUS 260 (C minus or

better) and So standing

Annually

CMS 255 Business and Professional

Communication

none annually

EGN 304 Engineering Economics MAT 152 Calculus A Every other spring

ESP 375 Environmental Risk Assessment and

Management

ESP 101K or ESP 102K,

ESP

203W, or permission of

Every other fall

FIN 320 Financial Management ACC 110 and ( ECO 101 or ECO 102 or EGN 304) and (MAT 210, MAT120, ITP

240, LCC 150,LAC 328,

Every semester

ITP 210 Technical Writing ENG 100C or equivalent Every semester

ITP 230 Project Management None Every semester

ITP 280 Industrial Organization, Management,

and Supervision

None Every spring

ITP 350 Teambuilding and Facilitation None Every semester

ITP 490 Cost Analysis and Control ACC 110 – Financial Accounting and MAT 108

– College Algebra or

Every other spring

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RMI 320 Introduction to Risk Management &

Insurance

Quantitative Reasoning Every semester

TAH 241 Tourism and Community

Development

None Every year

TAH 211 Tourism Product Development none Every year

TAH 311 Event Planning and Management none Every year

ENT 299 Make, Model and Move:

Entrepreneurial Foundations for Creative

Ventures

none Every year

STH 440 Professional Internship Permission of instructor;

NOTE: Students applying

STH 440 toward the Professional Practices

Cluster must complete a

minimum of three credits

with a passing grade.

Credits beyond the

minimum of three do not

apply to the Cluster

requirement.

Every year

Public Health

The Public Health cluster provides students with an introduction to the multitude of public health concerns

facing Maine and the world, and increases their ability to apply pertinent theoretical and practical

knowledge to contribute to a safe and functioning society. Professions that utilize knowledge of public

health include medical and allied health and human services, mental health, gerontology, and child and

family support. Public health approaches address the full spectrum of services, planning and evaluation. The

cluster will also strengthen the pursuit of graduate study in Public Health and Policy.

Choice of three from following list, one of which must be SBS/SCI 336 or SBS/SCI 337 (which may

be registered for under either prefix):

• LOS or SBS 436 Risk, Public Policy, and Society

• SBS 304 Food, Culture and Eating

• SBS 308 Health, Illness, and Culture

• SBS 335 Legal Issues in Health and Human Services (offered every Fall)

SBS or SCI 336 Introduction to Public Health (offered every Fall) SBS or SCI 337 Introduction

to Epidemiology (offered every Spring)

SCI 315 Environmental Health

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Cluster Courses:

Course prefix, number, title

Prerequisites Previous 2 year

schedule

LOS or SBS 436 Risk, Public Policy, and Society none Online Spr 11

SBS 304: Food, Culture and Eating none M 4:00 Sp 11

M 1:00 Fall 12

SBS 308: Health, Illness, and Culture none M 4:00 Sp 12

SBS 335: Legal Issues in Health and Human

Services

none M 5:30 Fall 11

T 5:30 Fall 12

SBS or SCI 336: Intro to Public Health None (Statistics

recommended)

Th 9:00 Fall 11 W

9:00 Fall 12

SBS or SCI 337 Introduction to Epidemiology Recommended: Intro Bio &

Statistics

Th 9:00 Sp12

Th 5:30 Sp 13

SCI 315: Environmental Health LCC 230 Online Sp 12

Religion in Human Culture NOTE: This cluster is no longer being offered. Courses are listed here

for students who began the cluster prior to its elimination. The Religion in Human Culture cluster examines religion as a complex human phenomenon that can be

studied through different disciplinary perspectives. The cluster expands students’ knowledge of

continuity and change in religion across time and place. Courses emphasize the relationships among

religious thought, practice and cultural expression.


ARH 322 Medieval Art History ARH 111

ARH 323 Renaissance Art History ARH 112

ARH 329 Asian Art ARH 112 or permission

HTY 307 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam None

HTY/REL 312 Renaissance and Reformation HTY 101 or permission

HTY 377/ REL 394 Chinese Thought and Buddhism HTY 171 recommended

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PSY 399 Psychology of Religion PSY 101J, PSY 102, PSY 205, and PSY206

REL 200 Humanity’s Spiritual Heritage none

Resilience and Vulnerability

The Resilience and Vulnerability cluster provides students with an introduction to the concept of human

resilience, i.e., the ability to survive and thrive in adverse circumstances, and its contrasting concept,

vulnerability. This cluster will be of interest anyone whose career goals involve working with people but

especially for human services and policy-oriented fields such as psychology, nursing or medicine,

emergency medical response/first responders, public health and policy, and education. Courses in this

cluster are primarily offered through Lewiston Auburn College and on that college’s campus.

Course prefix, number,

title

Prerequisites Previous 2 year schedule

SBS 309 Psychology of

Attachment in Early

Childhood

Recommended: PSY 102, HRD/SBS

200, a course in Child

Development, or SBS 311

Offered annually (however missed in

2012 prior to hiring Reed)

SBS 303 Abnormal

Psychology

None Fall, Spring, and long summer

session

HUM 349 Trauma and

Narrative

Completion of a 100-level College

Writing course (with grade of at

least a C), SOC 100, PSY 101 &

102, and ANT 101)

Adaptation of a course previously

offered biennially. Last offered

Spring 2013; now to be offered

every third semester.

SBS 343 Substance

Abuse

None Spring semesters

SBS 344 Violence:

Causes and Control

None Offered less than annually; to be

offered Fall 2013

SBS 308 Health,

Illness, and Culture

None Offered annually. Last offered

Spring 12; offered Fall 13.

HUM 339 Ethnicity,

Immigration, and

Identity

Completion of College Writing and

Critical Thinking courses with a

grade of C or better.

To be offered once every three

semesters. Last offered Spring 13.

SBS 348 Responding to

Mental Health Crisis in

the Community

None Fall semesters

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HUM 290 Thinking and

Writing, Writing and

Healing

Completion of College Writing and

Critical Thinking courses with a

grade of C or better.

New

SBS 311 Theories of

Personality

None Fall semesters

SBS 367 Healthy Prerequisite: permission of Less than annually. Last offered Fall

Learners instructor. 2011.

SBS 430 Applied

Social Policy

Prerequisites: either LCC 200 or

LCC 370 as well as junior standing

or permission of the instructor.

Every semester and once per

summer

SBS 364 Introduction

to Expressive

Therapies

None Offered annually. Last run Summer

2012.

Resource Use and Global Change The focus of this cluster is human use of essential resources including energy, water, ecosystem, and

mineral resources. Cluster courses examine this theme from science perpectives (quantifying resources,

technologies employed, impacts on ecosystems and climate) and from social science perspectives

(regulating use, equitable distribution, environmental and economic sustainability, impacts of use on

societies). Most students correctly perceive that issues related to this theme are among the most

important of this century.


ESP 275 Energy Use & Societal Adaptation ESP 101/102

ESP 313 Renewable Energy Technologies CHY 113/114, ESP 101/102

ESP 308 Global Environmental Problems and

Sustainability

ESP 101/102, ESP 125/126 or

permission

ESP 421 Natural Resources Policy ESP 101/102, ESP 220, or permission

GEY 205 Water Resources: Science and Issues PHY 111 or 121

GEY 207 Atmosphere: Science, Climate, and Change CHY 113/114

GEY 208 Environmental Geology none

ECO 326 Environmental Economics ECO 102 or permission

ECO 327 Natural Resource Economics ECO 102 or permission

POS 363 Legal Process and the Environment POS 101 or permission

POS 375 International Environmental Politics and

Policy

none

GEO 320 Conservation of Natural Resources GEO 101, GEO 102, or GEO 103

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GEO 303 Economic Geography ANT 101J or GEO 101J or GEO 203J

or ECO 101J or ECO 102J or

permission

PHI 212 Environmental Ethics Any 100-level PHI course or EYE

Theory, Culture, and Society This cluster groups together courses that explore and utilize theory in different contexts and disciplines

with the idea that bringing students and courses together will produce new intersections and new

innovations. Courses will explore such issues as representation as a philosophical, aesthetic, and

political problem.


SOC 300 Sociological Theory SOC 210

CMS 310 Media and Social Theory CMS 102 and 103

PHI 380 Postmodernism Any 100 level PHI or EYE

PHI 340 Late Modern Philosophy Any 100 level PHI or EYE

PHI 399 War, Technology, Fascism: The Critical

Theory of the Frankfurt School

Any 100 level PHI or EYE

ENG 342 Topics in Contemporary Theory: Recent

Theories of Gender and Sexuality

ENG 100, ENG 245

POS 333 Theories of Democratization POS 205 or permission

POS 290 Introduction to Political Theory: Lying and

Politics

None

POS 392 American Political Thought I POS 290 or PHI 109 or HTY 121 or HTY 122 or

permission of the instructor

POS 393 American Political Thought II

ENG 341 Contemporary Critical Theories ENG 100, ENG 245

Things French The Things French Cluster provides students with the opportunity to explore aspects of French and

francophone culture, civilization, , history, literature, politics and society from a variety of perspectives.

Course offerings are drawn from Art History, English, French, History, Philosophy and Political Science.

ENG courses have a prerequisite of ENG 100 for non-majors and ENG 245 for majors.


FRE 291: French Civilization I None.

FRE 292: French Civilization II None.

FRE 293: Topics in French/Francophone Cinema None.

FRE 294: Topics & Themes in Francophone Studies None.

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FRE 367 Genres and Periods in French Literature FRE 331

FRE 369 Topics and Themes in French Literature FRE 331

POS 245: French Politics and Government ENG 100 or ENG 104 or

permission of instructor.

ARH 322: Medieval Art ARH 111G

ARH 326: 19th European Art ARH 112

ARH 327: Modern Art ARH 112

HTY 360: History of Maine None.

HTY 312: Renaissance and Reformation HTY101I or permission of

instructor.

ENG 325 Epic and Romance ENG 100, ENG 245

ENG 326: Topics in Cultural Studies: Colonialism and

Francophone writing

ENG 100, ENG 245

ENG 347: Topics in Cultural Studies: Stanley Kubrick ENG 100, ENG 245

ENG 353: Medieval Women Writers ENG 100, ENG 245

War and Peace

Peace-making and war-making shape the world. Courses in this cluster analyze, from different

disciplines and perspectives, the ways in which war and peace have been made by human beings over

time. Courses deal with causes and effects of conflict, and contrasting ideas about war and peace.

Students will also look at non-violent as well as violent means used to respond to international and

internal wars. This cluster of courses includes peacemaking as well as war making, and examines formal

methods of diplomacy and the impact of people's peace movements around the world and over time.

Students will examine the ways in which wars and peacemaking have been portrayed in media, and

arts, and in education.


CMS 380 Film Genres: Combat War film CMS 284

HTY 324 World Wars I and II Junior or Senior status

HTY 334 The Holocaust HTY 102

HTY 339 European Women’s History

HTY 356 The Civil War and Reconstruction HTY 122 or permission

HTY 379 Diplomatic History of the US II HTY 123 or permission

HTY 388 Revolutions of Modern China none

HTY 380 The 1960’s none

POS 385 Conflict and Security POS 104 or permission

POS 335 Politics of Western Europe POS 101 or permission

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POS 405 The European Union POS 101, 102, 104, 205 or permission

POS 406 Research in the European Union (summer

study abroad course)

POS 101, 102, 104, 205 or permission

SOC 327 Social Movements SOC 210

ENG 346 Politics of Identity in Contemporary Irish

Literature and Culture: Northern Ireland

ENG 100 (non-majors), ENG 245 (majors)

Working Class Studies The working class studies cluster includes courses that examine many aspects of work and workers, but

focus especially on the relationships among individual lives, work, class processes and dynamics, and

capitalist development. These courses address the practical problems of work, workers, and their

organizations, as well as broad conceptual and theoretical issues including, but not limited to, the

relationships among labor, work, and class; a critical examination of class processes and dynamics; a

critical examination of capitalist development; the intersections of class with race, ethnicity, gender,

and generation; and historical perspectives on all of these topics.

Course prefix, number, title Prerequisites

SOC 327: Social Movements SOC 100, 210, or permission

SOC 348: Sociology of Work SOC 100, 210, or permission

SOC 358: Women’s Work SOC 100, 210, or permission

SOC 392 Poverty: Perspectives and Policies Soc 100, 210, jr./sr. standing or

permission

ECO 220I U.S. ECONOMIC AND LABOR HISTORY ENG 100C

ECO 321 UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY

CAPITALISM

Any 100 level ECO or permission

ECO 323 U.S. LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

HISTORY

ENG 100C

GEO 202 Making a Living none

GEO 303 Economic Geography one of following: ANT 101J,

GEO 101J, GEO 203J, ECO 101J, ECO 102J, or

permission

GEO 302 Gender, Work, and Space None

HTY 399 Labor History Through Film None

HTY 357 Gilded Age none

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