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Ant 100 Introduction to Anthropology
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Mariella Squire
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	The course will cover the four fields of anthropology: physical, archaeology, linguistics, and cultural. It will cover humans as primates, genetics, and evolution; the archeological record; language, food acquisition, economics and political systems, group formation, family systems, religious and belief systems, the role of art, ethnicity and gender, and the contemporary global culture. It will address issues common to all human groups and take a global, cross-cultural perspective.

Ant 310 Comparative World Religions
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Ant 100 or instructor's permission
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Mariella Squire
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	The course will examine underlying philosophical principles, rituals, myths, and motifs that these major belief systems have in common, and how these religions transcend the local space and unify large groups of believers. The course will focus on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism as major world religions, but will consider local belief systems and local faces of world religions.

Ant 402 Native Peoples of the Northeast
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Mariella Squire
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course covers the archaeology, history, ethnology, past and present contemporary cultures of the indigenous people of the Northeast. We will primarily focus on the Wabanaki groups of New England and their Maritimes: the Penobscot, Passamaquoddies, Malisites, Mikmaqs, and Abenakis. We will cover the Iroquoian Wendat and Mohawk and the Southern Algonquans.
Special Requirements:	This course will serve teachers needing to meet the requirements of LD 291, and those pre-service education students needing credits in the social sciences area.

Art 100 History of Art-Prehistoric to Renaissance
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Paul Gebhardt
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Introduction to major premises and specific works of art from prehistory through Early Renaissance. Focus is on European art. The art of selected non-European cultures will be briefly introduced.

Art 302 Community Arts: Theory, History, Practice
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Paul Gebhardt
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course explores the history, theory, and practice of community, collaborative and participatory arts practice, with a specific look at diverse programs in Maine, Ireland, and Northern Ireland through case studies. An understanding of this new fields approach to building community, raising awareness of social, political, economic, and environmental issues through the arts will be accomplished.

Ast 110 Descriptive Astronomy
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Ben Paradis
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Introduces and describes the concepts of astronomy. Emphasizes recent discoveries such as seen by Voyager, plus Black Holes, and quasars.

Bus 211 Principles of Business
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Leo Trudel
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Explores basic aspects of business including business ethics, leadership, motivation, organization, operations, marketing, and financing. Emphasis will be on practical skills for supervisors and managers.

Crj 105 Introduction to Criminal Justice
Date:	May 19 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Darrell Ouellette
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Examines basic systems and problems of American criminal justice system; provides an appreciation of historical background and impact on society.

Crj 108 Constitutional Law
Date:	May 19 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Tony Enerva
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course will expose students to an overview constitutional law. Students will review the traditional structure of the federal government and the judiciary as it applies to constitutional law. Students will learn that the study of the Constitution is typically that of law and doctrine as developed in Supreme Court decisions. Emphasis and greater attention will be given to the historical aspects and the political dynamics of constitutional law. Additionally, constitutional law will focus on the criminal justice system and the Ten Amendments to the Constitution.

Crj 215 Principles of Investigations
Date:	May 19 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Darrell Ouellette
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course explores the history of corporate and while collar criminal activity, supplemented by exposure to a wide array of contemporary examples of criminal and deviant activity. Special attention is paid to how these actions affect broader society.

Eco 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Eco 100
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Leo Trudel
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Surveys economic theory regarding subsystems in the economy. Emphasizes modeling consumer and business behavior.

Edu 214 Classroom Communication
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Joe Zubrick
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course is intended to answer the general education requirement for Speech, and recommended for Education majors. It is designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of classroom communication and speech communication. After completing the course, the student should be able to present ideas publicly in a logical, coherent, and effective manner.
Special Requirements:	Students in this course need to tape their speeches in VHS, VHS-C, 8mm analog, 8mm or mini digital formats. The video tapes will have to be mailed to the instructor. Students must also participate in the class through discussion boards online and email attachments.

Edu 363 Early Childhood Curriculum Design
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	200 level education course
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Jessica Gebhardt
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course will cover developmentally appropriate practices for infants, toddlers, and preschool age children. Students will learn to develop curriculum and study theories behind early childhood curriculum approaches. In this course students will explore current best practices in the field focusing on Child-Centered approaches, Inquiry-Based Learning, and educating the Whole Child. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the value of healthy attachment to caregivers, social development, creative arts, play, and imagination and the role these play in the young child?s natural desire to learn.

Eng 105 Introduction to Literature
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Eng 101
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Jennifer Graham
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course covers how to carefully read the genres of poetry, short story, and drama. An analytical rather than historical approach to literature, intended to deepen the student's insight into the nature and purpose of literature and to develop literary taste and judgment.

Eng 200 Speech
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Joseph Zubrick
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Focuses on preparation, organization, and delivery of oral materials. Emphasizes classroom presentation. Does not satisfy English major or minor requirements.
Special Requirements:	Students in this course need to tape their speeches in VHS, VHS-C, 8mm analog, 8mm or mini digital formats. The video tapes will have to be mailed to the instructor. Students must also participate in the class through discussion boards online and email attachments.

Eng 255 World Literature I
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Eng 101 or instructor's permission
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Joseph Becker
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Surveys the literature of non-English speaking cultures in translation typically including works from ancient Sumeria, Greece, Rome, India, China, Africa, the Middle East, and Japan. The course also examines the religious and social forces that lead to the creation of literary expressions by various cultures.

Eng 332 Science Fiction
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Eng 101 or permission of instructor
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Joseph Becker
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course surveys American and British science fiction, primarily twentieth-century works, focusing particular attention on one or more specific authors and/or subgenres (e.g., Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Ursula Le Guin, cyberpunk, or hard science fiction).

Eng 343 Jung and Fairy Tales
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	End 101 or instructor's permission
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Geraldine Becker
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	An examination of folktales and fairy tales with particular interest is paid to archetypal characters, patterns, and motifs found in Grimm's Fairy Tales. The course seeks to demonstrate analysis and Carl G. Jung's depth psychology theories.

Eng 349 Argumentation, Reasoning and Controversy
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Joseph Zubrick
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	The course is intended to help students understand basic concepts in the logical analysis and the argumentation process. A task will be to bring the argumentation process into focus. A second task it to become familiar with simple deductive logic and facilities. A third is to gain experience in applying these principles by developing argumentation experiences. Finally, through observing and commenting in a public sphere, we will emerge more knowledgeable and effective communicators.

Eng 362 Studies in British Literature: Romantic Poets
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Eng 101 or instructor's permission
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Joseph Becker
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course will examine the mythos of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Areas of inquiry will include the nature of evil, the heroic quest, the role of language, and Tolkien's adaptation of medieval sources. The course allows students already highly familiar with the written text of The Lord of the Rings to explore the work more deeply from an academic perspective. Therefore, please be aware that the course is NOT intended for those new to The Lord of the Rings or for those who have only seen Peter Jackson's film adaptations of the trilogy.

Eng 366 Creative Nonfiction Writing I
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Eng 101 or permission of instructor
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Geraldine Becker
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	The focus of the class will be the production of a body of nonfiction in a context that introduces students to various related forms and genres of creative nonfiction (e.g., personal essay, feature story, column).

Eng 380 Business and Technical Writing
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Eng 101 or Eng 109 and junior or senior standing or permission of instructor
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Geraldine Becker
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Familiarizes students with business and technical writing strategies.

Eng 386 Media and Society
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Lower level communication class or instructor's permission
Corequisites:	none
Instructor:	Joseph Zubrick
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	The course looks at the pervasiveness of media and their influence on contemporary society. In addition to the exploration of functions, and effects of media, topics on current events will be used to understand the shaping influence of media.

Eng 452 Short Story
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Eng 101, Eng 109, or instructor's permission
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Pat Stamp
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Surveys the development and criticism of this literary form, beginning with the genre's origin in the U.S. during the nineteenth century and its subsequent development and maturation in the U.S. and worldwide.

Geo 203 World Geography
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Natasha Brewer
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course is designed to introduce students to some key concepts of world geography. The class will discuss several topics which include, but not limited to the following: Some basic geographic concepts (location, direction, distance); maps (locating points on a sphere, properties of map projections, patterns and symbols on maps); physical geography (landforms, weather, climate etc); cultural geography (peoples and their ways of life, language, religion, ethnicity, population characteristics); geography of spatial behavior (perception of the environment, migration); political geography (geographic characteristics of countries, boundaries); economic geography (agriculture, manufacturing, industries); geography of natural resources (renewable and nonrenewable resources); urban geography (functions of urban area) and global issues (protecting the earth's wildlife, global warming and green house effect, balance between food and population, battling acid rain, the vanishing rainforest, economic growth and environmental problems). 3

Geo 210 Climate and Culture
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Soraya Cardenas
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	The course broadens the students' understanding of how climate influences the development of cultures and the building of societies. The course opens with the idea that the influence of climate upon culture is often overlooked, simply because it is so broad. The course then introduces the students to the full range of climatic influences upon culture, from the general and the obvious to the virtually subliminal. The course will show that much of history can be explained by these concepts.
Special Requirements:

Hty 100 Foundations of Western Civilization I
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Erica Nadelhaft
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	A comprehensive examination of the growth of civilizations from the ancient Greeks to the Renaissance. The course investigates the political, economic, social, intellectual, and religious developments in ancient, medieval, and Renaissance societies

Hty 101 Foundations of Western Civilization II
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Erica Nadelhaft
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	A survey of European history from the sixteenth through the twentieth century that investigates major movements such as the Protestant Reformation, absolutism, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and Napoleon, industrialization, nationalism, World War I, totalitarianism, and World War II.

Mat 128 College Algebra
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Basic math proficiency
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Paul Grant
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Provides students with basic algebraic skills. Covers algebraic concepts including linear, fractional and quadratic equations and graphs. Also covers basic trigonometry for right triangles.
Note:	Proctored examinations at approved testing sites are required.

Mat 352 Statistics II
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Mat 351 or instructor's permission
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Roger Roy
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Applied statistical methods in the student's area of specialization. Designed for use by education, natural, environmental, or behavioral scientists. This course requires students to formulate a project, use assigned data, analyze and solve a problem in one's area of study, and work independently in their specialty.
Special Requirements:	Access to the Internet and a PC that supports Systat II statistical software (i.e., one with Microsoft Windows) is required.

Mus 100 Music History
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Scott Brickman
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Introduction to the elements of music, survey of 1600 years of Art Music in western civilization. Includes style periods, names, dates, and personalities significant in musical developments. The major roles of music and the musician in society are investigated. Listening skills and aural recognition are emphasized.
Special Requirements:

Mus 204 American Music
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Scott Brickman
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Develops a knowledge of the multi cultural music of the United States. The music of ethnic, religious and social groups, American Art music, and seminal figures and ideological movements will be covered. Listening skills and aural recognition are emphasized
Special Requirements:

Mus 400 History of Jazz
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Scott Brickman
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Covers the major styles of jazz: Ragtime, Dixieland, Swing, Be-Bop, Cool, Free and Fusion. The major figures and extra-musical factors influencing these trends will also be studied. Listening skills and aural recognition are emphasized.

Nur 302 Pharmacology
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Bio 353, Bio 363, Nur 309
Corequisites:	Bio 401, Nur 330
Instructor:	Bunny Pounds
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Provides students with knowledge about general principles of drug actions along with nursing responsibilities, process, and accountability in the administration of medications over the lifespan. Numerous pharmacologic classifications will be discussed including mechanisms of drug actions, key adverse effects, and drug interactions. Students will develop skills needed for calculating dosages and administering various medications

Nur 380 Transcultural Care in Nursing
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Second semester junior standing
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Jenny Radsma
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Addresses the impact that social, political, cultural, spiritual, gender, age, and lifestyle factors have upon the health of individuals and communities. In addition, a growing consumer interest in alternative healing practices necessitates that nurses be familiar with the widening array of complementary therapies and approaches available to treat illness, prevent disease, and promote well-being. Awareness of how ethnocentrism restricts and limits the use of healing modalities will be considered, as will the role of the nurse as advocate and communicator within political and socio-cultural environments.

Nur 401 Health Related Research
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Statistics, senior level standing.
Corequisites:	none
Instructor:	Jenny Radsma
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Introduces the basic health related research process with an emphasis on understanding and utilizing research. Focus is on skills then enable students to quickly find, critically read, and readily identify possible uses of relevant clinical research. Selected experiences in investigating, analyzing, and interpreting health related research findings and implications for professional practice are explored.

Nur 407 Leadership and Management in Nursing
Date:	May 19 - Jun 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Second semester senior standing
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Karen Benjamin
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Prepares students to assume leadership, decision-making roles, and political awareness within an increasingly complex and changing health care system. Principles of leadership and management are examined in context of their application within current and prospective global health care environments. Role development and values clarification are emphasized.

Nur 413 Nursing Ethics and the Law
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None.
Corequisites:	None.
Instructor:	Karen Benjamin
Application:	WebCT
Description:	The focus of the course includes examining ethical and legal issues in the context of nursing and health care practice; exploring principles of ethical reasoning toward decision making and the resolution of ethical dilemmas; and analyzing ethical health care obligations, policy, and law which emanate from the nature of the caregiver-patient relationship. Each module is designed to examine current ethical issues in clinical research with a focus on issues most pertinent ot the role of the nurse.

Phs 210 Earth Science
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	none
Corequisites:	none
Instructor:	Ben Paradis
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course explores in a holistic fashion the major components of the earth sciences, including Geology, Astronomy, Oceanography, and Meterology. Special emphasis is given to looking at the earth in a holistic fashion, stressing the inter relationships of earth processes.

Psa 300 Public Finance
Date:	May 19 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Tony Everva
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course addresses financial and managerial issues within the framework of all three major areas of the public sector. It provides the fundamentals of financial management for those pursuing careers in government, for non-profit, and health organizations that lack a financial background. The students are presented the rules specific to the public sector, which will provide them the framework to access and apply financial information more effectively.

Sed 335 Program Planning and Curriculum Adaption
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Dianne Castonguay
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course provides students with specific information about the special education laws that affect the design and implementation of special education programs. Students will learn to develop Individual Education Plans as members of the Pupil Evaluation Team process. This course will also cover the role of the special education teacher and the regular education teacher in the adaptation of regular education programs to accommodate students with various learning disabilities and handicapping conditions.

Sed 362 Typical & Atypical Expressive Language
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Dale Bailey
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	The purpose of this course is to inform educators about the stages of receptive and expressive language skill development. While oral language skill development will be the emphasis, the relationship between oral and written language (reading and, to a lesser extent, writing) skill development will be discussed and explored. We will look at typical and atypical language skill development, individual differences, and how and why these differences occur. This course meets the typical and atypical receptive and expressive language requirement for all levels of State of Maine Teacher of Students with Disabilities endorsements. The course is also offered to teachers and educational technicians for recertification purposes.

Sed 365 Instructional Methods
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Dianne Castonguay
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This course will be a comprehensive study of research based instructional strategies that can be used with children with disabilities. Students will learn how to design instructional programs for instruction and design classroom organization to facilitate learning. Observation of student performance and evaluation of instructional effectiveness will be included in the course.

Soc 100 Introduction to Sociology
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Soraya Cardenas
Application:
Description:	Examines the nature of human society and social institutions such as family, marriage, gender roles, economic exchange, stratification, political power, religion, and education. The course will also cover social control, deviance, law and order, medical issues, poverty, and other dimensions of power systems. The focus will be on large scale, complex, and plural societies.

Soc 101 Social Problems
Date:	May 19 - June 27	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None
Instructor:	Soraya Cardenas
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	Examines the major social problems affecting contemporary global and local society, including poverty, disease, overpopulation, and pollution; structural inequalities of age, class, region, gender, ethnicity and race; social deviance such as crime, mental illness, and substance abuse; domestic violence and exploitation. The course will examine how these issues are culturally constructed and internalized. The focus will be on North America.

Soc 420 Environmental Justice and Social Movements
Date:	July 7 - August 15	Credits:	3
Prerequisites:	Soc 100
Corequisites:
Instructor:	Soraya Cardenas
Application:	Blackboard
Description:	This class will look at environmental justice and social movements. Environmental Justice refers to action taken by individuals, organizations and/or communities to address environmental atrocities. This may include environmental racism, the targeting of poor and/or rural/urban communities and/or deceptive practices by government and/or industry. This class also will address environmental social movements, looking specifically how environmentalism developed in the United States and address the present day condition of environmentalism.