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ENGL 672 - Research in Writing Studies
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This graduate seminar explores the ways that composition and rhetoric scholars make and support knowledge claims by investigating both research in the discipline and the methods and methodologies that undergird that research. Geared towards helping students generate research projects through an informed framing of inquiry, this course provides an introduction to epistemology in writing studies-an introduction that provides a framework for understanding how writing is and has been studied. This focus on knowledge-making is operationalized through a range of methods for conducting research on writing. Students will learn to critically read research publications in composition and rhetoric; they will also learn to develop and pursue their own research projects.
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ENGL 673 - Digital Writing
3 Credit(s)
Description:
As writing increasingly moves from the printed page to the screen and beyond, writers have at their disposal a fuller range of expressive modes and means of communication, including but not limited to linear alphabetic text. This workshop/studio course invites students to explore these possibilities by experimenting with their writing in digital platforms. Students engage born-digital texts alongside of traditional print-based genres and consider the relationship between written, audio-visual and/or interactive modes. Classes include craft-based discussions, peer critiques, and hands-on instruction in media production software, which prepare students to produce their own creative digital texts through a series of independent writing projects. This course welcomes students from all backgrounds; no specialized technical skills are expected or required.
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ENGL 674 - Writing and Community
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This class explores the ‘public turn’ of literacy and composition studies - a movement that recognizes and engages with literate activity occurring beyond the academy: in community centers, in homes, in the streets, and in other alternative spaces for rhetorical education and literate practice. This course will prepare students to develop thoughtful pedagogies that engage with public writing and community literacy. To support and practice literacy research and activism outside of the university classroom, and to gain a deeper understanding of the intersections between literacy and composition studies. Whenever possible, a sustained engagement project with local community partners will serve as a touchstone of the course.
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ENGL 675 - Reading and Writing Poetry
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This is a graduate poetry workshop for both experienced writers and students with little poetry-writing experience. For more experienced writers, the concentration is on developing skills, with a chance to extend range by studying great poems in form and in free verse. For students newer to writing poetry, or students who simply wish to learn more about poetry, this is a chance to develop your skills from the inside, through studying poems by accomplished poets in various forms, including free verse, and through the actual practice of writing in these forms. The main work of the semester is writing poems, but there are assignments requiring a critical response to other poets.
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate students in ENGL only
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ENGL 676 - Reading and Writing Fiction
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This is a graduate fiction workshop for both experienced writers and students with little fiction-writing experience. For more experienced writers, the concentration is on developing skills, with a chance to extend range by studying writers like Mary Gaitskill, Denis Johnson, Geoff Dyer, Lorrie Moore, Steven Millhauser, and Chuck Palahniuk. Fiction-writing assignments are connected to reading assignments.
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate students in ENGL only
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ENGL 680 - Art of Literary Translation
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This graduate seminar examines literary translation and interpretation, concentrating on both poetry and prose. Translators can be viewed as artists working between one language and another, recreating texts. The course will focus on the practice, theory, and craft of literary translation, with particular attention given to close reading interpretation. Students will produce translations of texts of their own choice. Knowledge of second language is recommended, but not required to take the course. Students without knowledge of a second language will have the opportunity to produce translations of texts written in middle or old English, or in dialect of English. Readings will include classic and recent essays on translation theory, as well as excerpts from a selection of variant sample translations. Attention will also be given to how the practice of translation has influenced the work of many well-known writers, from Elizabeth Bishop, Seamus Heaney and W. S. Merwin to Robert Pinsky and H. D. Without translation, a critical activity that connects otherwise separate languages and cultures, readers and writers would be left in relative isolation, unaware of wider trends in world literature. With thousands of languages used worldwide, all of us, even multilingual readers, are ultimately dependent on the work of translators to read more widely. Translation is a fascinating area of study that presents stimulating possibilities for creative writers.
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ENGL 681 - Advanced Workshop in Poetry
3 Credit(s)
Description:
An advanced poetry workshop in which students practice and improve the poetic skills they have already begun to develop by focusing on a pre-approved project for the semester. Class discussion focuses on student work, and individual conferences with the instructor are required. This course may be repeated twice for credit.
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ENGL 682 - Advanced Workshop in Fiction
3 Credit(s)
Description:
An advanced fiction workshop in which students improve the writing skills they have already begun to develop by focusing on a pre-approved project for the semester. All students read contemporary fiction throughout the semester. Class discussion focuses on student work, and individual conferences with the instructor are required. This course may be repeated twice for credit.
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ENGL 683 - Literary Sites and Spaces
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course will engage students in literary “field work,” encouraging experiential learning at libraries, museums, archives, and writers’ homes and communities. The course creates opportunities for students to explore what happens when a literary text is connected to a literary site, including spaces of literary inspiration, production, reading, and preservation. Each course meeting will feature on-site learned in a literary space, with field trips, workshops, and assignments designed to give the group unique insights into the interpretive possibilities created by field-based research. By working outside of the classroom, students will place literature in new social and historical contexts, while also testing the latest theoretical understandings of literary history, literary and cultural geography, cultures of the book, and the history of the book.
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ENGL 688 - Final Project in Pedagogy
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Provides a structure for students working toward completion of the final exercise (capstone) requirement in pedagogy. A project proposal is required and must be approved by the faculty supervisor of the project and by the Graduate Program Director. Paper plans and drafts are studied and critiqued in regular tutorial conferences with individual faculty supervisors, or examination materials and sample questions are analyzed. The final paper or examination is assessed by graduate faculty readers. Students must successful complete the capstone project in order to receive the MA.
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ENGL 689 - English Studies Workshop
1 Credit(s)
Description:
This one credit course meets in evening workshops held at regular intervals (every two weeks). The central goal of the English Studies Workshop is to engage MA students in an understanding of the latest developments in the field of English. The workshop sessions take a variety of forms, typically featuring a presentation led by a faculty member; they also include less traditional experiences, such as visits to area research libraries. The workshops encourage students to have an experiential engagement with English’s latest research, theoretical, pedagogical, creative, professional, and career trends, while also showing student show those trends inform the MA program.
Enrollment Requirements:
Masters student in English
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ENGL 690 - English Research Workshop
1 Credit(s)
Description:
This one credit course meets in evening workshops held at regular intervals (every two weeks). The central goal of the English Research Workshop is to prepare MA students for the final project. Research exercises will move student through the steps needed to create a successful final project, such as :formulating a viable research topic, locating an advisor, understanding research methodology, selecting models of research and writing in professional journals, compiling an annotated bibliography, and creating a research calendar. Students are strongly encouraged to take the English Research workshop in the year or semester before their final project work commences.
Enrollment Requirements:
Masters student in English
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ENGL 691 - Final Project in Composition
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course provides a structure for students working toward completion of the final exercise (capstone) requirement in composition. A project proposal is required and must be approved by the faculty supervisor of the project and by the Graduate Program Director. Paper plans and drafts are studied and critiqued in regular tutorial conferences with individual faculty supervisors, or examination materials and sample questions are analyzed. The final paper or examination is assessed by graduate faculty readers. Students must successfully complete the capstone essay or examination in order to receive the MA.
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ENGL 692 - Final Project in Creative Writing
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course provides a structure for students working toward completion of the final exercise (capstone) requirement in creative writing and supplements work done in creative writing workshops. A project proposal is required and must be approved by the faculty supervisor of the project, by the Director of Creative Writing, and by the Graduate Program Director. Drafts are studied and critiqued in regular tutorial conferences with individual faculty supervisors. The final manuscript is assessed by graduation faculty readers. Students must successfully complete the capstone project in order to receive the MA.
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ENGL 693 - Final Project in Literature
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Provides a structure for students working toward completion of the final exercise (capstone) requirement in literature. A project proposal is required and must be approved by the faculty supervisor of the project and by the Graduate Program Director. Paper plans and drafts are studied and critiqued in regular tutorial conferences with individual faculty supervisors, or examination materials and sample questions are analyzed. The final paper or examination is assessed by graduate faculty readers. Students must successfully complete the capstone project in order to receive the MA.
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ENGL 694 - Graduate Internship in English
3 Credit(s)
Description:
The Graduate Internship in English allows students to explore possible careers connected to and furthered by the postgraduate study of English. Internships take place within a wide variety of fields that feature an applied use of English, including publishing, marketing, publicity, professional writing, creative writing, library work, and non-profit administration. Internships can include experiences such as organizing rare books materials for a Boston area library, leading literacy workshops for a non-profit organization, or composing publicity materials in a corporate setting. The Graduate Internship affords students the opportunity to bring the ideas and skills learned in English MA courses to the workplace.
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate student in English, at least six credits of coursework and permission of program director.
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ENGL 695 - Independent Study
1 - 6 Credit(s)
Description:
A comprehensive study of a particular area of literature, particular author, or specialized topic not offered in regular seminars. Consultation with the director of graduate studies is mandatory. Students arrange a project with a faculty member who approves a project proposal, providing a description or outline of the research and writing work to be undertaken and a bibliography of reading. The project must be approved by the Graduate Program Director. Project proposals must be submitted by the end of the semester previous to the one in which the study is to take place.
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ENGL 696 - Independent Study
1 - 6 Credit(s)
Description:
A comprehensive study of a particular area of literature, particular author, or specialized topic not offered in regular seminars. Consultation with the director of graduate studies is mandatory. Students arrange a project with a faculty member who approves a project proposal, providing a description or outline of the research and writing work to be undertaken and a bibliography of reading. The project must be approved by the Graduate Program Director. Project proposals must be submitted by the end of the semester previous to the one in which the study is to take place.
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ENGL 697 - Special Topics in Literature and Composition
1 - 6 Credit(s)
Description:
Experimental new graduate seminars on special subjects are frequently offered under this heading and are announced each semester prior to the advance pre-registration period.
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ENGL 698 - Intern Seminar
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This seminar is for both composition and literature interns during their intern semester. It involves a preliminary summer workshop and weekly meetings and classroom visits during the semester. The course is team-taught by the two internship supervisors, with students divided into a composition and a literature section according to their intern appointment. The seminar develops more fully the pedagogical and content material covered in ENGL 610 and 611. It involves collaborative work (particularly in designing a joint syllabus, reading list, and assignments for the undergraduate composition and literature sections to be taught by interns), classroom research, and reflective reports.
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ENGL 699 - Master of Art Thesis
6 Credit(s)
Description:
A substantial project of approximately 60 pages in literature, composition, or creative writing. Creative writing students will include a related analytical paper with their manuscript. A thesis proposal is required and must be approved by the student’s faculty supervisor of the thesis and by the Graduate Program Director. In the case of creative writing theses, approval by the Director of Creative Writing is also required. The student works under the supervision of a faculty thesis director in regular tutorial conferences. Students should begin working on their project a full semester before the semester in which the project is due. The thesis will be read by a committee of three graduate faculty members who will judge its suitability as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree. Finally, a thesis defense before the student’s committee and open to all members of the English Department will take place.
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ENVSCI 510 - Teaching Weather & Water
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course crosses the boundaries of the science disciplines to focus on weather and the pivotal role that water and solar radiation play in the exchange of energy at the Earth’s surface. Basic concepts such as the behavior of gases (Ideal Gas Law), energy flow, density changes, phase changes, heat capacities, isotopic fractionation processes, thermal convection, and thermohaline circulation, will be applied to examine short-term weather and water dynamics (pressure-driven fronts and flows) and longer-term impacts on global warming and climate change. The course has been designed to embrace the 7E learning cycle and instructional model.
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ENVSCI 525 - Environmental Science Content Institute
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course is designed to use environmental sciences as an integrating context for teachers of middle school science. Field experiences in and activities drawn from the Neponset River Watershed will enhance the teaching of middle school earth science, life science, and physical science curricula. A conceptual framework for environmental sciences will connect field experiences to Massachusetts state curriculum frameworks.
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ENVSCI 530 - Ecosystem Based Fishery Management
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Intercampus Registration Course
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ENVSCI 555 - Introduction to Physical Oceanography
3 Credit(s)
Description:
UMass Darthouth course
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ENVSCI 597 - Special Topics
1 - 6 Credit(s)
Description:
This course offers study of selected topics within this subject. Course content and credits vary according to topic and are announced prior to the registration period.
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ENVSCI 600 - Responsible Conduct in Research
1 Credit(s)
Description:
This first year graduate course will introduce students to the many aspects of scientific integrity and responsible conduct in research (RCR). We seek to provide a learning experience for students that will enable them to: 1. Develop and refine skills needed to solve problems involving relevant topic areas of responsible scientific conduct; 2. Be able to clearly articulate –both verbally and in writing –ethically and legally acceptable solutions to problems posed about scientific conduct; 3. Develop a positive attitude towards life long learning in the matters of scientific integrity and responsible research conduct.
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ENVSCI 601 - Introduction to Probability and Applied Statistics
3 Credit(s)
Description:
The course will analyze basic probability theory, probability distributions useful for modeling environmental processes - including binomial, Poisson, exponential, normal, geometric, hypergeometric, Chi-square, F, and Student’s t - conditional probabilities & Bayes’ theorem, random variables, & expected values, the central limit theorem, and parameter estimation. The course focuses on software-based hypothesis testing including p-values & confidence limits, Monte Carlo simulations, Type I and II error & power, Student’s t tests and non-parametric alternatives, contigency tables & goodness-of-fit tests, regression, correlation, and one-way randomized block ANOVA. The course will make extensive use of programming software (e.g., Matlab or R). Calculus is a prerequisite.
Enrollment Requirements:
MATH 141 or MATH 146 or permission of instructor.
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ENVSCI 603 - Coasts and Communities I
4 Credit(s)
Description:
This course defines and explores methods of linking critical disciplinary perspectives important to defining and solving environmental problems. The course will focus on the relation among natural and human systems in coastal regions of the world. Through the lens of climate change and urbanization this course will cover fundamental aspects on earth system interactions including hydrology, geology, geochemistry, physical oceanography, and ecology. This course is combination lecture and discussion. Students are required to register for both the lecture and a discussion section.
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ENVSCI 604 - Coasts and Communities II
4 Credit(s)
Description:
This course explores human system interactions with the environment through the lens of climate change and urbanization. The course uses conceptual modeling and problem solving to explore the role of governance, business, and communities in the development and implementation of sustainable solutions to environmental problems.
Enrollment Requirements:
ENVSCI 603 or permission of instructor
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ENVSCI 607 - Introduction to Environmental Innovation Clinic
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course gives students a new set of tools for and experience in finding and developing innovative approaches for addressing environmental problems. The course explores various creativity methodologies and identifies, in collaboration with stakeholders, prospects for applying innovative strategies to address current environmental challenges.
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ENVSCI 611 - Applied Statistics
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course is designed to prepare students to design and analyze experiments and field studies using ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) and regression techniques, including generalized linear regression. Analyses will be performed using Matlab, SPSS/PASW or R. both online and in-person versions will use discussion boards extensively and 2-3 hours of virtual office hours will provide 1-on-1 help with computer analyses and statistical concepts.
Enrollment Requirements:
EEOS 601 or permission of instructor
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ENVSCI 613 - Oceans and Human Health
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Over the last ten years, there has been a growing realization among both natural and social scientists that the oceans affect human health, and humans affect ocean health. Because of the complex and varied interactions between the oceans and humans, this new field is necessarily interdisciplinary, spanning the entire gamut from oceanography, toxicology, biological, physical, chemical and medical sciences, through engineering, epidemiology and public health, and on the social sciences, economics, and environmental policy and management. This course aims to introduce student sto the evolving interdisciplinary field of “oceans and Human Health.” Lectures will provide background information on human health, the physical environment, and oceanographic processes, presented through a case study approach that will demonstrate the inter-relationships among these three factors. The course will include such current topics as the impacts of global climate change, endocrine disruptors, harmful algal blooms (HSBs), toxic dinoflagellates, waterborne and foodborne diseases, and the importance of natural products from the ocean. Impacts (to both humans and the ocean) and remedies will be emphasized.
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ENVSCI 616 - Environmental Policy and Administration
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Study of how solutions to environmental problems are implemented. Techniques of policy-making and administration in both public and private organizations are studied. Government and industrial administrators are brought to campus to provide insight into real-world problems and solutions. (Course offered in the fall only.)
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ENVSCI 621 - Plankton Dynamics
3 Credit(s)
Description:
The focus of the course will be on the dynamic processes and interactions between water column plankton (e.g., phytoplankton, zooplankton, bacteria, and protists) with regard to nutrient and energy exchange. The course will examine how changes in the water chemistry can affect biological processes and community composition and the impacts this has on marine resources and society. There will be a small field component to this course where students are exposed to and allowed to see the different plankton organisms along with being shown the basic methods for studying the different water-column plankton.
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ENVSCI 622 - Introduction to Zooplankton Ecology
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Zooplankton can be called the cows of the sea. These animals range in size from 200 mm to .1 mm and are the food supply for many commercially important fish, whales, and other large animals. This course will examine the different classes and functional groups of marine zooplankton, with an emphasis on copepods and tunicates. Zooplankton morphology, physiology, ecology, and geographical distributions will be discussed in detail and related to larger environmental issues, e.g., global warming, eutrophication.
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ENVSCI 623L - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
4 Credit(s)
Description:
This course teaches the concepts, principles, approaches, techniques, and technologies of geographic information systems (GIS)The specific topics include essential elements of a GIS, hardware requirements and system integration, technologies and techniques for acquiring spatial data, spatial data models, data structures, data formats, database models, spatial analysis and modeling, cartographic design, implementation of a GIS, and environmental and socioeconomic applications. Hands-on exercises on ArcView are assigned each week. A term project on the use of a GIS in solving a specific environmental or socio-economic problem is required. EEOS 623L and UPCD 623L are the same course.
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ENVSCI 625 - Principles and Applications of Remote Sensing
4 Credit(s)
Description:
In this course, students learn the physical principles of remote sensing and become familiar with the capabilities and limitations of current and future remote-sensing systems. They also learn the techniques commonly used for interpreting aerial photographs, satellite remote-sensing data, and thermal and radar imagery, and gain practical lab experience in image interpretation. They are exposed to a wide variety of applications in environmental mapping and monitoring, natural resource management, urban and regional planning, and global change research.
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ENVSCI 627 - Environmental Modeling in Raster GIS
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course has two major components. The first component focuses on GIS raster data models, their structure and function, and in particular their use in a modeling context. The second component focuses on the use of modern structures design techniques for forming a basis for the correct design and implementation of geographic information systems applications.
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ENVSCI 629 - Advanced Topics in GIScience
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course is an advanced GIS graduate course focusing on quantitative methods in spatial analysis. It is meant to promote critical thinking and explore current technical advances in GIS. Students will examine GIS applications in detail, and gain “hands-on” experience with current spatial modeling software in an applied area. Students will also gain experience in planning and outlining an applied GIS project, learning the specific techniques required for the project, and advancing the project through to completion.
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ENVSCI 630 - Biological Oceanography
3 Credit(s)
Description:
The course analyzes the processes governing the population dynamics of phytoplankton, zooplankton, and benthos. The course stresses the interaction between marine biology and relevant aspects of physical, chemical and geological oceanography. The course has a special emphasis on applied benthic ecology, especially the effects of pollution on the coastal zone. Other topics include the microphytobenthos, modeling competition, predation & benthic community structure, zooplankton grazing & predation, satellite remote sensing, and the effects of climate change on marine populations. Calculus recommended, but not required.
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ENVSCI 635 - Environmental Toxicology
3 Credit(s)
Description:
The course will impart basic principles of environmental toxicology, focusing on toxicological assessment, types and mechanisms of toxicological response, the properties and effects of specific groups of toxicants released into the environment (e.g., PAH, PCB, pesticides, metals, dioxins/dibenzoofurans), and an overview of current issues facing the rather broad field of environmental toxicology. Toxicological responses will be discussed at all levels of biological organization, from the molecular/biochemical, cellular, and organismal up through the population, community, and ecosystem. Biochemical toxicology will be particularly emphasized with respect to toxicant absorption, internal partitioning/transport, metabolism/detoxification, sequestering, targeting, and elimination.
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ENVSCI 640 - The Chemistry of Natural Waters
3 Credit(s)
Description:
A basic description of the chemistry of natural and especially marine waters designed to lay the foundation for more advanced course work. Emphasis will be on the chemical composition of natural waters and the identification of the important chemical, physical, and biological processes controlling their composition. A case study, emphasizing the multidisciplinary nature of these processes, will be given at the end of the course.
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ENVSCI 641 - The Geochemistry of a Habitable Planet
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Geochemistry is a unique field integrating geology and chemistry to tell the story of a planet. In this class, we will use geochemistry to reconstruct the story of our Earth, a habitable planet. Along the way, we will explore principles in isotope geochronology, trace element geochemistry, aqueous chemistry, stable isotope geochemistry and chemical proxies in dynamic systems.
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ENVSCI 642 - Laboratory for the Geochemistry of a Habitable Planet
1 Credit(s)
Description:
This course is designed to introduce the theory, applications, and operation of modern instrumental methods for geochemical analysis earth materials. The course aligns laboratory activities with ENVSCI 641 to reinforce key geochemical concepts through discovery. Students will be introduced to a wide spectrum of instrumental techniques and will gain an understanding of the analytical approach to problem solving.
Enrollment Requirements:
Co-requisite: ENVSCI 641
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ENVSCI 645 - Environmental Issues in the Horn of Africa
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course explores the environmental issues and associated political ecologies of the Horn of Africa. The course will explore the history of human-environment relations, paying particular attention to the exploitation of the natural environment during colonialism and patterns of extraction and trade set up during that time. The course will also explore the major debates concerning the development, governance, and valuation of the regions natural resources.
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ENVSCI 646 - Global Ecology
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course reveals key examples of the vast network of long distance ecological connections across the biosphere. Emphasizing a visual, interactive, and interdisciplinary approach, students explore the impacts of air currents, symbiosis, bacteria as global organism, biogenic depositions, algal interactions, and climate disruption. Students are also introduced to inspiring science-based grassroots and indigenous leaders around the world.
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ENVSCI 650 - Physical Oceanography
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course introduces the physical processes active in the ocean environment, including coastal and estuarine regions, and investigates the connection between those processes and observed physical characteristics of the ocean. (Course offered in the fall only.)
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ENVSCI 654 - Professional Science Communication
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Advances in science depend upon systematic communication regarding theories, methods, observations and findings. At the same time, the development of technology and sound public policy depend upon advances in science. This course is designed to familiarize students with the wide range of models, methods and media that are employed in scientific communication. Assignments will include the construction of written documents such as abstracts, research proposals, and research reports as well as articles and notes for general audiences; visual presentations such as slides, posters, and graphs; and oral communications such as presentations, testimony and interviews.
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ENVSCI 657 - Fluvial Hydrology
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course will introduce the student to streamflow hydrology and fluvial processes. Topics will include field measurement techniques, the hydrodynamics of moving water, channel form, sediment transport and commonly used statistical methods such as flow duration and flood frequency analysis. Students will learn how these topics and techniques are linked and utilized in water management and river restoration.
Enrollment Requirements:
ENVSCI 601 or ENVSCI 261 or equivalent introductory statistics course
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ENVSCI 658 - Geomorphology of Coastal Watershed
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course will provide students with an understanding of the landforms, landscapes, and processes that shape and alter the environments found within coastal watersheds. For the purpose of this course, a coastal watershed is loosely defined as the area from the edge of the continental shelf to the piedmont. Environments will be examined through the use of informed descriptive geomorphology and process geomorphology. It will also draw on elements of sedimentology and statigraphy to assist in providing a spatial and temporal context to discussions.
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ENVSCI 660L - Coastal Ecological Processes
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Coastal ecosystems form a critical boundary between watersheds and the oceans and as such are influenced by processes in both habitats. From local scale impacts associated with urbanization of near shore watersheds and local fisheries to global scale impacts due to increasing acidification of the oceans and long-range transport of atmospheric pollutants, many coastal waters are under siege from numerous anthropogenic influences. Considering the vast number of ecosystem services provided by coastal waters, understanding the functioning of coastal ecosystems is a critical first step toward developing sustainable management practices. This course will study the basic functioning of coastal ecosystems and the role that human perturbations play in altering these functions. In particular we will focus on understanding the scientific aspects of coastal ecology that underlie areas of interest to coastal managers, including the science behind coastal eutrophication, ocean acidification, food web structure and function (including food web/fisheries interactions), and wetland protection and restoration. BIOL 660L and EEOS 660L are the same course.
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate degree student in Biology or permission.
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ENVSCI 662L - Applied Chemometrics
4 Credit(s)
Description:
Applied Chemometrics will cover the fundamentals of many commonly used chemometric methods such as principal components analysis (PCA) and partial least squares (PLS) regression. Emphasis will be on applying these techniques in the chemical process and laboratory environment for instrument calibration, sample classification, Multivariate Statistical Process Control (MSPC), experimental design, and hypothesis testing. The class begins with a brief review of linear algebra and basic statistics and moves quickly into multivariate methods. Advanced methods and variable selection will be covered. The course includes broad coverage of common applications and discussion of common mistakes in chemometrics and how to avoid them.
Enrollment Requirements:
CHEM 311/313 Or Inst Perm
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ENVSCI 665L - Ecological Risk Assessment
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) is formal practice used by regulatory agencies worldwide to define the scope of environmental problems. The ERA framework was developed over several decades in response to inconsistencies in how risk assessments were conducted. This framework now provides a systematic method for approaching environmental problems associated with chemical contamination, and other ecological stressors. This course will use the risk assessment documents and guidelines developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to train students in the basic methods of ERA. Students will be tasked with performing a Stressor Identification and ERA at impaired sites to demonstrate competency in these methods. In addition, this course will explore emerging topics in ERA including the broadening field of Ecological Exposure Assessment and incorporation of nonchemical stressors into ERAs.
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ENVSCI 670L - Environmental and Energy Economics
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course introduces students to the economist’s approach to solving environmental problems and related aspects of energy markets. The first part of the course concentrates on the economic theory used to solve environmental problems, including those associated with energy production and utilization. In the latter half of the course, the theory will be used as a framework to approach a wide range of environmental and energy issues. The purpose of the course is to expose students to sufficiently rigorous economic analysis to enable them to appreciate the usefulness of the economic approach to environmental and energy-related problem solving and to enable them to critique economic analyses they may be presented with in future decision-making roles. ECON 670L and EEOS 670L and UPCD 670L are the same course.
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ENVSCI 674L - Climate and Energy: Law, Policy and Management
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course examines legal, public policy and management issues related to Climate Change as well as those related to the siting, development and distribution of renewable energy. It begins with an on international overview of the socio-economic forces shown to influence climate change, the legal and economic mechanisms that have emerged to address such change and the evolving global energy portfolio (particularly efforts to develop renewable energy). EEOS 674L and MBAMGT 674L and UPCD 674L are the same course.
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ENVSCI 675L - Economics of Renewables: Marine and Energy Resources
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course introduces students to the use of economic analysis in helping to solve marine and energy related natural resource problems. The first part of the course focuses on the economic theory used to analyze natural resource and energy issues. In the latter half of the course these theoretical tools will be used as a framework to analyze a wide range of issues dealing with marine resources and renewable energy. The purpose of the course is to expose students to sufficiently rigorous economics analysis to enable them to appreciate the usefulness of the economic approach to resource and renewable energy problem solving and to critique economic analyses they may be presented with in future decision-making roles. ECON 675L and EEOS 675L are the same course.
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ENVSCI 676 - Optical Methods for Monitoring Aquatic Environments
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course is designed for student interested in using optical methods to monitor aquatic environments. It will introduce students to basic concepts and principles of optical relationships, various methods in measuring optical properties of aquatic environments, the variations of these properties in different environments, as well as steps to obtain large-scale data products from satellite remote sensing. The course will also provide examples on remotely sensing oil spills, harmful algae blooms, etc. and on skills and analyzing aquatic environment. Students are expected to have basic knowledge in oceanography and remote sensing as well as statistical skills to evaluate relationships between various environmental properties.
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ENVSCI 680 - Coastal and Ocean Law
3 Credit(s)
Description:
An examination of the laws to preserve, develop, and manage coastal ocean resources and space. Judicial decisions interpreting and applying these laws are a major focus, although attention is also given to the coastal and ocean policies embodied in them and the process by which these policies have been established.
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ENVSCI 685 - Ecosystem Management Law and Policy
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course examines environmental and natural resource management laws through and ecosystem law and policy lens. Ecological concepts are considered and assessed in light of the myriad challenges related to complex systems management. In light of the fact that most public policy, regulatory and market approaches to resource use and ecosystem stewardship focus on human behavior, socio-economic concepts are examined as well. Students participate in discussions of readings in the ecosystem management, law and policy literature; select and critically review an environmental or natural management program from an ecosystem management perspective, and present their findings to the class.
Enrollment Requirements:
Graduate degree students in ECOS only
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ENVSCI 688 - Advanced Marine Geographic Information Systems
4 Credit(s)
Description:
Advanced Marine Geographic Information Science is an advanced course on GIS principles, theories, and practices for marine environmental applications. We will focus on the fundamentals of marine GIS, spatial data, and spatial analysis by using real-world marine datasets using ESRI’s ArcGIS software. Topics will include, but are not limited to oceanographic data acquisition, habit modeling, species distribution modeling, and marine spatial planning for conservation and human uses.
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ENVSCI 691 - Current Literature in Environmental Sciences
1 Credit(s)
Description:
A series of one-credit seminar courses focusing on subfields of environmental science, designed to help students develop the habit of keeping up with recent developments through reading scientific journals. The seminars also provide a forum for discussion of significant new findings in the field as well as discussion and critique of the students’ own research.
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ENVSCI 692 - WISP Seminar
1 Credit(s)
Description:
This seminar is designed to prepare WISP (Watershed-Integrated Sciences Partnership between UMass Boston and three local school districts) Fellows for intensive summer workshops (Teacher Training and Environmental Science Content Institute), to initiate an exploration of science education practices, and to expose Fellows to middle school classroom teaching. The seminar is intended to provide consistency and a passing on of experiential knowledge from one cohort of Fellows (outgoing) to the next (incoming). The 1-credit seminar is required for participation of UMass Boston graduate students in the GK-12 program as Fellows.
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ENVSCI 693 - Ecophysiology and Conservation of Fishes
4 Credit(s)
Description:
Broadly, this course will combine fundamental lessons on fish ecology and physiology with an applied conservation focus, centering on anthropogenic disturbances threatening biodiversity in today’s aquatic ecosystems. After an initial review of the basic physical properties of aquatic environments, we will examine the diversity and specialization of form and function among fishes, as well as basic lessons on reproduction and life history. Next we will explore the physiological systems within fishes that enable an aquatic existence. Wherever possible, we will integrate case studies on anthropogenic threats and their direct and/or indirect effects on physiology, fitness, survival and ultimately the conservation and management of different fish species. Students will be encouraged often to think about how particular aspects of anatomy, physiology and life history among the 28,000+ species of fish influence the relative ability to withstand specific conservation threats. Students should have completed an undergraduate - level ecology course prior to enrolling in this course. This is a combined lecture and lab course. Students are required to register for both the lecture and laboratory.
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ENVSCI 697 - Special Topics in Environmental Sciences
1 - 6 Credit(s)
Description:
This course provides an opportunity for presentation of particularly timely lecture/laboratory/field material which does not fall under the purview of any other course.
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ENVSCI 698 - Projects in Environmental Sciences
1 - 6 Credit(s)
Description:
A practicum resulting in a substantial written report based on library, laboratory, or field research which involves an original project. Up to 6 credits from this course may be applied to the MS degree, over more than one semester. Please note: This course is required for all master’s-level students taking the non-thesis option; it is not open to doctoral students. Students may not take both ECOS 698 and 699.
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ENVSCI 699 - Thesis Research
1 - 10 Credit(s)
Description:
Research conducted under faculty supervision which leads to the presentation of a master’s thesis. Up to 10 credits from this course may be applied to the MS degree, over more than one semester. Please note: This course is required for all master’s-level students taking the thesis option; it is not open to doctoral students. Students may not take both ECOS 698 and 699.
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ENVSCI 710 - Environmental Biogeochemistry
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course identifies and defines the influence of biota on the geochemical cycling of inorganic and organic substances through the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. Particular emphasis is given to contemporary research in the biogeochemistry of carbon, sulfur, selected metals, and organic compounds of natural and anthropogenic origin. Calculus and biochemistry are recommended, but not required. (Course offered in the spring every other year.)
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ENVSCI 715 - Isotope Geochemistry
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course explores the use of stable and radioactive isotopes in delineating biogeochemical and geochemical processes in the environment. Emphasis is given to recent advances in the field. Specific topics to be addressed include geochronology, paleothermometry, use of isotopes as tracers, and analytical methods. A team project exercise combining field and laboratory work and presentation of results is required. (Course offered in the fall every other year.)
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ENVSCI 716 - Scientific and Technical Information and the Policy Process
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course considers the role of scientific and technical information in the policy-making process. Questions of the impact of information on policy evaluation, the role of scientists, and research agenda setting are all discussed. (Course offered in the spring only.)
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ENVSCI 718L - Environmental Law and Policy: Federal Agencies, Courts, and Congress
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course surveys three major areas of federal involvement in environmental law and policy. The first is federal environmental and resource management programs and laws, such as the Clean Water, Ocean Dumping, Superfund, Resource Conservation and Recovery, Coastal Zone Management, and Fishery Conservation and Management Acts. The second is the role of the federal agencies and courts in implementing and overseeing federal laws; and the third is the legislative functions of the US Congress in debating, enacting, and monitoring national policy. Emphasis is placed on coastal and marine environmental problems and issues.
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ENVSCI 726 - Coastal Zone Management
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course introduces and evaluates the legal, political, and social factors that most directly affect the management of coastal area resources. Both conceptual and case-oriented literature are reviewed, in order to familiarize the student with the evolution and practice of coastal zone management generally in the U.S., and particularly in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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ENVSCI 780 - Seminar in Environmental Chemistry
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Lectures and discussion focused on contemporary issues in environmental chemistry. (Course offered in the fall every other year.)
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ENVSCI 791 - Seminar in Environmental Sciences
1 Credit(s)
Description:
Presentations and discussions of current topics in environmental sciences by students and visiting lecturers. Registration required each semester.
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ENVSCI 796 - Independent Study in Environmental Science
1 - 6 Credit(s)
Description:
Independent laboratory and/or library studies under the direction of a faculty member.
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ENVSCI 798 - Internship in Environmental Sciences
1 - 10 Credit(s)
Description:
Students are placed individually at private-sector or government institutions in order to gain practical training and professional experiences not available on campus. Each placement is jointly supervised by an individual at the host agency or company and by a faculty member.
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ENVSCI 799 - Environmental Innovation Clinic Research
3 Credit(s)
Description:
In this course student teams will work on behalf of clients (i.e., agencies, industry, municipalities, community members) to implement an innovative solution to an environmental problem. The course will include guided research and will provide students with skills in stakeholder engagement, project management, and project reporting.
Enrollment Requirements:
EEOS 607
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ENVSCI 899 - Dissertation Research
1 - 12 Credit(s)
Description:
Research, conducted under faculty supervision, which leads to the presentation of a doctoral dissertation.
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EHS 610 - Exercise and Aging
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course addresses current theories of biological aging, the physiological alterations associated with age and chronic disease, and benefits of physical activity and chronic exercise in the aging process. Students will learn how to screen and assess health status and fitness levels and develop exercise recommendations for older adults, understand the basic pathophysiology of common age-related diseases/conditions, and develop appropriate exercise tests and programs for older adults with these diseases/conditions. Course requirements will differ for undergraduate and graduate students and will be outlined in the course syllabus.
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EHS 620 - Pediatric Exercise
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course focuses on exercise and physical activity in children and adolescents. Topics include physiological and psychosocial differences in pediatrics with regards to effects of maturation, growth and puberty on the fitness components (body composition, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscle strength, muscle endurance and flexibility), normal exercise responses, and exercise training adaptations. A special emphasis will also be on clinical pediatric health issues (ie. asthma, diabetes, cancer, congenital heart disease, obesity) and on public health policies and national recommendations for children and adolescents including (but not limited to) physical activity, physical education, nutritional intake, school wellness policies, and community wellness programs.
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EHS 625L - Quantitative Research Methods
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course is designed to provide graduate students with a background in quantitative research design to promote an understanding of the scientific literature and to assist in future research pursuits. In this course, students will become familiar with the scientific research process, ethical issues related to research basic concepts of statistics and measurements, various types of quantitative research, and interpretation and reporting of research results. Student will prepare and present a research proposal as part of the course.
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EHS 630 - Advanced Health Fitness and Nutrition Assessment
3 Credit(s)
Description:
The course is designed to provide hands-on experience for health and fitness professionals. The laboratory experience will be used to generate new knowledge and provide practical experience for assessment of human health, physical fitness, and nutrition. The course serves an important role in training graduate students for professions in areas such as cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, clinical expertise physiology, sports medicine, and community and worksite fitness/health promotion.
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EHS 635 - Project and Program Management in Health Promotion
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Successful managers of projects and programs mobilize a group toward a shared vision. To do so while managing resources and stakeholders requires a systematic approach, skill, and planning. This course will use theory, supportive research, and experiential learning opportunities to enable students to lead and manage a broad range of health promotion efforts in diverse settings including public health agencies, community organizations, or fitness centers.
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EHS 645 - Leadership and Communication
3 Credit(s)
Description:
The ability to exercise leadership through service, to speak and write persuasively, and to work collaboratively with diverse individuals is required of exercise and health professionals in the modern workforce. Deficiencies in communication, regardless of experience and intelligence, can render the leader ineffective. Students will be provided with opportunities to analyze their personal communication styles and their ability to effectively engage within the communities they work in and partner with.
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EHS 650 - Obesity and Weight Management
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course describes characteristics of the global obesity epidemic and its health and economic consequences. Students learn the scientific basis of energy balance, energy metabolism, the regulation of body weight, and are introduced to neuroendocrine appetite regulation and the genetics of obesity. The importance of regular physical activity, health nutrition and health behavior change to prevent/reduce obesity in children and adults is emphasized. Students study important psychosocial factors related to obesity and explore emerging strategies for obesity treatment, including pharmacological and surgical approaches. Students may not receive credit for both EHS 350 & EHS 650.
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EHS 655 - Advanced Physical Activity and Health
3 Credit(s)
Description:
The primary purpose of this course is for students to develop an understanding of the relationships among physical activity, exercise, and health across the lifespan, be able to identify key behavioral and social determinants of physical activity behaviors, and identify evidence-base approaches to promoting physical activity at the individual, community and population levels. The course focuses on gaining experience reading peer reviewed scientific literature, and understanding how research is used to guide physical activity programs and policies. This course provides an overview of the epidemiological evidence on associations between physical activity and a variety of health outcomes with an emphasis on chronic cardio-metabolic disease and cancer, key determinants of physical activity behaviors in different populations, and effective approaches for increasing participation in physical activity. Special attention is given to developing critical thinking skills and understanding the application of epidemiological methods to the science of physical activity and health outcome. The class is also structures to provide opportunities for in-depth analysis and discussion as to how various research methods are used to study physical activity.
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EHS 656 - Advanced Nutrition and Health
3 Credit(s)
Description:
The primary purpose of this course is for students to develop an understanding of the relationships between nutrition and health across the lifespan. The course focuses on gaining experience reading peer reviewed, scientific literature, and understanding how science is used to guide nutrition program planning. This course provides an overview of the evidence of the epidemiological association of nutrition with a variety of health outcomes with an emphasis on chronic cardio-metabolic disease and cancer.
Enrollment Requirements:
EHS 655
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EHS 670 - Designing Exercise and Health Promotion Interventions
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course focuses on advancing knowledge and skills in the development of interventions for exercise and health promotion using the socio-ecologic framework as the foundation. Students learn an intervention mapping approach to assist in the conceptualization, planning, implementation, and dissemination of health promotion programs to groups, organizations, and populations. Students will design a potentially workable intervention for a specific health problem, health behavior, and target population to develop practical skills for health promotion and research careers.
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EHS 675 - Principles of Public Health
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course provides graduate students with an overview of public health with a particular emphasis on chronic disease prevention. Students will learn about the history of the public health field that integrates science, medicine, politics and other disciplines that drive the field forward, and specific areas of focus within public health. While emphasizing chronic disease control, students also study other targets of public health including tobacco, drugs and alcohol control; infectious disease control, environmental health, maternal and child health, and control of unintended injuries. Students will learn about the practice of public health understanding federal, state, and local level functions.
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EHS 680 - Clinical Exercise Physiology
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course focuses on the role of exercise in managing several common chronic disease conditions. Risk reduction and the treatment of chronic conditions using exercise will be addressed. The chronic conditions studies in this course are endocrine and metabolic diseases (such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity) pulmonary diseases (such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), and cardiovascular diseases (such as heart failure, cardiovascular disease, and peripheral artery disease). Graded exercise testing and prescription in clinical populations will be included.
Enrollment Requirements:
EHS 630
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EHS 682 - Exercise Metabolism
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course provides an in-depth view of energy metabolism, particularly as affected by acute and chronic exercise. It covers the physiology of several related processes, including the main energy-producing systems, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue physiology, hormonal regulation of substrate utilization, and immune function related to metabolism. The course includes readings from textbooks or review articles, and readings and presentations by the students of original research articles on pertinent topics.
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EHS 685 - Applied Exercise Physiology
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This is an advanced course designed to integrate basic physiology and relevant exercise science knowledge to provide students an in-depth understanding of acute and chronic effects of exercise on various physiological systems (e.g., skeletal muscle, cardiovascular and respiratory systems) in humans. Within this framework, bioenergetic and physiological control mechanisms will be presented relative to exercise performance. The course builds on principles and concepts learned in undergraduate courses in the area of exercise physiology such as EHS 385 (Exercise Physiology I).
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EHS 690 - Proposal Development
3 Credit(s)
Description:
Students will produce a thesis or project proposal with the guidance of faculty and their thesis or project committees.
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EHS 691 - Master’s Seminar in EHS
1 Credit(s)
Description:
This course is a weekly seminar series that will expose master-level graduate students to scientific presentations. Students will be exposed to research in the field of exercise and health sciences by attending faculty and student presentations arranged by the Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, and by providing questions/comments to the presenters. The emphasis is on communications across different areas of exercise and health sciences and presentations skills.
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EHS 696 - Independent Study
1 - 6 Credit(s)
Description:
Study of a particular area of this subject under the supervision of a faculty member.
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EHS 697 - Special Topics
1 - 6 Credit(s)
Description:
This course offers study of selected topics within this subject. Course content and credits vary according to topic and are announced prior to the registration period.
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EHS 698 - Practicum
3 Credit(s)
Description:
This course is a mentored practicum project for the presentation of a master’s project portfolio.
Enrollment Requirements:
EHS 690
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EHS 699 - Thesis
3 to 6 Credit(s)
Description:
Mentored research for the presentation of master’s thesis.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: EHS 690
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EHS 810 - Teaching in EHS
2 Credit(s)
Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic methods of effective teaching in exercise and health sciences courses. Classroom etiquette and ethics will be discussed.
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EHS 820 - Professional and Ethical Issues in EHS
2 Credit(s)
Description:
Topics introduce incoming students to relevant areas in this field, such as faculty research, skills for success in doctoral programs, the responsible conduct of research, human subjects’ approvals, vulnerable populations, and the tenets of responsible authorship.
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