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This course is designed to prepare p-K-12, preservice teachers for meeting the linguistic and, academic needs of English Language Learners by, providing an overview of language acquisitions, theory and program components. Teachers will also, identify resources (personnel and materials) to, effectively serve linguistically diverse, populations.

NOTE: This course is available as an In-Person
Section or an Online Section. Each section has its
own course description. Check the current catalog
or WebAdvisor to see which section is offered in
any given year.


Legal Research: Environmental Law - Professor
Robert Truman


Course Number: LAW-583-OL Online Section


Course Type: Highly Specialized


Credits: 2


Enrollment Limit: 25


Description: This course will be offered online
with no scheduled course meetings. Students will
gain advanced understanding of the legal resources
and research techniques used in the practice of
environmental, natural resources, and energy law.
We will cover sources and techniques beyond those
of introductory research courses, with an emphasis
on administrative materials and advanced statutory
research, as well as exposure to current awareness
tools, topical databases, international
environmental legal research, legislative tracking
and history, science and statistics sources,
cost-effective research strategies, and current
and archived sources of government information.


The course is designed to complement other
environmental, natural resources, and energy law
courses and clinics, and to allow students to
apply knowledge gained in this class to their
research, clinical, journal, and work experiences.


Prerequisite: none


Evaluation Method: Regular exercises and short
quizzes, class participation (through online
discussion and, potentially, synchronous video
chats), and a final research project on a topic
within environmental, natural resources, or energy
law of the student's choosing. This final project
may be related to a student's Capstone or other
writing requirement, clinical experience,
internship/externship, or other work.


Capstone: no


WIE: no

NOTE: This course is available as an In-Person
Section or an Online Section. Each section has its
own course description. Check the current catalog
or WebAdvisor to see which section is offered in
any given year.


Legal Research: Environmental Law - Professor
Robert Truman


Course Number: LAW-583-OL Online Section


Course Type: Highly Specialized


Credits: 2


Enrollment Limit: 25


Description: This course will be offered online
with no scheduled course meetings. Students will
gain advanced understanding of the legal resources
and research techniques used in the practice of
environmental, natural resources, and energy law.
We will cover sources and techniques beyond those
of introductory research courses, with an emphasis
on administrative materials and advanced statutory
research, as well as exposure to current awareness
tools, topical databases, international
environmental legal research, legislative tracking
and history, science and statistics sources,
cost-effective research strategies, and current
and archived sources of government information.


The course is designed to complement other
environmental, natural resources, and energy law
courses and clinics, and to allow students to
apply knowledge gained in this class to their
research, clinical, journal, and work experiences.


Prerequisite: none


Evaluation Method: Regular exercises and short
quizzes, class participation (through online
discussion and, potentially, synchronous video
chats), and a final research project on a topic
within environmental, natural resources, or energy
law of the student's choosing. This final project
may be related to a student's Capstone or other
writing requirement, clinical experience,
internship/externship, or other work.


Capstone: no


WIE: no




Legal Research: Environmental Law - Professor
Robert Truman


Course Number: LAW-583 In-Person Section


NOTE: This section will meet for two hours and run
for the first seven weeks of the semester. Because
of the shortened course structure, students may
not add this course after the first class meeting.


Course Type: Highly Specialized


Credits: 1


Enrollment Limit: 25


Description: This one-credit course will provide
in-depth exposure to the legal resources and the
most effective research techniques used in the
practice of environmental, natural resources, and
energy law. There will be a strong emphasis on
administrative law and the rulemaking process in
addition to advanced statutory and case law
research, and students will explore current
awareness tools, specialized information
databases, international environmental legal
research, environmental dispute resolution
resources, legislative tracking and legislative
history, science and statistics sources,
cost-effective research strategies, and current
and archived sources of government information.


The course is designed to complement other
environmental, natural resources, and energy law
courses and clinics, and to allow students to
apply knowledge gained in this class to their
research, clinical, journal, and work experiences.


Prerequisite: none


Evaluation Method: Class participation, in and out
of class exercises, and a final project on a topic
within environmental, natural resources, or energy
law of the student's choosing.


Capstone: no


WIE: no

English language instruction topics, which vary, from semester to semester. Topics include computer, applications, environmental issues, U.S. culture,, current events. Duration: first half-semester., Students take two modular courses each term (AES, 150 and AES 151). May be taken twice for credit, with change of topic.

English language study with an emphasis on, developing integrated skills in critical reading,, discussion, consensus-building, research, crafting, argumentative writing, and giving substantive, formal presentations. Exploration of authentic, content in a specific academic discipline,, abstract concepts and theories, and appropriate, field-specific terminology. Topics vary from term, to term and typically are representative of the, humanities (for example, English literature), the, social sciences (sociology, cultural anthropology,, psychology, or sociolinguistics), or the natural, sciences (such as sustainability or ecology)., Duration: first half-semester. Students take two, modular courses (AES 165 and AES 166) each term., May be taken twice for credit with change of, topic.

Overview of painting, sculpture, and architecture
produced in Europe and North America, focusing on
work created between the 14th and 21st centuries.
Exploration of key theoretical problems and ways
of looking especially important to the history of
art. Multiple perspectives and methods of analysis
provided through lectures, scheduled discussions,
and museum fieldwork. Key works situated in a
variety of contexts: the role of art in religious
and memorial practices; the rise of the social
status of the artist; drawing as a form of
thinking; art as a tool of power and politics; art
as constructor of gender and identity; visual
narrative; the potentials and limitations of
various technical media; definitions of
"modernism"; the uses of "classicism."

Overview of painting, sculpture, and architecture, produced in Europe and North America, focusing on, work created between the 14th and 21st centuries., Exploration of key theoretical problems and ways, of looking especially important to the history of, art. Multiple perspectives and methods of analysis, provided through lectures, scheduled discussions,, and museum fieldwork. Key works situated in a, variety of contexts: the role of art in religious, and memorial practices; the rise of the social, status of the artist; drawing as a form of, thinking; art as a tool of power and politics; art, as constructor of gender and identity; visual, narrative; the potentials and limitations of, various technical media; definitions of, "modernism"; the uses of "classicism."

Overview of painting, sculpture, and architecture
produced in Europe and North America, focusing on
work created between the 14th and 21st centuries.
Exploration of key theoretical problems and ways
of looking especially important to the history of
art. Multiple perspectives and methods of analysis
provided through lectures, scheduled discussions,
and museum fieldwork. Key works situated in a
variety of contexts: the role of art in religious
and memorial practices; the rise of the social
status of the artist; drawing as a form of
thinking; art as a tool of power and politics; art
as constructor of gender and identity; visual
narrative; the potentials and limitations of
various technical media; definitions of
"modernism"; the uses of "classicism."

Overview of painting, sculpture, and architecture
produced in Europe and North America, focusing on
work created between the 14th and 21st centuries.
Exploration of key theoretical problems and ways
of looking especially important to the history of
art. Multiple perspectives and methods of analysis
provided through lectures, scheduled discussions,
and museum fieldwork. Key works situated in a
variety of contexts: the role of art in religious
and memorial practices; the rise of the social
status of the artist; drawing as a form of
thinking; art as a tool of power and politics; art
as constructor of gender and identity; visual
narrative; the potentials and limitations of
various technical media; definitions of
"modernism"; the uses of "classicism."

This beginning sculpture class focuses on materials and form as ways of understanding content and experience in sculpture. Equal time will be spent on making, research and discussion. Students will learn how to use a variety of simple techniques and materials for constructing form and affecting space, including found objects, plaster, wood, and basic mold making.
Questions posed and answered through assignments, readings, research, and discussion will include:

What is the relationship between form and content, materials and techniques, maker and object?

How does context, meaning, and purpose affect form?

How does history and experience inform materials?

What is the importance of the artist’s hand?

When does the process of making become more important than the "object" produced?

Fundamentals of using oil paints in a, representational and abstract manner. Emphasis on, gaining technical proficiency with color and, paint handling, finding self-direction, and, identifying precedents in the history of, painting. Topics explored include representation,, abstraction, postmodernism, collage. Students, will develop and use critical language that, addresses the inherent issues in painting.

Fundamentals of using oil paints in a, representational and abstract manner. Emphasis on, gaining technical proficiency with color and, paint handling, finding self-direction, and, identifying precedents in the history of, painting. Topics explored include representation,, abstraction, postmodernism, collage. Students, will develop and use critical language that, addresses the inherent issues in painting.

Fundamentals of using oil paints through a focus
on the study of the human body. We address both
historical and contemporary contexts and include
specific approaches to figure painting such as
old master, alla prima, direct observation,
abstraction, color and pattern, and collage.
Emphasis is on gaining technical proficiency with
paint handling, finding self-direction, and
identifying both contemporary and historical
precedents. Through short readings, slide
lectures and discussions, students will develop
and use critical language that addresses inherent
issues in figure painting including
representation, phenomenology,
post-structuralism, and feminism.

Fundamentals of using oil paints through a focus, on the study of the human body. We address both, historical and contemporary contexts and include, specific approaches to figure painting such as, old master, alla prima, direct observation,, abstraction, color and pattern, and collage., Emphasis is on gaining technical proficiency with, paint handling, finding self-direction, and, identifying both contemporary and historical, precedents. Through short readings, slide, lectures and discussions, students will develop, and use critical language that addresses inherent, issues in figure painting including, representation, phenomenology,, post-structuralism, and feminism.

Overview of ceramics, calligraphy, painting,
prints, sculpture, and architecture produced in
China, focusing on select key works created from
the neolithic to the contemporary moment.
Exploration of key theoretical problems and ways
of looking especially important to the history of
art. Multiple perspectives and methods of analysis
provided through lectures, scheduled discussions,
and museum fieldwork. Key works are situated in a
variety of contexts: the role of art in religious
and memorial practices, the social status of the
artist, art as a tool of power and politics, art
as constructor of gender and identity, the
potentials and limitations of various technical
media.

Overview of ceramics, calligraphy, painting,, prints, sculpture, and architecture produced in, China, focusing on select key works created from, the neolithic to the contemporary moment., Exploration of key theoretical problems and ways, of looking especially important to the history of, art. Multiple perspectives and methods of analysis, provided through lectures, scheduled discussions,, and museum fieldwork. Key works are situated in a, variety of contexts: the role of art in religious, and memorial practices, the social status of the, artist, art as a tool of power and politics, art, as constructor of gender and identity, the, potentials and limitations of various technical, media.

Developments in the European tradition, 1860 to
1940, that culminate in experiments in abstraction
in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century.
Realism, impressionism, postimpressionism,
expressionism, fauvism, cubism, dada, surrealism.

Developments in the European tradition, 1860 to, 1940, that culminate in experiments in abstraction, in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century., Realism, impressionism, postimpressionism,, expressionism, fauvism, cubism, dada, surrealism.

Focus on critical questions of
contemporary painting by exploring a variety of
approaches to pictorial space from 20th-century
modernism through postmodernism and contemporary
practice. Students will strengthen technique and
material knowledge of working in oil paints,
identify individual working processes, expand
critical language through discussion and readings,
and develop a significant and informed body of
work.

History of print in Europe from the Renaissance, through the 19th century. Lecture combined with a, hands-on workshop to experiment with printmaking, practices. All sessions will be held at a Portland, printmaking studio with an introduction to the, history and impact of different print media and, additional time in which students will make their, own prints, with the guidance of a master, printmaker. One of the sessions will also be held, at the Portland Art Museum, where students will, study examples of prints by various artists, with, the guidance of the print curator.

The intertwined history of realism and mass media
as integral components of an emerging modernity in
the United States and Europe during the 19th
century. Focus on technical innovations and the
examination of primary writings by artists,
critics, authors, and other cultural figures to
assess their aspirations for and anxieties about
the innovations' social and cultural implications.
Realism as a movement in academic art; debates
about the artistic value of mass media and the
impact on artistic practice; early mass media and
the pursuit of political change; the relationship
between art and science; the shaping of national,
racial, class, and gender identities; the
emergence of the modern commercial market and
industrial production.

This course gives students working in painting and drawing the structure and tools needed to develop independent work at the advanced level. Students may work primarily in drawing, painting, or move between the two as they pursue individual questions of subject, process, and material. Through a series of advanced assignments leading to a sustained and cohesive body of work, students conduct original research, identify relevant historical and contemporary precedents, and develop a more self-directed studio practice. Readings, writing, critiques, and individual meetings support the development and articulation of the work.

A studio-based class organized around themes or topics in contemporary art practice. This Fall 2026 ART 327 is focused on thinking about action & performance in relationship to what we make and how we make. It will also serve as an overview of performance art history and an introduction to different schools of thought that stem from the desire to have art address time and action.

A studio-based class organized around themes or
topics in contemporary art practice. Focus varies
depending on instructor; please refer to the art
department website for detailed course
descriptions. Topics may include heterogeneity,
hybrids, environment, time, and the human-animal
relationship. May be repeated for credit with a
change of topic; however, registration for
subsequent sections must be done via the
registrar's office.

Examination of art produced in China from the 17th
century to 1949, with a focus on work created in
four cities: Suzhou, Guangzhou, Beijing, and
Shanghai. Considerations of relationships between
the built environment and artist production;
definitions of modernity; artistic conventions and
religious beliefs of the Manchu court; impacts of
trade with Europe and America on visual culture;
responses to new reproductive technologies,
including lithography and photography; woodblock
print and film as mediums of political protest.

Reading and critical analysis organized around
themes or problems in art history. Focus varies
depending on instructor's teaching and research
areas. Previous themes have included art history
and memory and art and the environment. May be
taken twice for credit.

Advanced research seminar. Development of skills
essential to the practices of art history:
writing, researching, oral presentation,
intellectual dialogue. Culminates in a 40-minute
oral presentation and a 25-page thesis.

Advanced research seminar. Development of skills, essential to the practices of art history:, writing, researching, oral presentation,, intellectual dialogue. Culminates in a 40-minute, oral presentation and a 25-page thesis. Instructor, consent and senior standing required.

Exploration of the creative process incorporating, studio work, readings, and discussions. Through, the language of visual art, students explore ideas, about being creative and learn how to integrate, the discipline and practice of art in ways that, extend their understanding and enhance their, capacity to solve problems. Participants employ a, variety of techniques, mediums, technologies, and, artistic forms--drawing, painting, sculpture, and, writing--to exercise their creative self and find, their voice. Students are encouraged to reflect on, insights from art history, aesthetics, and, criticism to critically evaluate their art, experience. Incorporates diverse teaching, approaches including studio work and lectures., Visual art background required.

Historical development of contemporary social and, cultural life in South Korea. Topics include, popular culture, language, material culture,, regional relations, religion, and colonialism.

Advanced study in topics, disciplines, and
research methods in Asian studies. Reading and
critical analysis of scholarship; exposure to
major debates and controversies in the field that
may include, but are not limited to, comparative
study and interdisciplinary methodology. Focus
varies depending on areas of the instructor's
teaching and/or research. Assignments are
organized around a substantial final project
and/or several smaller projects. May be taken
twice with change of topic.

Advanced research and independent work under, guidance of faculty supervisor(s) on a topic, previously explored in East Asian studies., Production of a carefully researched and reasoned, thesis; distribution to convener, faculty, supervisor(s), and other class members for, assessment. Oral presentation of thesis; written, and verbal comments from convener, faculty, supervisor(s), and other students. Substantive, employment of Chinese or Japanese language in, research - including interviews, audiovisual, materials, printed material - strongly, recommended. When possible, preliminary research, conducted on an overseas studies program.

This course presents the history, theories,, principles and techniques of counseling theories, and their applications in professional settings.

This course presents the history, theories,
principles and techniques of counseling theories
and their applications in professional settings.

This course presents the history, theories,, principles and techniques of counseling theories, and their applications in professional settings., Admission into Art Therapy Program required.

This course presents the history, theories,, principles and techniques of counseling theories, and their applications in professional settings.

This course presents the history, theories,, principles and techniques of counseling theories, and their applications in professional settings., Admission into Art Therapy Program required.

This course presents the history, theories,, principles and techniques of counseling theories, and their applications in professional settings.

Introductory overview of the field of art therapy, including history, development, major theories, and applications of art therapy with various, client populations.

Introductory overview of the field of art therapy, including history, development, major theories,, and applications of art therapy with various, client populations.

Introductory overview of the field of art therapy
including history, development, major theories,
and applications of art therapy with various
client populations.

Introductory overview of the field of art therapy, including history, development, major theories,, and applications of art therapy with various, client populations. Admission into Art Therapy, Program required.

Introductory overview of the field of art therapy, including history, development, major theories, and applications of art therapy with various, client populations.

Through the lens of art therapy this course will
examine: polyvagal theory, brain development and
the impact of trauma on the developing brain; the
stages of treatment when working with clients who
have experienced trauma; methods to protect and
manage self-care to address vicarious
traumatization in clinical practice; various
methods to treat trauma with different client
populations; and showing sensitivity to cultural,
environmental and developmental needs. The course
examines the impact of racial trauma, oppression
and historical and generational trauma to help
students address injustice and support healing.
Teaching methods include but are not limited to
readings, lecture, video, discussions, and
experiential art making directives.

Examination and analysis of the expressive and
content components of graphic imagery in relation
to clients' domains of functioning and how it
contributes to a deeper understanding of the
clients' clinical needs when formulating a
clinical assessment and treatment plan.

Examination and analysis of the expressive and, content components of graphic imagery in relation, to clients' domains of functioning and how it, contributes to a deeper understanding of the, clients' clinical needs when formulating a, clinical assessment and treatment plan. Admission, to Art Therapy Program required.

Examination and analysis of the expressive and, content components of graphic imagery in relation, to clients' domains of functioning and how it, contributes to a deeper understanding of the, clients' clinical needs when formulating a, clinical assessment and treatment plan.