Approved Courses
The following list includes undergraduate courses that have been approved as of June 2010. Courses added after that date do not appear in this list. Courses eliminated after that date may still appear. Not every course is offered regularly. Students should consult the Schedule of Classes at www.testudo.umd.edu to ascertain which courses are actually offered during a given semester.
COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM
| Number |
|
Eligibility |
| 000-099 |
|
Non-credit course |
| 100-199 |
|
Primarily freshman course |
| 200-299 |
|
Primarily sophomore course |
| 300-399 |
|
Junior, senior course not acceptable for credit toward graduate degrees |
| 386-387 |
|
Campus-wide internship courses; refer to information describing Experiential Learning |
| 400-499 |
|
Junior, senior course acceptable for credit toward some graduate degree |
| 500-599 |
|
Professional School course (Dentistry, Architecture, Law, Medicine) or post-baccalaureate course |
| 600-899 |
|
Course restricted to graduate students |
| 799 |
|
Master Thesis credit |
| 899 |
|
Doctoral Dissertation credit |
Use the search box below to view the approved courses.
Courses in "GEMS-Gemstone"
GEMS - Gemstone
GEMS 100 Freshman Honors Colloquium: Introduction to Gemstone (1)
Restriction: Freshman standing; and Must be in the Gemstone program.
Orienting new Gemstone students to the university and to the program
through a variety of team building activities, resources, and skill
exploration exercises. Students will also examine and discuss areas such
as liberal education, diversity, service, arts, current events, academic
integrity, and leadership style.
GEMS 102 Research Topic Exploration and Team Formation (1)
Restriction: Must be in the Gemstone program.
Under the guidance of staff and visiting speakers, students will develop
research topics that they will pursue for the remainder of their
participation in the Gemstone program, and form into interdisciplinary
teams around these topics.
GEMS 104 Topics in Science, Technology and Society (STS) (3)
Prerequisite: GEMS100.
An examination of how cultural, economic, political and social forces
shape scientific and technological systems and, conversely, how
scientific and technological systems have affected the culture,
economies, organization and politics of societies. Students in the
course will form small teams to carry out semester-long research on
socio/technical topics related to the course theme chosen for that
specific semester.
GEMS 202 Team Dynamics and Research Methodology (2)
Prerequisite: GEMS100, GEMS102, and GEMS104. Corequisite: Concurrently
enrolled in GEMS296. Restriction: Must be in the Gemstone program; and
Sophomore standing or higher.
This experiential course is designed to foster an understanding of
effective team dynamics and basic research methodology. It will teach
skills applicable to Gemstone team research and the writing of a team
thesis. Upperclass Gemstone students serve as discussion facilitators.
Students participate in their Gemstone teams and develop a draft of
their team thesis proposal.
GEMS 208 Special Topics in Leadership and Team Development (1-3)
Restriction: Must be in the Gemstone program.
Principles, methods and types of leadership and team development with an
emphasis on group discussion and decision making. Reading, discussion
and exploration of the basic team concept, communications for winning
scenarios, goal setting, problem solving, conflict resolution and
research methods.
GEMS 296 Team Project Seminar I (1)
Prerequisite: GEMS100, GEMS102, and GEMS104. Corequisite: Concurrently
enrolled in GEMS202. Restriction: Must be in the Gemstone program with
sophomore standing in a research team.
This is the first of six seminars during which Gemstone students carry
out multidisciplinary research with the guidance of a faculty mentor.
The teams develop their working relationship, start their literature
search, define their research question, and set short & long term goals.
GEMS 297 Team Project Seminar II (2-3)
Restriction: Must be in the Gemstone program with sophomore standing in
a research team.
This is the second of six seminars during which Gemstone students carry
out interdisciplinary research with the guidance of a faculty mentor.
The team develops its website, prepares and presents its research
proposal and beegins its research project.
GEMS 396 Team Project Seminar III (2)
Prerequisite: GEMS297. Restriction: Must be in the Gemstone program with
junior standing in a research team.
This is the third of six seminars during which Gemstone students carry
out interdisciplinary research with the guidance of a faculty mentor.
The team presents its progress at the Gemstone Colloquia.
GEMS 397 Team Project Seminar IV (2)
Prerequisite: GEMS396. Restriction: Must be in the Gemstone program with
junior standing in a research team.
This is the fourth of six seminars during which Gemstone students carry
out interdisciplinary research with the guidance of a faculty mentor.
The team further develops its website. Also they will prepare and
present the team project in the poster session of Undergraduate Research
Day.
GEMS 496 Project Writing Seminar (2)
Prerequisite: GEMS397. Restriction: Must be in the Gemstone program.
This is the fifth of six seminars during which Gemstone students carry
out research with the guidance of a faculty mentor. The team finishes
the analysis of their data and writes and edits its team thesis.
GEMS 497 Team Thesis Defense (2)
Prerequisite: GEMS396. Restriction: Must be in the Gemstone program.
Gemstone teams will complete the team research project and thesis. The
team will formally present the thesis to experts in the area of interest
at a Team Thesis Conference before final submission.
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