Summer on Nantucket
Head to Nantucket for a couple of weeks and earn some credits towards your degree or certificate program at University of Massachusetts Boston. We have some new offerings as well as some old favorites. Come study in one of the world’s most unique and beautiful environments this summer.
Biomimicry: Nature’s Guide toward Solutions
June 3 - June 16, 2012
Biomimicry is an emerging discipline that utilizes biological models to evolve sustainable solutions to environmental and design challenges. Through biomimicry we learn from nature’s 3.8 billion years old wisdom and ask the question: What would nature do?
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Studio on Nantucket: Painting Studio in Nantucket
June 28 - July 13, 2012
Summer Art on Nantucket 2012 will be an intensive, in–depth painting experience that will use the Plein Air painting approach as a jumping–off point to the summer landscape.
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Coastal Ecology
July 15 - July 28, 2012
This marine biology course serves as an introduction to field research methods and will familiarize students with the flora and fauna of the unique island of Nantucket.
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Marine and Coastal Ecological Research
July 29 - August 11, 2012
Supervised research on the adaptations and interactions of organisms of the beaches, salt marshes, sand dunes, and embayments of Nantucket.
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GIT Data Collection and Field Methods
August 6 - August 25, 2012
The course will cover basic Geographic Information Technologies (GIT) and applications used to research, map and analyze coastal phenomena. These include: Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Global Positioning System (GPS); Remote Sensing (RS).
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