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Integrated Sciences Complex at night view from the water.
Exploring Thompson Island: On the Ground & in the Archives

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
MoWeFr 10a.m. – 10:50a.m.		 McCormack M01-0608 4 $2645 (guest students)
Date
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
Time
MoWeFr 10a.m. – 10:50a.m.
Location
McCormack M01-0608
Credits
4
Min. Tuition*
$2645 (guest students)

Description

Visible from UMass Boston's campus, Thompson Island is an extraordinary environment in which to explore a specific place and how it has evolved over time. Through readings, discussions, and boat trips guided by experts in relevant disciplines, this course explores ways of seeing, investigating and "knowing." Using a creative approach to history, the course engages with original documents and secondary sources to help answer the question: Why is Thompson Island worthy of our attention? The course reconstructs the Island's historic and educational uses from the political, social, cultural, and scientific artifacts of the past, and hones the skills of making meaning from them as well as of developing good practices of environmental and archival stewardship.

Prerequisites

Degree students only, with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston. Students may complete only one 100G course (First Year Seminar).

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

1/27/2025 - 5/14/2025

Location

McCormack M01-0608

Enrolled / Capacity

1 / 25

Status

Closed

Tuition*

$2645 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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