Summer Courses on Nantucket
Each summer, UMass Boston offers several courses from May until August. Most of these courses feature field work that allows the participants to use the island’s natural resources to investigate topics introduced in the classroom.
In most cases, housing at the field station is included in course fees; students provide their own meals and transportation to and from Nantucket. Cost varies yearly.
Courses offered range across all fields fo study -- from playwriting to marine biology, from painting to hydogeology. These programs, as well as all of UMass Boston's summer programs, are administered through our Division of Corporate, Continuing, and Distance Education (CCDE). Currently scheduled course offerings are below. Be sure to check the CCDE Web site for more offerings throughout the year.
- Applied Linguistics Summer Institute: Literacy and Culture Nantucket Field Station
- Nantucket Light: Oil Painting
- Marine Biology on Nantucket Island
- Exploring the Coastal Environment: A Program in Oceanography and Coastal Zone Management
- Intro to Ornithology (see description below)
Intro to Ornithology
A field-based study of the ecology, behavior and evolutionary relationships of birds. Live-trapped wild birds will be examined for plumage, molt and general morphology and physiological state. Students must bring binoculars. Prerequisite: One semester of biology or Permission of Professor Veit at veit@postbox.csi.cuny.edu. 3 Credits.
Fee: $845. This fee includes course tuition and accommodations but does not include food, some course material, or transportation to Nantucket Island. Instructor will contact all students registered for course prior to start date.
