Faculty First Year Seminars 197BIO4 - Campus Treasures ? Art, Scienc

Our campus has amazing collections of art, natural history specimens, minerals, and cultural and historical artifacts that are used in research and teaching. However, the vast majority of our collections are not accessible to the public. In this seminar we?ll talk about the kinds of research that UMass faculty are doing with collections and get ?behind the scenes? tours of collections including art, archaeology, film, minerals, historical documents, living plants and animal skeletons. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about current research in a broad array of fields (arts & sciences) and to see our hidden treasures up close. The collections are housed in many different buildings, so as a bonus we?ll be learning all the best short-cuts across campus too!

Freshmen Only