New course proposal

The following new course proposal has been submitted to the Faculty Senate Office for review and approval and is listed here for faculty review and comment. Comments on any new course proposal should be submitted to Ernest May, secretary of the Faculty Senate, at senate@senate.umass.edu.

NRC 579, “Cree Culture, Natural Resources, and Sustainability,” 3 credits; Instructor: Dr. Paul K. Barten; Interdisciplinary course combines reading and group discussions, a winter camping trip with a Cree family in northern Quebec, and an individual term project to explore Cree culture, natural resources, and issues of sustainability, stewardship and social justice. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor is required.