[Nhcoll-l] Who teaches courses focused on the subject of collections for undergraduates?

Tue Jul 3 09:50:16 EDT 2018

Thanks Carla et al.,

We are aware and admiring of the MVZ program and hope to build a similar level of student engagement at our collections.  The course I am preparing is similarly motivated by a desire for student learning about objects as portals for discovery.  Thanks for the detailed response!

Eric Schultz
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
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Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Who teaches courses focused on the subject of collections for undergraduates?

Hi Eric - There are two courses offered at UC Berkeley aimed at teaching students about collections and museums. One is a freshman seminar taught by Dr. Eileen Lacey and focused on the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. The other is a higher level course (IB/ESPM 105, "Natural History Museums and Biodiversity Science") that  is a broad collaboration between a number of faculty and staff affiliated with the different Berkeley Natural History Museums (co-led by Drs. Brent Mishler and Rosemary Gillespie). I am copying them all here in case you have more questions about the courses.

In the MVZ, we also have an Undergraduate Program that engages students in museum science through the UC Berkeley Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP). Here is a paper<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.plos.org%2Fplosbiology%2Farticle%3Fid%3D10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.2003318&data=02%7C01%7Ceric.schultz%40uconn.edu%7Cf806e075d4d648100aa508d5e08d8b89%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636661820892368522&sdata=I2HMRPfgb8T%2BSxnGL73%2BuTFnnmWO7rmBork7dvTQpes%3D&reserved=0> that we published recently on that MVZ program (lead author is a former undergrad, now a grad student at LSU).

Best,
Carla

On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 12:51 PM Schultz, Eric <eric.schultz at uconn.edu<mailto:eric.schultz at uconn.edu>> wrote:

With a colleague at the University of Connecticut's Benton Art Museum, I am preparing a multidisciplinary course for freshman Honors students on collections and museums. The topics covered will include the history of collecting, the taxonomy of collections (e.g. art, natural history), how collections promote knowledge production and discovery, the practice of collecting and its ethics. I am interested in connecting with others who teach courses focused on collections, be they similarly multidisciplinary or confined to natural history collections--and especially if they are undergraduate courses-- what readings on these topics have you found engaging and informative?

Eric Schultz
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
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