Summer Field Camp
Earth science majors must take a six-week summer field camp in the western United States. The camp experience brings together the various solid earth courses and helps students make the transition from classroom scholar to field-based geologist. Through the camp, students gain an appreciation of the problems professional scientists encounter.
Students generally find it easier to comprehend the subject matter of subsequent courses as a result of the summer field camp, which they are encouraged to attend between the junior and senior years.
Links to camps listed on the Geology Field School Directory
Example Field Camps:
School |
Weeks |
Where |
Notes |
Arizona State Univ. |
5 |
Central Arizona |
|
Black Hills Field Station |
4-5 |
N.Dakota |
|
Boston Univ. |
6 |
Appalachians |
|
Bowling Green St. Un. |
5 |
New Mexico |
|
Calif. State Univ., Hayward |
5 |
White Mtns. Area |
|
Colorado School of Mines |
6 |
Moab, Utah |
Geological Engineering. |
Florida State Univ. |
5.5 |
N. New Mexico |
|
Idaho State Univ. |
5 |
central Idaho |
|
Indiana Univ. |
6 |
Montana |
Regular and Environmental |
James Madison U./ VA |
5 |
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Kent State Univ. - OH |
4 |
S.Dakota |
|
Lehigh Univ., Penn. |
6 |
WY & Idaho |
|
Mesa State College |
6 |
West. CO +East. UT |
|
Miami Univ. |
4 |
Rocky Mtns. |
|
Montana State Univ. |
5 |
Wyoming |
|
Ohio Univ. |
3 |
nearby |
|
Oklahoma State Univ. |
6 |
Rocky Mtns. |
|
Oregon State Univ. |
6 |
Mitchell, OR |
|
Penn State Univ. |
6 |
Salt Lake area |
|
S.Dakota Sch. of Mines |
5 |
Black Hills |
|
SE Missouri State |
3-6 |
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Southern ILL Univ., Carbondale |
6 |
Montana & Wyoming |
|
S. Oregon Univ. |
4 |
N. California |
|
Southern Utah Univ. |
5 |
Cedar City area |
|
State Univ. of NY, Albany |
3 + |
East. NY & Vermont |
|
State Univ. of NY, Buffalo |
4 |
NM, Utah & WY |
|
Texas Tech. Univ. |
5 |
Arizona |
|
U. of Akron, Ohio |
5 |
Black Hills + |
|
U. of Alabama |
5 |
N. New Mexico |
|
U. of Arkansas |
6 |
Dillon, MT |
Hydrogeology |
U. of Connecticut |
4 |
Storr's |
Geophysics / Engineering |
U. of Kentucky |
6 |
Elk Mtns., CO |
|
U. of Maine |
3 |
Maine |
|
U. of Michigan |
6 |
Jackson, WY |
|
U. of Minnesota |
3 |
Montana |
|
U. Missouri-Rolla |
4.5 |
Cedar City, UT |
|
U. of Montana |
3-6 |
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U. of New Mexico |
6 |
Huerfano Park (CO) |
|
U. of Oregon |
6 |
Clarno Basin, OR |
|
U. of Tennessee |
4 |
W.Virginia |
Parts I and II |
U. of Wisconsin |
4 |
NW Canada |
|
U. of Wyoming |
5 |
Laramie area |
|
W. Michigan Univ. |
6 |
Michigan |
|
Western Washington Univ. |
6 |
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Wild Rockies Field Inst. - Missoula |
var.dates |
Missoula |
Ecology + |
Wright State Univ. |
5 |
Smoky Mtns. |
