Required for the B.S. in Geosciences:
Geologic Field Experience
Students completing the B.S. degree in Geosciences are required to take a departmentally approved field camp from another college or university (minimum of 4 semester credit hours). Students would normally take this during the summer, after their junior year or after their senior year depending upon their level of preparation. This field experience may be a traditional field geology course or a field based course in Hydrology, Environmental Geology or Geophysics, etc. Students must have approval of the department chair before enrolling in the Field Experience.
Recommended for the B.A. in Geosciences:
Geologic Field Experience
Students completing the B.A. degree in Geosciences are recommended to take a departmentally approved field camp from another college or university. Students would normally take this during the summer, after their junior year or after their senior year depending upon their level of preparation. This field experience may be a traditional field geology course or a field based course in Hydrology, Environmental Geology or Geophysics, etc. Students must have approval of the department chair before enrolling in the Field Experience.
The list below contains a number of schools that offer summer field
camp courses. Many of the links below give information about location,
time and cost of attending field camp.
This link provides an extensive list of field camps offered in the US and abroad.