Geology field camp

Field camp is an intensive, off-campus summer course designed to be a capstone experience for undergraduate geology majors. Many alumni remember geology field camp as the highlight of their undergraduate career. While the specific curriculum varies among different camps, the common thread is typically field description, identification, and mapping of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. Most camps operate on a three- to six-week schedule, and individual and/or group projects commonly range in length from a day to a week. Different field camps are located in various locations throughout the U.S. and around the world, but many of them operate in the Rocky Mountains of the western U.S.

The Geology Discipline at UMM no longer runs a field camp of its own, but undergraduate majors are still required to attend the program of their choosing. We have developed a strong relationship with Indiana University's program at the Judson Mead Geologic Field Station in southwestern Montana.

Follow this link for a list of field camps offered by other colleges and universities in the United States (and Australia) published by the Syracuse University library.

Jamey Jones mapping in the Elkhorn Mts., Montana, with the UT Austin geology field camp