Undergraduate Field Course
The North Carolina Summer Geology Field Course is a 6 week, 6-semester hour, capstone Geology Field Course administered by the Department of Geological Sciences at East Carolina University.
The Summer Field Course is conducted in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado within a geologic and tectonic setting that includes the Southern Rocky Mountains, the Colorado Plateau, the Rio Grande Rift, the Jemez Volcanic Center, and the San Juan Mountains and Volcanic Center.
The course emphasizes field mapping and is designed to train students in field oriented problem solving and critical thinking that will prepare them for a professional career in the Geological Sciences.
The New Mexico and Colorado regional setting allows us to introduce students to intensely deformed Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, Paleozoic to Cenozoic sedimentary rocks, middle to late Cenozoic volcanic terrains, and late Cenozoic alluvial and colluvial sediments.
The course emphasizes field mapping and is designed to train undergraduate students in field-oriented problem solving and critical thinking that will prepare them for a professional career in the Geological Sciences.
Mapping Area, San-Ysidro New Mexico
The dates for Field camp 2024 are May 13 – June 18.
The approximate cost for 6 credits is $3950, with $500 due when submitting the application. The remainder of the fee is due by April 3, 2023
Application deadline is February 23, 2023
Registration for summer courses begin on March 27, 2024.
Course Information
GEOLOGY 4000 – 6 semester hours: May 13- June 18, 2024 (Including Travel Days in vans to and from New Mexico and Colorado)
TUITION AND FEES: Total cost for applicants is approximately $3950. $500 is due with the application, with the remainder due by April 3, 2024, pending financial aid dispursements. Students who are not currently en rolled at East Carolina University will have to pay an Application Fee ($75) to be admitted as a Visiting Summer Student (https://admissions.ecuedu/apply/visit-ing-students/). Total fees cover tuition, transportation and lodging (not food).
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Feb. 23, 2024. Applications are welcome as long as space remains for additional students. Our Geology Field Course fills quickly, so apply early if you want to be assured a spot in the 2024 Geology Field Course.
PREREQUISITES: Courses in Mineralogy, Petrology, Stratigraphy/Sedimentology, Structural Geology, and Field Methods are preferred. You must have completed a course in Structural Geology and General Petrology (Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamor-phic) to attend the Field Course. Some substitutions are allowed for qualified candidates.
For more information Contact the Field Course Director:
Dr. David Farris
farrisd19@ecu.edu
Department of Geological Sciences
Download form:
Intent to Enroll ECU Geology Field Course 2024 Form
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