Northern Illinois University: Field Methods in Environmental Geosciences

Hosted by: Northern Illinois University

2025-05-19-2025-06-18

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Two students bail an observation well at NIU's Environmental Geosciences field site.

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The left image shows NIU's drill rig drilling a borehole. The right image shows students logging the core collected during drilling in a lab setting.

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Description

Our environmental field camp is designed to train you in field methods and integrative problem-solving related to environmental geosciences. The course covers topics such as field methods in hydrogeology, surface water and vadose-zone hydrology, water quality analysis, environmental surface geophysics, and site evaluation and techniques. All students must have taken a hydrogeology course. Graduate students may enroll in EAE 577.

Credits

5 credit hours

Application Deadline

2025-04-01

Costs

Tuition - $2,496
Other course fees - $750

Other Important Information

There is an option to take HAZWOPER (go.niu.edu/HAZWOPER) the week before the field course starts. This will bring the credit hours up to six. Housing will be available on campus for the duration of the course.

Contact Info

For more information, contact Megan Brown (mbrown18@niu.edu).