Florida State University Geology Field Camp
May 11 - Jun 16, 2026 An incredibly geologically varied landscape, experienced-enthusiastic faculty, and over 50 years of tradition teaching geosciences in the field from northern New Mexico are at the core of our Field Geology (GLY4790) course offerings at FSU. The course is a 6 credit hour course in field geology in a spectacular setting to engage in hands-on learning of geology. This area of the Rocky Mountains is a classic region for observing and interpreting a wide range of Earth history. Our field course will give upper level undergraduate and beginning graduate students the observational skills and experience, the interpretative framework, and the self confidence to undertake detailed field studies in a variety of geologic settings. We believe that students learn the most from hands-on experience, working daily to observe and measure geologic features and phenomena, to place these data into a larger Earth history framework, and to build hypotheses that they can test with continued work. Students are exposed to projects in which they learn and apply basic principals of stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, structure, mineralogy and petrology to solving problems of varied complexity in a number of geologic settings.

ESCI 491: Geoscience Field Issues - Geologic and Environmental ​History of the Big Bend​ Region
May 11 - Feb 22, 2026 Dates: 11-22 May 2026Credits: 2 credit hours with option for third.This course will examine the geologic and environmental history of the Big Bend region and the Rio Grande River. We will practice our observation-making and critical thinking skills across the disciplines of Geology, Environmental Science, and History. We encourage students from broad disciplines to join us and share in knowledge and diverse perspectives as we learn together! The course route will take us across the desert West, exploring rugged beautiful landscapes including Big Bend, Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns, and White Sands. All students need the consent of the instructors to enroll.​Course fee includes transportation from Greeley, Colorado, camping, food, and entry fees​

Indiana University Virtual Field Geology Fundamentals in Montana and Wyoming
May 12 - Jun 5, 2026 The online version of Field Geology Fundamentals in Montana and Wyoming is designed for students who cannot or should not take a face-to-face course in the field for safety, health or life circumstances reasons.This course is as close as possible to a face-to-face course without actually going into the field. It utilizes: a) video lectures to replace the classroom and outcrop lectures; b) GPS-located field video descriptions, photos, hand lens views, field notes, and field sketches of outcrops; c) Google Earth Pro for 3-D visualization of outcrop settings, tracing contacts away from the video field stations, etc.; d) topographic maps for geologic mapping; e) cross section construction, stereonet analysis, and other geologic analysis tools for interpretation.

Clemson Hydrogeology Field Camp
May 13 - Jun 19, 2026 Build practical skills in hydrogeology field work. Topics include spatial mapping, well drilling, core description, water quality and sampling, well testing, soil properties, air and water flow through the vadose zone, and stream flow. Field camp is taught in Clemson, South Carolina, with field trips to different hydrogeologic settings in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Stephen F Austin State University: Field Camp
May 13 - Jun 14, 2026 This field camp will cover a range of geologic settings, primarily within west Texas and New Mexico. The topics will include identifying rocks based on their textures/structures/mineralogy in order to define units and understand the geologic setting, mapping and interpreting geologic structures (e.g. faults and folds), and creating stratigraphic columns and correlations. This course also contains a component of digital mapping, using tablets provided by SFASU.

Advanced Field Methods
May 17 - Jun 6, 2026 A 3 week camp focused on traditional mapping skills in locations with a wide variety of rock units. Sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are all featured along with real-world applications of mapping in these types of geological settings. Located in southern Idaho and western Montana.

Oklahoma State University Field Geology
May 18 - Jun 19, 2026 Oklahoma State University and the Boone Pickens School of Geology are offering a six (6) credit hour field camp experience in the summer of 2026. Students will be trained in important and widely sought-after skills such as bedrock and surface mapping, measuring stratigraphic section, describing outcrop relationships, and interpreting geologic processes and history based on their observations. Students also have the opportunity to complete a weeklong module in one of the following subdisciplines: economic geology, geophysics, paleontology, and environmental geoscience.

University at Buffalo Summer Field Course
May 20 - Jun 15, 2026 The Western Geological Field Training Course immerses you in the landscapes that define North American geology. Over four weeks, you'll study diverse terrains across Colorado and Utah, build professional field mapping skills and gain experience that sets you apart in graduate school and the workforce.

Geology Field Camp Montana
May 24 - Jun 25, 2026 Get ready for an immersive geologic field experience like no other! Over the course of this field program, students will develop critical skills in geologic field observations, map construction, stratigraphic section measurements, and structural analysis. You'll interpret geologic history through both stratigraphic and structural relationships examined in the field.

Idaho State University Geology Field Camp
May 25 - Jun 29, 2026 Idaho State University offers an academically rigorous, experiential course, with an emphasis placed on developing core skills such as the abilities to observe, record, interpret, infer field relationships in four dimensions, and formulate and test hypotheses in a range of rock types and geological environments. Students get the opportunity to work with different faculty experts each week and on a variety of projects each week (e.g., sedimentology-stratigraphy, paleontology, structural geology, volcanology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, geomorphology, neotectonics, Quaternary geology, mountain hydrology, ore deposits, remote sensing, and geochronology). This broad faculty participation from experts in a variety of fields, in addition to the geologic diversity in central Idaho, allows students who complete our field course to become confident, broadly-trained field geologists prepared either to pursue industry careers in the Earth Sciences or dive into research projects in graduate school. The course is hosted at the Lost River Field Station, which includes comfortable amenities such as a class room and main dining space, commercial grade kitchen (all meals prepared by a full time cook), sleeping accommodations (four new student bunkhouses or canvas wall tents, cots, foam pad), bathrooms with showers, laundry facilities, and computers with wireless internet, ArcGIS Pro, Adobe Illustrator, and other software packages that students use to complete projects. Students from outside ISU pay the same price, and are encouraged to apply.