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.

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.

Geology Field Camps Worldwide
May 17 - Aug 11, 2026 The Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station (BHNSFS) is a cooperative program hosted by the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (South Dakota Mines) that provides extensive field training in geology and geological engineering. Operating for over 40 years, it is one of the largest summer field programs in the world with camps in nine countries and 14 locations.

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.

East Carolina University Summer Geology Field Course
May 18 - Jun 23, 2026 The ECU Summer Geology Field Course (GEOL-4000) is a 6-semester hour, capstone Geology Field experience administered by the Department of Earth, Environment and Planning at East Carolina University. The 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 Caldera, and the San Juan Mountains. The course emphasizes project-based learning including: field mapping, stratigraphy and geophysics, 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. This includes introducing students to complete project life cycles from data collection in the field, to analysis in a digital and GIS based environment and final production of scientific reports.

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.

New Mexico Tech Geology Field Camp
May 24 - Jul 3, 2026 The 2026 New Mexico Tech Field Camp will take place in south-central New Mexico and southern Colorado. Our Field Camp includes three modules focused on critical minerals, hydrology, and structural geology/neotectonics. Students from other institutions are welcome!

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.

Angelo State University Field Camp 2026
May 25 - Jun 27, 2026 We depart from San Angelo in West Texas for four big geologic mapping projects in Big Bend Ranch State Park, northern New Mexico, and southern Colorado. We will map diverse rock types and structures as we make a transect across the North American Cordillera, including the active Rio Grande Rift. Our field camp emphasizes the challenge and fun of solving geological puzzles while describing rock types, making geologic maps, constructing cross-sections, and measuring structures. We will stay in cabins, a small motel, and camp out. We seek five to seven more students to join our seven Angelo State students to embark on our seventh field camp.