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.

University of Missouri Geology Field Camp
May 31 - Jul 12, 2026 The University of Missouri Geology Field Camp is a six-week, six-credit field course based out of the Branson Field Laboratory in the Wind River Range, western Wyoming. Our two-part curriculum focuses on the development of practical skills and career-readiness, beginning with foundational skills and field methods, such as measuring stratigraphic sections, analysis of sedimentary facies and environments, working with topographic maps, and geologic mapping. In the final two weeks of the course, students practice experimental design, data collection, and analysis in advanced field methods, including groundwater and surface hydrogeology, shallow geophysics (seismic reflection, refraction, and electrical resistivity), and subsurface basin analysis. This course includes a field trip to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Parks.

UH/YBRA Geology field camp
Jun 1 - Jul 5, 2026 Come experience the inspiring landscape of northern Montana, with four experienced and enthusiastic faculty members in the field in our GEOL 3355 and 3360 courses. These courses are a 6-credit-hour field geology course in a fabulous setting for both practical and thought-provoking learning. Our course in the northern Rocky Mountains is a classic region for observing and interpreting a wide range of Earth history. Our field course will give undergraduate students opportunities to apply observational skills within an interpretative framework to undertake detailed field studies across a variety of geologic settings. We believe that students learn the most from observations to place their data into a three-dimensional framework, and from building hypotheses that they can test with mapping. Students are exposed to two types of fold-and-thrust belts and extensional settings to solve problems of varying complexity across a range of geologic settings. Day trips involve an introduction to critical minerals at the Stillwater Complex and glacial geomorphology. Additionally, we have added a novel project that combines high-precision GPS with soil profile analysis to study neotectonic fault motion in western Montana. Groups of students are challenged to present their findings at the annual GSA Geoconnects meeting.

University of Puerto Rico Summer Geological Field Course
Jun 8 - Jul 17, 2026 The UPRM Summer Geology Field Course is a 6-credit, fully accredited program that has trained students for over 35 years in Puerto Rico's diverse tropical geology. Students gain hands-on experience in bedrock and geomorphic mapping, GIS applications, and study marine terraces, carbonates, volcaniclastic rocks, peridotite, skarns, and intrusives along an active plate boundary. Open to students worldwide, the course offers a unique bilingual learning environment (Spanish fluency not required) with transferable credits and no passport required for U.S. citizens.

Indiana University Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains
Jun 8 - Jul 21, 2026 Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains (EAS-X429) is our capstone course designed to prepare students to be successful in a geoscience career and/or geoscience graduate school program. This 6-week, 6-credit course focuses on the integration of geology, geochemistry, and geophysics to solve 4-dimensional geoscience problems. X429 includes both a 1-week thesis style project and a deep-dive into a subdiscipline concentration of your choosing (see our website for more information).

GLG413: Field Geology
Jun 22 - Jul 22, 2026 Our camp is in southern Montana and northern Wyoming and focuses on traditional field-based geologic mapping, stratigraphy, cross section construction, and field methods. Lodging and meals at the Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association, transportation to and from Springfield, and a new Brunton transit (for you to keep) is covered in the cost.

ERTH 319 Cascade Volcano Field Course
Jun 22 - Jul 10, 2026 3-week summer course divided into asynchronous online portions, and a field portion. Week 1 and 3 are asynchronous online, and Week 2 takes place in the field. The course focuses on the geology, geography, and human aspects of volcanoes, with an emphasis on field studies in the central Oregon Cascades and covers the physical processes that cause volcanic activity, and an introduction to geological science.

Intro to Field Geology and Geologic Field Camp
Jun 29 - Aug 9, 2026 Two three-week sections (ERTH137 & ERTH138). ERTH137 introduces the student to the tools and techniques for geologic mapping in the field. ERTH138 is an intensive geologic mapping course at a field camp near Mt. Abel at an elevation of 6200 feet, in the Cuyama Badlands and the Ridge Basin near Gorman, CA.

Geology Field Camp in the Dolomites of Italy
Jul 1-21 2026 This is the evolution of the traditional geology field camp! It is a hybrid course that consists of ~ two weeks of online instruction (both synchronous and asynchronous) and 3 weeks of field mapping in the Dolomites of Eastern Italy. The field part is modeled as an apprenticeship; students work with professional geologists. The minimal travel time to outcrops and the field location makes it possible to carry out several mapping projects in a short time.

Advanced Field Geology
Jul 17 - Aug 7, 2026 This is a 4-credit course offered from mid July to mid August. Our field areas are located in the Superior Province as exposed in and around Ely. MN and include Archean, Paleo- and Mesoproterozoic exposures . Over the three-week course, you will learn how to map in detail at 1:5000 scale in areas with limited rock exposures, log core, and correlate field data across three different sites. Emphasis will be placed on igneous and metamorphic processes, mineralization, and deformation.