DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY

The University of Delaware offers geology field camp experience in Wyoming and Montana during the summer of 1999.

The objectives of field camp are to:

1. develop good descriptive, analytical and interpretive skills in examining and mapping rocks;
2. become proficient in spatial, three-dimensional thinking and conceptualizing; and
3. become competent, self-confident, self-reliant, and able to routinely function outdoors in unfamiliar terrain.

CREDIT AND WORKLOAD
Field camp can be taken at three different credit levels, each with a different workload. The 5 and 6 credit options are for normal geology majors and others who wish to perform at those levels. The 6-CREDIT workload requires six weeks of academic work; it comprises 9 exercises and field notebook preparation done at camp, and a summary report due after camp in mid-September. The 5-CREDIT workload comprises the 6-credit load without the summary report. The 3-CREDIT option is for earth-science-education majors and others who desire a shorter field camp. The 3-credit workload requires three weeks of academic work, 5 exercises, field notebook, and a short report. A composite stratigraphic column is due after camp for all credit options.

SCHEDULE
Five- and 6-credit camp commences Friday evening, June 25, in Powell, Wyoming and concludes on Monday evening, August 2, in Three Forks, Montana. Camp works three weeks in Bighorn Basin from a base at Northwest College in Powell, and takes a long geo-weekend in Yellowstone and Teton national parks. Camp then takes a 6-day camping trip to Glacier National Park and northwestern Montana. It then works about two weeks in the thrust belt of southwestern Montana, staying at Montana State University in Bozeman and a campground near Three Forks. Camp works six full days a week, but includes several short breaks in the schedule in addition to days off.

Three-credit camp commences Friday evening, June 25 and concludes on Wednesday evening, July 14, all in Powell. It visits Yellowstone and the Tetons.

TRANSPORTATION
Transportation during camp is in University-supplied vans. Transportation to and from the west is your responsibility. But, if feasible for you, you are welcome to ride to and from camp in the vans if you can get to Newark, DE for departure or meet the vans along the route. The vans will leave Newark at 0700 on Monday, June 21 and will return to Newark at 2000 on Friday, August 6, camping en route both ways in state and national parks. Three-credit students must get home on their own.

COSTS
The fixed costs given below include tuition (plus administrative fees) college dormitory room and board, campground fees, course materials and maps, guidebook, van transportation, a cave tour (5-6 credits), safety glasses, a group picture; and transportation to and from camp if feasible for you. These are the total fixed costs; there are no hidden charges.

The camp can handle up to 25 students. Participants must be college/university students or beyond with grade-point index above 2.0 (A=4.0), who have completed course work in at least general geology, mineralogy, and sedimentation and/or stratigraphy. Course work or experience in structural geology, geomorphology and petrology is useful but not required. Alternative experience and qualifications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Deadline for applications is APRIL 16, 1999. A $100.00 non-refundable deposit is required to secure a place in the camp. Places will be given to qualified applicants in order of receipt of the deposit. If a numbers crunch develops (it has never happened yet), preference will be given to current geology, earth-science education, and engineering majors, and to earth-science teachers. Accepted students will receive additional information beginning in late April 1999.

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Last Updated January 28, 1999