Summer field camp is a six credit hour (6SCH) camp and will again be offered in two
formats in 2024, (1) traditional, in-person trip to the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming and Montana, and (2) virtual Minecraft gamified format, serving student accessibility needs (travel, health, etc)
We welcome applications from WSU and guest students from other colleges and universities. The camp is underwritten by the Woolsey Family Fund for Geology Field Camp, which
translates to a camp fee scholarship (~$2000) for each participating traditional,
in-person student.
See links below for more information about our program and application steps. If you
are ready to begin applying to the program, complete online application below. Feel
free to contact me if you have additional questions.
The ability to infer and to infer correctly is the goal of training in field geology,
for one's proficiency as a geologist is measured by one's skill at drawing safe and
reasonable conclusions from observed phenomena.
Frederic H. Lahee, Ph.D. Field Geology. 1916
Field camp builds competence and self-confidence in working outdoors, independently
and in groups, drawing inferences and conclusions from evidence, and trusting your
own judgment and reasoning. This capstone course is an outdoor laboratory for testing
geologic concepts, interpret the rock and fossil record, visualize three dimensional
geologic relationships, make and interpret geologic maps, and evaluate data used to
make maps.
If you are ready to begin applying to the program, complete the online application
form by February 1.
You will be notified if you have been accepted to the program by the middle of February.
You must submit the required forms and payments by the following due dates. We must
make early reservations and guarantee numbers to facilities used by the Field School.
We thank donations from alumni and friends that have helped offset costs associated
with running the program. These savings are directly passed on to our students through
reduction of fees. We would particularly like to thank:
Woolsey Family Fund for Geology Field Camp
Thornton Anderson Field Camp Fund
Richard Stoneburner Field Camp Fund
Our ability to study the varied geology of the Bighorn Basin and greater Yellowstone
area would not be possible without the permission of landowners and federal agencies.
Thanks are extended to: