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This Academic Year's Field Course Offerings!

This Year's Death Valley Trip Dates:  April 16-20, 2008
This Year's Colordao Plateau Trip Dates:  May 29 - June 12, 2008
This Year's Western Sierra Trip Dates:  July 29 - August 5, 2008
Death Valley 2008 (turn sound on for videos)
  Photos: (Day1, Day2, Day3, Day4, Day5)
  Music Videos: (Day1(ver1), Day1(ver2), Day2, Day3, Day4, Day5)
  Photos by: John Pierpont, Peggy Yeh, Karen Kozak
In memory of Alan Witcher...

Click here to link to Bob Gray's Advanced Geology Field Courses!

Earth 131: Eastern Sierra Nevada
(5 Days: October 10-14, 2007)

(San Andreas Fault, Lone Pine, Bishop, Mammoth, June Lakes, Mono Lake, and more...)
Study the forces that shaped the tallest mountains in the contiguous US!
Contact Jan Schultz, Jeff Meyer, Erin O'Connor, or Jan Dependahl for more information.

 

Earth 132: Death Valley
(5 Days: April 16-20, 2008)

(San Andreas Fault, Black and Funeral Mountains, Dante's View, Badwater,
Devils Golf Course, Ubehebe Craters, Sand Dunes, and more...)
Study the forces that formed the deepest valley in the western hemisphere!
Contact Jan Schultz, Jeff Meyer, Erin O'Connor, or Jan Dependahl for more information.

Dantes View
Devil's Golf Course

 

Earth 133: Colorado Plateau
(Two Weeks: May 29 - June 12, 2008)

FTP WEBSITE FOR 2008 PICTURES
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An honors-level field seminar to the parks of Arizona, Colorado, and Utah (Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Arches, Natural Bridges, Monument Valley, Capital Reef, and more...)
Designed for the student who has successfully completed an introductory geology class with an A or B grade.  Previous enrollment in Earth 131 or 132 is recommended.
Contact Jan Schultz, Jeff Meyer, or Jan Dependahl for more information.

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Earth 134: Western Sierra Nevada
(Eight Days: July 29 - August 5, 2008)
(Required Pre-Trip Meeting: 1 Day July 28)

A field seminar to the Western Sierra Nevada. Designed both for students with no geology background and for students with geology background that want to learn about a new area.
Contact Jeff Meyer for more information.

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Dr. Gray's Summer Field Courses

Earth 137-Introductory Field Geology (3.2 units)
Will begin June 11- Monday. It goes each week from M-W-Th-8:30 AM to Noon, Friday from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM in the field. Students will be introduced to Geological  field mapping techniques by course work activities in the lab (EBS 115) and field mapping in areas around Santa Barbara on Fridays. Grade is by completion of lab exercises and field mapping teams. Last day of this course is Tuesday, July 3rd (with a required option on Friday, July 6 at field camp).

Earth 138- Geology Field Camp (4.3 units)
Will be 14 consecutive days at our field camp near Mt Abel (Cerro Noreste) and Camp Condor (near Frazier Park) from Thursday, July 5 through Wednesday, July 18 and at SBCC from Thursday, July 19 to Tuesday, July 24. All geology mapping projects in Earth 138 will be conducted fully in the field in both the Ridge Basin and the Cuyama Badlands.  The entire projects will be team-oriented and the final grades for Earth 138 will be the accumulated points by teams. Caution: the Earth 138 course will NOT be around SBCC but held in areas in which we will not be able to return back to Santa Barbara for the 14 days. Scholarships will be available for the Earth 138 course.

 

Canada (Summer, 2008)
(Three Weeks: June-July, 2008)

An honors level field seminar to study the geology of the western US and Canada(Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Glacier, Banff, Jasper, Crater Lake, Mt Lassen, and more...).
Designed for the student who has successfully completed an introductory geology class with an A or B grade.  Previous enrollment in Earth 131, 132, or 133, is strongly recommended. 
Contact Jan Schultz (schultz@sbcc.edu) or Jeff Meyer (meyerj@sbcc.edu) for more information.

 
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Join us for Future Trips!

  • New Zealand

  • Baja California

  • Hawaii

  • Mars

 

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(Questions, comments, corrections, contact Erin O'Connor at www.fieldstudy.com)