Lehigh University Field Camp 2008
May 30th - July 1st, all travel inclusive
Organizational meeting 4:00 PM, Thursday May 29th, 2008, Rm 301 Williams Hall
$2,500 all tuition-6 credits, travel, food, and fees inclusive
This is the most comprehensive, most competitively priced camp available
NOTE: 03 March, 2008, Lehigh Field Camp is FULL, click here for waiting list info.
email: fjp3@lehigh.edu for more info
Lehigh Field Camp is a selective program
that offers motivated Earth Scientists an
opportunity at intensive field training in the incredible natural
laboratory of the
Northern Rocky Mountains. Students enroll in one course (EES 341),
but must choose one
of the following two curricula:
Lehigh Field Camp traditional Geoscience curriculum featuring:
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Sedimentology, stratigraphy, and section measuring
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Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
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Structural geology and use of field structural data
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Metamorphic and igneous petrology
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Basic field geophysics and geodetics
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Basic and advanced mapping skills
Lehigh Field Camp innovative Environmental Science curriculum featuring:
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Basic geology
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Aquatic ecology and limnology
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Plant ecology
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Hydrology/Hydrogeology
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Fluvial and hillslope geomorphology
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Environmental impact assessments
These two curricula work together solving
real problems and take advantage of the
latest field technologies including:
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Hand held GPS units
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Axim hand held computers running ArcPad GIS linked to a real-time GPS receiver
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Hydrological instrumentation
We are a traveling and
camping field
camp. The round trip from Pennsylvania to
Wyoming-Idaho includes visits to several
National Parks and is a unique part of our learning
experience. The student
discovers their country, matures into a Geologist / Environmental
Scientist, lays the foundation for professional employment or graduate
school, and makes
lasting friendships.
