The 2008 camp will run from May 25th to July 6th, 2008. The distribution of projects will differ slightly from the 2007 schedule.
GEOL 3666 Schedule:
Sample schedule from 2007
Course Description:
General Information
LSU maintains a rustic camp facility in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains south of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The site has been used for field geology courses since 1928. LSU purchased the camp property in1954 from the Keeton brothers whose father homesteaded the area in the late 1800s. Ruins of the old homestead still stand in various places on the property.
GEOl 3666 field camp consists of 7 field-based projects over a six week period in a variety of sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic settings. Our field camp philosophy is simple: learn by doing. We give students instruction and advice, but we encourage them to think and work independently, and to formulate their own hypotheses based on data that they collect and features they discover. Each project incorporates the fundamental disciplines of geology with a single goal in mind: to produce geologists capable of collecting and analyzing field data anywhere in the world. Students are required to work in pairs for safety reasons but project submissions represent individual effort.
The prerequisites for GEOL 3666 are Physical and Historical Geology, Petrology, Structural Geology, and a Sedimentology/Stratigraphy course. Interested students should fill out the GEOL 3666 application (available at the link below). The deadline for applications is March 15, 2008.
Partial or total scholarships are available (see scholarship application below) but are prioritized to LSU Geology majors. The Field Camp fee is $1600.00, which covers tuition, room and board, transportation to field areas, and a reimbursement-based accident insurance policy.
GEOL 3666 Application
GEOL 3666 Scholarship Application
NOTE: All Field Camp applicants must apply through the department with the above application. If you are not currently an LSU student, you must also apply to the university through the office of undergraduate admissions http://www.lsu.edu/paurec.
Grades
Grades are based on field exercises. The final grade is based on the maps, field notebooks, exercises, and daily academic performance turned in by each student.
Sample GEOL 3666 Grade Distribution (subject to revision)
Educational Goals
1. To learn how to describe, log, and correlate stratigraphic packages of sedimentary rocks.
2. To learn how to construct geologic maps of areas comprising several square miles. Students utilize topographic base maps, compasses, and aerial photos to map folded and faulted rocks in a variety of geologic settings.
3. To learn how to identify and map metamorphic and igneous lithologies. These exercises will include mapping the distribution of metamorphic and igneous units, but much emphasis will be placed on mineral and lithologic identification.
4. To make observations about regional geology, changes in sedimentary facies, structural deformation, and tectonics.
5. Additional goals include gaining confidence in making geologic observations and interpretations; broadening of geologic experience beyond the classroom; and learning to deal with incomplete or apparently contradictory geologic data.
You will work hard at field camp. Field work, or classroom work, runs six days a week. We will leave for the field at 8:00 am and return between 5:00 and 5:30 pm. The required evening work sessions begin at 8:00 pm and last a minimum of two hours. This unique environment provides total immersion in the subject matter. You will complain about the work, the long hours, the crummy weather, the rustic accommodations, and the lack of sufficient time to complete what is asked of you. However, you will learn more about geology than you ever thought possible. Field camp will turn you from a geology major into a geologist. At the time it may not seem so, but field camp will definitely be the highlight of your academic career.
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