Students survey the elevation of monitoring wells to determine the direction of groundwater flow at an abandoned gas station. I believe I received invaluable experience that I would not have gotten anywhere else. I would definitely recommend this course to others. I believe anyone who is planning on working for a government agency or an environmental consulting firm, etc., should take this course. I found all aspects of the course to be very valuable to me.
Class size is kept small to provide ample hands-on experience.
The 1999 field class spans different disciplines, experience levels, and nationalities. Students take turns operating the swift resistivity meter to make a resistivity profile. Last modified January 2000 The Field Studies web pages were designed by Doug Green .