See the interior highlands, travel the seacoast, study the geology, geography, and culture of Iceland in this special Summer 1997 program sponsored by the Universities of Iceland and Minnesota. The program is designed for senior level and graduate students, for teachers of geography and geology, and others with appropriate academic background. The program awards a total of 7 semester credits in geology and geography at graduate or advanced undergraduate level by the University of Iceland. Classroom instruction will be combined with field exploration. Faculty, internationally known scholars from the University of Iceland, are Professor Gylfi Mar Gudbergsson, geography, and geologists Dr. Hreggvidur Norddahl, adjunct professor, Dr. Helgi Torfason, and Dr. Kristinn J. Albertsson.
Instruction is in English.
Enrollment is limited to 14 and admission is selective. Contact the University of Minnesota Department of Geology and Geophysics for more information. The program of two courses includes classroom study and related field trips. An outline of stratigraphy, climatological history and Pliocene and Pleistocene glaciations in Iceland. Petrology of Iceland rock suites.