The following courses are offered in the geology summer session in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. Experience in geologic mapping is stressed.
Field work is done in sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks.
Includes two weeks mapping in northwest Wyoming, one week on a field trip through Yellowstone and the Tetons, and two weeks mapping in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Three courses in geology, one of which must be an advanced course related to the research topics. Directed independent study and research related to field problems in the areas of petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, structural geology, stratigraphy or economic geology of the region. Time is arranged with the instructor.