Students in all disciplines can benefit from this experience of nature through the Northwoods Experience, an interdisciplinary course that allows students to explore a variety of environmental and cultural issues in the area. The science courses are at the heart of the field station and often include aquatic biology, animal behavior, ornithology, and behavioral ecology of vertebrates. These courses may fulfill distribution requirements for non-majors. The base camp's laboratories, herbarium, and library enable students to supplement their field work with formal scientific study. Other electives such as writing and landscape painting may be available, and there is an independent study option as well.
Participants take one course during a four-week session, and there are two sessions each summer.