Eastern Michigan University T he Department of Biological Sciences , in conjunction with the Kresge Environmental Education Center and Eastern Michigan University , offers an anual full program of summer field courses at Fish Lake, near Lapeer, in the southeastern lower peninsula of Michigan. The Fish Lake station is located about 62 miles from the Wayne State University campus in Detroit, within easy travel time of cities such as Toledo, Windsor, Ann Arbor, Flint, Pontiac, and Saginaw. WSU students may commute or stay in the excellent dormitory.
Meals are available.
The station is surrounded by the 8,000-acre Lapeer State Game Area, and is close to Lake Huron. The rich, varied study sites provide exceptional opportunities for biological research and instruction. The offerings vary annually, including courses ranging from vertebrate or invertebrate natural history, to entomology, ecology, conservation biology, hydrobiology, and botany. Students may elect each session a full load that includes two or more major courses, or a half load involving only one of the major courses. This course work may be supplemented with individually arranged research or investigative course work, for one or more additional credit hours.