EMU: Regional Geology Field Trip - Colorado
Courses: ESSC 255
Credits: Two
Eligibility: Open to all EMU students in good academic standing and guest students.
Must be at least 18 years old at the time of travel.
Program Fee:
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Course Syllabus (click link below):
ESSC 255 Regional Geology Field Trip - Colorado
Program Overview:
Travel to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to see geological points of interest in person. Students will learn about geologic processes firsthand from a geology professor instead of in a classroom. Stops include Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, Royal Gorge, Temple Canyon, Dino Museum, a historic gold mine tour, dinosaur museum, Red Rocks amphitheater, and more.
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Conduct themselves safely and professionally in a field setting.
2. Take complete field notes and maintain an organized field notebook.
3. Relate geology of a given area to geologic history and process of formation
Financial Aid and Scholarships
Financial aid and many EMU scholarships can be applied to the tuition and fees for this program. Visit the Office of Financial Aid for more information
Instructor Information:
Dr. Christopher Gellasch is a field-based geologist with a focus on groundwater (hydrogeology) and water quality. He returned to EMU after more than 20 years serving as a U.S. Army Environmental Science and Engineering Officer. His previous academic experience includes serving as an assistant professor at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY, where he taught a three-week geology field course each summer in Colorado. Dr. Gellasch has experience conducting field geology and environmental projects across the U.S. (including Colorado) and in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Germany, and South Korea.
Dr. Hannah Blatchford is a field geologist specializing in topics at the intersection of metamorphic petrology, structural geology, and geochronology. She has experience conducting fieldwork in remote areas of the Southern Alps of New Zealand, in the Norwegian Caledonides, and teaching field geology techniques in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, Utah, and Nevada.