Geology & Environmental Science Field Course in Ireland: May 14 - June 22, 2013
Updated details coming soon!
APPLICATION INFORMATION
- E-mail contact info:
- Dr. Steven J. Whitmeyer whitmesj_at_jmu.edu
- Application Deadlines
- November 1, 2011
- Late applications will be considered through early 2012, until the course is filled.
- Application materials must include:
- application form for short-term summer admission
- official transcript
- recommendation from a geoscience faculty member
- personal statement explaining why you want to attend the JMU Ireland field course, and indicating your choice of track for the final 2 weeks of the course
PROGRAM COSTS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
- Tuition for 6 credits
- (~ $2000 for Virginia students and ~ $4800 for out-of-state students)
- Supplemental fee of ~ $2100.
- Fees include most food, lodging and transportation within Ireland;
- Airfare to and from Ireland not included
SAMPLE PROJECTS AND INFORMATION
- Lodging and Accomodations
- Leisure Activities
- Glacial Geomorphology Mapping
- Digital Mapping
- Mapping Projects
- Environmental Projects
- Field Equipment List
SCHEDULE
- Weeks 1-4:
General field methods:- Traditional and Digital Mapping
- Stratigraphy and Petrology
- Regional Tectonic Syntheses
- Glacial Geomorphology and Climate
- Weeks 5-6: Choose 1 of 2 Tracks
Track 1: Clastic and Carbonate Sedimentary Systems- Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis
- Petroleum Geology Applications
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport
- Groundwater and Karst Interactions
- Draft 2012 daily schedule (pdf)
