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Field Trips

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Explore gypsum mines, rock quarries, sand dunes and more as part of your GEO classes.

Most courses include field trips, ranging from local excursions during class time to day-long, overnight or weekend trips to Michigan, Ontario or Illinois.

Other recent field trips include:

  • Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies - Mancelona, Michigan
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (and surrounding area) - Traverse City, Michigan
  • Grand Valley State University Archaeology Lab - Allendale, Michigan
  • Shedd Aquarium - Chicago, Illinois
  • W.G. Jackson Research Vessel - Lake Michigan at Grand Haven, Michigan

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