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Field Trips

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

Geo Department Field Trips