SJSU Geology Field Camp

The San José State University Geology Department offers two field-based mapping courses each year, GEOL 129 A and GEOL 129 B. GEOL 129 A is taught over 7-10 days during SJSU’s Spring Break and GEOL 129 B takes place over 20-30 days during SJSU’s Summer Session (beginning of June through early August)

Both classes include travel and overnight stays for the duration of the course. Typically, both courses involve camping in individual tents. Preparatory meetings may take place outside of the trip dates.

GEOL 129 A & B serve as a capstone sequence at SJSU and therefore require prerequisites. You can review these in the SJSU Course Catalog.

The spring course (129A) is a 2-credit, 7-10 day course. The summer course (129B) is a 4-credit, 20-30 day course. The two courses satisfy the Professional Geology (PG) licensure requirements by providing at least 5-credits of field training.

Food during the trips, camping reservation costs and transportation will be provided as part of the course.

For GEOL 129B, please review the SJSU Summer Registration Webpage for general information regarding Summer Session. For current information, please sign up for the University's Summer Session Newsletter.

There are course field trip fees of $400 for GEOL 129A and $1600 for GEOL 129B. These are in addition to tuition and any other SJSU or Open University fees. Summer tuition rates are available through the Bursar's office. If you are enrolling from outside of SJSU you need to enroll through Open University.

Want to know what being a student at SJSU Geology Field Camp is like? Check out our Insider's Look webpage for more!

For details on this year’s field camp offerings, please contact Betsy Madden for location, equipment information, dates, registration permission codes and other details. You also can check that your courses satisfy the required prerequisites.

Field Camp Forms:

Driving Directions to the Kalamazoo camp [pdf]