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College of the Environment
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University of Washington
Field Camp 2017 (Mark Stone)
ESS 401: PNW Field Geology with GIS
Course description: Intensive 6-week, 12-credit, Seattle-based, field- and GIS course. Development of skills in field data collection, GIS/remote sensing analysis, data interpretation, and report writing. Addresses topics in regional geology, engineering geology, and geologic hazards. Class meets 8-6 M-F on campus or at field sites (transportation provided).
Required prerequisites: ESS 211, 212, 213, 420 and one of 311-316.
For 2023:
Instructors: Crider, Walters, Condit. Contact criderj@uw.edu with questions about the course.
Dates and times of instruction: June 20-July 28. No class meeting July 3 or 4. Class meets 8 a.m.-6 p.m., MTWThF on campus or at field sites. Possible 1-2 night camping trip(s), TBD.
Cost: 12-credits of summer tuition, plus transportation and materials fee, TBD.
To receive an add code: Reply to the ESS 401 Field Course Interest Survey distributed via the ESS undergraduate listserv. (Watch your inbox!). Survey is due April 22.
Students may elect to fulfill the ESS capstone requirement with a sequence of thematically-inked courses during the academic year instead of ESS 401. Offerings may change each year. Students must complete all three courses in each sequence to meet the requirement. (Please note that this substitution fulfills ESS graduation requirements but may not meet geologist licensing requirements for field-geology training in California and some other states.)
For 2023-24, ESS will offer two alternative capstone sequences:
Engineering Geology capstone: ESS 447 Engineering Geology (Autumn) and ESS 510 Applied Field Geology (Spring), plus ESS 490 Professional Practice Seminar (1 cr all three quarters AWS).
Environmental Geochemistry capstone: ESS 457 Environmental Geochemistry (Winter) and ESS 482 Env. Geochem. Lab (Spring), plus ESS 490 Professional Practice Seminar (1 cr all three quarters AWS).
Students in the ESS Biology BS degree option are permitted to substitute ESS 449/BIOL 475: Paleontology Field Methods and Research for the ESS 400/401 requirement. ESS 449 is administered by the Biology Department; students should direct questions about the course to the instructor. ESS students in other degree options can only use ESS 449/BIOL 475 as a substitute for ESS 400/401 with the approval of the Associate Chair for the Undergraduate Program (see below).
Our students have occasionally obtained permission to substitute another university’s field camp course for the ESS 400/401 requirement. Examples of courses that have been approved in the past include:
Students considering another field camp as a substitute for ESS 400/401 must submit a major exception request form to request approval for the substitution from the Associate Chair for the Undergraduate Program. It is the student’s responsibility to complete all application and registration requirements for the alternate field camp and to make arrangements with their instructors in advance if their alternate field camp dates will conflict with the dates of their UW courses.
Students considering field camp abroad should plan to meet with UW Study Abroad Advising to discuss study abroad logistics, safety planning, and other general study abroad questions.
GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp Scholarships
ESS Awards
College of the Environment Undergraduate Scholarships
Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards