Learning to Read the Earth: Wyoming Field Studies in Ecology and Paleontology
Taught by faculty from the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Wyoming, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and The National Aviary. It is open to all majors with no prerequisites. The course is headquartered in the Laramie Basin on the Allen L. Cook Spring Creek Preserve, a tract of land that is exceedingly rich in dinosaur fossils, intact prairie ecology, Native American artifacts spanning 9,000 years, and American history including a section of the original grade of the 1869 Transcontinental Railroad.
Students earn six credits through 42 days of field study focused in geology, paleontology, ecology, and archaeology, dividing their time between camping under the stars and lodging together in a residence hall in the frontier university town of Laramie. Visit the program website for additional information.
Or contact Ed McCord, emccord@pitt.edu, 412-624-6886.