Go2NZ: Geology of New Zealand Programme Description
This programme is designed specifically for Geology majors.
Field Camp: January 13 to February 17, 2009
For 5 weeks, students will travel throughout the North and South Islands, deciphering the geologic evolution of New Zealand from a series of dedicated and linked field modules. This is a field camp experience with the goal of providing students with a skill base of field focused techniques that will enable them to understand the fundamental causes and timescales of geologic processes. Field work is complemented by map preparation and exercises in the evenings, as well as lectures that highlight a wide variety of our staff s field and laboratory-based studies. A research project based on an element or piece of field work will be decided upon by the student and form the basis of a semester course at the University of Auckland or University of Canterbury.
Campus Semester:
February 18 to June 30, 2009 (University of Canterbury)
February 25 to June 30, 2009 (University of Auckland)
The field camp experience will transition into a semester at either the University of Auckland or the University of Canterbury. Students will enroll and receive credits for 3 courses of their choosing (as approved by their home college or university) and a required fourth course based on research initiated during the Go2NZ field camp. For more specific and curricular information, download the Go2NZ PDF.