Bermuda Field Course

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Whalebone Bay

The reef environment and geology of

modern carbonate systems

GES 3810 - 3 credits

Prerequisite: Evolution of the Earth (GES 2250)

Next offered:  Summer, 2024

Travel dates: August 5th to August 12th

Pre-trip meetings: July 24th–30th, 2024

Application deadline will be January 19th, 2024.

For more information about the application process, click here.

Anticipated cost: $3530 (includes airfare, lodging, meals, and transportation)

Additional costs: ~$700 

Tuition: ~$475 (NC resident for 3 credits)

Snorkel, mask, fins, fieldbook: $50-100

Spending money: $100

Meals during travel: $25

Total: ~$4200

Syllabus - Summer 2024

Appstate's Office of International Education (learn more about how to apply for scholarships to offset the costs)

 Wright Hall, BIOS - Our lodging and dining hall

Coral knobs, North Lagoon   

  Descending into Crystal Cave

 Snorkeling in Grotto Bay 

 Famous pink sands of Bermuda, Warwick Long Beach, South Shore

Stalactites forming in Fantasy Cave 

 Snorkeling through the coral reefs

Describing ancient carbonate sand dunes and diagenesis in the field 

 A parrot fish grazing on the reef 

(photo by Eric Hiatt)