May 18 – June 2 — Three semester credits
Contact nuri.uzunlar@sdsmt.edu to be waitlisted.
Rapid City, SD
May 18, 2026 at 8:00AM
Meet at SDSMT
June 2, 2026 - Three Credits
June 7, 2026 - Four Credits
Environmental and Groundwater Hydrology Field Camp
Three and Four Semester Credits
May 17 - Check in to SDSM&T dorms
May 18 - June 2, 2026 - Three Credits
May 18 - June 7, 2026 - Four Credits
$3,995.00
$4,995.00
$300 is due at registration
May 15, 2026
Limited to 20 students
No Camping
For 3-credit option — $3,995 undergraduate. For 4-credit option — $4,995 undergraduate. Includes tuition, all fees, transportation from Rapid City, lodging, and food. Deposit of $300 due at registration. No camping required.
This is an environmental/groundwater field course that provides students with an intensive 2 to 3-week field and laboratory experience. The course has been designed to enhance education and training for geology, hydrology, and environmental science and engineering students.
Most environmental and groundwater field problems have a strict geologic control including surface-water and groundwater flow, soil and rock properties related to formation and exposure to structural processes, contamination pathways along or beneath the land surface, and natural vs. introduced sources.
In this course, undergraduate students and post-graduate students requiring additional training will be introduced to current field and laboratory methods that are used to delineate, define, and characterize environmental field problems. Students who desire an enriched hydrologic emphasis can choose the 4-credit option for additional instruction on how to assess groundwater sustainability (ie., how much can we pump?)
Dr. Nuri Uzunlar, Director, Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station
Professor, Geology and Geological Engineering Department
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Office Phone: (605) 394 – 2494 ; Cell: (605) 431-1275
