
Mapping coral reefs to study and help a critical ecosystem
Community-based learning on a large scale: Augustana geology students travel with faculty to the Caribbean island of Bonaire to research environmental change in coral reefs.
An IOP application fee of $100 and a program deposit of $400 is required for applications to the Physical and Environmental Geology in the Grand Canyon summer field course. The $100 IOP fee is non-refundable. Any student who withdraws their application prior to acceptance into the chosen program will be granted a refund of the $400 deposit.
Community-based learning on a large scale: Augustana geology students travel with faculty to the Caribbean island of Bonaire to research environmental change in coral reefs.
Augustana College's John Deere Planetarium and Fryxell Geology Museum will be open to the public on Saturday, May 3, for the annual spring open house. Indoor and outdoor programs will be offered in the planetarium, observatory and geology museum.
Augustana College students take a break from their 15-week semester schedule to engage in a month-long period of intensive learning during January Term, or J-term. This three-and-a-half week course was added as part of the college’s transition to semesters in 2019-2020.