Field trips are an important part of our planetary sciences curriculum, as our own planet is the best laboratory to see the outcome of processes common to many planets. You learn more in 3-5 days out in the field than inside a classroom all semester. The archived field trip guides from the trips below can be found on the Field Trip Practicums page.
PTYS 590 - Planetary Geology Field Studies
The semester field trip explores interesting planetary analogs around the Southwest, and occassionally embarks on a week-long trip to distant locales such as Yellowstone, Washington State or Hawaii.
- Hawai'i - Spring 2023
- Mt. Lemmon - Fall 2023
- Mojave Desert - Spring 2022
- Chiricahua National Monument - Fall 2021
- Mojave Desert - Spring 2020 (Virtual trip, no photos)
- Zuni Bandera - Fall 2019
- White Sands - Spring 2019
- Canyon de Chelly - Fall 2018
- Death Valley - Spring 2018
- Page, Arizona - Fall 2017
- Southwest Utah, Zion and Bryce - Spring 2017
- Florida for OSIRIS-REx launch, Karst and Shoreline Processes - Fall 2016
- Chiricahuas and San Bernardino Valley - Spring 2016
- Salton Sea - Fall 2015
- Southeast Utah and Canyonlands - Spring 2015
- Southern New Mexico - Fall 2014
- Hawaii! - Spring 2014
- Northern New Mexico - Fall 2013
- Mojave Desert - Spring 2013
- Circum-Tucson - Fall 2012
- Shoreline Processes - Spring 2011
- Canyonlands - Fall 2010
- Southern New Mexico - Spring 2010
- Geronimo Volcanic Field: SE Arizona - Fall 2009
- Remote Sensing: Mojave Desert, CA - Spring 2009
- Water and Fire: AZ/NM - Fall 2008
- Southern California: Beach Processes - Spring 2008
- Southern New Mexico - Fall 2007
- Canyon de Chelly, Arizona - Spring 2007
- K/T Boundary, Southern Colorado - Fall 2006
- Death Valley, California - Spring 2006
- Baja California, Mexico - Fall 2005
- Sentinel Volcanic Field, Arizona - Spring 2005
- Canyonlands, Utah - Fall 2004
- West Texas - Spring 2004
- White Mountains + Canyon de Chelly, Arizona - Fall 2003
- Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona - Spring 2003
- Washington State - Fall 2002
- Beach Processes, Southern California - Spring 2002
- Southern New Mexico - Spring 2001
- Death Valley, California - Fall 2000
- K/T Boundary, Southern Colorado - Spring 2000
- Havasupai Canyon, Grand Canyon, Arizona - Fall 1999
- Canyonlands, Utah - Spring 1999
- Canyon de Chelly, Arizona - Fall 1998
- Baja California, Mexico - Spring 1998
- Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming - Fall 1997
- Southern New Mexico - Spring 1997
- White Mountains, Arizona - Spring 1996
- Nevada Test Site - Fall 1995
- Beach Processes, Southern California - Fall 1994
- Grand Canyon - Spring 1994
- Superstition Mountains, Arizona - Fall 1993
- Southern California - Spring 1993
- White Sands, New Mexico + Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona - Fall 1992
- Canyon de Chelly, Arizona - Spring 1992
PTYS 554 - Planetary Surfaces
This core class also has a short field trip to Flagstaff, Arizona.