Geology and Environmental Science Instrumentation and Facilities

Learning Outside the Classroom

In addition to extensive instrumentation, our campus’s physical location provides the perfect field study opportunities just steps from the Phillips Science Hall doors. The Chippewa River and Little Niagara Creek flow through our lower campus, and Big Falls County Park is just 12 miles away, all offering unique options study. The department owns three SUVs to safely transport students to off-campus field areas. UWEC is bordered by a nature preserve known as Putnam Park, with 230 acres of terrain for studying soils and other learning opportunities.

In other words, when we say “field-based curriculum,” that is literally just minutes from the classrooms.

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With nearly 100 unique pieces of high-tech instrumentation on campus, you can analyze your field samples in Phillips Science Hall — a huge advantage for Blugolds. Please see the categories below for the inventory.