From beginning courses like GLY 101 and GLY 103, students go on field trips to local streams, rock outcrops, and Niagara Falls.

In GLY 215/216, Sedimentology / Paleontology / Stratigraphy, students explore a wide variety of modern depositional systems and their ancient counterparts preserved in local rocks along with a diverse and exciting fossil assemblage. Letchworth State Park, shown here, is a regular stop.

GLY 305/306, Mineralogy and Petrology, takes students to a beautiful sequence of metamorphosed rocks (with spectacular minerals) in and around Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada.

In GLY 312/313, Surface Processes and Hydrology, students get a variety of field experience.

GLY 325/326, Structure / Geophysics / Tectonics takes an annual 3-day trip to look at the rich geologic history of the Appalachian Mountains and surrounding terranes.

A variety of upper-level and graduate courses also spend time in the field. For example, GLY 445/545, Glacial Geology, spends numerous lab periods outside looking at Buffalo's glacial deposits and landforms, and includes a weekend trip to Chimney Bluffs State Park.