Wyoming Trip
"This trip was an incredible hands-on learning experience that taught me skills that go beyond the classroom! The views and people made it an unforgettable experience."
Yecenia Hernandaz
"I benefited heavily from this transformative experience learning how to navigate new relationships and group dynamics with very beautiful views to go along with it. Truly a memorable trip where I could learn and apply valuable skills outside of the classroom while gaining a new perspective of this world." Grayson Patty
"Taking this trip was more than a fun way to earn a grade for me. I needed a perspective on how beautiful this world can be. The journey gave me exactly that."
Jorge Castillo
Wyoming, where the untamed spirit of the west lives on and challenges your sense of adventure. From its snow capped mountain tops to its deep canyons and vast stretches of natural landscapes and all that is Yellowstone, Wyoming challenges your inner senses to become all that surrounds you.
From a geological perspective billions of years have produced a variety of natural processes resulting in mountain ranges, high plains and sedimentary basins that span the entire state. Ecological regions represented in Wyoming include semi-arid grasslands, wetlands, lava fields, glaciated peaks, volcanic plateaus, and forested mountains. Wyoming’s landscape of today contains energy resources, mineral deposits, geologic treasures, and enormous ecological diversity that blend to form an environment that must be experienced to be understood.
In 2025, Professor Brandy Rogers will lead students on an adventure of a lifetime, exploring the Ecology and Biology of the Rocky Mountain West!
Earn credit in up to four courses and fulfill your science requirements during an intensive summer program in Wyoming that features Environmental Science. Individual courses include Environmental Science I and II, Conservation Biology, and Ecology. Other courses available for credit included PHED 1130 (Fitness Walking/Jogging) and GHSC 2901 (Dinosaurs). The program itinerary includes pre-trip evening classes followed by three weeks of travel, with post-trip assignments to be completed upon return.
Environmental Science Track – The Environmental Science track (for non-STEM majors) offers credit in ENVS 1123K and 1124K (8 credit hours), with the option of adding PHED 1130 and/or GHSC 2901, for a possible total of 12 credit hours earned.
EVNR Track – Intended for students in the BS in Environmental and Natural Resources program or for students pursuing an AS in Biology, this track offers credit in EVNR 3000/3000L and ENVR 4130 (7hrs), with the option of adding PHED 1130 and/or GHSC 2901, for a possible total of 11 credit hours earned.
This Georgia Highlands College summer program provides some of the most spectacular geology, ecology, and scenery in the world through a unique hands-on study environment.
See more information on each track by using the navigation links on the right.
All participants must be 18 years of age at the time of trip departure.
"Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you."
John Muir
APPLY AT: HIGHLANDS.EDU/WYOMING/APPLICATION
