Field Trip Information
Please review the dates in the overview (below, see KIT-Campus Managment / digital Course Catalog, or the Field Trip and Exam Calendar) to decide early on which field trips you would like to attend, and register in a timely manner to ensure your participation.
The field trip days, which can be taken on a voluntary basis as part of the courses “Geological History” or “Regional and Historical Geology,” are also recognized for this purpose.
Information on registering for the field trips is available from the Academic Advising Office. Please be sure to enroll in the course “[6310550] Bachelor’s Field Exercises and Field Trips AGW” first, and only then in the corresponding field trip groups. Please only remain enrolled if you actually intend to participate in the field trip! If someone drops out, people from the waiting list will move up. Spots often become available shortly before the field trip begins.
Students are required to pay a travel subsidy of 10 € per day (max. 50 € per field trip). Accommodation costs are to be covered by the students themselves.
The administrative offices will send you an email via ILIAS requesting that you make the necessary payments by a specific deadline. Once you’ve made the payment, your registration for the respective field trip is binding. Cancellations or refunds for non-participation are generally not possible.
Geländemethoden I
In this one-week course around Karlsruhe, in Rheinland-Pfalz, and in France, you will learn to identify and “analyze” sediments and rocks—that is, to quantitatively describe and document their composition and the arrangement of their components. This will enable you to deduce the directions of flow, sources of material, and the climate of past eras. You will learn how to use a geological compass to assess the stability of slopes and the subsurface by measuring geological structures.
At the end of your bachelor’s program, you’ll travel to the Alps, where the carbonate rocks are riddled with fractures and fissures that channel rainwater into the ground. This groundwater serves as an important source of drinking water.
Ostbayern-Fieldtrip
At the end of the second semester, you will take a 5-day guided tour through Eastern Bavaria. In particular, you will learn to identify and describe crystals and to understand the Earth’s deep processes.
Germany-Fieldtrip
At the end of the fourth semester, we’ll take you on a 9-day tour through Germany. Starting with the volcanoes of the Eifel, the journey continues through the Rhenish Slate Mountains to the Harz Mountains, and then on to eastern Germany.
Mapping Course
Between the 3rd and 4th semesters, we spend a week mapping an area near Idar-Oberstein. The region marks the transition from the Eifel to the Saar-Nahe Basin. During the day, you’ll work in small groups in the field to create your own geological map. Evening debriefings help clarify any unresolved questions. The geological map allows you to deduce the composition of the subsurface and the Earth’s geological history in the region.
Geländemethoden II
At the end of your bachelor’s program, you’ll travel to the Alps, where the carbonate rocks are riddled with fractures and fissures that channel rainwater into the ground. This groundwater serves as an important source of drinking water.
Additional Field Trips
Choose 7 additional field trip days from the available options.