Credit and eligibility: Participants get one credit for Geology 288A Field Geology free of additional tuition. Limited to full time UMCP undergraduate students.

Cost: The total program cost is estimated to be $1700.00 and is subject to confirmation of the cost of airfare. This covers airfare, vehicles, hotels and most meals. A group airfare rate will be arranged by the program. (Students will need an additional $150 (approximately) to cover the cost of the remaining meals, any personal expenses, and souvenirs.)

Deadlines:

• Signups are first come first served. Until December 6th, nine slots are reserved for SDU, nine for SGC. After December 6th, remaining slots are available to all undergraduate students at College Park with priority given as described below. Your slot will not be guaranteed without the full deposit. We will maintain a waitlist.
• To guarantee your slot, a $1000 deposit (check payable to the University of Maryland) is due by 3 pm December 6th, 2021 to Susan Lehr in the Astronomy Business Office (PSC 1117) after you have completed the online application form (link below).
• The deposit is only partially refundable until plane tickets are purchased (shortly after fall final exams); after plane tickets have been purchased only the difference between the plane ticket price and the deposit is refundable.
• Full payment of the balance will be due after plane tickets are purchased in late December or early January. Once that amount has been determined, please remit by check payable to the University of Maryland by 3 pm Tuesday, January 25, 2022 to Susan Lehr in the Astronomy Business Office (PSC 1117). The amount of this payment is currently expected to be $700.
• All payments are fully refundable if the program is canceled prior to plane ticket purchase.
• All payments are partially refundable if the program is canceled after plane ticket purchase.

Number of Students is limited to 18 total.

First priority will be given in the order in which applications are received from current students of the Science Discovery and the Universe and Science and Global Change programs of College Park Scholars. In the event all 18 slots are not reserved, second priority will be given to alumnae of SDU and SGC with right of first refusal going to those who signed up for our 2020 trip and were unable to go due to COVID. Third priority will go to students in other Scholars programs, and Astronomy and Geology majors who should contact us for details (see below).

Questions? Contact one of the following:

Thomas Holtz 1216 Centreville Hall, (301) 405-4184; John Merck 1218 Centreville Hall, (301) 405-4379; Alan Peel 1217 Centreville Hall, (301) 314-9476

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