Fill out the four forms linked on the side menu:

1. Department Application form
   • The email you include in this form will be used for all communications regarding our field camp. Make sure you include an email address that you check regularly.
2. University of Missouri Undergraduate Visiting Student Application form
   • Note: The MU Undergraduate Visiting Student Application requires $25 non-refundable fee, which will be added to your first tuition bill. You do not need to provide payment information on the Visiting Student Application.
3. Standard of Conduct form
4. Information Acknowledgement form

When completed, all five forms must be emailed to the Field Camp Director, Dr. Nate Hopkins, nathanhopkins@missouri.edu.

DO NOT send any forms to the Office of Admissions at the University of Missouri.

1. All four application forms must be emailed to Field Camp Director at nathanhopkins@missouri.edu.
2. Make sure all forms are filled out fully, and correctly, before you email your application package to the Field Camp Director
3. DO NOT return the Visiting Student Form (or any others) to the Admissions Office at the University of Missouri
4. You will be notified when your application is accepted, at which time the Field Camp Director will forward your application to MU Admissions for processing. MU Admissions will communicate directly with the student.

The Branson Field Laboratory is about 10 miles southwest of Lander, Wyoming in Sinks Canyon of the Wind River Mountains. The camp is in the Shoshone National Forest about a half mile from the trailhead into the Popo Agie Wilderness Area.

(*) Tuition rate is the same for Missouri residents and non-residents, MU students and visiting students. Tuition, College of Arts and Science Fee and Computing Fee are subject to change. These fees do not revert to our program, and are funneled directly to the University.

(**) Field transportation fees apply to all students attending camp, and relates to the usage of University vehicles for daily transportation to field sites and field trips.

(***)  For students opting to travel in University vans from Columbia, MO to Lander, WY and back, there will be an extra fee (see below).

Round-trip transportation and lodging from Columbia, MO to Camp Branson, WY
Round trip transportation and lodging from Columbia, Missouri to Branson Lab is $200.

The vans will leave Columbia in the morning of Friday, May 30, at 7:30am and arrive in camp on the afternoon of Saturday, May 31. The vans will leave camp in the morning of Friday, July 11 and arrive in Columbia in the afternoon of Saturday, July 12.

The Cashiers Office at MU will send the first notification of a fee bill to students registered for the course on or around May 10th. Students and/or authorized users must pay their semester balance in full by the first due date OR select the semester payment plan each semester the student is enrolled. Failure to pay in full OR enroll in the payment plan by the enrollment deadline will result in the student account being placed into the Default Plan, and a $200 non-refundable setup fee will be assessed to the account.

For students choosing the Payment Plan option, fees can be paid off in three installments:

• June 10th
• July 10th
• August 10th

Cashiers Office information on billing and payments below:

• Billing Information
• Payment Plan
• Paying Your Bill
• Payment Options

The books included in the textbook fees noted above are:

• Tucker, Maurice E., 2011, Sedimentary Rocks in the Field: A Practical Guide, Wiley-Blackwell, 288p.
• Lageson, D. and Dearing, D., 1991. Roadside Geology of Wyoming, Mountain Press, 271p.
• Hendrix, M., 2011. Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country, Mountain Press, 312p.
• We also provide a hardcover field notebook for each student, and a 3-ring binder to keep all your lecture materials