Courses in the Department of Geological Sciences cover a broad range of topics, from earth surface processes to the marine environment to earth materials and earth history. Stanford's location near the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco Bay, the Sierra Nevada, and the San Andreas fault provides an excellent opportunity for field studies, and many courses in GS take advantage of that opportunity.

GS 5: Living on the Edge
GS 105: Introduction to Field Methods
GS 183: California Desert Geologic Field Trip
GS 190: Research in the Field
GS 191: Field trips