Valley City State University defines an academic field trip as:

• A faculty supervised activity
• An activity that is listed in the syllabus
• Travel that is a required part of a class
• Travel that occurs off-campus
• A course related activity
• Travel that includes an education purpose
• The duration may be during the class period or longer

   This definition does not include activities such as:

•  Teacher preparation program activities
• Athletic activities
• Student organization activities
• Capstone activities
• Internships
• Field experience
• Other Practicum activities

Faculty will submit AA-22 Faculty Field Trip Request Form for such activities.  The form is located in BlackBoard under My Web Applications titled Field Trip Authorization V480.01.

Refer to V480.01 Field Trip Policy & Procedure