What are Academic Field Trips and why are they covered in the Risk Management website?
Field trips are an essential part of many college courses and provide valuable learning experiences for graduate and undergraduate students of the University. However, they can present serious safety exposures and high liability exposures. The forms, procedures and guidelines presented in these Risk Management Academic Field Trips web pages are designed to provide you with user friendly procedures to follow for maximum protection for the students, instructors and the University. While dangers at the field trip site may exist to varying degrees and must be considered, the travel of CSUN students to and from off-campus activities, which are officially recognized by the University, is the greatest liability exposure and must be controlled. Voluntary field trips or excursions are usually made in connection with courses of instruction or school related social, educational, cultural or athletic events. Such trips may be local, out-of-state or to a foreign country. You will note that many ref
