Student Travel

Travel will be considered to have a University business purpose if the travel:

• Directly supports a faculty member's project or research program, or
• Is an integral part of the student's degree work, e.g. attend a conference; visit a field site or laboratory facility, or
• Is required for attendance at student‐oriented meetings and the like, or
• Enables the student to attend a conference to present research findings for the University or to act in some other capacity on behalf of the University.

Use the Combined Student Travel Form if the student is traveling for purposes that are not part of a supervised class field trip, particularly when ground and/or air travel is included. 

Use the Field Trip Form if the student is traveling as part of a formal class trip ("field trip"). Field trip is defined as a university course-related, off-campus activity led by a faculty or staff member and designed to serve educational purposes. A field trip would include the gathering of data for research (such as at a geological or archaeological site), museum visit, participation in a conference or competition, or visits to an event or place of interest. The duration of a field trip may be a class period or longer, and could extend over multiple days. This definition does not apply to activities or placements in the context of a teacher preparation program, intercollegiate sports, or service-learning placements, all of which are governed under separate policy. 

If you are unsure about what form to use, email risk@csusm.edu.

Contact the ASI office:

• (760) 750-4990
• alf@csusm.edu