The mission of MSU's core curriculum is to enhance students' use of multiple perspectives in making informed critical and ethical judgments in their personal, public and professional lives through inquiry and research experiences. In Fall 2004, MSU introduced a revised core curriculum called CORE 2.0, which features new core requirements and designations. An overview, including information on how current students can transfer to CORE 2.0, can be found at www.montana.edu/newcore.

For incoming freshmen and current high school students accepted into the Early Admission Program, Summer Session core courses offer a jump start on a college career as well as an introduction to the level of work that is expected as a student at MSU. The courses also serve as a catch-up opportunity for continuing students who need to progress toward or complete their core requirements.

Core courses are designated by a letter following the course number, e.g., ENGL 121W. The following letters are used to specify the core groups:

US -University Seminar		IH - Humanities Inquiry or RH - Humanities Research
W - College Writing
Q -Quantitative Reasoning		IN - Natural Science Inquiry or RN - Natural Science Research
D - Diversity CS - Contemporary Issues in Science		IS - Social Science Inquiry or RS - Social Science Research
IA - Arts Inquiry or RA - Arts Research		R - Additional Research and Creative Experience Courses

The following core courses offered for Summer Session 2005 are listed by categories. For information describing the course, its session, day, date and time, refer to the catalog listing by course number in the Schedule of Classes.