Summer 2024 Campus and Online Courses

Registration is open!

When you register, take note of the CRN #'s provided below for courses you intend to take.

Registration link is located at the bottom of the page. 

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Check course descriptions for the required textbook/materials in the links provided for each course

The Course List is Tentative, Subject to Change

Campus Courses 

The Summer 2024 Bulletin is now live! Use this resource to find more information on field campus-based course details, housing registration, the Capstone Symposium, and things to do while you are visiting Bozeman. 

June 17-21

• BIOE 520 Animal Biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (2 cr) CRN# 10598
• LRES 569 Ecology of Invasive Plants (2 cr) CRN# 10932Online pre-class reading and assignments begin June 8th

June 24 - June 28

• BIOE 523 Wildlife Ecology of the Northern Rocky Mountains (2 cr) CRN# 10599
• EELE 508 Solar Cell Basics for Science Teachers (2 cr) CRN# 10749Grant supported course, see link for scholarship information. 
• LRES 557 Thermal Biology in Yellowstone National Park (2 cr) CRN# 10604
• PSPP 548 Flowering Plants of the Northern Rocky Mtns (2 cr) CRN# 10605

June 29

• CHMY 594 Science Lab Safety and Risk Management (1 cr) CRN# 10600

July 1-5

No class on July 4th

• BIOE 596 Land Use Issues in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (2 cr) CRN# 10738 Capstone Symposium participants are not able to take this course. 

July 1-3

• MSSE 575 Professional Capstone Symposium (1 cr) SUMMER 2024 GRADUATE CANDIDATES ONLY
  • Sections: 3
  • Instructors: Anderson (CRN# 11275), Graves (CRN# 10788), Woolbaugh (CRN# 11274)

July 6

• ERTH 594 Geology of Earthquakes (1 cr) CRN# 10601

July 7

• GEO 585 Mineralogy for Teachers(1 cr) CRN# 10783

July 8-12

• BIOE 597 Ecology of Trout Streams (2 cr) CRN# 11383
• ERTH 516 Northern Rocky Mountain Geology (2 cr) CRN# 10602
• PHSX 584 Physics by Inquiry: Light and Color (2 cr) CRN# 11391

July 8-13

• GEO 521 Dinosaur Paleontology I (2 cr) CRN# 10603

July 14-19

• ERTH 596 Geology of Glacier National Park (2 cr) CRN#10732

July 15-19

• GEO 522 Dinosaur Paleontology II (2 cr) CRN# 11386 Prerequisite: GEO 521 Dinosaur Paleontology I
• PHSX 587 Physics by Inquiry: Geometric Optics for Teachers (2 cr) CRN# 11334

July 22-31

• MSSE 592 Independent Study: Galapagos Expedition for Teachers (1-3 credits) CRN# TBD
  • *International Field Course (not limited to MSSE students)

Online Courses

Course list, subject to modification

Online course schedules vary, check individual course listings for start dates. 

Biology

• BIOE 513 Terrestrial Ecology of Plains and Prairies (1 cr) CRN# 10606  June 10 - Aug 2
• BIOE 519 Biology of Riparian Zones and Wetlands (2 cr) CRN# 10607  June 10 - Aug 2
• BIOE 585 Exploring Biology (3 cr.) CRN# 11392  June 10 - Aug 2
• BIOH 595 Anatomy & Physiology (3 cr) CRN# 10746  June 10 - Aug 2

Chemistry

• CHMY 587 Exploring Chemistry for Teachers (3 cr) CRN#10747  June 10 - Aug 2
  
• CHMY 595 Chemistry of the Environment - Water, Air, Earth (3 cr) CRN#10748   June 10 - Aug 2
• CHMY 598 Exploring Biochemistry II: Metabolism (3 cr) CRN# 10871  June 10 - Aug 2                                     Prerequisite: CHMY 597 Exploring Biochemistry I

Computer Science

• CSCI 581 Computer Science in the Classroom: Computational Thinking for Teachers (2 cr) CRN# 10927  July 8 - July 12       (This online course will meet synchronously from 8am-5pm daily for one week.) Grant supported course for Montana teachers.
• CSCI 583 Integrating Computer Science into Science Classrooms (3 cr) CRN# 11385  June 10 - Aug 2                 Asynchronous online course, no prerequisite.

Earth Sciences

• ERTH 520 Fundamentals of Oceanography (3 cr) CRN# 10753  June 10 - Aug 2
• ERTH 525 Landforms for Elementary Teachers (1 cr) CRN#10766  June 10 - Aug 2
• ERTH 528 Understanding Climate Change for Teachers (3 cr) CRN# 10930 June 10 - Aug 2

Education, Curriculum & Instruction

• MSSE 501 Inquiry through Science & Engineering Practices (2 cr) CRN#10609 June 10 - Aug 2
  
• MSSE 537 Contemporary Issues in Science Ed: The 3 D's of NGSS Curriculum (2 cr) CRN#11388  June 10 - Aug 2

Land Resources and Environmental Science

• LRES 582 Streamside Science for Teachers (3 cr) CRN# 10733  June 10 - Aug 2

Microbiology

• MB 536 Exploring Microbiology (3 cr) CRN# 11387  June 10 - Aug 2

Mathematics

• M 517 Advanced Mathematical Modeling for Teaching (3 cr.) CRN# 11247  June 10 - July 19
• M 518 Statistics for Teachers (3 cr) CRN# 11362  June 10 - July 19

Technology

• MSSE 502 Emerging Technology & the Science Classroom (2 cr) CRN# 10687  June 10 - Aug 2

Physics

• PHSX 512 General Relativity  (3 cr) CRN# 11393 May 13 - Aug 2
• PHSX 513 Quantum Mechanics (3 cr) CRN#10189  June 10 - Aug 2
• PHSX 514 Comparative Planetology (3 cr) CRN# 11389June 10 - Aug 2
• PHSX 571 Electric Circuits and Magnetism (3 cr) CRN# 10767  June 10 - Aug 2
• PHSX 574 The World of Motion and Force (2 cr) CRN#10768  May 13 - July 5
• PHSX 580 Conceptual Physics (3 cr) CRN# 11390  June 10 - Aug 2
• PHSX 597 Physics of Renewable Energy for Secondary Teachers (3 cr) CRN# 10882June 10 - Aug 2

Plant Science

• PSPP 521 Plant Science for Teachers: It Grows on You (1 cr) CRN# 10796 June 24 - Aug 2
• PSPP 522 Insect-ology (3 cr) CRN# 10791June 10 - Aug 2

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