Summer 2026 Campus and Online Courses
Registration opens March 25th
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 2026 Bulletin is not yet live and will be posted by late spring. This resource will include details on field and campus-based courses, housing registration, the Capstone Symposium, and things to do while you are visiting Bozeman.
June 15 - June 19
- BIOE 520 Animal Biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (2 cr) CRN# 10563
June 22 - June 26
- BIOE 596 Land Use Issues in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (2 cr) CRN# 10687
- CSCI 582 Computer Science in the Classroom: Joy and Beauty of Data (2 cr) CRN# TBD Online component June 15-29th.
- EELE 508 Solar Cell Basics (2 cr) CRN# 10698 Grant supported course, see link for scholarship information.
- ERTH 516 Geology of the Northern Rocky Mountains (2 cr) CRN# 10567
- LRES 557 Thermal Biology in Yellowstone National Park (2 cr) CRN# 10569
- PHSX 584 Physics by Inquiry: Light and Color (2 cr) CRN# TBD
June 22 - June 27
- GEO 521 Dinosaur Paleontology I (2 cr) CRN# 10568
June 27
- GEO 585 Mineralogy for Teachers(1 cr) CRN# 10730
June 28
- ERTH 586 Geology of Earthquakes (1 cr) CRN# TBD (formerly ERTH 594)
June 29 - July 1
- MSSE 575 Professional Capstone Symposium (1 cr) SUMMER 2026 GRADUATE CANDIDATES ONLY
- Sections: 4
- Instructors: Anderson (CRN# 11051), Gotz (CRN# TBD), Pavlovich (CRN# 10735), Woolbaugh (CRN# 11050)
July 2
- CHMY 586 Science Lab Safety and Risk Management (1 cr) CRN# TBD (formerly CHMY 594)
July 6 - July 10
- BIOE 523 Wildlife Ecology of the Northern Rocky Mountains (2 cr) CRN# TBD Course is on a waitlist, please email msse@montana.edu to be added
- BIOE 597 Ecology of Trout Streams (2 cr) CRN# 11105
- PHSX 587 Physics by Inquiry: Geometric Optics (2 cr) CRN# TBD
- PSPP 548 Flowering Plants of the Northern Rocky Mtns (2 cr) CRN# 10570
July 12 - July 17
- ERTH 596 Geology of Glacier National Park (2 cr) CRN# 10684
July 13 - July 17
- LRES 538 Plant Community Ecology in the Northern Rocky Mtns (2 cr) CRN# TBD
July 17 - July 19
- LRES 586 Lake Ecology (2 cr) CRN# TBD Students will depart from MSU campus late afternoon on Friday, July 17th and return late afternoon on Sunday, July 19th. Online component begins June 15th.
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# 10571 June 15 - Aug 7
- BIOE 519 Biology of Riparian Zones and Wetlands (2 cr) CRN# 10572 June 15 - Aug 7
- BIOH 595 Anatomy & Physiology (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
Chemistry and Biochemistry
- CHMY 587 Exploring Chemistry (3 cr) CRN# 10696June 15 - Aug 7
- CHMY 595 Chemistry of the Environment - Water, Air, Earth (3 cr) CRN# 10697 June 15 - Aug 7
- CHMY 597 Exploring Biochemistry (3 cr) CRN# 10736 June 1 - Aug 7
Computer Science
- CSCI 583 Integrating Computer Science in Science Classrooms (3 cr) CRN# TBD June 15 - Aug 7
Earth Sciences
- ERTH 520 Fundamentals of Oceanography (3 cr) CRN# 10702 June 15 - Aug 7
- ERTH 523 Weather for Elementary and Middle School Teachers (3 cr) CRN# 11258 June 15 - Aug 7
- ERTH 525 Landforms for Elementary Teachers (1 cr) CRN# 10714 June 15 - Aug 7
- ERTH 528 Understanding Climate Change (3 cr) CRN# 10825June 15 - Aug 7 (Prerequisite: ERTH 527 or equivalent background knowledge)
Education, Curriculum & Instruction
- MSSE 501 Inquiry through Science & Engineering Practices (2 cr) CRN#10573 June 15 - Aug 7
- MSSE 502 Emerging Technology & the Science Classroom (2 cr) CRN# 10640 June 15 - Aug 7
- MSSE 537 Contemporary Issues in Science Education: The 3 D's of NGSS (2 cr) CRN# 11108 June 15 - Aug 7
Land Resources and Environmental Science
- LRES 582 Streamside Science (3 cr) CRN# 10685 June 15 - Aug 7
Microbiology
- MB 540 Environmental Microbiology (3 cr) CRN# 11326 June 15 - Aug 7
Physics
- PHSX 513 Quantum Mechanics (3 cr) CRN# 10184 June 15 - Aug 7
- PHSX 514 Comparative Planetology (3 cr) CRN# 11109 June 15 - Aug 7
- PHSX 571 Electric Circuits and Magnetism (3 cr) CRN# 10715June 15 - Aug 7
- PHSX 580 Conceptual Physics (3 cr) CRN# 11110 June 15 - Aug 7
- PHSX 597 Physics of Renewable Energy (3 cr) CRN# 10794 June 15 - Aug 7
Plant Science
- PSPP 521 Plant Science: It Grows on You (1 cr) CRN#10743 June 29- Aug 7
- PSPP 522 Insect-ology (3 cr) CRN# 10738 June 15 - Aug 7
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