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.
Jump to Online Course Listings
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
June 22 - June 26
- BIOE 523 Wildlife Ecology of the Northern Rocky Mountains (2 cr) CRN# TBD
- EELE 508 Solar Cell Basics for Science Teachers (2 cr) CRN# TBDGrant supported course, see link for scholarship information.
- ERTH 516 Northern Rocky Mountain Geology (2 cr) CRN# TBD
- LRES 569 Ecology of Invasive Plants (2 cr) CRN# TBDOnline component of this class dates June 8 - July 1
June 22 - June 27
- GEO 521 Dinosaur Paleontology I (2 cr) CRN# TBD
June 27
- GEO 585 Mineralogy for Teachers(1 cr) CRN# TBD
June 28
- ERTH 594 Geology of Earthquakes (1 cr) CRN# TBD
June 29 - July 1
- MSSE 575 Professional Capstone Symposium (1 cr) SUMMER 2026 GRADUATE CANDIDATES ONLY
- Sections: 4
- Instructors: Anderson (CRN# TBD), Gotz (CRN# TBD), Pavlovich (CRN# TBD), Woolbaugh (CRN# TBD)
July 2
- CHMY 586 Science Lab Safety and Risk Management (1 cr) CRN# TBD
July 6 - July 10
- BIOE 596 Land Use Issues in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (2 cr) CRN# TBD
- BIOE 597 Ecology of Trout Streams (2 cr) CRN# TBD
- PHSX 584 Physics by Inquiry: Light and Color (2 cr) CRN# TBD
- PSPP 548 Flowering Plants of the Northern Rocky Mtns (2 cr) CRN# TBD
July 12 - July 17
- ERTH 596 Geology of Glacier National Park (2 cr) CRN# TBD
July 13 - July 17
- LRES 557 Thermal Biology in Yellowstone National Park (2 cr) CRN# TBD
- LRES 583 Plant Community Ecology in the Northern Rocky Mtns (2 cr) CRN# TBD tentative new course, pending approval
July 17 - July 19
- LRES 586 Lake Ecology for Teachers (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# TBD June 15 - Aug 7
- BIOE 519 Biology of Riparian Zones and Wetlands (2 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
- BIOH 595 Anatomy & Physiology (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
Chemistry and Biochemistry
- CHMY 587 Exploring Chemistry for Teachers (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
- CHMY 595 Chemistry of the Environment - Water, Air, Earth (3 cr) CRN# TBD June 15 - Aug 7
- CHMY 597 Exploring Biochemistry (3 cr) CRN# TBD June 15 - Aug 7
Earth Sciences
- ERTH 520 Fundamentals of Oceanography (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
- ERTH 528 Understanding Climate Change for Teachers (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7 (Prerequisite: ERTH 527 or equivalent background knowledge)
Education, Curriculum & Instruction
- MSSE 501 Inquiry through Science & Engineering Practices (2 cr) CRN#TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
- MSSE 502 Emerging Technology & the Science Classroom (2 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
- MSSE 537 Contemporary Issues in Science Education: The 3 D's of NGSS (2 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
Land Resources and Environmental Science
- LRES 582 Streamside Science for Teachers (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
Microbiology
- MB 540 Environmental Microbiology (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
Physics
- PHSX 513 Quantum Mechanics (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
- PHSX 514 Comparative Planetology (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
- PHSX 571 Electric Circuits and Magnetism (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
- PHSX 580 Conceptual Physics (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
- PHSX 597 Physics of Renewable Energy for Secondary Teachers (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
Plant Science
- PSPP 521 Plant Science for Teachers: It Grows on You (1 cr) CRN# TBD June 29- Aug 7
- PSPP 522 Insect-ology (3 cr) CRN# TBDJune 15 - Aug 7
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