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Office of Summer Session
Montana State University
P.O. Box 172560
Bozeman, MT 59717-2560

Tel: (406) 994-7136
Fax: (406) 994-7989
Location: 318 Montana Hall

Summer Session Staff
Jeff Adams
Ass't. Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education
Director, Summer Session

Anne Angermeyr
Program Coordinator
summer@montana.edu
> Summer Session
Core Courses Offered this Summer

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.  Click here for details regarding the core curriculum.

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
                                                                              IN—Natural Science Inquiry or
Q—Quantitative Reasoning                                        RN—Natural Science Research

D—Diversity                                                            IS—Social Science Inquiry or
                                                                              RS—Social Science Research
CS—Contemporary Issues in Science
                                                                              R—Additional Research and
IA—Arts Inquiry or                                                   Creative Experience Courses
RA—Arts Research

The following courses offered for Summer Session 2009 are listed by core groups.  For information regarding dates, times and location of offerings, refer to the Class Schedule.

Summer 2009 Class Schedule

Course Descriptions

Core Courses Offered Online this Summer


US—UNIVERSITY SEMINAR

COM 110US
Introduction to Public Communication


W—COLLEGE WRITING

ENGL 121W
College Writing I


Q—QUANTITATIVE REASONING

MATH 131Q
Math for Elementary Teachers II

MATH 150Q
Liberal Arts Mathematics

MATH 160Q
Precalculus

MATH 170Q
Survey of Calculus

MATH 181Q
Calculus and Analytical Geometry I

MATH 182Q
Calculus and Analytical Geometry II

MATH 224Q
Calculus of Functions of Several Variables

STAT 216Q
Elementary Statistics

STAT 217Q

Intermediate Statistical Concepts


D—DIVERSITY

ANTH 101D
Anthropology and the Human Experience

ENGL 210D
Mythologies

GEOG 105D
World Regional Geography

MGMT 245D

Cultural Dimensions of International Business

MKTG 242D

Introduction to Global Markets

MLF 102D
Elementary French II

MLS 102D

Elementary Spanish II

NAS 100D
Introduction to Native American Studies

NAS 201D
American Indians in Montana

PSY 201D
Contemporary Issues in Human Sexuality

RELS 105D

Introduction to the Study of Religion


CS—CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SCIENCE

BIOL 103CS
Environmental Science and Society

CE 220CS
Civil Engineering and Construction: From the Ancient to the Modern

ENGR 125CS
Technology, Innovation, and Society

HDFN 221CS
Human Nutrition

HIST 206CS
Darwinian Revolution: Its History, Science, and Impact

PHIL 225CS

Science, Pseudo-Science, and Subjectivity

PSY 263CS

Psychology of Film


IA—ARTS INQUIRY OR
RA—ARTS RESEARCH

ARCH 121IA
Introduction to Design

ARCH 151RA
Design Fundamentals I

ART 110RA
2-D Art Fundamentals

ART 111RA
3-D Art Fundamentals

ART 112RA
Drawing Fundamentals

ART 202IA
Ancient through Medieval Art History

ART 203IA
Renaissance through Modern Art History

ART 238RA
Representational Drawing

MTA 103RA
Understanding Photography

MTA 110IA

Acting for Non-Majors

MUS 102RA
Fundamentals of Musical Creation

MUS 312IA
World Music


IH—HUMANITIES INQUIRY OR
RH—HUMANITIES RESEARCH

ART 204IH

Exploring Artists on Film

ENGL 123IH
Introduction to Literary Study

ENGL 236IH
Introduction to Language and Linguistics

HIST 105IH
Origins of Western Civilization

HIST 155IH
America and the World Before 1865

HIST 156IH
America and the World After 1865

MLS 330IH
Travel in Latin American Literature and Film

PHIL 105IH
Problems of Good and Evil


IN—NATURAL SCIENCE INQUIRY OR
RN—NATURAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

CHEM 121IN
Introductory General Chemistry

ESCI 111IN
Physical Geology

PHYS 101IN
Mysteries of the Sky


IS—SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY OR
RS—SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

ANTH 201IS

Human Prehistory

ECON 201IS

Introductory Microeconomic Theory

HDCF 150IS
Lifespan Human Development

POLS 206IS
The Government of the United States

PSY 100IS
Introductory Psychology

SOC 101IS
Sociological Inquiry


R—ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND CREATIVE EXPERIENCE COURSES

Refer to Summer Schedule of Classes


CORE COURSES OFFERED ONLINE THIS SUMMER

ART 202IA
Ancient through Medieval Art History

CE 220CS

Civil Engineering and Construction: From the Ancient to the Modern

ENGL 121W
College Writing I

ENGL 210D
Mythologies

ENGL 236IH
Introduction to Language and Linguistics

HDCF 150IS
Lifespan Human Development

HDFN 221CS
Human Nutrition

HIST 105IH
Origins of Western Civilization

HIST 156IH
America and the World After 1865

MGMT 245D

Cultural Dimensions of International Business

MKTG 242D

Introduction to Global Markets

POLS 206IS

The Government of the United States

SOC 101IS
Sociological Inquiry

STAT 216Q

Elementary Statistics

Click here for more information about summer online courses.

 

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