The structure and function of plant and animal cells, including respiration, photosynthesis, reproduction, genetics, and protein synthesis. Other topics considered are tissues, embryology, and unicellular organisms.
Concurrent enrollment in BIOL 141 Lab is required. Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement. Montana University System Core Course
Laboratory studies in cell structure and function, respiration, photosynthesis, reproduction, genetics, tissues, embryology, and unicellular organisms.
Concurrent enrollment in BIOL 140 is required This course taken in conjunction with the lecture portion of the course (BIOL 140) meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) laboratory requirement. Montana University System Core Course
A survey of the microbial world including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, algae and fungi, relationships of microorganisms to man and to the environment including health and disease, cultivation, isolation, microbial metabolism and genetics, with emphasis on antisepsis and medical microbiology for students entering health related fields as well as applied microbiology related to water quality. Appropriate for students in general education and science and health related programs.
Includes lecture and laboratory hours Recommended: high school biology or BIOL 140 Course Fee: $25.00 Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement including the laboratory requirement. Montana University System Core Course
Introduction to the plant kingdom that primarily focuses upon the cytology, anatomy, morphology, and general physiology of the flowering plants.
Concurrent enrollment in BIOL 222 is required Prerequisite: Basic college biology course Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement. Montana University System Core Course
Laboratory activities that primarily focus upon the cytology, anatomy, morphology, taxonomy of the flowering plants.
Concurrent enrollment in BIOL 221 is required Course Fee: $5.00 This course taken in conjunction with the lecture portion of the course (BIOL 221) meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) laboratory requirement. Montana University System Core Course
A general survey of the plant kingdom and plant classification with special emphasis on bryophytes, and the non-flowering tracheophytes and their reproductive processes, together with an introduction to algae and the fungi.
Prerequisite: Basic college biology course Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement including the laboratory requirement. Montana University System Core Course
The laboratory component of BIOL 348. Microscopic and macroscopic studies of animals. Dissection of squid, earthworms, crayfish, sea stars, dogfish sharks, frogs, fetal pigs, and others.
Concurrent enrollment in BIOL 348 required. Course Fee: $13.00 This course taken in conjunction with the lecture portion of the course (BIOL 348) meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) laboratory requirement. Montana University System Core Course
This course will demonstrate and provide an opportunity for students to develop skills in selected techniques used in the examination, identification and classification of a wide variety of the freshwater organisms that live in Montana’s aquatic systems. Extensive laboratory work and field trips are required. Graduate credit requirements are described in the course syllabus.
If this class is taken at the 500 level, it is a graduate course and expectations for student performance are at an advanced level. Evaluation of course requirements is more rigorous than at the lower division section of this course. Prerequisite: BIOL 140 or BIOL 151 or approval of instructor Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement including the laboratory requirement. BIOL 407: Montana University System Core Course
This is a lecture course covering the important scientific discoveries from the ancient Greeks to the development of modern molecular biology and the human genome project. The course lectures, readings and discussions will develop how science, the scientific method and resulting technology have led to the ascent of humans to their present state of power. Such an ascent has been made possible through the relationship of mathematics and the physical, chemical and biological sciences.
Prerequisite: A college science course, junior standing or consent of the instructor Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement but does not meet the laboratory requirement.
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Concurrent enrollment in BIOL 141 Lab is required.
Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Natural Sciences (CAT III) requirement. 
Montana University System Core Course 
Course Fee: $25.00
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