Summer Classes

Find out more about the summer classes offered at Central Michigan University's Biological Station on Beaver Island.

Classes available at the CMU Biological Station - Summer 2024

* Classes and schedule subject to change.

HON 321 - Sculpture, Collage, and the Natural Environment

• May 5-11, 2023
• Taught by L. Shurtleff
  
• 2 credits
  

HON 321 - Helping and Hiking on Beaver Island

• May 5-11, 2023
• Taught by Mark Francek
  
• 2 credits
  

HON 321 - Green Words, Green Worlds

• May 5-11, 2023
• Taught by M. Eke
  
• 2 credits
  

BIO 516Z - Avian Field Experiences

• May 13-17, 2023
• Taught by Nancy Seefelt
  
• 2 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

GEL 397Z - Geology of Beaver Island and the Great Lakes Region

• May 17-25, 2023
• Taught by Maria Gonzalez
  
• 3 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

BIO 597Z - Plan Communities on Beaver Island

• May 27-31, 2023
• Taught by Joanna Dannenhoffer
  
• 2 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

BIO 597Z - Freshwater Algae

• June 3-8, 2023
• Taught by Hunter Carrick
  
• 3 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

ENS 397Z - Ecosystems Structure and Function

• June 3-8, 2023
• Taught by Amanda Suchy
  
• 3 credits
  

BIO 597ZG - Aquatic Entomology

• June 10-15, 2023
• Taught by R. Merritt and M. Berg
  
• 2 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

BIO 597ZZE - Michigan's Amphibians and Reptiles

• June 17-22, 2023
• Taught by J. Rowe
  
• 2 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

BIO 597Z - Medicinal Enthobotany

• June 17-22, 2023
• Taught by B. Doyle
  
• 2 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

BIO 597Z - Forensic Entomology - The Real CSI

• June 17-22, 2023
• Taught by R. Merritt and M. Berg
  
• 2 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

BIO 530Z - Stream and River Ecology

• June 24-29, 2023
• Taught by G. Lamberti and T. Schriever
  
• 3 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

BIO 213Z - Foundations of Ecology

• June 24 - July 12, 2023
• Taught by Kevin Pangle
  
• 4 credits

GEO 575Z - Beaver Island Hiking, Geography and History

• July 1-7, 2023
• Taught by Mark Francek
  
• 3 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

BIO 520Z - Great Lakes Mussels

• July 8-12, 2023 - July 8-9 on Beaver Island
• Taught by Dave Zanatta
  
• 2 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

BIO 597Z - Zooplankton of the Great Lakes

• July 15-19, 2023
• Taught by Nancy Scott McNaught
  
• 2 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

CHM 211QRZ - Quantitative Analysis

• July 15-26, 2023
• Taught by Dale LeCaptain
  
• 4 credits
• Lecture online prior

CHM 515Z - Environmental Chemistry of the Great Lakes

• July 22-26, 2023
• 2 credits
  
• Lecture online prior

BIO 100Z - Field Biology

• July 22-27, 2023
• Taught by Brad Swanson
  
• 3 credits

AST 112Z - Astronomy Lab

• July 29  - August 2, 2023
• Taught by Glen Williams
  
• 1 credit

MUS 597Z - Nature Inspired Music Composition

• August 1-10, 2023
• Taught by J. Batzner
  
• 3 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

CHM 371Z - Chemistry of Natural Waters

• August 5-9, 2023
• Taught by Sheryl Majorski
  
• 2 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

JRN 597Z - Nature Photography

• August 5-10, 2023
• Taught by Steve Jessmore
  
• 3 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

ART 597Z - Nature Inspired Art

• August 12-16, 2023
• Taught by D. Fanning
  
• 2 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop

ENG 597Z - Nature Inspired Writing

• August 12-16, 2023
• Taught by R. Fanning
  
• 2 credits
  
• Also available as a workshop