Donald P. Christian, Associate Dean for the Biological Sciences

The Division of Biological Sciences offers courses and degrees, both undergraduate and graduate, in a wide range of biological disciplines. Biological Sciences offers bachelor degrees in biology (with emphases in botanical sciences, cellular and molecular biology, environmental biology, natural history, zoological sciences, biological education and general sciences education), medical technology, microbiology, and wildlife biology (a cooperative program administered by the School of Forestry). The Division also advises pre-medical sciences students, pre-agriculture/horticulture students, and students in paramedical arts and offers a series of courses during the summer months at the University's Biological Station on Flathead Lake.

Graduate degrees offered by the Division of Biological Sciences include Master of Science degrees in biochemistry, microbiology, and organismal biology and ecology, and the Master of Science for Teachers of Biological Sciences (with thesis and nonthesis options). Doctor of Philosophy degrees in biochemistry/microbiology and organismal biology and ecology are offered, also. For general requirements for all graduate students and for information regarding graduate study in the biological sciences, contact the Graduate School or the Division of Biological Sciences.

Besides offering courses for its own students, the Division of Biological Sciences is committed to offering modern, meaningful courses that are designed to meet the needs of non-science majors. In addition to offering a number of introductory, no prerequisite courses to both non-majors and majors, Biological Sciences offers courses designed especially for non-majors: genetic engineering, trailside botany, elementary microbiology, elementary medical microbiology, human genetics, human sexuality, and others.

Degree requirements and course descriptions are described in the next few pages of this catalog except for the wildlife biology program listed under the School of Forestry.

Faculty

Professors

Fred W. Allendorf, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1975

David E. Bilderback, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1968

George L. Card, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1966

Donald P. Christian, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1977 (Associate Dean)

Kerry R. Foresman, Ph. D., University of Idaho, 1977

Willard O. Granath, Ph.D., Wake Forest University, 1982

Walter E. Hill, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1967

Richard L. Hutto, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1977

Ralph C. Judd, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1979

Delbert L. Kilgore, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1972

Galen P. Mell, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1961

Charles N. Miller, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1965 (Emeritus)

Thomas W. North, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1976

Andrew L. Sheldon, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1966

Richard P. Sheridan, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1966

Jack A. Stanford, Ph.D., University of Utah, 1975 (Bierman Professor; Director of the Biological Station)

Associate Professors

Kenneth P. Dial, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University, 1984

James E. Gannon, Ph.D., University of Houston, 1981

William Z. Holben, Ph.D., University of New York, Buffalo, 1985

Michael F. Minnick, Ph.D., Washington State University, 1987

Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1985

Assistant Professors

Carol A. Brewer, Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1993

Ragan M. Callaway, Ph.D. University of California at Santa Barbara, 1990

Dan C. DeBorde, Ph.D., Brown University, 1976

Douglas Emlen, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1994

Erick P. Greene, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1989

Anna M. Sala, Ph.D., University of Barcelona, 1992

D. Scott Samuels, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1991

Research Professors

Jerry J. Bromenshenk, Ph.D., Montana State University, 1973

F. Richard Hauer, Ph.D., North Texas State University, 1980

Lee H. Metzgar, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1968

Barbara E. Wright, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1951

Research Associate Professors

Dona F. Boggs, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1980

Penelope F. Kukuk, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1980

Roland L. Redmond, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1984

Research Assistant Professors

Stephen H. Forbes, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1990

Christopher A. Frissell, Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1992

Donald S. Manning, Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1988

Catherine A. Zabinski, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1991

Other Adjunct Faculty

I. Joe Ball, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1973

Richard J. Bridges, Ph.D., Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1984

Barry N. Brown, M.S., University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1987

Vernon R. Grund, Ph.D., University of Minnesota Medical School, 1974

Craig A. Johnston, Ph.D.s, Michigan State University, 1982

Charles T. Leonard, Ph.D., Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1985

Thomas E. Martin, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1982

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