Montana Western leads the way in one-course scheduling

A beginning business student wrote a business plan for a small specialty clothing business — then turned around and launched the business on the Web while still attending school.

A group of students studying the history of communism took a "field trip" to Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to learn about the government firsthand.

A science class spends up to six hours a day, five days a week, on the Upper Big Hole River, collecting data for a state agency — an effort that could help save a dying species of fish.

Where can students receive such hands-on study?

At the University of Montana Western http://www.umwestern.edu/ in Dillon, where a unique scheduling system that allows students to take one course at a time is putting this tiny college on the map.

By AMIE THOMPSON • Tribune Staff Writer

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