Module 01
Snow is a driving condition
Plows, winter kits, October-to-May judgment, and the 19th Avenue merge.
Bozeman citizenship school
Get ahead of the punchline.
A very serious two-and-a-half-hour class for people who just moved to Bozeman. Hosted in a taproom. Concluded with an exam.
Weekly in Bozeman40 seats per classPolitically neutral
Your official outcome
Provisional
Montanan
Full status upon surviving five winters.
The process
Learn. Laugh. Belong.
Useful material, delivered with completely unnecessary administrative gravity. Newcomers and longtime locals sit the same exam.
- 01
Report to the taproom
Meet the host, order a beer if you like, and prepare to be officially briefed.
- 02
Pass the written exam
Twenty-five questions. Eighty percent earns a pass. A miss means a free return on probation.
- 03
Receive your card
Pass and take the graduation photo under the state flag with your laminated provisional status.
Required study
The handbook is short. The consequences are memorable.
Five modules, a practical bear-spray demonstration, and no transferable credits.
Module 02
Bison are not cows
Moose are worse than bears. Bear spray has an important outside-only setting.
Module 03
Trail & river etiquette
Yielding, dogs, fishing manners, and why a huckleberry patch stays off the map.
Module 04
Culture, cautiously
Cat-Griz, gravel-road waves, weather talk, and regulated use of “Bozeangeles.”
Module 05
Be useful here.
Know where to volunteer, who to tip, and what to buy locally. Being a good neighbor is the only part not played for laughs.
- 2.5 hrs
- Taproom classroom time
- 25
- Questions on the exam
- 80%
- Needed for provisional status
Weekly class
Your first assignment: show up curious.
Each class is capped at 40. Browse the currently bookable sessions below, then come prepared to be tested.
Everyone takes the same test.
The friend who has lived here forever is welcome to prove it.
For the people sending people
A better welcome than another cutting board.
Give a useful, funny introduction to Bozeman—and a durable story for the recipient.
Employers
Corporate cohorts
A private or scheduled cohort for teams relocating to Bozeman. Same curriculum, same written exam, and a fifteen-seat minimum.
Plan a cohortRealtors & hosts
Gift packs
Ten certificates for closings, new tenants, and houseguests who need more than a map and a good attitude.
Ask about gift packsName
IssuedUpon passing
Full status upon surviving five winters.
Learn. Laugh. Belong.
The payoff
Pass the test. Earn the card. Start the five-winter clock.
A passing score gets you the laminated proof, the graduation photo, and a little less reason to panic when someone mentions plow etiquette.
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