AP Biology    1 credit

Prerequisite: Honors Biology and Chemistry

This course seeks to meet the objectives of a freshman college level general biology course. The main objectives for the course are to achieve knowledge of the facts, principles, and processes of biology; an understanding of the means by which biological information is collected, interpreted and how one formulates hypotheses from available data and makes further predictions; an understanding that science is a human endeavor with social consequences. Three broad areas of study will be encountered: molecular and cellular biology, genetics and evolution, organism and populations. College level material is used, and laboratory experiments and observations are central to the program.  Since a thorough presentation of biology involves the application of concepts inherent to chemistry, an introductory course in chemistry is recommended. Students will be expected to purchase supplemental materials.