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Course Offerings Biology Biology is a study of life. Emphasis is placed on laboratory investigations that serve to introduce the concepts essential to the understanding of living things. Relationships in biochemical, cellular, and individual and community levels are explored in detail. Units: 10 Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: n/a UC/CSU Approved? - Yes Chemistry Chemistry is the study of matter and how it changes. Students investigate the course material through lab work, problem sets, projects and demonstrations. Students will be exposed to practical applications of scientific concepts. Units: 10 Grade Level(s): 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: Biology and Geometry is recommended UC/CSU Approved? - Yes Geology Geology is designed to help students understand the relationship of man and the physical environment. Students will investigate geologic phenomena and acquire laboratory skills involving mineral and rock identification, geophysics, geomorphology, geologic history, mapping, plate tectonics, astronomy, oceanography and meteorology. Units: 10 Grade Level(s): 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: Biology UC/CSU Approved? - Yes Physics Physics is the study of different forms of energy and the physical changes which they produce in matter. The course focuses on mathematical models and laboratory study of the principles of motion, forces, energy, heat, sound, light, and electricity and magnetism. Units: 10 Grade Level(s): 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: Algebra 2 UC/CSU Approved? - Yes Physiology Physiology is the in-depth study of the human body, its construction and functions. Extensive laboratory experiences will focus on the application of course content to the fields of medicine, nursing, and physical fitness. Units: 10 Grade Level(s): 11, 12 Prerequisites: Biology and either Chemistry or Geology UC/CSU Approved? - Yes Biotechnology Biotechnology instructs students in the laboratory techniques and basic concepts of the field of bioscience. Included are DNA labs, making gels for electrophoresis, bacteriological techniques such as plating, culturing strains of bacteria and manipulating the DNA to achieve transformation of the colonies, determining and making solutions, and microscopic techniques such as oil-emersion and staining of various types of tissue. Instruction in DNA theory, ethics, and technology and society will be included to acquaint students with this rapidly developing field. Students will conduct individual and team research projects and use effective technical writing to express the results of their work. Sound laboratory procedures and safety will be stressed. Students will use and analyze research publications and scientific literature. Opportunities for post-secondary education will be explored and students will gain a broad awareness of both scientific and technological career paths. Units: 10 Grade Level(s): 11, 12 Prerequisites: Biology and either Chemistry or Geology UC/CSU Approved? - Yes Environmental Science Environmental Science is an elective integrated science course which provides students with the scientific principles, concepts, methodologies and experiences required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, identify and analyze both natural and man-made environmental problems, evaluate risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing these problems. This is a lab course. Students utilize modern technological equipment as well as the campus as a living laboratory. Units: 10 Grade Level(s): 11, 12 Prerequisites: Biology and either Chemistry or Geology UC/CSU Approved? - Yes Biology AP AP Biology generally includes topics regularly covered in a college biology course for science majors. The two main goals of AP Biology are to help students develop a conceptual framework for modern biology and to help students gain an appreciation of science as a process. The primary emphasis in the course is on developing deep understanding of biological concepts and unifying themes. The course will promote scientific inquiry and apply biological knowledge to environmental and social concerns Units: 10 Grade Level(s): 11, 12 Prerequisites: Biology and Chemistry UC/CSU Approved? - Yes Chemistry AP This course is designed to be the equivalent of the general chemistry course taken during a student’s first years in college. Successful students will attain a depth of understanding of fundamentals and a reasonable competence in dealing with chemical problems. The course will contribute to the development of a student’s abilities to think clearly and to express ideas, orally and in writing, with clarity and logic. The course emphasizes chemical calculations and the mathematical formulation of principles with the appropriate supportive labs provided for students. Units: 10 Grade Level(s): 11, 12 Prerequisites: Chemistry and Algebra 2/Trig UC/CSU Approved? - Yes AP Physics B This course provides a systematic introduction to the main principles of physics and emphasizes the development of conceptual understanding and problem-solving ability using algebra and trigonometry. AP Physics is designed as an introductory college-level physical science course. Units: 10 Grade Level(s): 11, 12 Prerequisites: Physics and/or Chemistry and Algebra 2/Trig UC/CSU Approved? - Yes Environmental Science AP ROP AP Environmental Science provides students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them. Environmental Science is interdisciplinary; it embraces a wide variety of topics from different areas of study. Units: 10 Grade Level(s): 11, 12 Prerequisites: Algebra 1, Biology and either Chemistry or Geology UC/CSU Approved? - Yes |
