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Course Title: Biology Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 103201 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): None Open to Grades: 9, 10,
11, 12
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Hospitality and Tourism
Architecture and Construction Human Services
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Information Technology
Business Management and Administration Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Education and Training Manufacturing
Finance Marketing
Government and Public Administration Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Health Science Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Description: This course is designed to give a broad overview of biology. Students are presented a summary
of topics and focus on a pattern of unifying themes. Emphasis is placed upon the improvement of reading, and
writing skills within a science framework. Topics covered include but are not limited to: molecular and cellular
biology, genetics, evolution and ecology. Topics of Academic biology are taught at a slower pace and depth
tailored to student need. Activities, laboratory experiments, and models are utilized to present concepts. All
students completing a Biology course are required to take the end of course Keystone Biology Exam as mandated
by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The Keystone Exam score is not calculated in the student’s final
course grade.

Course Title: Academic Biology Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 103210 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): For 9 grade: Completion of Compacted Open to Grades: 9, 10
th
Extended Science 8 with an 80% or higher
For 10 grade: Completion of previous science
th
course with an 80% or higher
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Hospitality and Tourism
Architecture and Construction Human Services
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Information Technology
Business Management and Administration Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Education and Training Manufacturing
Finance Marketing
Government and Public Administration Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Health Science Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Description: This course is designed to be an introductory course for college bound students. This course presents the
facts of biology within a pattern of unifying themes that help students understand the larger significance of the details they
are learning. Students are taught to think critically about concepts and relate them to the world in which they live. Areas
of study include molecular and cellular biology, genetics, evolution and ecology. Lab investigations, individual and group
projects are used to demonstrate various biological principles and to reinforce key concepts. All students completing a
Biology course are required to take the end of course Keystone Biology Exam as mandated by the Pennsylvania Department
of Education. The Keystone Exam score is not calculated in the student’s final course grade.

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