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Course Title: Advanced Placement Biology with Lab Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 103230 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Academic Biology or Honors Open to Grades: 11, 12
Biology with a 90% or higher plus completion
of Honors Chemistry with an 80% or higher
and teacher recommendation.
Requirement(s): Summer work for this course: Students are encouraged to complete a study of ecology and review
key chemistry concepts. All materials will be provided.
Students are required to complete the designated Advanced Placement exam at their own
expense (2019-2020 cost $94).
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Information Technology
Architecture and Construction Manufacturing
Health Science Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Human Services
Description: This course is designed for students who wish to continue the study of biological sciences in college. It is
based on the Advanced Placement Biology Curriculum. Intensified studies in molecular and cellular biology emphasize
biological chemistry, photosynthesis, cellular respiration and fermentation, protein synthesis and DNA replication. Units
in genetics dealing with inheritance patterns and gene expression as well as population genetics are also covered along with
units in microbiology. Laboratory investigations supplement all course work. Students who elect this course have the
opportunity to be adequately prepared for the AP test in Biology. Student are encouraged to take Honors Human Anatomy
& Physiology either before taking AP Biology or concurrently with AP Biology.

Course Title: Comparative Anatomy & Physiology Credit Value: 1.0
Course Number: 103250 Term(s) Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Honors Biology with a 70% or Open to Grades: 10, 11, 12
higher, or completion of Academic Biology
with an 80% or higher, or completion of Biology
with a 90% or higher
Career Cluster(s): Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Human Services
Architecture and Construction Information Technology
Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications Manufacturing
Education and Training Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Health Science

Description: This course is designed for college-bound
students who are interested in learning about the anatomy
and physiology of various animals and of humans. The first
semester is spent learning about the major phyla of the
Animal Kingdom. The second semester focuses on the
various organs and systems of the human body and
examines how these organs and systems interact with one
another. Lab investigations and dissections emphasize and
reinforce key concepts.

Left; Students investigate the integumentary system which is made up of the
skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands.

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