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MARINE SCIENCE Sem 2.5 credits GRADES 11-12
Prerequisite: Completion of Freshmen and Sophomore Science Courses.
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Marine Science is an interdisciplinary lab science course offered to juniors and seniors who have an interest
and a concern for the marine environment. Topics to be covered in this course include marine biology, marine
chemistry, marine geology, marine literature, physical oceanography, and maritime history. Current areas of
concern within the marine ecosystem will be considered and marine related career opportunities will be
explored. This course cannot count toward the science requirement for graduation.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Year 6 credits GRADES 11-12
*Dual Credit Opportunity*
Prerequisite: 75% or better in Lab Chemistry Honors and completion or concurrent enrollment in Lab
Biology Accelerated or AP Biology or 90% or better in Lab Chemistry Accelerated and completion or
concurrent enrollment in Lab Biology Accelerated or AP Biology.
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Advanced Placement Environmental Science is designed to be the equivalent of an introductory college course
in environmental science. The goal is to provide 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 man-made, to evaluate the risks associated with these problems,
and to examine alternative solutions for resolving and/or preventing them.
The A.P. Environmental Science course is intended to enable students to undertake, as first-year college
students, a more advanced study of topics in environmental science, or alternatively, to fulfill a basic
requirement for laboratory science. In order to gain the full benefits of the A.P. Program, it is highly
recommended that students take the College Board AP examination available at the end of the school year.
Many colleges consider acceptable grades on this exam as evidence that a student has done work comparable
to that done in a college environmental science course, and thus college credit may be granted.

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