The content is taught both within the classroom setting and with an extensive field trip inclusive of wilderness travel. A variety of learning techniques is utilized to assist students in making academic assessments, reasoned evaluations, scientific observations, laboratory investigations, journal notations, and creative recordings of the data in formal essays. The course is also designed as a means of assisting students in increasing their awareness of the need to preserve the natural resources and environment for future generations. This course is an elective course designed primarily for students of junior or senior standing. The course is primarily devoted to the study of the ten major systems of the human body.
Emphasis is placed on lecture, discussion, laboratory, research, and current events.
Approximately 50 hours are spent in the laboratory observing, researching and discussing. A course in general chemistry is highly recommended as a desirable prerequisite. This course is designed to prepare the student for a college course in general chemistry. Time is also devoted to helping the student develop other skills useful in college such as notetaking, classroom presentation, and researching material for reports. Physics is the study of matter and energy and their intraconversions.