The class will meet four periods each week. This course will focus predominantly on bacteria while emphasizing central themes of cellular biology and the scientific method. This course is largely a laboratory-based course in which students learn the fundamental techniques of the discipline. In the latter part of the semester, the students are required to do an extensive independent project of their design that incorporates most of the techniques they have learned in the course. This course is designed for the student who has completed a course in general biology or call biology.
Emphasis is placed on the structure and function of the human body and homeostatic mechanisms.
The physiological systems to be examined are integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, respiratory, excretory, circulatory, and reproductive. Students will utilize readings from periodicals or books to extend understanding of topics, perform a research project, and write a research paper based on the project. This class will meet four periods each week. This course is a study of the principles of heredity and the nature of genetic material. This course is presented in the context of evolutionary biology.