This course is an overview of how living things reproduce, develop and transmit traits. Theories of evolution are discussed to account for the abundance of life forms. A review of how this knowledge is applied to agriculture and human health is given. A study of how all organisms are interconnected through structured ecosystems shows how humans apply scientific knowledge to better use natural resources. This course is an introduction to physical geography which deals with the global and atmospheric processes involved in the formation and control of the world's climates and the earth's physical landscape.
Some elementary math is used to illustrate the magnitude of the concepts under discussion.
A theme of DNA connects the course topics and provides opportunities for a look at genetic research and some of the ethical questions currently facing researchers. This course is a study of the earth and its atmospheric phenomena that result in weather. Weather theories, forecasting, dissemination, and applications of weather principles are studied. Developments resulting from pollution of the atmosphere are examined. Astronomy Students develop an understanding of the dynamics and physical properties of the solar system and the universe.