2 Credits Required

BI1 Biology 1
First semester of a one-year course.
Topics: survey of the world of living things, their relationships to one another and to their environments, ecosystems, communities, populations, matter and energy, the basis of living organisms, reproduction and genetics, heredity, behavior, selection and survival.

½ credit, 10 assignments, 1 exam

 

BI2 Biology II
Second semester of a one-year course.
Topics: continuity through development and evolution; ordering life in the biosphere; prokaryotes (viruses and disease); eukaryotes (protist, fungi, plants, and animals); food and energy.

½ credit, 10 assignments, 1 exam

 

ES1 Earth Science I
First semester of a one-year course.
Topics: the planet Earth as an ecosystem; mass, matter and energy, conversation of matter and energy, carrying capacity, energy units and conversion, thermodynamics; plate tectonics, rock types, ore, alloys, using minerals, and environmental impact.

½ credit, 7 assignments, 2 exams

 

ES2 Earth Science II
Second semester of a one-year course.
Topics: sources and uses of energy, resources and reserves; nuclear energy and fuels, advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power; energy alternatives, synthetic fuels; wave, wind, and solar energy; energy conservation, storage, and technology.

½ credit, 8 assignments, 1 exam

 

H1 Personal Health I
First semester of a basic health education course.
Topics: personal hygiene, wellness, body systems, fitness, nutrition, tobacco and alcohol, AIDS and other diseases.

½ credit, 8 assignments, 1 exam

 

H2 Personal Health II
Second semester of a basic health education course.
Topics: racism, stereotyping, and prejudices; human sexuality; AIDS and STDs; substance abuse; environmental health.

½ credit, 8 assignments, 1 exam

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