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The
world of biology
may be broken into different sub-worlds of study.
Depending on your interests
you may
wish to explore all of the sub-worlds or remain within one area.
Hopefully
this Biology Department Electives Sitemap will enable you to make an
intelligent
choice.
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| 1. |
Please
click
on any name for more information about the course or group of courses. |
| 2. |
In general,
electives are available
to 10-12th grade students with the assumption that an introductory core
biology course has been taken in 9th grade or
during 10th grade (AAST and
AEDT). There are some
electives that REQUIRE completion of a core biology course so those are
unavailable for AAST and AEDT students during the 10th grade.
The only electives that
are exclusive are the:
11th or 12th grade only : IB
Environmental Systems
12th grade only: AP Biology
and AP Psychology.
and Anatomy and
Physiology 2 is available only to 12th grade AMST students.
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| 3. |
Not all electives
may be used for
satisfaction of graduation requirements for AAST or AMST such as
biology research. Please check each course description for
further information at: Bio
Electives Descriptions |
| 4. |
Most electives are
offered only
once per year, and with only one section. Electives offered more than
once
per year are: Intro Anat.
& Physio. (tri 1-3), Bioethics
(tri 1-3), ExpSci1 (tri 1-2),
ExpSci2 (tri 1-3),
PCS
(tri
1 & 3), and Zoology
(tri
1-3). Electives offered with more than one section
during the trimester offered are: ExpSci1
(tri 1-2) and ExpSci2
(tri 1-3). |
| 5. |
Please try to
avoid taking
electives just because they are available in the time slot that you
have
open. Lack of insight into the nature of the elective you are choosing,
often leads to academic disaster. |
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The difficulty of
courses varies
significantly, depending on the curriculum, your maturity, and your
motivation.
Some courses are designed as introductory experiences while others are
created for those students planning a career in some area of the
biological
sciences. Some courses are designed for serious students in the upper
grades.
(e.g., Dev. Bio., Immunology, Virology, Mol. Bio. 3-4 and Oncology) although a few 10th
grade students enroll. A significantly
different experience can be attained in a challenging course if you
postpone
it until your junior or senior year. Under NO circumstances is AP
Biology
or AP Psychology available to anyone other than seniors (or GLE
juniors) who have shown a strong
performance
in previous biology courses.
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| 7. |
Do not overload your
schedule and
then expect elective or core teachers to accept your "I have so much
homework
to do." excuses. Significant extracurricular activity involvement
should also be a sign to decrease your elective load. |
| 9. |
To view a schedule
of when our electives
are offered, please go to: Electives
Schedule Overview
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