Science - Dual Enrollment

Biology 2: Survey of Advanced Topics in Biology (BIO 101) is an academically rigorous, in-depth, second-year study of selected areas of biology that allows highly motivated students to delve more deeply into life systems and processes. Extensive laboratory work is part of this course. Emphasis is placed on research skills and techniques. Students may only take AP Biology or Biology 2: Survey of Advanced Topics in Biology (DE) for credit.

Chemistry 2: Introduction to College Chemistry (CHM 111) is a rigorous second-year chemistry course that will cover the first semester of college chemistry. The course will explore the fundamental laws, theories, and mathematical concepts of chemistry. Topics include matter, measurement, atomic structure, moles, nomenclature, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, electronic structure of the atom, chemical bonding, thermochemistry, and gases. Advanced laboratory skills will be developed as part of this course. Students may only take either AP Chemistry or Chemistry 2: Introduction to College Chemistry (DE) for credit.

The rigorous curriculum of this class covers two college courses of environmental science (ENV 121/122). The first semester provides students with an opportunity to acquire fundamental knowledge of the principles of biological systems and their interactions with the non-living components of the environment. The second semester offers students an opportunity to acquire fundamental knowledge of human's relationship to the environment and the science behind the causes, effects, and possible mitigation of major environmental issues. Lab or field work is required in both semesters. Students are required to take a final exam at the end of this course. Upon a successful completion, students will be eligible to receive eight college credits. Students may take only AP Environmental Science or Environmental Science (DE) for high school credit.

IB Biology 1 (BIO 101) is the first year of an overview of the major principles and processes in the areas of molecular and cellular biology, genetics, ecology, and organisms. Laboratory work is an integral part of this course and students are required to submit written laboratory reports. Key points of the course are structure and function, universality versus diversity, and equilibrium within systems.

IB Biology 2 (BIO 102) is an introduction to Advanced anatomy and physiology and plant biology. A review of IB Biology 1 principles and processes in the areas of molecular and cellular biology, genetics, ecology, and organisms is included. Students are required to take the IB examination at the end of the course. Laboratory work is an integral part of this course and students are required to submit written laboratory reports.