Course Outline
BIOLOGY:
1st Semester
1st Semester
- The Nature of Science How is science conducted?
- Introduction to Biology What is biology all about?
- The Chemistry of Life The essential elements of life
- Cytology The study of cell structure and function
- Photosynthesis How plants convert light energy into chemical energy
- Cellular Respiration & How cells convert chemical energy into ATP with or without oxygen
Fermentation
- Genetics Chromosomes, genes, alleles and statistics
- DNA & RNA The language of life
- Protein Synthesis mRNA, rRNA, tRNA, transcription and translation
- Evolution Natural selection and patterns of heredity in populations
- Ecology Biomes, ecosystems, and populations
- Taxonomy The classification of life