REGENTS BIOLOGY 

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Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 9, 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

EXAMINATION: Regents Biology Exam

LE01R

1.0

N/A

Regents Biology is a comprehensive course in life science. It is designed to give students a broad, in-depth background in a diversity of biological concepts. Regents Biology provides students with an understanding of how the human body functions and how humans relate to other organisms and the nonliving environment around them. Topics covered in the course include biochemistry, cells, plants and animals, human physiology, reproduction and development, genetics, biotechnology, evolution, ecology, and scientific methodology. This course emphasizes hands -on laboratory experiences.

A minimum of 1200 minutes of hands-on laboratory experiences with satisfactory lab reports are required above and beyond the five periods per week of classroom instructional seat time.  

REGENTS BIOLOGY LAB 

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Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 9, 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

EXAMINATION: Regents Biology Exam

LE01L

0.0

Registered in Regents Biology

In addition to the five periods per week of classroom instructional seat time for Biology, a minimum of 1200 minutes of hands-on laboratory experiences and satisfactory lab reports are required.

REGENTS EARTH and SPACE SCIENCE 

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Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 9, 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

EXAMINATION: Regents Earth and Space Science 

EA01R

1.0

N/A

The Earth and Space Science curriculum is an elaboration of the science content of the Math Science and Technology Learning Standards. This course is expected to prepare students to understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and recognize the historical development of ideas in science. The topics of geology, astronomy and meteorology are addressed in three key ideas: principles of relative motion and perspective; the interaction among components of air, water and land; the characteristics and reactivity of matter.

A minimum of 1200 minutes of hands-on laboratory experiences with satisfactory lab reports are required above and beyond the five periods per week of classroom instructional seat time. 

REGENTS EARTH and SPACE SCIENCE LAB 

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 9, 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

EXAMINATION: Regents Earth and Space Science Exam 

EA01L

0.0

Registered in Regents Earth and Space Science

In addition to the five periods per week of classroom instructional seat time for Earth and Space Science, a minimum of 1200 minutes of hands-on laboratory experiences and satisfactory lab reports are required.

REGENTS CHEMISTRY  

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Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 9, 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

EXAMINATION: Regents Physical Setting in Chemistry

CH03R

1.0

N/A

The Physical Setting Chemistry is an elaboration of the science content of the Math Science and Technology Learning Standards. This course is expected to prepare students to understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and recognize the historical development of ideas in science. The topics of atomic concepts, periodic table, stoichiometry, chemical bonding, matter, kinetics/equilibrium, organic chemistry, oxidation-reduction, acids/bases/salts and nuclear chemistry are addressed in three key ideas: the characteristics and reactivity of matter; the forms and conservation of energy; the interaction of energy and matter.

A minimum of 1200 minutes of hands-on laboratory experiences with satisfactory lab reports are required above and beyond the five periods per week of classroom instructional seat time. 

REGENTS CHEMISTRY LAB 

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Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 9, 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

EXAMINATION: Regents Physical Setting in Chemistry 

CH03L

0.0

Registered in Chemistry

In addition to the five periods per week of classroom instructional seat time for Chemistry, a minimum of 1200 minutes of hands-on laboratory experiences and satisfactory lab reports are required.

REGENTS PHYSICS 

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

EXAMINATION: Regents Physical Setting in Physics

PH03R

1.0

N/A

The Physical Setting/Physics Core Curriculum is an elaboration of the science content of the Math Science and Technology Learning Standards. This course is expected to prepare students to understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and recognize the historical development of ideas in science. The topics of mechanics, energy, electricity/magnetism, waves and modern physics are addressed in two key ideas: the forms and conservation of energy; the interaction of energy and matter.

REGENTS PHYSICS LAB

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Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

EXAMINATION: Regents Physical Setting in Physics 

PH03L

0.0

Registered in Physics

In addition to the five periods per week of classroom instructional seat time for Physics, a minimum of 1200 minutes of hands-on laboratory experiences and satisfactory lab reports are required.

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

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Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks 

EXAMINATION: N/A

AP05G

1.0

Regents Biology

This course is designed for students who plan to enter careers that require extensive knowledge of human anatomy and physiology. Focus will be on the orientation and organization of the human body, the support and movement of the human body. Building on the knowledge acquired in previous courses, this course additionally focuses on the studies of systems involved with integration, control, absorption, excretion, and metabolism.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

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Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 9, 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

EXAMINATION: N/A

EV03G

1.0

N/A

Environmental Science is a standards-based elective ending in a district-level examination. The Environmental Science curriculum places emphasis on the relationships between living organisms and their environment and the ecological concerns of modern society. Building on the instruction from The Living Environment and the Physical Settings, this curriculum will help students make educated decisions regarding the interaction of human activities with natural resources, pollution, endangered species and local, state and federal legislation.

Laboratory experiences are required but can be embedded into the five periods per week of classroom instructional seat time.

GENERAL PHYSICS 

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Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 9, 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

EXAMINATION: N/A

PH03G

1.0

N/A

The General Physics curriculum is an elaboration of the science content of the Math Science and Technology Learning Standards. This course is expected to prepare students to understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and recognize the historical development of ideas in science. 

ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL LAB TECH

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Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

OFFERED: Research Laboratory High School for Bioinformatics & Life Sciences #366

EXAMINATION: N/A

AB05G

1.0

N/A

This course will expose students to a variety of advanced laboratory techniques in the biological sciences.  It will prepare students with the tools and skills needed to jump into a college level science course with respective laboratory requirements, as well as for advanced research opportunities within a laboratory setting.  Students who complete this course will be well prepared for employment opportunities located in the area and on the expanding BNMC within the biological sciences. It will provide hands on practical skill building opportunities on a daily basis to master a variety of techniques within the fields of microbiology and genetics.

BIOETHICS

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 20 Weeks

EXAMINATION: N/A

BE02G

.5

N/A

This course will explore the major ethical issues confronting the practices of biomedical science and research science. Students will become familiar with legal and institutional positions, consider and debate opposing arguments on the various topics, and examine relevant case studies. The objectives for this course are to achieve familiarity with some basic ethical frameworks and understand how these ethical frameworks can help students think through contemporary questions in bioethics. Have students think clearly and carefully through their own positions on important issues in contemporary bioethics. Have students express their own views clearly in class discussion and engage in the views of their classmates while developing well-argued, well-written papers that show understanding of the subject matter.

BIOINFORMATICS

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

OFFERED: Research Laboratory High School for Bioinformatics & Life Sciences #366

EXAMINATION: N/A

BN04G

1.0

N/A

Bioinformatics (BN04G) is designed to expose students to the field of Bioinformatics through career explorations and authentic research using current tools and applications through problem based learning and inquiry.   The course is designed to introduce the most important and basic concepts, methods, and tools used in Bioinformatics. Topics include but are not limited to bioinformatics databases, sequence and structure alignment, protein structure prediction, protein folding, protein-protein interaction, and molecular dynamics. Students will use bioinformatics applications to predict cellular localization and enzymatic function of proteins; investigate alternate open reading frames, duplication and degradation and horizontal gene transfer, as well as a brief introduction to drug targets and interactions.  Emphasis will be put on the understanding and utilization of these concepts. The objective is to help the students to reach rapidly the frontier of bioinformatics and be able to use the bioinformatics tools to solve the problems on their own research.  

INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 9, 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

OFFERED: Research Laboratory High School for Bioinformatics & Life Sciences #366

EXAMINATION: N/A 

SR01G

0.5

N/A

This is an elective course where students will be acquiring and developing scientific skills through observation, data collection and analysis, and the use of scientific equipment. Throughout the course students will be required to complete laboratory experiments as well as demonstrate research knowledge. 

 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH II

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 9, 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

OFFERED: Research Laboratory High School for Bioinformatics & Life Sciences #366

EXAMINATION: N/A 

SR02G

0.5

Introduction to Scientific Research

In Scientific Research and Design courses, students conceive of, design, and complete a project using scientific inquiry and experimentation methodologies. Emphasis is typically placed on safety issues, research protocols, controlling or manipulating variables, data analysis, and a coherent display of the project and its outcome(s).

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks 

EXAMINATION: AP Biology Exam

AB03P

1.0

Regents Biology & Chemistry

Advanced Placement Biology is a college-level course designed to provide students with the opportunity to receive college credit for work done in high school. Advanced Placement Biology is equivalent to a two semester college biology course covering topics such as: Molecules and Cells; Heredity and Evolution; and Organisms and Populations. The Advanced Placement Biology course is designed to be taken by students after the successful completion of a first course in high school biology and one in high school chemistry as well. 

NB: Institutions of higher education may grant college credit to students who earn a passing score on the AP exam that is offered at the end of this course.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY LAB

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks 

EXAMINATION: AP Biology Exam 

AB03L

0.0

Registered in AP Biology 

As part of the Advanced Placement Biology Course, students must complete 13 laboratory investigations that support the Advanced Placement Biology course and allow the student to explore the natural world. The labs support the "big ideas" and science practices of Advanced Placement Biology and help students to gain enduring understandings of biological concepts and the scientific evidence that supports them.  

NB: Institutions of higher education may grant college credit to students who earn a passing score on the AP exam that is offered at the end of this course.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) CHEMISTRY

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks 

EXAMINATION: AP Chemistry Exam

AC03P

1.0

Regents Chemistry & Algebra

The Advanced Placement Chemistry course is designed to be the equivalent of the general chemistry course usually taken during the first college year. Students in such a course should attain a depth of understanding of fundamentals and a reasonable competence in dealing with chemical problems. Topics Include: I. Structure of Matter (20%), II. States of Matter (20%), III. reactions (35–40%), IV. Descriptive Chemistry (10–15%) and V. Laboratory (5–10%). Secondary schools that wish to offer an Advanced Placement Chemistry course must be prepared to provide a laboratory experience equivalent to that of a typical college course. The Advanced Placement Chemistry course is designed to be taken only after the successful completion of a first course in high school chemistry. 

NB: Institutions of higher education may grant college credit to students who earn a passing score on the AP exam that is offered at the end of this course.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks 

EXAMINATION: AP Environmental Science Exam

AE03P

1.0

Regents Biology & Earth Science

The Advanced Placement Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions for resolving or preventing them. Environmental science is interdisciplinary; it embraces a wide variety of topics from different areas of study. Yet there are several major unifying constructs, or themes, that cut across the many topics included in the study of environmental science. The following themes provide a foundation for the structure of the Advanced Placement Environmental Science course. 1. Science is a process 2. Energy conversions underlie all ecological processes 3. The Earth itself is one interconnected system. 4. Humans alter natural systems. 5. Environmental problems have a cultural and social context. 6. Human survival depends on developing practices that will achieve sustainable systems. 

NB: Institutions of higher education may grant college credit to students who earn a passing score on the AP exam that is offered at the end of this course.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) PHYSICS C

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 10, 11, 12

LENGTH: 40 Weeks 

EXAMINATION: AP Physics Exam

PH03P

1.0

Regents Physics and Algebra

Advanced Placement Physics C: Mechanics should provide instruction in each of the following six content areas: kinematics; Newton's laws of motion; work, energy and power; systems of particles and linear momentum; circular motion and rotation; and oscillations and gravitation. 

NB: Institutions of higher education may grant college credit to students who earn a passing score on the AP exam that is offered at the end of this course.

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) PHYSICS HL

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 11, 12 (this is a two-year course)

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

OFFERED: City Honors School #195

EXAMINATION: IB assessments in Physics

PH03I

1.0

None

PH04I

1.0

IB Physics Jr

Physics is the most fundamental of the experimental sciences, as it seeks to explain the universe itself, from the very smallest particles to the vast distances between galaxies. Despite the exciting and extraordinary development of ideas throughout the history of physics, observations remain essential to the very core of the subject. Besides helping us better understand the natural world, physics gives us the ability to alter our environments. This raises the issue of the impact of physics on society, the moral and ethical dilemmas, and the social, economic, and environmental implications of the work of physicists. By studying physics, students will become aware of how scientists work and communicate with each other. While the scientific method may take on a wide variety of forms, it is the emphasis on a practical approach through experimental work that characterizes the sciences. Teachers provide students with opportunities to design investigations, collect data, develop manipulative skills, analyze results, collaborate with peers, and evaluate and communicate their findings. Lab work constitutes approximately one-third of the course.

Note: Institutions of higher education may grant college credit to students who earn a passing score on the IB assessments in this course.

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) BIOLOGY HL

Course Code

Credit

Prerequisite

GRADE: 11, 12 (this is a two-year course)

LENGTH: 40 Weeks

OFFERED: City Honors School #195

EXAMINATION: IB assessments in Biology

BI03I

1.0

None

BI04I

1.0

IB Biology Jr

Biology is the study of life. The vast diversity of species makes biology both an endless source of fascination and a considerable challenge. Biologists attempt to understand the living world at all levels from the micro to the macro using many different approaches and techniques. By studying biology, students will become aware of how scientists work and communicate with each other. While the scientific method may take on a wide variety of forms, it is the emphasis on a practical approach through experimental work that characterizes the sciences. Teachers provide students with opportunities to design investigations, collect data, develop manipulative skills, analyze results, collaborate with peers, and evaluate and communicate their findings. Lab work constitutes approximately one-third of the course.

Note: Institutions of higher education may grant college credit to students who earn a passing score on the IB assessments in this course.

GRADE: 11, 12

LENGTH: 20 Weeks

OFFERED: This course will be available at all BPS High Schools

EXAMINATION: N/A

CG03G

0.5

N/A

This course integrates concepts from the Life and Earth Sciences as well as the most current data on climate systems to help students understand the phenomena of climate change, the justification for these phenomena, and why these phenomena are both scientifically and socially important.