Biology
Biologists have accumulated huge amounts of information about living organisms, and it would be easy to confuse students by teaching large numbers of seemingly unrelated facts. In the Diploma Programme biology course, it is hoped that students will acquire a limited body of facts and, at the same time, develop a broad, general understanding of the principles of the subject.
Although the Diploma Programme biology course at standard level (SL) and higher level (HL) has been written as a series of discrete statements (for assessment purposes), there are four basic biological concepts that run throughout: structure and function; universality versus diversity; equilibrium within systems; and evolution.
Students at ISU, over the two-year programme, study the following topics:
- Statistical Analysis
- Cells
- The Chemistry of Life
- Genetics
- Ecology and Evolution
- Human Health and Physiology
- Plant Science
- Neurobiology and Behaviour
- Ecology and Conservation