Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics

General Biology

Instructor Peter A. Kish, Ph.D.

Office Telephone 522-7815

Email Office pkish@ossm.edu Home pakish@itlnet.net

Home Page http://www.ossm.edu/~pkish

 

Course Description: General Biology is a course for students that did not have a Biology course at their home high schools. This course will provide the students with the background to complete other OSSM Biology courses.

Course Content:

This content of the course will be the following:

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chemistry

Chapter 2-3

Cellular Organization

Chapter 4

Respiration

Chapter 5

Photosynthesis

Chapter 6

Genetics

Chapter 7-13

Origin of Life/Speciation

Chapter 14-16

Environmental Issues

Chapter 38-40

 

The course will be taught in the following manner:

This will be a completely web based class. There will be notes/power point presentations that are located on this web site. There will be an initial exam to measure the students starting expertise and then an exit exam to measure the student’s progress. Unsatisfactory process will result in the student having to repeat this course.

Links to Power Point Presentations