Environmental Systems
Prerequisites: One unit of high school biology
Course Number: SC1290
Credit: 1 credit
Grade Placement: Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Course Location: Home Campus
Students in Environmental Systems study a variety of topics that include biotic and abiotic factors in habitats, ecosystems and biomes, interrelationships among resources and an environmental system, sources and flow of energy through an environmental system, relationship between carrying capacity and changes in populations and ecosystems, natural changes in the environment, and human activities that impact the natural environment.
Recommended Prerequisites: Integrated Physics and Chemistry, Chemistry, or concurrent enrollment in either course