Biology

Course summary

Are you interested in how living things function? Do you want to understand more about how your heart knows how often to beat, or why proteins are so essential to life? If so, A Level Biology could be the subject for you. There has never been a more exciting time to study this broad subject. Advances are taking place all the time in areas such as genetics, biochemistry, ecology and histology, and these will all impact upon the world we live in. For some higher education courses, such as medicine or physiotherapy, an understanding of Biology is essential.