Biology

Course summary

Biology involves the study of a wide range of exciting topics, ranging from molecular Biology to the study of ecosystems and microorganisms to mammoths. Biology is never far from the headlines, either. The human genome has been sequenced and we know the complete arrangement of the three thousand million bases that make up human DNA. We have experienced the local, national and global impact of a recent pandemic. In Southeast Asia and the Amazon, the skies are dark with smoke as the rainforests are burned to grow oil palms or ranch cattle. Biologists are concerned with all of these issues. They work in the fields of cell biology, medicine, food production, genetic engineering and ecology, and the work they do is vital to us all.