Course Topics	Percentage Goals	Core Laboratories
I       Molecules and Cells	25
A. Chemistry of Life	7
1. Water		1 Diffusion and Osmosis
2. Organic Molecules in Organisms		2 Enzyme Catalysis
3. Free Energy Changes
4. Enzymes
B. Cells	10
1. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells	6 - Cells    4 - Cell Cycle & Division	3 Mitosis and Meiosis
2. Membranes
3. Subcellular Organization
4. Cell Cycle and its Regulation
C. Cellular Energetics	8
1. Coupled Reactions	4 - Photosynthesis 4 - Cellular Respiration	4 Plant Pigments & Photosynthesis
2. Fermentation and Cellular Respiration		5 Cell Respiration
3. Photosynthesis
II      Heredity and Evolution	25
A. Heredity	8
1. Meiosis and Gametogenesis		6 Molecular Biology (DNA Fingerprinting)
2. Eukaryotic Chromosomes
3. Inheritance Patterns
B. Molecular Genetics	9
1. RNA and DNA Structure and Function		7 Genetics of Organisms (Fast Plants)
2. Gene Regulation
3. Mutation
4. Viral Structure and Regulation
5. Nucleic Acid Technology and Applications
C. Evolutionary Biology	8
1. Early Evolution of Life		8 Population Genetics & Evolution
2. Evidence for Evolution
3. Mechanisms for Evolution
III    Organisms and Populations	50
A. Diversity of Organisms	8
1. Evolutionary Patterns	The Five-Kingdom Survey	9 Transpiration
2. Survey of the Diversity of Life
3. Phylogenetic Classification
4. Evolutionary Relationships
B. Structure & Function of Plants & Animals	30
1. Reproduction, Growth and Development	11 - Plants    15 - Animal Structure & Function 5 - Animal Reproduction & Development 1 - Animal Behavior	10 Physiology of the Circulatory System
2. Structural, Physiology & Behavior Adaptations		11 Animal Behavior
3. Response to the Environment
C. Ecology	10
1. Population Dynamics		12. Oxygen & Aquatic Primary Productivity
2. Communities and Ecosystems
3. Global Issues