The College Board's Advanced Placement Biology provides able and motivated students with an opportunity to pursue college-level biological studies while still in secondary school. The Advanced Placement Program is an instrument of cooperation that extends the educational opportunities by effectively relating college-level courses to appropriate credit and placement at colleges of their choice. The AP Biology course is the equivalent of a college introductory biology course. The course is designed to be taken after successful completion of high school Biology and Chemistry. There are three general areas of study. They are Molecules and Cells, Genetics and Evolution, and Organisms and Populations. The course will include both descriptive and experimental laboratory exercises. The labs will be college-level labs with much emphasis on technique, data collection, evaluation, and lab reports. Students desiring this class should have excellent grades in all science classes. They should have a very strong work ethic, and should expect generous amounts of homework.