Level 3 Biology

Level 3 Biology:

At Year 13 our course is designed to expand your world - to understand the responses of organisms to their environment and to each other, why NZ wildlife has evolved to be so unique from the rest of the world and, the evolution of Homo sapiens and their innovative cultural development.  Human Biology and important social issues are covered in the internal standards.  Biology will lead you to careers in the public and private sectors: DoC, teaching, research, medicine, physiotherapy, health, genetics, agriculture, horticulture.

Prerequisite: 

14 credits at Level 2 Biology

Outline of Course:

This course is taken from Level 8 of the New Zealand curriculum. The focus of the course is to understand the significance of evolution. Students study the responses of plants and animals to the environment and to other living organisms, evolutionary processes unique to New Zealand’s biogeography and the anatomical trends of human evolution, dispersal, and recent discoveries. 

Skills such as researching and reporting link to human biology in topics of human health (homeostasis) and a socio-scientific essay of current community issues.

Course Costs:

Course Workbook $26

Revision Booklet (optional) $21

Scholarship Revision Booklet $17