Biology

Course summary

The intent of A level Biology is to give UTC students an opportunity to build on their GCSE studies to develop a broad understanding of the content within the following eight fundamental areas that are further split into topics and to be able to apply this understanding to explain biological phenomena: • Biological molecules • Cells • Organisms exchange substances with their environment • Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms • Energy transfer in and between organisms • Organisms respond to changes in their environment • Genetics, population, evolution, and ecosystems • The control of gene expression