Biology

Course summary

Biology is the study of living organisms and how they interact with each other and their environments. Biology is really a multidisciplinary subject that is made of many different and interdependent fields. Biology explores how living systems are constructed, as well as how they develop, communicate, interact, reproduce, defend themselves, and shape the biophysical environment around them. Biologists are constantly looking to understand links between different disciplines of biology and in this sense evolution is a unifying concept in biology. At the Advanced Level, the subject is made up of major core components such as : - Cell biology - Biochemistry - Physiology - Microbiology - Genetics - Ecology - Evolution At the degree level these macro-sub disciplinary areas further divide into further interesting topics, such as: - Medical genetics - Microbial genetics - Molecular genetics - Ecological genetics