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Associate Degree
in Natural Sciences
Programme
BIOL 111
Cell Biology & Biodiversity
This course is designed to give advanced treatment
to topics in cell biology and phylogenetic
relationships among organisms. Topics to be covered
include: cell structure and function, cell & nuclear
division, genetic control & inheritance, inherited
change and evolution.
BIOL 122
Biological Functions
Topics to be covered in this course include:
photosynthesis; nutrition; transport in plants and
animals; respiration; reproduction; regulation &
control: homeostasis, sensory & neural systems,
endocrine system, excretion & osmoregulation.BIOL
213 Genetics & MicrobiologyThis course covers the
principles and mechanics of heredity, causes and
effects of variation within a population, causes and
effects of chromosome-level and nucleotide-level
mutations, and basic mathematical analysis of gene
frequencies within populations. Also includes
microbial classification, isolation, cultivation and
identification of microbes of special importance in
veterinary pathology as well as food and industrial
microbiology.
BIOL 224
Biodiversity
This course involves a study of the wide variety of
plant and animal groups with emphasis on the
evolution of the various organisms. Topics include
the evolution, morphology, anatomy, reproductive
structures and development of the different groups.
The following plant groups will be covered: Algae,
Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and
Angiosperms. And the following animal groups will be
covered: Protozoa, Porifera, Cnideria, Coelenterata,
Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Mollusca, Annelida,
Arthropoda, Echinodermata, and Chordata. In
addition, the taxonomy of several families
indigenous to Jamaica and the Caribbean will be
examined to illustrate the flora and fauna of the
region.
CHEM 111S
Introductory General Chemistry I
This course is designed to cover topics in physical
and inorganic chemistry. An in-depth study of the
following topics will be undertaken: atomic
chemistry, chemical bonding, states of matter,
electrochemistry, periodicity, group chemistry and
transition metal chemistry.
CHEM 122
Introductory General Chemistry II
Building on material covered in CHEM 111, this
course emphasizes the fundamentals of Organic
Chemistry, and includes concepts, which have a
connection with Physical and Inorganic Chemistry.
Topics to be covered are: Physical Chemistry: States
of matter, Equilibrium and Reaction Kinetics, and
Chemical Energetics. Organic Chemistry: Hydroxyl
compounds, Carbonyl compounds, Aromatic compounds,
and Polymerization.
CHEM 213
Intermediate General Chemistry I
This course is designed to build on students’
exposure to chemistry in their Year I courses and is
intended to provide deeper and wider understanding
of the subject. Emphasis will be placed on students’
participation, critical analysis and individual
initiative. Topics to be covered include the
electronic structure of atoms, (the hydrogen atom,
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, helium and the
orbital approximation, lithium and the first group
of the periodic system, atoms beryllium to neon,
electron configuration, and state, the spatial
distribution of electrons, and periodic trend);
structure and bonding (forces between pairs of
atoms, general concepts of electronogativity, ionic
solids, convalent bonding, and polar molecules and
electronegativity); chemical energetics (energy and
force, energy distribution in molecules, and
potential energy curves); bonding, synthesis and
reactions of organic compounds (aldehydes, ketones
and alkyl halides).
CHEM 224
Intermediate General Chemistry II
Building on material covered in earlier courses,
this course will cover patterns and periodicity,
oxygen and its compounds, transition metals and
their coordination chemistry. A systematic study of
the synthesis and reactions of various
functionalized organic compounds (organometallic
compounds, alcohols and carbonyl compounds,
carboxylic acid and derivatives, amines, aromatic
chemistry); thermodynamics, and reaction kinetics.
LABM 221
Laboratory Management
This is a practical oriented course designed to
expose students to standard laboratory practices,
procedures and techniques necessary for making them
functional scientists, and to equip them with
administrative and management skills required for
proficiency in various contexts.SCTS 111 Science,
Technology & Society This course seeks to introduce
and orient young students majoring in science to the
nature of scientific inquiry and research, the
history and conceptual underpinnings of science, the
impacts of science on society from technical,
ethical, legal and socio-economic perspectives, as
well as the trends and the shifting focus of
science. Topics to be covered include the history,
philosophy and concept of science, the scientific
method, scientific milestones and associated
scientists, Jamaica’s science and technology policy,
and visions 21 (science in the 21st Century).
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