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| + | * [[Calculus I]] | ||
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| + | ===Other Available Courses=== | ||
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| + | * [[Differential Equations]] | ||
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==Biology== | ==Biology== | ||
Revision as of 02:09, 25 December 2004
Math and Science are obviously central to the Academy curriculum, but several other subjects are required as well.
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English
Academy students are required to complete four semesters of English classes. Two composition courses (English 111 and 112), an Oral Communications course, and a literature course of their choice.
In English 111, one may expect to read quite a few essays demonstrating the type of essay you are to write. You will be required to write personal profiles, philosophy papers, research papers, and memoirs. I'm actually just doing this by memory, so someone, fix this.
Math
Required Courses
These are courses that you either must take or test out of:
Other Available Courses
Biology
The Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics, and Computing requires that General Biology or an equivalent be taken by all students. For the Discoverers and Voyagers, either one other biology course such as General Zoology, General Botany, or General Microbiology OR a second computer programming course. The proposed curriculum changes for the class of 2007 requires that students take General Biology and General Microbiology.
In General Zoology, students learn a great amount of information from one of Northwest Missouri State University's best professors Dr. Peter Kondrashov. Lectures start from learning about the different types of cells which includes information about organelles and how they interact. Dr. K then moves onto Kingdom Protista, telling about the phyla, subphyla, and organisms under this kingdom. After going quite in depth about the Kingdom Protista, the professor starts into the Kingdom Animalia. Information ranging from the smallest animals to the biggest mammals is covered. Students in General Zoology learn the different phyla, subphyla, classes, etc. They also learn different information about specific animals in each phyla such as leeches in Class Hirudinea or tapeworms in Phylum Platyhelminthes or dogs in Class Mammalia of Superclass Gnathostoma of Subphylum Vertebrata of Phylum Vertebrata. Along with the lecture, lab is a very fun and interesting component to the course. Lab meets once a week and spans two hours each week. Since lab does not meet very often, lab and lecture often are not about the same topics. Lab is composed of looking at different protists and microscopic animals through microscopes, numerous animals preserved in glass jars, and eventually animals dissected by the students. Students generally work in pairs during the dissection and it is handy to have a box of gloves especially during the fetal pig unit (which spans three weeks). General Zoology sounds like a lot of work, but for people interested in biology rather than computer programming, it is a great class to take.
Chemistry
Chemistry involves writing single or pairs of letters that reprensent elements, sometimes putting numbers next to them that mean things. Often times you will calculate numbers. Later on, you will learn how to connect letters with lines and decorate them with pairs of dots. One part of chemistry involves a great deal of delta G. In chem lab, be prepared to burn things, weigh other things, and drip colorless liquids into other colorless liquids and measure their temperature or pH.
At the Academy, students are required to take General Chemestry I (3 hours) and General Chemestry II (4 hours) with their respective labs (1 hour each).
Physics
Physics essentially deriving and using equations describing the real world. Students typically take two semesters of Fundamentals of Classical Physics during their senior year. Both of these are include four hours of lecture and one hour of lab.
Computer Science
Computer Science at Northwest is of variety that produces assembly line programmers (not to be confused with the computer language assembler] ). Sure, they're the factory workers of the day, but where's the fun?
Classes:
History/Humanities
America - A Historical Survey is required, plus a humanities course. Often the humanities course is taken during May Session.
Others
In addition to the above, students are expected to take Introduction to American Government and Politics, Academy Seminar and Colloquium.
