Program of Studies - Hunterdon Central Regional High School

#429 - HONORS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - 2.5 CREDITS (SCI 429 HON ORGANIC CHEM)
Grades: 10-12
Prerequisite: Honors Chemistry 1 #443
This course is designed for students interested in continuing their studies in chemistry. This course focuses on the chemistry of
carbon compounds. The content includes nomenclature, structural formulas, alkanes, aldehydes, alcohols, carboxylic acids,
carbonyl compounds. Labs include synthesis and analysis of organic compounds. This course is designed to give students
background for future science courses, such as AP Biology, and for students interested in medicine, pharmacy and nutrition
science.
#451 - HONORS GENETICS - 5 CREDITS (SCI 451 HON GENETICS)
Grades: 10-12
Prerequisites: Honors Biology #426, AND Honors Chemistry #443 or Chemistry CP
#430
Honors Genetics is a semester long laboratory-oriented course intended for highly motivated students interested in the world of
genetics. Topics covered in the course include: molecular genetics (DNA structure, DNA replication, protein synthesis,
transformation), and yeast genetics. Students will perform basic molecular techniques including serial dilutions, bacterial
transformation, and gel electrophoresis. The ethical, legal and social implications of genetic research will be discussed. “Hot”
topics will include forensic genetics, the Human Genome Project, human and animal cloning and stem cell research. Each
student is responsible for the design, implementation, analysis, and completion of an independent research project under the
direct supervision of the instructor as well as an independent reading assignment and follow-up analysis.
#437 – ANATOMY/PHYSIOLOGY - 5 CREDITS (SCI 437 ANATOMY & PHYSIOL)
Grades: 11-12
Prerequisite: CP Biology #422 OR Honors Biology #426
This is a laboratory-oriented course designed for students who are considering health and laboratory related careers. It consists
in the study of the human body and the related areas of health and disease. Laboratory work is a major part of the course and
the students will perform various physiological experiments that include the dissection of a representative animal for human
anatomy, blood count, urine analysis, hearing and visual perception, computerized EKG and EEG and biofeedback.
#455 – ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE – 5 CREDITS (SCI 455 ENVIR SCI)
Grades: 10-11
Prerequisites: Environmental & Earth Science #401 or Earth Science #403
This course is intended as an introduction to the principles of earth science, biology, chemistry, and physics. This course is
designed for those students seeking additional science credits or those who have not attained a passing score on the HSPA
exam. The course will concentrate on the subject matter included on the HSPA exam.
#432 - ASTRONOMY - 2.5 CREDITS (SCI 432 ASTRONOMY)
Grades: 11-12
Prerequisites: Successful completion of 10 credits in math
This is a laboratory-oriented course that offers the student the opportunity to study in some detail the oldest formal science.
The basis of this curriculum will be found in the works of Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo and Newton. During
the course students study such topics as lunar motions, optics, spectroscopy, telescope design, planetary exploration, stellar
classification and evolution, and cosmology. An independent research project is also to be completed.
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