IGCSE Biology

Cambridge Assessment International Examination’s goals for its Biology courses include:

To enable students to:

• acquire knowledge and understanding and develop practical skills, including efficient, accurate and safe scientific practices.
• learn to apply the scientific method, while developing an awareness of the limitations of scientific theories and models.
• develop skills in data analysis, evaluation and drawing conclusions, cultivating attitudes relevant to science such as objectivity, integrity, enquiry, initiative and inventiveness.
• develop effective scientific communication skills, using appropriate terminology and scientific conventions.
• understand their responsibility to others/society and to care for the environment.
• enjoy science and develop an informed interest in the subject that may lead to further study.

IGCSE candidates study the following topics:

• Characteristics and classification of living organisms
• Organisation of the organism
• Movement into and out of cells
• Biological molecules
• Enzymes
• Plant nutrition
• Human nutrition
• Transport in plants
• Transport in animals
• Diseases and immunity
• Gas exchange in humans
• Respiration
• Excretion in humans
• Coordination and response
• Drugs
• Reproduction
• Inheritance
• Variation and selection
• Organisms and their environment
• Human influences on ecosystems
• Biotechnology and genetic modification