| Grade Range: | |
| 11–12 | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Integrated Math I A-B; Biology 1,2; Chemistry 1,2 or concurrent enrollment in Chemistry; PLTW Medical Interventions 1,2 | |
| Course duration: | |
| Two semesters | |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: | |
| Practical Arts, weighted | |
| UC subject area satisfied: | |
| d - Science | |
| Notes: | |
| This is a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) course that utilizes prescribed lesson plans. Teachers must complete mandatory PLTW training in order to teach the course.
To receive honors credit, students must complete an end-of-course project. | |
| Course Description: | |
| Biomedical Innovations Honors is the capstone course in the four-year sequence of courses comprising the Project Lead the Way Biomedical Science Program. In this course, students are asked to apply what they have learned in the previous three courses to solve unique problems in science, medicine, and healthcare. Students solve required problems systematically before completing optional directed problems or independent work. They have the opportunity to work on an independent project and may work with a mentor or adviser from a university, hospital, physician’s office, or industry. Each problem is staged as a mission—a unique set of tasks the students must work through to achieve the desired objective. Working through the missions not only exposes students to current issues in biomedical science, but it also provides skills-based instruction in research and experimentation—tools students will use to design innovative solutions to real-world problems. Students will use what they learn in these missions as they develop and implement their project at the end of the year.
Paid and unpaid internships are part of the course curriculum. | |
| State Course Code(s): | |
| 8329, 8330: 7922 - Advanced Patient Care (Capstone) 8365: 7922 - Advanced Patient Care (Capstone) | |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: | |
| Project Lead the Way supplies all instructional materials. | |