Course Details
- Grade 11
PLTW: Medical Interventions - Honors
In this third-year PLTW course, students follow the life of a fictitious family as they investigate how to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. Students explore how to detect and fight infection; screen and evaluate the code in human DNA; evaluate cancer treatment options; and prevail when the organs of the body begin to fail. Through real-world cases, students are exposed to a range of interventions related to immunology, surgery, genetics, pharmacology, medical devices, and diagnostics.
Prerequisites: 11th-grade students who earned a B or higher in the PLTW Year 2 course.
- AP/Honors
- PLTW Biomedical Science Pathway
- Science