University City High – Human Body Systems 1, 2

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

College Preparatory Course (P). This course meets the University of California’s d (laboratory science) subject-area requirement. Human Body Systems is the second course in a four-year sequence of courses comprising the PLTW Biomedical Sciences Program. It also serves as an intermediate-level career-path course in the Health Sciences and Medical Technology industry sector. This course continues instruction begun in the introductory Principles of Biomedical Sciences course, while narrowing its area of focus to human body systems, and how they interact to maintain homeostasis (internal balance) and good health. Students learn about the processes, structures, and connections of the human body systems through hands-on investigation: they design experiments to explore modes of communication wit...