The Lovett School requires three units (year-long courses) of science, including biology and chemistry. All science courses in the Upper School are laboratory oriented.
The department recommends that students who plan to pursue careers in a science, engineering, or medical specialty take at least four years of science, including biology, chemistry, and physics. In addition, an AP course in biology, chemistry, or physics is strongly recommended for students with the proper prerequisites. All year-long AP science courses meet seven-eight periods in each seven-day rotation (with the exception of Environmental Science AP, which meets only five periods per rotation)—five meetings are during a regularly scheduled AP science period; the remaining two-three periods meet during a regularly scheduled study period. The AP science courses carry 1 1/2 units of credit for the year (except Environmental Science AP).
Department highlights
Atlanta’s state-of-the-art Georgia Aquarium, one of the largest in the world, opened in late 2005. Lovett students taking the Marine Biology course have the opportunity to work at the aquarium as interns, volunteers, and camp counselors.
Honors Organic and Biochemistry is designed to provide students interested in medicine, engineering, or science a solid background in organic and biochemistry before enrolling in these courses in college.
In 1992, Lovett purchased 520 acres of cloudforest property in Ecuador for the purpose of creating a preserve and establishing a research center to support tropical conservation education. Known as Siempre Verde, the preserve offers U.S. and Ecuadoran students an opportunity to learn conservation methods through research and the exchange of ideas. Groups of students, alumni, and faculty annually travel to the research station.