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College Preparation offers a wide variety of accredited Alberta high school courses that enable learners to continue their education in preparation for post-secondary training or job placement.
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The majority of post-secondary institutions require that specific high school courses be completed before admission to their programs is granted. Course assignment will be based on the student’s learning plan established to meet career goals. College Preparation qualifies students for programs at post secondary institutions, offers courses for credits towards a high school diploma and increases job opportunities. College Preparation provides adult students with the opportunity to work towards any or all of these goals.
High school credits from Alberta Learning. See Alberta Transfer Guide for transfer arrangements with post-secondary institutions.
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Program Schedule & Fees 2011 - 2012
Program Schedule & Fees 2012 - 2013
Course ID: BIOL020
Name: BIOLOGY 20
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
This course will deal with the biosphere, cellular matter and energy flows, matter and energy exchange in the ecosystems, and matter and energy exchange by the human organism. Students investigate the tremendous impact of science and technology on society and, at the same time, become aware of the roles and limitations of biology, science in general and of technology in problem solving in a societal context.
Course ID: BIOL030
Name: BIOLOGY 30
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Students obtain an understanding of systems of change in human organisms, reproduction and development, cells, chromosomes and DNA, as well as change in population and communities. The impact and limitations of science and technology on society is also an integral part of this course.
Course ID: CALM020
Name: CAREER AND LIFE MANAGEMENT 20
Hours: 75
Credits: 3
This course enables students to make well-informed, considered decisions and choices in all aspects of their lives and to develop behaviors and attitudes that contribute to the well-being and respect of self and others, now and in the future.
Course ID: CHEM020
Name: CHEMISTRY 20
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
The major scientific concepts developed in this course focus on acids, bases, gases, quantitative relationships in chemical changes, chemical bonding, and organic chemistry. In addition, Chemistry 20 explores the nature of science itself and develops the relationships between science, technology, and society.
Course ID: CHEM030
Name: CHEMISTRY 30
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
The major scientific concepts developed in this course examine thermochemical changes and electrochemical changes in acids and bases. Chemistry 30 also explores the nature of science itself and develops the relationships between science, technology, and society.
Course ID: CLT015
Name: UNDERSTANDING & APPRECIATING ABORIGINAL CULTURE
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
people in Canada accompanied by their perspectives of aboriginal/non-aboriginal relations and the effects on decolonization. Concepts, topics and issues will include traditional aboriginal worldview, role of elders, cycle of life, ceremonies, role of language, employment, education and racism. Lessons will be characterized by the use of structured activities, which expand on concrete daily experience.
Course ID: CLT035
Name: PREPARING FOR POST SECONDARY SUCCESS
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
This is a course designed to help learners prepare for success in the post secondary program of their choice. They will learn skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to succeed in a college or university setting. Student will learn about expectations of instructors, academic regulations, and what is available in college services and resources. They will rediscover their learning strengths, develop new ones, and learn and review effective study techniques and college writing skills. Through this course students will develop a base from which one can survive and excel in the first year of a college or university program.
Course ID: CLT20A
Name: MANAGING CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Course ID: CLT20B
Name: CREATING WORK/LIFE BALANCE
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Learners will develop skills to create the life/work balance necessary to manage multiple life roles. This is the second course that leads learners through the exploration of the transition from school to the workforce. CLT20B focuses on creating the work/life balance. Creating and maintaining healthy lifestyles, creating and maintaining financial balance, and creating and maintaining balanced life/work roles are all key parts of this course. The management of multiple life roles is crucial to a person’s success.
Course ID: CLT20C
Name: PREPARING FOR A SUCCESSFUL WORK FUTURE
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
workforce. This is the third course that leads learners through the exploration of the transition from school to the workforce. CLT20C deals with issues surrounding teamwork in organizations, employee rights and responsibilities, and personal and workplace safety. The completion of these three courses facilitate students in the taking of CTR 1210,2210,3210, as well as CMH 2030 and CMH 3010.
Course ID: CLT30A
Name: PREPARING FOR THE SCHOOL/WORK TRANSITION
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Learners will develop strategies for responding to life and work changes, build a positive self image, and demonstrate positive career building attitudes and behaviours.
Course ID: CLT30B
Name: SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Learners will manage one's life/work building process and develop and refine an action plan to enhance essential competencies. The evaluation of Workplace Essential Skills is crucial to build and maintain a positive self image.
Course ID: CLT30C
Name: PLANNING A SUCCESSFUL JOB SEARCH
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Learners will practice and apply work search tools and skills required to seek, obtain/create and maintain work. Learners will update and assess personal career transition scenarios.
Course ID: CMH3010
Name: FAMILY ISSUES
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students examine changes that occur within a family and the required adjustments family members must make. Cultural diversity is investigated and community support resources are identified.
Course ID: CMH3020
Name: PARENTING
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students examine parenting practices and current issues related to family dynamics, and enhancing potential parenting skills.
Course ID: CMH3030
Name: AGING
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students gain an appreciation and understanding of issues related to the aging process and their impact on the individual, the family, and the community. Relevant community resources and support services are identified by the students; they further recognize the value and importance of seniors as a resource to their communities.
Course ID: CMH3040
Name: PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL CARE
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students focus on the impact of pregnancy on physical, mental, and social well-being, while learning about the significance of prenatal care, the labour and delivery process, and postnatal care. Cultural comparisons are included.
Course ID: CMH3140
Name: PERSPECTIVES ON MARRIAGE
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students focus on relationships and examine relevant issues as they apply to relationships leading to marriage. Through their study, students acquire life skills that will help them now and in the future. Cultural comparisons are included.
Course ID: COM1030
Name: PHOTOGRAPHY 1
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
This course will teach students to use various photographic equipment, materials and processes to demonstrate basic photographic skills.
Course ID: COM1035
Name: GRAPHIC TOOLS
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students learn the basic commands and functions of computer graphics software, including bitmapped graphics and vector graphics. (The course may utilize software such as Adobe Illustrator, Paint, CorelDraw Graphics Suite or Adobe Elements). Students also develop basic skills in manipulating existing graphics, as well as in producing their own graphics.
Course ID: COM1055
Name: WEB DESIGN I
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students research the characteristics of effective Web page(s) and learn World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) conventions and accessibility concerns to construct a simple Web page.
Course ID: COM1210
Name: DIGITAL IMAGING 1
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students will learn the fundamentals of digital image acquisitions using a digital camera. Images will be saved to a folder or directory and manipulated using bitmap editing software.
Course ID: COM2055
Name: WEB DESIGN 2
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students create a web page using a web page editor; (e.g. Dreamweaver). Students expand their skills in web page design and construction using features available in the software such as graphic features (rollovers, hotspots and flash text), tables and layout frames, and web page file management.
Course ID: CTR1010
Name: JOB PREPARATION
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students develop successful employment search skills and a personal employment search portfolio.
Course ID: CTR1210
Name: PERSONAL SAFETY
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Learners develop practical safety related knowledge, skills and attitudes, and obtain training and receive possible certification in emergency first aid. Learners will identify and describe: health and safety stakeholders; legislation relating to health and safety; hazards in the environment; careers in safety that demonstrate basic health and safety practices including: burn prevention; use of personal protective equipment and back care. The student will develop and implement a personal health and safety plan and successfully complete a course in emergency first aid to demonstrate basic competencies.
Course ID: CTR2010
Name: JOB MAINTENANCE
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students acquire knowledge about workplace requirements, rights and responsibilities and relate this knowledge to personal career/employment expectations.
Course ID: CTR2210
Name: WORKPLACE SAFETY
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students explore workplace safety principles and practices, and apply these principles and practices in a variety of contexts.
Course ID: CTR3010
Name: PREPARING FOR CHANGE
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Learners develop knowledge and skills relating to the changing labour market, relating these changes to analyzing and refining personal career paths.
Course ID: CTR3210
Name: SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Learners conduct an in-depth investigation of safety management systems and demonstrate the ability to design a safety program for a selected business/industry.
Course ID: CTR3310
Name: CAREER DIRECTIONS
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Learners update their learning/career plan, and ensure that their career tool kit can support them as they make the transition from high school into the workplace or post-secondary learning. Career portfolios will be complete and ready to utilize in the pursuit of an appropriate career.
Course ID: DTR010
Name: CLASS 7 LEARNER PREPARATION
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
This course is designed to give students background information to prepare them to write their learner’s permit exam. Learner must successfully pass Class 7 exam before taking training to learn to drive a car. A learner would take DTR010 or DTR 020, but not both.
Course ID: DTR020
Name: DRIVER TRAINING
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
This course is designed to provide students with the necessary skills to pass the Driver Education written final test and Alberta Class 5 road test.
Course ID: ELA10-1
Name: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 10-1
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
English Language Arts 10-1 is intended for students who demonstrate strength in their use of language and their understanding of print and non-print texts. Emphasis in this course is on literature studies and the writing process. Students will read and analyze short stories, poetry, drama, novels and non-fiction.
Course ID: ELA10-2
Name: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 10-2
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
English 10-2 is designed to concentrate on the development of language arts’ strategies and skills to strengthen student use of language and understanding of text. The emphasis in this course is on verbal and non-verbal communication. It will focus on the examination of the five basic components of communication with an emphasis on developing reading speed/comprehension and writing accuracy/fluency. Students study short stories, essays, poems, novels and plays.
Course ID: ELA20-1
Name: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 20-1
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
English Language Arts 10-1and 20-1 are replacements for English 10 and 20 and reflect similar standards. English Language Arts 10-1 is intended for students who demonstrate strength in their use of language and their understanding of print and non-print texts. Emphasis in these courses is on literature studies. These courses prepare students for English Language Arts 30-1, which is intended for students who wish to enrol in degree programs at post-secondary institutions following graduation.
Course ID: ELA20-2
Name: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 20-2
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
English Language Arts 20-2 is designed to concentrate on the development of language arts’ strategies and skills to strengthen student use of language and understanding of text. The emphasis in this course is on verbal and non-verbal communication skills. This course augments a learner’s competence in the five basic areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing with an emphasis on understanding and producing writing in common genres such as essays, summaries, and business letters. Students will edit and revise writing, study short stories, drama, poetry, non-fiction, novels, film and media. This course prepares students for the English Language Arts 30-2 course which is intended for students who wish to enroll in a diploma or certificate program at a post-secondary institution or who wish to enter the labour force following graduation.
Course ID: ELA30-1
Name: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 30-1
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
English 30-1 is a five-credit course designed for students who wish to master the composition skills necessary for an analytical approach to literature (as emphasized in college/university programs). It examines the traditional literary genres and also explores visual media. This course challenges students to deal with abstract concepts with sophistication. Students analyze short stories, non-fiction, poetry, drama, the novel, film and media.
Course ID: ELA30-2
Name: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 30-2
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
English 30-2 is a five credit course with a functional orientation emphasizing clear skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and representing. Students undertake communication activities as they study short stories, non-fiction, poetry, modern and Shakespearean plays, films, and novels. This course helps prepare students for further training in college diploma programs or for situations they may encounter in the world of work. Students will study the novel, short stories, poetry and drama, and learn to represent ideas visually.
Course ID: FIN1010
Name: PERSONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Introduces the basic financial rules concerning ethical behaviour. Students explore the economic environment, examine the basics of acquiring and using financial resources, and look at government legislations which affects financial management.
Course ID: FIN1030
Name: ACCOUNTING CYCLE 2
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students complete the accounting cycle and prepare financial statements and a budget. Students also develop an awareness of the many career challenges and opportunities in the financial management field.
Course ID: FIN2020
Name: RETAIL ACCOUNTING 1
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students address specialized financial accounting procedures involved in the buying and selling of goods in a retail system, as well as establishing and operating a payroll system.
Course ID: GENSOC020
Name: GENERAL SOCIOLOGY 20
Hours: 75
Credits: 3
General Sociology 20 introduces students to group behavior, teaches the meaning of cultural norms and discusses deviations from those norms. Groups such as the family and social classes are also studied. Social problems such as increasing crime rates and illegal drug use are examined.
Course ID: GPSYCH020
Name: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 20
Hours: 75
Credits: 3
General Psychology 20 provides a general background in psychology including the history of psychology, the principles of learning and thinking, along with various emotional problems and behavioural disorders.
Course ID: INF1010
Name: COMPUTER OPERATIONS
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students develop personal use skills basic to all courses in the Information Processing strand in the following applications: file management, basic hardware and software operations, text entry and workstation routines.
Course ID: INF1020
Name: KEYBOARDING 1
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Mastery Level 1. Students develop accurate touch keystroking to text and data (alphanumeric keyboarding competence reaching 20+ words per minute and numeric keyboarding competence reaching 80+ keystrokes per minute) appropriate for personal use and the application of efficient workstation procedures.
Course ID: INF1030
Name: WORD PROCESSING 1
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students develop skills using basic commands and functions in word processing software, including document editing, formatting and printing.
Course ID: INF1050
Name: DATABASE 1
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students are introduced to the basic commands and functions of database software, and demonstrate how this software can be used as a personal tool in data and information management.
Course ID: INF1060
Name: SPREADSHEET 1
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students have an opportunity to use basic functions and commands in spreadsheet software for general data manipulation and personal record keeping.
Course ID: INF1070
Name: DIGITAL PRESENTATION
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
This course allows the students to use hypermedia (presentation) tools. Students develop basic skills with tools used for computerized presentations involving text, data, graphics, sound and animation. Students may use Adobe Illustrator software and Microsoft PowerPoint.
Course ID: INF1090
Name: INFORMATION HIGHWAY 1
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students will develop competence in researching on-line, using the Internet for accessing and communicating data and information, with particular emphasis on the World Wide Web and e-mail.
Course ID: INF2020
Name: KEYBOARDING
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students develop accurate touch keystroking of text and data (alphanumeric keyboarding competence reaching 30+ words per minute and numeric keyboarding competence reaching 100+ keystrokes per minute) appropriate for personal use and the application of efficient workstation procedures.
Course ID: INF2050
Name: WORD PROCESSING 2
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students expand their skills with word processing software commands and functions to produce mailable reports, correspondence (including letters and memos) and tables from rough draft copy.
Course ID: INF2070
Name: DATABASE 2
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students expand their skills using database software as a tool for data and information management.
Course ID: INF2080
Name: SPREADSHEET 2
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students have an opportunity to build advanced worksheets in spreadsheet software for data manipulation and personal record keeping. Students learn “how to” use spreadsheets as in applications such as Biology or Business.
Course ID: INF2090
Name: CORRESPONDENCE
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students enhance their personal use keyboarding competencies by increasing the rate of accurate touch keystroking of the alphabetic, numeric and selected punctuation keys by creating mailable documents.
Course ID: INF2100
Name: REPORTS
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students expand their rate of production as they prepare MLA and APA reports and manuscripts.
Course ID: INF3060
Name: WORD PROCESSING 3
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
The students use Microsoft Word as a tool to develop business letters, memos, letters of application, resumes, memorandums, business cards, business forms, technical charts and tables. This application-oriented learning approach has the students working towards “finished products” that they would encounter frequently in the business world.
Course ID: INF3095
Name: PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE INTEGRATION
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students develop document production skills requiring the integration of data, text and graphics. Advance use of integrating software packages is also covered.
Course ID: LDC2754
Name: FORENSIC SCIENCE 25
Hours: 75
Credits: 3
Forensic Science is designed for students who have completed Science 10 or 14. Content includes the collection and analysis of evidence from crimes scenes, the principles of fingerprinting, breathalyzers, polygraphing, and DNA analysis.
Course ID: LDC3754
Name: FORENSIC SCIENCE 35
Hours: 75
Credits: 3
Forensic Science 35 is designed as an option for students who have successfully completed Forensic Science 25. The course content includes forensic anthropology, forensic entomology, forensic toxicology, ballistics, police protective equipment, police dogs, arson investigation, and criminal profiling.
Course ID: LGS3010
Name: CONSUMER & PROPERTY LAW
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students examine laws related to renting personal and real property, purchasing a home, making investments, and building and renovating a home. Methods of protecting the consumer, as well as challenging issues and law-related careers are also discussed.
Course ID: LGS3040
Name: NEGLIGENCE
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students use case studies and scenarios to explore the legal meaning of negligence and legal action relating to negligence.
Course ID: LGS3050
Name: LAW & SMALL BUSINESS
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students learn about laws relating to starting a business, running a business, and ending a business. Students also explore challenging issues that affect small business and law-related careers.
Course ID: MAM3010
Name: THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students identify and describe organizational structures, management theories, and organizations as working units. Students also explain their beliefs of what successful organizations might look like in the future.
Course ID: MAM3020
Name: BUSINESS IN THE CANADIAN ECONOMY
Hours: 25
Credits: 1
Students expand and relate their knowledge of economics to how business decisions are made within the community, the province, nationally, and internationally.
Course ID: MAT1041
Name: MATHEMATICS PREPARATION 10
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Math 10 Preparation is designed for students who wish to enroll in Applied or Pure Mathematics 10, but are not sufficiently prepared for these courses. Topics include exploration of numbers, number connections, patterns, polynomials, and shape and space. Technology is an integral part of Mathematics Preparation 10. Prerequisite - Math 003 with a 60% or consent of the department.
Course ID: MATH024
Name: MATHEMATICS 24
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
This course prepares students to handle real life experiences in the adult world of work. The topics deal with a practical application of mathematics. The topics included in the eight units are selected from five major themes - work, banking, transportation, accommodation and cost of independence.
Course ID: MATH031
Name: MATH 31
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Mathematics 31 is designed for student with interest and aptitude in mathematics and/or intending university or college programs with intensive mathematics. This course consists of pre-calculus and calculus. Some topics are pre-calculus, limits, the derivatives, trigonometry, curve sketching, applications of the derivatives, and the integral, exponential, and logarithmic functions.
Course ID: MATH101
Name: TRANSITIONAL MATH
Hours: 80
Credits: 3
Course ID: MATH10-3
Name: MATH 10-3
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Course ID: MATH10C
Name: MATH 10C
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Math 10C is designed to provide students with mathematical understandings and critical-thinking skills. It prepares students to solve problems, communicate and reason mathematically, become mathematically literate, and make informed decisions as contributors to society. The goal of Math 10C is to provide a starting point to develop the attitudes, knowledge, skills and understandings needed for specific post-secondary programs or entry into the workforce. It prepares students for either the Math-1 or the Math-2 course sequence beginning at the grade 11 level. The topics included are measurement and trigonometry, polynomial factoring and operations, linear relations and functions, and systems of linear relations.
Course ID: MATH20A
Name: APPLIED MATHEMATICS 20
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Applied Math 20 uses graphing and algebra to solve problems. Topics include nonlinear functions, linear systems, linear programming, finances, circle geometry, and measurement and graphing. Graphing calculators are an integral part of this course.
Course ID: MATH20P
Name: PURE MATHEMATICS 20
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Pure Mathematics 20 emphasizes mathematical theory and the use of algebra and graphing to solve problems. Graphing calculators are heavily used in this course. Topics include systems of equations and inequalities, quadratic functions and equations, and the circle. Pure Mathematics is required for post-secondary programs such as engineering, physics and commerce.
Course ID: MATH30A
Name: APPLIED MATHEMATICS 30
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Applied Math 30 emphasizes the application and relevance of mathematics to daily life. Algebra, graphing calculators, and spreadsheets are used to do investigations, analyze data and solve problems.
Course ID: MATH30P
Name: PURE MATHEMATICS 30
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Pure Mathematics 30 follows Pure Mathematics 20 and covers transformations, exponents and logarithms, sequences and series, conics, trigonometry, combinatorics, and probability and statistics.
Course ID: PHYS020
Name: PHYSICS 20
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
The Physics 20 program emphasizes the science themes: Change and Systems through a study of kinematics and dynamics; Energy and Equilibrium by examining uniform circular motion and mechanical energy, work and power; and Energy and Matter by investigating simple harmonic motion and mechanical waves. Physics 20 explores the nature of science itself and develops the relationships between science, technology, and society. Recommend that students have successfully completed Science 10 and Math 10A.
Course ID: PHYS030
Name: PHYSICS 30
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
The major science concepts developed in this course deal with conservation laws, electric forces and fields, magnetic forces and fields, nature of the atom, and waves and particles. In addition, Physics 30 explores the nature of science itself and develops the relationships between science, technology, and society. Recommend that students have successfully completed Physics 20.
Course ID: PPSYCH020
Name: PERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY 20
Hours: 75
Credits: 3
Personal Psychology 20 gives students an understanding of the factors that contribute to personality and behavior, both their own and that of others. The nature of intelligence and perception and the influence of heredity and environment on the individual are also discussed.
Course ID: PSYCH035
Name: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 35
Hours: 75
Credits: 3
Abnormal Psychology 35 is designed to provide an overview of abnormal behaviour and the conditions that afflict individuals in Canadian society. This course deals with the views of abnormality, casual factors, and types of disorders as well as assessment, prevention and treatment.
Course ID: SCIE010
Name: SCIENCE 10
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
The major science concepts developed in this course deal with matter and energy in chemical change, and in technological living, and global systems. In addition, Science 10 explores the nature of science itself and develops the relationships between science, technology, and society
Course ID: SCIE014
Name: SCIENCE 14
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Science 14 is a general science course that covers investigation properties of matter, energy transfer technologies, from life to lifestyle and matter and energy in the biosphere.
Course ID: SCIE020
Name: SCIENCE 20
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
In this course students study the changing Earth, life from the past, matter and energy in the biosphere, biological interactions, solution, chemistry, applications of chemistry, motion and Newton’s Laws, and circular motion and momentum.
Course ID: SCIE024
Name: SCIENCE 24
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Science 24 is a general course provided in a modular format, which is suitable for satisfying the science requirements for a high school diploma. The focus is on the development of personal skills, social understanding, self-confidence, and preparation for the world of work.
Course ID: SCIE030
Name: SCIENCE 30
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Science 30 has four units, Maintaining Health, Chemistry and the Environment, Electromagnetic Energy, and Energy and the Environment.
Course ID: SOCS10-1
Name: SOCIAL STUDIES 10-1
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Social Studies 10 issues deal with Canadian diversity, unity and identity. The course covers the development of Canada's sovereignty, national security, and role in the world. Canadian citizenship and structure of government are also stressed.
Course ID: SOCS10-2
Name: SOCIAL STUDIES 10-2
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Topic A examines the development of Canada as a nation and its role in the world community. There is an examination of some of the forces that have shaped and continue to shape Canada, and the factors that give Canadians their "unique" identity. Topic B examines the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in the Canadian political process and in Canadian society.
Course ID: SOCS20-2
Name: SOCIAL STUDIES 20-2
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Topic A examines three historical themes in European society: the shift from a local outlook to a more national outlook; the shift from a rural/agrarian way of life to an urban/industrial way of life; and the shift from a hierarchical society to a more equitable society. There is an examination of the impact that new ideas and changes have had and continue to have on society. Topic B examines how global imbalances, environmental factors and differing perspectives influence quality of life in an interdependent global community.
Course ID: SOCS30-1
Name: SOCIAL STUDIES 30-1
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Students will explore the origins and complexities of ideologies and examine multiple perspectives regarding the principles of classical and modern liberalism. An analysis of various political and economic systems will allow students to assess the viability of the principles of liberalism. Developing understandings of the roles and responsibilities associated with citizenship will encourage students to respond to emergent global issues.
Course ID: SOCS30-2
Name: SOCIAL STUDIES 30-2
Hours: 125
Credits: 5
Students will examine the origins, values and components of competing ideologies. They will explore multiple perspectives regarding relationships among individualism, liberalism, common good and collectivism. An examination of various political and economic systems will allow students to determine the viability of the values of liberalism. Developing understandings of the roles and responsibilities associated with citizenship will encourage students to respond to emergent global issues.
