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Electives

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Grade 11, University

  • Politics in Action: Making Change, Grade 11, Open (CPC3O): This course enables students to develop plans for change in the local, national, and/or global community. Students will explore various issues, investigating their causes as well as their impact, and determining where change is needed, and why. They will examine the effectiveness of various problem-solving strategies used by individuals and groups that have brought about and/or are attempting to bring about political change in democratic societies. In addition, students will analyse the role and perspectives of governments and other stakeholders in relation to issues of political importance and will consider factors affecting their own and others’ political engagement. Students will apply the concepts of political thinking and the political inquiry process as they investigate various issues of political importance and develop a plan of action to address a selected issue.

  • Prerequisite: Civics and Citizenship, Grade 10, Open

  • Regional Geography, Grade 11, University/College (CGD3M): This course explores interrelationships between the land and people in a selected region as well as interconnections between this region and the rest of the world. Students will explore the region’s environmental, socio-economic, and cultural characteristics and will investigate issues related to natural resources, economic development and sustainability, population change, globalization, and quality of life. Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking and the geographic inquiry process, including spatial technologies, to investigate a range of geographic issues in the region.

  • Note: This course is developed and delivered with a focus, to be determined by the school, on the geography of a selected region or country of the world.

  • Prerequisite: Issues in Canadian Geography, Grade 9, Academic or Applied

Grade 12, University

  • Canadian and International Politics, Grade 12, University (CPW4U): This course explores various perspectives on issues in Canadian and world politics. Students will explore political decision making and ways in which individuals, stakeholder groups, and various institutions, including governments, multinational corporations, and non-governmental organizations, respond to and work to address domestic and international issues. Students will apply the concepts of political thinking and the political inquiry process to investigate issues, events, and developments of national and international political importance, and to develop and communicate informed opinions about them.

  • Prerequisite: Any university or university/college preparation course in Canadian and world studies, English, or social sciences and humanities

  • World Issues: A Geographic Analysis, Grade 12, University (CGW4U): In this course, students will address the challenge of creating a more sustainable and equitable world. They will explore issues involving a wide range of topics, including economic disparities, threats to the environment, globalization, human rights, and quality of life, and analyse government policies, international agreements, and individual responsibilities relating to them. Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking and the geographic inquiry process, including the use of spatial technologies, to investigate these complex issues and their impacts on natural and human communities around the world.

  • Prerequisite: Any university or university/college preparation course in Canadian and world studies, English, or social sciences and humanities

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