CWS ELECTIVES for Grade 12
Geography, History, Economics, Politics
World Issues: A Geographic Analysis College
CGW4C1
This course explores a variety of issues that impact people all across the globe. Students will participate in the deconstruction of issues to discover their underlying causes and impacts. Reading and analyzing current news articles will allow students to understand the issues that are prevalent in society. Perspectives, beliefs, and assumptions will be explored to provide insight into the driving mechanisms of issues. Global themes will include: the environment, politics, culture, economics, and the military. See Mr. Robertson if you have any questions
TYPE: College
PREREQUISITE: CGC1D/P
World Issues: A Geographic Analysis University
CGW4U1
This course explores global issues by questioning and challenging the diversity of attitudes and beliefs of how the world works and should be managed. Students will deconstruct issues and ideas in an attempt to understand the underlying motivations and assumptions included in policies and strategies. Students will explore issues from every continent stretching across 5 themes: social, economic, environmental, political, and military. Students will apply and develop critical thinking skills and constructive dialogue as they deconstruct current news events in weekly seminars. See Mr. Robertson if you have any questions.
TYPE: University
PREREQUISITE: Any university or university/college preparation course in Canadian and World Studies, English, or Social Sciences and Humanities.
Canada: History, Identity, and Culture
CHI4U1
What does it mean to be Canadian? This course traces the history of Canada, with a focus on the evolution of our national identity and culture. Students will explore various developments and events, both national and international, from pre-contact to the present, and will examine various communities in Canada and how they have contributed to the development of Canadian identity and heritage. Students will develop their sense of Canada’s national identity and how and why it has changed throughout the country’s history. They will extend their ability to apply the concepts of historical thinking and the historical inquiry process, including the interpretation and analysis of evidence, as they investigate the people, events, and forces that have shaped Canada.
TYPE: University
PREREQUISITE: Any university or university/college preparation course in Canadian and World Studies, English, or Social Sciences and Humanities.
World Geography:
Urban Patterns and Population Issues
CGU4M1
This course explores global population distribution, why people live where they do and variations in their quality of life. Students will examine current population patterns and trends related to urbanization and their impact on human and natural systems. Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking and the geographic inquiry process, including spatial technologies, to investigate issues related to urban life and will propose courses of action aimed at enhancing the sustainability of cities around the world.
TYPE: University/College
PREREQUISITE: Any university, university/college, or college preparation course in Canadian and World Studies, English, or Social Sciences and Humanities.
Analysing Current Economic Issues
CIA 4U1
This course examines current national and global economic trends and policies from diverse perspectives. Students will explore the impact of choices that individuals and institutions, including governments, make in responding to local, national, and global economic issues such as globalization and global economic inequalities, trade agreements, national debt, taxation, social spending, and consumer debt. Students will apply the concepts of economic thinking and the economic inquiry process, including economic models, to investigate, and develop informed opinions about, current economic issues and to help them make reasoned economic decisions.
TYPE: University
PREREQUISITE: Any university or university/college preparation course in Canadian and World Studies, English, or Social Sciences and Humanities
Canadian and World Politics
CPW 4U1
Do you hear people talking about the Rob Ford scandal, about Justin Trudeau's leadership, about the United Nations involvement in Syria? Do you want to know more about these issues? Do you want to discuss and debate the issues facing Canada and the World?
If your answer is yes, then Grade 12 Politics is the course for you. This course explores various perspectives on a variety of issues both in Canada and world politics. Students will explore political decision-making and ways in which individuals, stakeholder groups, and various institutions, including different levels of government, multinational corporations, and non-governmental organizations, respond to and work to influence domestic and international developments. Students will investigate current political policies, issues, and events, and develop and communicate informed opinions about them.
Ask Ms. Lang all about it!
TYPE: University
PREREQUISITE: Any university or university/college preparation course
in Canadian and World Studies, English, or Social Sciences and Humanities.
World History since the 15th Century
CHY4U1
This course examines major events in Western history since the Renaissance in 1450. Are you interested in exploring the Reformation and the French, American, Russian, Industrial and Scientific revolutions? Do you want to learn about leaders like Henry VIII, Louis XIV and Napoleon? Do you wonder about the lives of women like Marie Antoinette, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots? Are you curious about how art changed from Michelangelo to Andy Warhol? Do you want to know about thinkers like Voltaire, Galileo, Marx, Darwin and Freud? In 1450 absolute monarchs ruled serfs and now even women can vote – what happened? If you are interested in these questions, take this university level course.
If you want to know more,
askMs. S. Young.
TYPE: University
PREREQUISITE: Any university or university/college preparation course in Canadian and World Studies, English, or Social Sciences and Humanities
Visual History:
Exploring the Past Through Film And Other Media
IDC4O3
This course is designed for students with an interest in history, film and media. Combining the expectations of World History and Media Studies, students will study major themes in World History by examining relevant films and other media. Through individual and collective inquiry and research into historical themes using various media, students will apply the principles and skills derived from thecomplementary subjects and develop critical thinking and analytical skills.
Films may include:
Gladiator
We Were Soldiers
The Help
Zero Dark Thirty
Robin Hood
If you have questions, talk to Mr. Emes.
COURSE NOTE: This course counts as an optional credit, not a compulsory Canadian and World Studies credit, as it is an Interdisciplinary Studies course.
TYPE: Open
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