Other Courses & Specialized Programs
Before completing your course selection for the following school year, carefully review the additional
information noted below. Please ensure that the appropriate course codes are selected on the scantron
sheet. Pay close attention to the final character of the course code.
ARTS
Music
AMU2O1 This course is intended for students with no previous experience in instrumental music.
AMU2OE This course is intended for students who have successfully completed AMU 1O1.
Visual Arts
AVI2O1 This course is intended for students who have successfully completed AVI 1O1.
AVI2OP This course is intended for students with no previous experience in visual arts.
BUSINESS STUDIES
Information and Communication Technology in Business
BTT1O1 / BTT2O1 Students may take either BTT1O1 (gr. 9) OR
BTT2O1 (gr. 10) (not both)
CANADIAN AND WORLD STUDIES
Geography of Canada
CGC1PL (Locally Developed)
Students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP) should consider taking CGC 1PL.
COMPUTER STUDIES
ICS2O1 & TEJ2O1 (COMP2)
Introduction to Computers: ICS2O1 & TEJ2O1 (as listed in the course calendar) will
be delivered as a 1-credit course (no half credits will be granted). The course is
designed to introduce grade 10 students to the areas of computer science and
computer technology. Students will learn how to program a computer and learn the
basics of computer systems and related technologies.
ENGLISH
OLC4O1 Gr.12 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course
If a student has attempted the Literacy Test twice and remains unsuccessful, he/she may enroll in OLC4O1. Upon
successful completion of this course, he/she will have fulfilled the Gr.10 Literacy Test graduation requirement.
GUIDANCE AND CAREER EDUCATION
Career Studies & Civics All grade 10 students must enroll in these two half credit courses (listed as CAR/CI
under the Grade 10 course selection column on the scantron form)
Cooperative Education
CO-OP4 (4 credits) & CO-OP2 (2 credits) Grade 11 and 12
Co-operative Education is a program that allows students to earn secondary school credits while completing a work
placement in the community. The students will develop and expand their marketable skills, will increase their
understanding of employer expectations, and will develop a better awareness of their own interests and abilities.
This experience will also help prepare them for the next stage of their lives, whether in college, university,
community living, the workplace or in apprenticeship training.
The co-operative education course consists of a classroom component and a placement component. The classroom
component includes 15-20 hours of pre-placement instruction, which prepares students for the workplace and
includes instruction in areas of key importance such as health and safety, resume writing, interviewing and The
Employment Standards Act. For the remainder of the semester, students will attend their co-op placements gaining
valuable work experience. They return to school one day every second week to study curriculum designed to
compliment the workplace experience. A personalized placement learning plan (PPLP) based on course curriculum
expectations will be developed for each student which shows how the student’s related curriculum course is being
applied at his or her co-op placement.
Pre-requisites and application process:
1. Minimum 16 years of age
2. Preference given to students who have successfully completed 22 credits
3. Co-op selected on an option form and a co-op application form submitted
4. Two teacher references
5. Interview with the Co-op teacher to ensure suitability prior to acceptance into the program
Apprenticeship
OYAP-04 (4 credits) / OYAP-02 (2 credits)
Grade 11 and 12
Apprenticeship is a hands-on training program for people who want to work in the skilled trades. Approximately
90% of the program involves on-the-job training. A student, called an apprentice, works with and learns by
observing a skilled worker of journeyperson. The remainder of the training is completed in either a community
college or an approved training centre. Most apprenticeships require from two to five years to complete. In Ontario,
you could learn over 100 occupations through apprenticeship. The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
(OYAP) in our community is a joint initiative of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, Peel District School
Board and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. It is a specialized cooperative education program that
enables students 16 years of age or older, with a minimum of 16 credits, to participate in an apprenticeship
occupation. The student’s work experience is an extension of course work from the classroom. It is also based on
the expectations from the apprenticeship training standard for the trade. Students earn high school credits,
accumulate apprenticeship hours and master skill sets associated with their trade. Depending on the trade, many
students will also earn an income.
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Healthy Active Living Education
PPL1O & PPL2O Please note final character on Course Selection Scan Form …‘F’ female
‘M’ male
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
IDC3OA Preparing for Life, Grade 11, Open
This course focuses on the adaptive functioning skills for those students with ASD in order to become
interdependent members of their community once the transition out of secondary school is complete. Students will
learn when to use self-disclosure, when to self advocate and how to access social and emergency services, use
public transportation, prepare basic nutritional meals, explore employment and post-secondary education options,
and access community support services.
IDC3OW Web Development & Internetworking, Grade 11, Open
Students will learn how to code Web pages using HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, scripting and active Web content.
This course focuses on providing students with an opportunity to develop Web pages and complete Web sites.
Students interested in a career involving Web Development or Web Design may find this course beneficial.
IDC4UT Studies in Education, Grade 12, University
This course combines the expectations for Interdisciplinary Studies with selected expectations from two or more
other courses including Advanced Learning Strategies: Skills for Success after Secondary School (GLE3O),
Leadership and Peer Support (GPP3O), Church and Culture (HRE4M), and Living and Working with Children
(HPW3C). This course will help students understand the personal and societal role of schooling and education.
Using interdisciplinary approaches, resources and research methods, students will examine the history of education
in various societies and cultures and the contribution of key educational theorists and practitioners. They will also
compare learning theories and teaching strategies used in various disciplines, investigate learning opportunities in
Canada and around the world, research education-based careers, and assess their own plans for lifelong learning.
Students planning to pursue university programs in education will find this course of particular interest. Tutoring
will be a large component of this course.
IDC4UA Creative Advertising Grade 12, University
This course provides students with the opportunity to explore the fundamentals of creative advertising using an
interdisciplinary approach involving Business, Technological Studies, English, Arts and Social Sciences and
Humanities. Students develop creative thinking skills through a series of practical exercises. They use marketing
concepts in the identification of target markets and consumer profiles. Students learn how consumers think and
analyze the motivational drive behind consumer consumption. They study how to create personalities for products
through of an image.
Students learn how to use artistic elements in design theory as it applies to print advertisement. They will also
study copywriting and persuasive strategies necessary to survive in a creative marketplace.
This course enables students to apply the theory and practical experience, by embracing the creative aspects of
advertising in their final culminating project. This activity allows students to utilize the different tools of advertising
to properly create and develop an advertising campaign for their client. Students will complete a portfolio that will
may be required for postsecondary programs.
Students interested in the Creative Advertising course must also enroll in the Communications Technology
course: TGJ4MB
(i.e. Semester 1 TGJ4MB Semester 2 IDC4UA)
MATHEMATICS
Advanced Functions
MHF4UP
Students who wish to take MCV4U (Calculus & Vectors) must enroll in MHF4UP (rather than MHF4U1).
Students must complete MHF4UP prior to enrolling in MCV4U1
SCIENCE
SVN3E1
Environmental Science Students who have completed SNC1L1 may select this course (found
under the Grade 10 course selection column on the scantron form)
TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION
Communications Technology
TGJ3M2 Students enrolled in this course will be responsible for the production of d’Youville’s
television news show – “DYTV”. This is a 2 credit course which runs the entire year.
TGJ4M1 Students who have successfully completed TGJ3M1 may enroll in this course.
TGJ4MB This course is intended only for students enrolled in IDC4UA.
Construction Technology
TCJ3C1
TCJ3CP
Students who have successfully completed TCJ2O1 may enroll in this course.
This course is intended for students with no previous experience in construction technology.
HIGHLIGHTS
Specialist High Skills Major in Health & Wellness
Since its inception in 2003, the program at St. Marguerite d’Youville S.S. focuses on advanced preparatory skills
required to pursue careers in Medicine & Health Sciences, Nursing, Early Childhood Educators, Child & Youth
Workers and Social Services Providers. Students are given training as personal support workers (PSW), medical
clinic assistants, dietary and nutritional aides, activation services and childcare and youth services in the DufferinPeel Region.
This program offers students an opportunity to specialize in three areas of focus: Healthcare, Childcare and Social
Services. Students are actively engaged in organizing community health education and awareness, healthcare
clinics, childcare and community services events, and developing effective teamwork and communication skills.
Areas of specialization lead to opportunities for all destinations after secondary school (i.e. workplace,
apprenticeship, college and university).