CWS ELECTIVES for Grade 12
World Geography:
Urban Patterns and Population
Issues
CGU4M1
Geography, History, Economics, Politics
World Issues: A Geographic Analysis
College
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.
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.
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 decisionmaking 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.
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,
ask Ms. S. Young.
TYPE: University
PREREQUISITE: Any university or
university/college preparation course in Canadian and World Studies,
English, or Social Sciences and Humanities
Ask Ms. Lang all about it!
PS: Will you have 7.5 CWS credits by
the time you graduate?
TYPE: University
PREREQUISITE: Any university or
university/college preparation course
in Canadian and World Studies,
English, or Social Sciences and
Humanities.
Then you’re a member of
the Quarter Club.
Details?
See Ms. S. Young
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 the
complementary 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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