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Course Planning Evening. Grade 9-10. Agenda. Introductions Math Streams Creating the timetable Grade 8-9 Parents Webpage , course booklet, new courses Grade 10 Program Graduation Requirements. Math Choices Second Language Provincial Exams Career & Post-Secondary Searches
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Course Planning Evening Grade 9-10
Agenda • Introductions • Math Streams • Creating the timetable • Grade 8-9 Parents • Webpage, course booklet, new courses • Grade 10 Program • Graduation Requirements • Math Choices • Second Language • Provincial Exams • Career & Post-Secondary Searches • ACE-IT & Work Experience • Questions
Math Streams • Apprenticeship and Workplace 10 • Apprenticeship and Workplace 11 • Foundations of Math and Pre-Calculus 10 • Foundations of Math 11 • Foundations of Math 12 • Pre-Calculus 11 • Pre-Calculus 12
Timetable • Course Selection – Feb. • Common Timetable • Master Timetable Building – March/April • Counsellors - individual timetables – May/June • Timetables Distributed – June or Sept.
Grade 9 Courses • English, Social Studies, Science, Math, PE, Electives • Math – 3 streams • Electives – French & others, depending on math stream • January – French & Band Choices • April or May – Other elective choices
Grade 10 • English, Social Studies, Science, Math, PE, Planning • 3 Provincial Exams - 20% • Credits count toward graduation • PE is linear (Outdoor Ed is an option) • Electives matter
Grade 11/12 • English/Communications 11, SS 11, a Science 11, a Math 11 • Electives • English/Communications 12, 3 grade 12 electives, and Grad Transitions • One fine art/applied skills elective over grade 10-12 • 80 credit minimum – 52 required, 28 elective
Math in Relation to Post-Secondary • Institution-specific & program-specific • Some examples: • UBC Vancouver: General Requirement for all programs: Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12 • Commerce – Pre-Calc 12 • Arts – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12 • Science & Engineering – Pre-Calc 12 • Kinesiology – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12 (+ one of PreCalc 12, Geology 12, Bi 12, Chem 12, Physics 12 + 2 other 12 academics)
Math Examples Continued • UBC Okanagan • No blanket requirement • Science and Engineering – Pre-Calc 12 • Arts – none • Nursing – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12 • Management – Pre-Calc 12 • Human Kinetics – Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12
More Math . . . • SFU • Foundations 11 for all Arts-based programs • Pre-Calculus 12 for Science & Business • UVic • Business, Science, Engineering – Pre-Calc 12 • Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences – • Foundations 11 or Pre-Calc 11
Math Again • TRU • Arts – any math 11 • Nursing – Foundations 12 preferred • Science – Pre-Calc 12 • Business Administration – Foundations Math 12 • BCIT – Program-specific
Second Language in Relation to Post-Secondary • UBC Vancouver – grade 11 language required • UBC Okanagan – no 2nd language required • SFU – Beginner language 11 or language 11 • UVic - No second language requirement • Fine Arts requirements asks for 3 of the following 4: approved math 11, approved science 11, approved fine art 11 or second language 11
Provincial Scholarships & Provincial Exams • Top 5000 students in BC, based on 5 exams • Must have completed courses to qualify • B overall in English 12 • Recipients will be informed in October following graduation. • If a student wishes to rewrite an exam, s/he must do so by August 31 of the year in which s/he graduates.
Career & Post-Secondary Searches • educationplanner.ca • careercruising.com • Username: Elphinstone Password:careers • ArtEdOptions.ca • tradestrainingbc.ca • discovertradesbc.ca • learnnowbc.ca/trades/TradesFinder.aspx