Course Planning EveningGrade 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

Webpage & Course Booklets

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

ACE-IT, SSA & WEX

Questions?