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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 11 AND 12 | The Arts
Half-Credit Courses
The courses outlined in the Grade 9 and 10 and Grade 11 and 12 arts curriculum documents are designed as full-credit courses. However, with the exception of Grade 12 university/college preparation courses, they may also be delivered as half-credit courses.
Half-credit courses, which require a minimum of fifty-five hours of scheduled instruc- tional time, adhere to the following conditions:
• The two half-credit courses created from a full course must together contain all of the expectations of the full course. The expectations for each half-credit course must be drawn from all strands of the full course and must be divided in a manner that best enables students to achieve the required knowledge and skills in the allotted time.
• A course that is a prerequisite for another course in the secondary curriculum may be offered as two half-credit courses, but students must successfully complete both parts of the course to fulfil the prerequisite. (Students are not required to complete both parts unless the course is a prerequisite for another course they may wish to take.)
• The title of each half-credit course must include the designation Part 1 or Part 2. A half credit (0.5) will be recorded in the credit-value column of both the report card and the Ontario Student Transcript.
Boards will ensure that all half-credit courses comply with the conditions described above, and will report all half-credit courses to the ministry annually in the School October Report.
Focus Courses
The curriculum expectations for the courses in dance, drama, music, and visual arts given in this document are designed to allow schools to develop courses that focus on particular aspects or areas of the subject. The following is a list of some of the possible areas for focus in dance, drama, music, and visual arts:
• dance: ballet, modern dance, African dance, jazz dance, dance composition • drama: production, Canadian theatre, music theatre, acting/improvisation • music: vocal jazz, instrumental music, guitar, electronic music
• visual arts: printmaking, sculpture, painting, ceramics, film/video
Regardless of the particular area on which a course is focused, students must be given the opportunity to achieve all the expectations for the course that are set out in this document.
A student may take more than one course for credit in the same subject and the same grade in dance, drama, music, or visual arts, provided that the focus of the courses is
different. For example, a student could take two courses in visual arts in Grade 12, earning one credit for each; the focus of one of the courses might be on photography and the other on environmental design.
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