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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 11 AND 12: INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
Interdisciplinary Studies Course Summary
The accompanying chart outlines the interdisciplinary studies courses that can be offered in Grades 11 and 12. Interdisciplinary studies courses are designated as “open” or “university preparation” depending on which designation is the most appropriate as a basis for combining other courses and/or expectations. Course content, instructional strategies, and assessment procedures should be designed to meet the grade-level expectations for each course.
For an interdisciplinary studies package of courses, students must satisfy the prerequisite for each of the courses in the package.
Note that single-credit courses are designated with the course code beginning with “IDC”; multiple-credit packages of courses are designated with the course code beginning with “IDP”.
Courses in Interdisciplinary Studies, Grades 11 and 12
Grade
Course Name
Course Type
Open
University
Open
Course Code
IDC3O IDP3O
IDC4U
IDP4U
IDC4O IDP4O
Prerequisite
None
The prerequisite for each of the courses in the package
Any university or university/ college preparation course
The prerequisite for each of the courses in the package
None
The prerequisite for each of the courses in the package
11 Interdisciplinary Studies
12 Interdisciplinary Studies
12 Interdisciplinary Studies
A student could include a cooperative education course with a single-credit interdisciplinary studies course or with a multiple-credit interdisciplinary studies package of courses for an additional one or two credits. No additional credit for cooperative education courses has been added to the credit value of the samples of interdisciplinary studies courses included in this document.
A Note About Credits. Courses in Grades 11 and 12 are designed to be offered as full-credit courses. However, half-credit courses may be developed for specialized programs, such as school–work transition and apprenticeship programs, as long as the original course is not designated as a requirement for entry into a university program. Individual universities will identify the courses that are prerequisites for admission to specific programs. Such courses must be offered as full-credit courses to ensure that students meet admission requirements.
In Grades 9–12, half-credit courses, which require a minimum of fifty-five hours of scheduled instructional time, must adhere to the following conditions:
• The two half-credit courses created from a full course must together contain all the expec- tations of the full course, drawn from all the strands of that course and 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 that they wish to take.)