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THE PROGRAM IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 15
Utopian Societies: Visions and Realities, Grade 12, University Preparation
Credit value: 1
This course combines the expectations for Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 12, University Preparation with selected expectations from two or more other courses (e.g.,Visual Arts, Grade 12, University/College Preparation; World History: The West and the World, Grade 12, University Preparation; Classical Civilization, Grade 12, University Preparation; Studies in Literature, Grade 12, University Preparation; Challenge and Change in Society, Grade 12, University/College Preparation; Philosophy: The Big Questions, Grade 11, Open; World Religions: Beliefs, Issues, and Religious Traditions, Grade 11, University/College Preparation).
This course provides students with opportunities to use a wide range of information resources and research skills to analyse the purposes, features, and impact of significant historical and fic- tional designs for perfecting society. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students will explore how utopian fiction and experiments (e.g., Robert Owen’s model industrial town of New Lanark, Scotland) question the assumptions of past and current societies. Students will also assess the influence, success, and failure of utopian solutions to effect change and to produce a just society, and will then present their own vision of the future.
Aging and Society, Grade 12, Open
Credit value: 1
This course combines the expectations for Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 12, Open with selected expectations from two or more other courses (e.g., Challenge and Change in Society, Grade 12, University/College Preparation; Child Development and Gerontology, Grade 12, College Preparation; Healthy Active Living Education, Grade 12, Open; Studies in Literature, Grade 12, College Preparation).
This course explores issues related to aging in modern Canadian society. Using interdiscipli- nary sources and methodologies, students will examine a wide range of gerontological issues such as cultural perspectives on aging and the elderly; the role of healthy living and health care; the provision of housing, retirement, and financial security; the particular concerns of men and women; the prevention of elder abuse and isolation; and end-of-life care. Students will be encouraged to work with aging adults to address real-life issues in their communities.
Architectural Studies, Grade 12, Open
Credit value: 1
This course combines the expectations for Interdisciplinary Studies, Grade 12, Open with selected expectations from two or more other courses (e.g.,Visual Arts, Grade 12, University/ College Preparation; World Geography: Urban Patterns and Interactions, Grade 12, College Preparation; Classical Civilization, Grade 12, University Preparation; Mathematics for Everyday Life, Grade 12,Workplace Preparation).
This course introduces students to the field of architecture and will help them understand how they can affect their physical environments in positive ways. Students will explore how architecture, landscaping, and urban planning relate to each other and will analyse the social, economic, and political impact of key examples of architectural design from a variety of cul- tures and periods. Using diverse resources and research methods, they will investigate the training of architects today and in the past, required competencies from different disciplines such as mathematics and geography, and career opportunities related to architecture.